I was dying when he said that 🤣

​@yourtruebrit Well, in such a politically correct and censored country as Germany, you really need to think twice before you put the words into your mouth... Berlin or Munich, it doesn't matter. Both cities have no freedom of speech at all!!

@@Nieczynny What's your source on that, have you been there?

@@SNWWRNNGOh, he will just moan that he is not allowed to deny the Holocaust.

@n-Australia If your idea of free speech is that no one questions your words, then yes, that is actually quite unusual in Germany. But that has nothing to do with limiting free speech. To be precise, that _is_ free speech.

Grew up south of Munich but I couldn’t afford living there anymore.

Wunderbar, wo lebst du denn? sich persönlich lebe westlich von München in einer ca. 40.000~ Stadt und brauche nach München nur maximal 1 Stunde. So lebt es sich perfekt mMn. München ist zu teuer zum leben aber für alle möglichen Veranstaltungen und Bildung/Arbeit nach München reinzufahren ist angenehm genug. Berlin ist leider eine sehr hässliche (Haupt-)stadt. Überall Müll.

Which town if I may ask?

​@@kevzartwork3715 Landshut is one, 40 minutes by train

i wouldnt say that just outside of munich fits for landshut @@theprovost

We need high rent...or the whole city will turn into a large primitiv ghetto...and people make ghettos.....verschmiert und verschlampt. Calling it being free..

why is Berlin even getting so expensive since salaries in Munich are still far better?

what about the cost living (other than rent prices) between the two cities? i've heard people saying that berlin is more of an affordable place to live for students (: thanks

Berlin ist ein beschissenes Loch.

​@@obuyWw Prices are pretty much unified across the country when it comes to groceries and retail. The only differences I've ever noticed are sales prices dipping a bit lower in some regions than in others, like bananas being 0.90€ instead of 0.99€. Totally negligible. Eating out is a good bit cheaper in Berlin. Activities might be as well, but as a student you'll get discounts everywhere, so it's probably not a big deal. Don't underestimate how ridiculously hard it is to find a place to live, though. Even if your budget is good and you lower your standards to the minimum, it's not going to be fun. Supply and demand are way out of whack. That's why I'd suggest also having a look at smaller and less popular towns with a university. Typical concerns like being conservative, small-minded, possibly xenophobic etc. don't play as much of a role in uni towns since they attract lots of young people.

Something that slips beyond the tourist radar is the fact that most of Berlin is actually quiet and boring. Exploring Mitte, Friedrichshain, Kreuzberg etc. obviously makes for a more engaging trip than strolling around some random sleepy neighbourhood, so it's to be expected, but I do wish people didn't generalise the entire city based on that. The only place I encounter weed(s) with any regularity round where I live is in the forest, and I'm barely outside the Ring. People spend around 32% of their income on rent in both cities, by the way. The same likely applies to prices for goods and services. So living in Berlin isn't actually "cheaper" in any sense that matters.

Have you visited any villages ?

@@yourtruebrit Grew up in a tiny Bavarian village and have been to hundreds all over Germany since then. Now I live mostly near Ulm which you know quite well. :))

I have been to a lot of places in germany and i personally think the north german people are the nicest people in germany. Just very pleasant to be around and chill people.

@@MrBroken030 Where exactly? I'm looking for new places to move to :D

Welcome to the north! I once lived for a while in Baden-Württemberg too (deep in swabia). I must admit, I was happy, when I was back in the north.

I am way more happier in the south I hope someday I can live in Berchtesgaden

Aw Danke 🥰

*and* they're doing it in English which for many is a second or third language. I can only wish my German was as good as their English!

