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Berlin: 9 reasons why the German capital city isn't very German at all | Meet the Germans

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Rachel moved from the UK to Germany in 2016. As a relative newcomer she casts a fresh eye over German clichés and shares her experiences of settling into German life. Every two weeks she explores a new topic – from saunas to asparagus or the ins and outs of German small talk.

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Do you have any more examples how Berlin is different from the rest of Germany? Tell us in the comments!

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This week she's off the to the capital city, Berlin, to find out more about its unique identity and how, in so many ways, the city and its inhabitants are not at all typically German.

Do you have any more examples? Tell us in the comments!

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Makes sense, right ?

— @Maciej.Bebłowski

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I e just had a row with and ex Englishman who now wheres a full lenthg dress telling me how great it is there and migrant men aint a problem in England. While he lives his puppies hippset life in Berlin. Toss pot

— @TheNomad420

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Much of Berlin seems like what NYC once was... Arts & Culture are good character builders... So what if I don't get into the clubs? I've been to enough of them (both exclusive and not so) in NYC, Detroit, Chicago, and San Francisco in my younger days, so at this point in my life, you've seen one club, you've seen 'em all!
However, I DO like the graffiti all over the place, though 😊

— @Jhihmoac

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This made me laugh

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I felt this was a very helpful video on Berlin! Thank you!!

— @sanjaypaul9159

More User Perspectives

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Kann mich nicht daran erinnen, dort mal einen normalen Menschen getroffen zu haben, woanders allerdings auch nicht

@FelixKoschar

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I am german and I hate Berlin with a burning passion. Such a trashy freak city that is leeching on the rest of the nation, gets nothing done and terrorses us with their unhinged politics that come from the bubble they smell their own farts in.

@calistafalcontail

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most Germans can't stand Berlin, just like in the Prussian days a massive money drain
9 Marks for Prussia and 1 mark for the rest of Germany

@user-Rocket-Fest

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Grate a our day came in a our 5 never denied in a any realation to up to now a grate spot in a preasent and future to

@beesbebees3399

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Grate a our realation

@beesbebees3399

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Our realation never denied a especially came in a grate spot we always in a preasent and future to

@beesbebees3399

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Without lies islam dies

@Anticommunism99

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Euromaxx, more like Newsmaxx. why Berlin is not Berlin anymore more like Paris. but noooo...

@bluefandango

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Berlin is northerneast German culture but in a giant international city.

multiculturalism tolerance and especially veganism a pretty north European thing due to the post protestantist mind. Though i say Berlin is still more conservative than Amsterdam, and food culture is better.

@Supermariocrosser

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They don’t name the elephant in the room .

@rafaelsanz3441

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Affordable rents haven't been a reality for a few years now.

@dharmoslap108

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Jetzt bin ich drinn‘.

Hier ist es noch viel schöner!

Das ist Berlin!

Eng wie im Container!

@Ichbinnurgutwennkeinerguckt

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Can we stop pretending European cities were always like this?

@samg1879

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I lived in Munich for a while back in the early 90's... and they had some really cool nightclubs... that were equally difficult to get into. One of them was just open one night a week... in one of the museums... and you had to go in through the service entrance in the back... if you even knew that. And, yeah, getting in was certainly not guaranteed... unless you were a really hot looking girl... or knew one of the door guys or promoters.

@Big_Island_Boi

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Would Brrlin be the second Amsterdam?

@SimonTsang880

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You forgot mentioning people masterbaiting in the trains

@kugelscheier5035

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At no point did you talk about the why....

@Smittyberlin

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Dumbest

@ericbush3399

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Free Rachel from Spandau!

@tandemcompound2

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While some of the things are accurate, some of the things were totally wrong. For example, having options for non-meat eaters, being non-religious, and being somewhat left leaning, are things common to any advance city in the world, including many German speaking cities cities such as Hamburg, Munich, and Vienna.

@Earth098

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I remember when Berlin was German. Yes, I'm that old. What Berlin has become makes me sad.

@richardlavene7571

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I didnt know you could rap so pretty well witha giid sense of humout. You must have a Slagger in you. Thanks fir your versatile nature

@gloryikuku8621

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the reasons I went to frankfurt instead

@AVIATIONEUROPE340

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Good to know

@obi9893

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RIP Berlin

@klimakleberwegreisser

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attack?

@mydogsnameisemma

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Years of endless mass migration!!

@cedude69

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Cheap rent😂

@TheMan.0010

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I like it ni gormany

@iamhappypoorpeoplehappy7056

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Then leave berlin

@bharath19b

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City smells like wet concrete.

@takiemono

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Oh, Paris

@sylvestertweetyhunter1733

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I wonder if Rachel has a Goethe C2 Zertifikat in German?

@Ram_Kishan2308

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Thank You for this video.

@Vlogoosh

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Berlin, I'm here at the moment, is relatively gross. My first day I saw a guy shooting up, with multiple holes in his arms bleeding all over. Graffiti is everywhere, drunkenness uber alle and street folk also, literally everywhere. it's not clean generally and filled with non Germans. The black/Goth look is also everywhere, as if we were back in the 80s and Berlin never got the message, the movement is long over. Everyone is fully tatted, piercings and dudes wearing dresses, LGBT voll and also, surprisingly, a lot of children. Though there are certainly cool buildings and things to see, overall, Berlin is pretty Ick.

@thomassenbart

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@AlinaAbicht

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Deutsche Welle:
Hattet ihr nicht Mal den Auftrag, die deutsche Sprache zu fördern.
Tja, ohne Selbstachtung geht das natürlich schwer...

@hansmeier3287

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I found berliners to be friendly intelligent and chatty

@kevindoom

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Rachel, I love your videos.
You give so much interesting information in a light, entertaining and funny but still serious way.
Can get enough of it.
And I'm a German.
Thank you very much for your effort.

@Erron5G

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"The capital has lower than average salaries and higher unemployment." Why are you lying? People come to Berlin because they want to earn more money. If it were'nt possible they would'nt come here. Just think.

@TaiYunxian

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Ahem we know all why it isn't very German

@greyngreyer5

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The most dysfunctional public service of all cities in Germany.

@franktechmaniac7488

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Good to have it, would not want to live there.

@666wurm

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