GERMANY TRAVEL TIPS FOR FIRST TIMERS | 40+ Must-Knows Before Visiting Germany + What NOT to Do!

I hope you all enjoy this video about Germany! Let me know in the comments if you have any more tips you'd like to add, or any questions :)

Austrian here. German and Austrians don't jaywalk to set an example for children. You might see someone jaywalk every once in a while, but they will check first if children are present.

One thing about the toilette situation. If you are in a restaurant and have orderes something (and going to pay it of course), you can use the toilette and restroom for free (since you are a guest of the house and not only there to use the toilette)

As a German, even though we look very grumpy and frowny, we are actually friendly, just in a rough way :D We love to speak english even when you try to speak German with us! When we stare at you, we are just curious and are mostly too shy or uncomfortable to approach you. This is your chance to create an adopt-a-german-program! :)  Regarding the Autobahn: Please don't go there intending to drive as fast as you can, it is incredibly dangerous. Germans tend to consider themselves the best drivers in the world and some of them carelessly use some stretches of Autobahn as their personal race tracks. Most germans tend to just go their personal middle ground comfort speed and leave the speeders on the left lane to their fun, but there are still a lot of deathly car accidents on the Autobahn every year, and you don't want to be involved in that. Believe me.

What a brilliant primer! So packed full of valuable information, culturally and practically. I'm fairly well travelled but haven't made it to Germany and this was my first video about travel there, so thanks.

I watched this as apart of research I’m doing for travel sites/blog/YouTube I want to start and just loved the video so much I stayed for the whole thing, awesome job! Now I can’t wait to go to Germany even though it wasn’t even on my list for a few years. Thanks ❤

I cannot thank you enough for this. Planning my first trip there and I have the jitters about everything you discussed (and more). Thank you for making this video!

This video is super helpful. Thanks for making.

You're amazing and precise! Most youtubers ramble on without pointing out the important stuff. I'm planning on visiting Germany this summer from Greece. I'll make sure to watch all of your videos ❤ Thank you!

Very informative and helpful!

WOW! So happy I stumbled upon your channel! So much valuable information here. Thank you!

Excellent tour of Germany, thank you!

Great info, Danke!

This is so helpful thank you! We are planning our trip in Sept/Oct and are excited to see this beautiful country.

Thank you so much for this informative video

I wish I watched this video before going to Berlin for the marathon last month. Didn't know what to expect but I ended up love Germany! Really wish I can go there in the future to explore more of it!

Regarding the photos: There is actually a set of privacy laws that mean that, for pictures taken in Germany, you need to get permission of everyone in the picture. Of course, there are provisions for photographing people on public squares as part of a crowd at a distance etc., but if you plan to post your pictures or movies publicly, (which includes YouTube etc.), you should look those up before you get in trouble. There are also some rather strict laws about operating drones (even small ones), even if they aren't equipped with a camera that surprise many content creators visiting here and can result in quite costly fines if you failed to get the required insurance and follow labeling laws.

Thanks for the tips and the video. You're so pretty!

Great video!

Very well done, thumbs up. Not sure if you mentioned to learn bit of german as this is definitely a key opener. Yes, Germany is so different landscape, culture, people, regions, food. It take months to explore and every part is worth to see and to dive into it for a while.