In a way it’s two different cities faced with the same reality imposed upon them externally, namely globalisation. One tries to fight it and fails, at least partially and what you end up with is greater segregation. The other embraces it as part of its international outlook, but also fails to prevent cultural segregation. As open and multicultural as Berlin is in some areas, greatly segregated areas remain, both in terms of very rich and conservative native areas and majority immigrant neighbourhoods. So both strategies have brought advantages and disadvantages, but what’s clear is that neither is perfect and neither has been able to fight reality, if you will. I’m also not arguing there’s nothing a country can do or could have done to restrict or reduce the impact of globalisation or migration specifically, but there’s only so much a city can do. The munich vs berlin comparison is a very interesting example of this. I’m reminded of my home town of many years Zurich, which also is much more multicultural than people think, but heavily ethnically and culturally segregated by zip code.

And that's how it should be. That's how people get to know each other better and there's a smaller chance of conflict.

may i ask for the source regarding the % of foreigners?

Lmao, had to Google it and it's really true.

Also different immigrants. Munich is mainly balkans and a few others while in berlin it's much more global. Also foreigners in munich are much better integrated so a lot of the time u don't notice someone is a foreigner, which is why people think Munich doesn't have that much of them

Globalisation in a nutshell, really. American pop culture really has shaped a whole generation around the world, for better and for worse. Mind you, selection bias always applies. Generally speaking, countries have always been divided into two camps, those willing and privileged enough to travel a lot / move abroad and those who stay at home, out of choice or necessity. Globalisation vastly increased the number of people able to do so, but the divide, which is as much cultural and political as it is economic is still there, in fact it has just got greater. And resulting in that, you have very internationally minded people with great language skills and the “rest” with strong roots in local traditions. I think your average french or spanish person, in my experience, does speak English better now than 50 years ago, but the divide still exists and what you’re seeing here are only those out of the “international camp”.

They've been watching a lot of English language UKposts videos. The previous generations of French and German people got their American pop culture as tv-series and movies dubbed in French or German.

Whats called globalization is in fact americanization. (cit. Henry Kissinger)

The power of American influence. A film made in USA goes over the whole globe instantly...they are careful here ti let things in to keep it pure....very clever

​@@dagmarvandoren9364purist Americans lmao no

Nur weil die Bayern nicht magst. Der Rest der Welt denkt e dass die deitsche Kultur so wie in Bayern isch

Are there any German cities in Germany? Most cities in my Bundesland seem to be non-German. They are predominantly Arabic with scattered German looking parts like an Altstadt or so.

Aww thanks man. yeah I used to work in adverts in Germany. Editing can take days :)

Very interesting point.

Die Vertriebenen, vor allem sie Sudeten waren ebenfalls essentiell für Bayerns Aufstieg

Glad you enjoyed it!

Quite true, even moving around Germany can make you feel the odd man out. And the small regional differences sometimes cause more misunderstanding/trouble than the outright differences ;)

Thanks man :)

Well, Frankfurt/Main is much closer to Berlin when it comes to its vibes. It's similar international and its "Mainhattan"-style helps in this regard. Munich's "poshines" were always a mix of Bavarian snobbism based on their Freistaat-Status in Germany (similar to how Saxonians are behaving nowadays).

Thanks so much :)

I am glad you noticed that small detail we saw 😅😂

Not the art maybe ?

@@yourtruebrit no, we have art too 😄

@@sophia-youtube 🤣

We in Berlin say the only good thing about Munich is the short train ride to the Alps

Lol. As a Berliner, what would I go to Munich for? Snob watching? Experiencing tons of drunk af assholes in lederhosen at Oktoberfest? Paying my ass off for anyting I wanna do there? There's so much to choose from!

Das ist bestürzend und bedauerlich! Hoffentlich geht's trotzdem soweit gut. Ich lebe seit 1989 in Berlin, -West damals, und habe auch schon so einiges durchgemacht. Solche Erfahrungen haben einen eigenen Wert...

​@@praeceptorIch bin Berliner, Jahrgang '82. Ich habe auch schon so einiges mitbekommen und selbst erlebt. Es lässt sich leider nicht vermeiden, besonders wenn man viel in der Stadt unterwegs ist. Ich kann diesen Erfahrungen keinen Wert beimessen.

