This is Germany

Thanks for sharing.

I really disagree on the title which gives the impression that there is nothing remarkably different worth showing. All the video shows are "only" our cities and towns, nature and landscapes, buildings and monuments - and this with an over-dramatic (imo non German style) music - we have so much better pieces of music.

Germany is imo also

• our values
• our people with roots from all over the world
• flora and fauna
• arts and architecture
• music --> why did they use this kind of music?
• culture
• traditions
• science and inventions
• technology and engineering
• manifold of cultural and historically layers at every single square meter
• our special foods
• our sports and voluntary commitments / activities
• unique historic moments, failures and highlights
• an ultimate will to survive and improve
• Angst and Zuversicht
• whatever I did not mention here
• and finally over 70 years of peace, free trade and free travel together with our European neighbors.

Thanks so much, Mignon! I love it—the photography is gorgeous and it makes me want to jump on a plane right now!

Mark, videos like this are not the essence of a country. Countries are way more than their beautiful destinations, but do you really expect a 15 minute video to capture the inner workings of a culture? I don't think it's possible. :-)

I see an explanation for my feedback in my German DNA for precise usage of language as well as pride in what makes Germany special. I would most likely react differently to a different title of this video showing very nice and beautiful parts of Germany..

And yes, imo a video which would show only parts of my list would deliver a wider picture of what Germany is.

@MarkK

I really had to grin. This is so German :-) Ahh ja super but .......

Yes and he forgot Pottenstein :o)))))

Yes and he forgot Pottenstein :o)))))

... not to mention Gößweinstein!

Thanks for posting this. We watched with the subtitles off at first and recognized 60-70% of the cities, rivers, monuments. We have poked around many corners of Germany since our first trip in 1982 and many week to month long stays over the years. If I watch it again, I’ll try it with the sound off I think…

"I really had to grin."

Yes. :)

Mardee: "So beautiful!"

Mark: "*Pffft. A travesty to claim to represent the real Germany."

(*paraphrasing since my German is pitiful. :) )

Mignon, I agree with Mardee. Appreciated. Not on my bucket list, but its hard to fault the aesthetics of the country.

If I watch it again, I’ll try it with the sound off I think…

I understand that completely :-)

Here, for MarkK. https://www.goethe.de/prj/stg/en/deu/erf.html

I think the two most significant are Mayo and the thermos. Mayo for obvious reasons, the thermos because of the scientific breakthrough in AI. It knows to keep hot stuff hot and to keep cold stuff cold. That requires AI.

mayonnaise was invented in Germany?

Sounds French.

Nigel, the internet doesn't lie. But sounded strange to me.

Always thought Mayo was invented by Irish people ;o)

I dont use AI but always try the Human one so existing

thanks for posting. Prima ! Grossartig

https://www.goethe.de/prj/stg/en/deu/erf.html
“Germans have invented many things we couldn’t live without anymore. We’ve limited a very long list to our personal “TOP 40 Inventions, Discoveries and Breakthroughs”. We hope not to have missed the one invention that has completely changed your life.”

Above is the lead in for the article then they begin the list, but if I had actually read it I would have realized it was a German attempt at Cultural Appropriation. Makes me wonder how many of the other Top 40 are for real. Sorry folks. I should have been more careful.

“Mayonnaise – Where Mayo Came From”
“Mayonnaise was invented in France in 1756. But it was the German immigrant Richard Hellman who in 1905 sold the first ready-made mayonnaise at Richard Hellman’s New York deli. He started selling mayonnaise in large glass bottles because it was easier to sell. This product was marketed as ‘Hellman’s Blue Ribbon Mayonnaise.’”

All important and interesting. I find the history of Adidas particularly interesting. Not just the famous dispute between the two brothers and the outcome of Adidas and Puma.

The company is one of the oldest Olympic sponsors, has been equipping the world's best football teams and players for over 50 years, and has been an official sponsor of the FIFA World Cup since 1998. Or, to put it a little more unkindly, Adidas also helped invent sports corruption. Not a particularly honorable thing, but a part of Adidas history. Nevertheless, I love the sneakers from their 'Originals' collection.

I'm always fascinated by the number of items I learn about that have come from Germany. It really is a very industrious country.

Mr. E, I had no idea that Hellman was from Germany—interesting! And I actually just found out a few years ago that the automobile was invented in Germany. Again, no clue (in all fairness, I am not a car person).

And I remember hearing in one of my German classes that the coffee filter was invented by a German woman from Dresden back in the early 1900's. She used blotting paper from her children’s school books to remove coffee grounds from her brew, making it less bitter and smoother. She was granted a patent in 1908 and sold 1,200 coffee filters at the 1909 Leipzig Fair.

Re: Adidas. A difference exists between the American pronunciation of that word and that in German.

for medium distance running season (I was generally a long distance runner) in my next to last year in school my parents scraped together enough to give me a beautiful pair of Adidas spikes. They were light as a feather and really helped me do well. I was ever so grateful....