Well, most (young) people ignore that Berlin, as the country's capital, and bc of retaliation reasons too, was the main target of bombardment in WWII. Therefore Munich, which was out of reach for the Allied forces for the majority of that War looks more "historic" than nowadays Berlin.

Do you have any stories of it? 😊

yes, better enjoy the fake smile and fake friendliness of Bavarians.

@@ferrarizzi1219 that's called being polite and you should actually appretiate the effort people make to not ruin your mood.

@@blnnnni guess different people value different things

Oh more than i can count, for example i have a neighbour living beneath me that i'm always bumping into on the apartment stairs. I had always smiled and said hi but she practically ignored me every time and looked at me with a dead stare. It's so weird, i actually go out of my way to ignore her now. Other neighbours always give a small smile or say something but not her. For me that small amount of effort to be polite goes a long way. @@yourtruebrit

As much as i'm a Northerner i would never call Bavarians "Babarians".

Actually Bavaria as the rest of the South is the only "non-barbarian" part of Germany as the Romans ended up along the Limes from Danube to Frankfurt and Trier. They never made it to the place where Berlin is situated and yes, there is some kind of cultural gap routhly along that line.

Ok on the to do list :)

Please do this in Hamburg as well! 😄

Stuttgart and Frankfurt are officially mad at you.

@@timokohler6631 nah Frankfurt isn't a big loss imo.

and frankfurt. so we can compare the big 5 in germany

Funnily enough, Frankfurt and Munich are actually the most international cities when it comes to percentages, even higher than Berlin

@@anna.k2864 Offenbach has the highest percentage of foreigners in Germany. Stuttgart, Mannheim and Heilbronn, were I was born, all have a higher percentage of foreigners.

TBH, mangels Äppler gibts eigentlich keinen Grund da hinzufahren (war früher familiär sehr oft in Berlin, und wg Job mehrmals in München).

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Nah man, if you get told to f**k off for orderly and normal conduct, that IS objectively rude. F Berlin.

Ok let’s do it :)

@@yourtruebrit👍👍👍👍

@@yourtruebrit Köln and Düsseldorf (be aware of death threats)

How to be hated in Germany 😂😅

​@@yourtruebritOrder an Altbier in Cologne, or a Kölsch in Düsseldorf!😂

You got the cross upside down fool. Sacral offense.

@@ivobaren1 Hail Satan See you in hell 😁

Munich isn't very representative for Bavaria just like Stuttgart isn't very representative for Swabia. For Bavaria I would recommend Regensburg, Landshut, Freilassing, Ingolstadt, Traunstein, Passau, Freising, Weilheim, ... the ones coming to my mind right now. For Swabia I would recommend Ludwigsburg, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Schwäbisch Hall, Ulm, Esslingen, Göppingen, Tübingen, Reutlingen, Biberach, Ravensburg, Wangen, Heidenheim, Aalen, Crailsheim, ... (spontaneous random selection). For Badenia (Baden) my recommendation would be eg. Karlsruhe, Mannheim, Heidelberg, Offenburg, Freiburg, Lörrach, Gernsbach, Triberg, Titisee-Neustadt, Furtwangen, Donaueschingen, Villingen, Konstanz. Mind that Karlsruhe and Mannheim are quite special cities. Both have been founded as resindence cities for Granddukes of Baden in the Barock era. They were planned cities in which the streets are following a particular geometry: in Mannheim the streets in the centre are delimiting square areas with buildings; in Karlsruhe a number of streets start at the residential palace emerging radially while a few streets are following a semicircle or cut across some of the radial streets.

@@MichaelBurggraf-gm8vl Sounds strange but Schwäbisch Hall is not swabian.

@@christofabt8958Thank you for that hint. I'm not completely surprised by that. However reading the Wikipedia article was revealing a very interesting history to me.

Indeed. Germany's Disney-Land.

yeah right! It's all about perception I guess. Maybe this could be a sign that foreigners in Munich have blended in to the German lifestyle, while Berlin foreigners do like to stand out more?

Vor 40 Jahren war München noch ein Dorf, doch nachdem die Dackel mit Anhang von uns gegangen sind, und sich Kuckucksuhren nur noch bedingt verkaufen ließen, hat auch der letzte CSU'ler kappiert das am Computer kein Vorbeikommen ist. Von da an gings bergauf. Und wärs ohne Ausländer gegangen, hätten die Münchner bei einem Volksbegehren beide Arme hochgerissen. Ging aber nicht. Und nur deshalb.

yeah both are great cities :)

It’s planned 😊

Ruhrpott zusammengenommen ist ne "Stadt" um die 45 Millionen Einwohner. Nicht wirklich klein.

Offenbach? Isn't that fairly small?

@@boxsterman77offenbach is right next to frankfurt and the relationship of thouse 2 cities is very special.

@@nikomangelmann6054 oh I know it well. I lived in Worms and when traveling to Frankfurt I would go through this beautiful, but kleine Dorf. When encountering comparisons between two things, I’m just more accustomed to seeing peers on somewhat equivalent footing compared. Mainz, or Wiesbaden even compared to Frankfurt, the financial capitol of Germany makes more sense.

Maybe what you mean with Munich= Germany you mean Munich= stereo type. But doesn’t that mean that Munich ≠ Germany then?

Why Vienna ? 😅

@@yourtruebritweil Bayern das bessere Deutschland ist und Österreich ist das bessere Bayern

@@yourtruebrit Vienna has everything great about Munich with a much more affordable and even higher quality of life

@@JonVonD but I thought salaries in Vienna were worse compared with Munich or, actually, all of Southern Germany. I agree with you that Vienna is indeed a really nice city.

there are actually two views on that. one is that Hamburg and Munich are like the a bit wealthier 'nice big cities' which compete vs. the big weird/interesting/edgy Berlin. But historically and structurally Hamburg is rather similar to Berlin (nowadays maybe like between Berlin and Munich). The reason is that in the end of the day also Berlin was part of the Hanseatic League (back then like Amsterdam less important than cities like Luebeck (kind of capital of the Hanse) Bremen, Hamburg, Rostick, Danzig/Gdsansk etc ... but you have similar Northern Coast like 'red bridge' style buildings than for instance in Middle and Southern Germany. Also many structures of the Prussian times are more similar between Hamburg and Berlin. Apart from that, Berlin as old imperial city and main spot of the late 19. and 20. century got more influence from all over the world and mixes in between (like much more even ancient Greek, Italian, and other styles). The Brandenburg Gate is for instance most interesting not due to that what most ppl think (sign of unicitation etc.) but that it was like in Athens/Greece created as a 2500 years old main gate to the different Akcopolis (High city), the one in Athens is just the most famous but Greece had many. It was a way to create cities). If you stand in front of the Brandenburg Gate you are basically standing at a 2500 years old ancient Greek gate of the most famous time of Greece - the one of Pericles. And thats also exactly why the Brandenburg Gate looks like it looks and its size. And its the best replica/example you have worldwide for such a gate, because only 3 are left (2 in Greece) and in Berlin (which took the old ones as rolemodel as is a quite accurate replica) which is kind of the best 'reconstruction'.

For all people not coming from germany. Thats Munich/Bavaria. We are THE best. Berlin AND all the rest of germany is shithole. Only Bavaria is good.I laugh everytime when bavarian say Berlin is hedonistic. Read what you write. Who is hedonistic? Bayaria the heaven of the world!!!😂 It's soooo boring! Bavaria could be nicer, if a lot of there would be more open for the rest of germany. We are ONE country.

Im from hamburg and i think berlin has way more common with hamburg than munich. Hamburg got very chaotic and loud areas too but also got the charm and class areas. Berlin is just bigger

Oh yeah, you can live a balanced life in Munich. If you're rich, that is. Munich is for people born with a golden spoon in their mouths. Berlin is for everybody. Berlin also has the best parties in the world - what does Munich have in comparison? Seeing the same drunk ass toxic assholes at Oktoberfest that go to Ballermann every year? Munich isn't even in the same ballpark. It feels like it's a city run by boring ass boomers, for boring ass boomers.

@@publicminx Of note Berlin was kicked out of the Hanseatic League because they allowed nobles to take up residence there. They chose their path and since have gone to hell.

Yes you are right. Greetings from Korea.

You usually hear it the other way around. But it depends how you define it I guess.

@@Smurez 🤣

Never thought about that. Also in Berlin. at least at some places. you can shop after 8 pm and on Sundays.

Friendly, gregarious people, yes, but the city itself is utterly forgettable with the exception of the cathedral.

Thanks so much, yeah this Berlin and Munich

@@yourtruebritye i was able to figure that out 😅

Good idea :)

yeah its true, I agree that Berlin is great for partying and more edgy life. But if you love the countryside then yeah the south 100% :)

@@yourtruebrit ☺️ As stated by all of those people in your video = Germany is very different from federal state to federal state...why is it like thst? Well, one could say, that todays federal states are the ancient territories of the biggest ancient Germanic tribes (apart from Saxony = that got its name due to in those days usual wedding politics), therefor the quite different dialects, mentalities etc 😁 You need to visit all 16 capitals of the 16 federal states 😅 Greetings from Bremen 👋

I agree, Bremen is a wonderful city. do you live in the centre or outside?@@saba1030

​@@yourtruebritI love the northern countryside, experiencing the rough elements in the winter and the idyllic rolling hills, lakes and beaches in the summer! Great for all types of outdoor activities. I've been to many many beautiful places in almost all federal states (never been to Saarland) and I loved it there, but I don't want to leave Schleswig-Holstein. The change between extreme storm and bright sunshine within minutes is what I love. People who come here to have beach holidays might disagree, but I don't mind.

Have you lived anywhere else in Germany ? :)

exactly

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Munich actually isn't conservative. Berlin has a conservative CDU government, while Munich is reigned by the Social Democrats and Greens :)

@@Kumanosuke When I mentioned 'conservative,' I didn't mean the political landscape, especially not the composition of the city council. But since you brought it up, we could start talking about the CSU, which exists only in Bavaria, and Mr. Söder, who is a prime example of backwardness and populism. Apart from that, with my comment, I was more referring to the fact that Bavarians in general, and Munich residents in particular, are very traditional and bourgeois-minded, especially compared to Berliners (by the way, here the SPD ruled with die Grünen and the left wing die Linke until there was a rerun of the election recently due to voting errors).

@@Venhedis The funniest thing is that Söder is actually a Frank.

there are some older stereotypes which have to to with the past. In the 20. century especially stereotypes against Prussia was very vivid in Austria/Bavaria (thats where also words like 'Piefke' or 'Saupreissn' etc. came from. Prussia just 'marginalized' due to their unification and dominance of and in Germany those old kingdoms/empires. Such older stereotypes continued then after WW2 till the 21. century. The unification and some more focus back to Berlin (which also removed the self identity of Munich as 'secret capital') plus the indeed different 'lifestyles' and what now each one represents as stereoype changes now the stereotypes rather to such combinations (while most are not aware about the origins). And last but not least: many countries have an ambivalent relationship to their more dominating capitals (except its a really insignificant one) and/or their dominant cities. New York (not capital but historically btw. it was the capital - George Washington the first president was called there, not in Washington) as dominant city just like London, Paris or Wien/Vienna are seen from a more polarized pro/con view and are also often not considered as representatives for the whole country.