The Average German Sunday | Church, markets, and weird rules
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- čas přidán 14. 05. 2024
- Sunday is a sacred day for the Germans. But what do they do with it? Go to church? Meet friends? Get into trouble with neighbors? Euromaxx reporter Clare Trelawny-Gower follows Michael Müller, an Average German, for a look into German culture.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:36 “Sonntagsruhe” or Sunday quiet time
01:16 Where to buy groceries?
01:57 Church attendance
02:13 Flea market
03:17 Coffee and cake
03:58 Watching football with friends
04:50 “Sonntagsspaziergang” or Sunday stroll
#germany #sunday #germanculture
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CREDITS
Report: Clare Trelawny-Gower
Michael Müller: Mischa Wanker
Camera: Neven Hillebrands
Edit: Clare Trelawny-Gower, Neven Hillebrands, Arndt Baumüller
Supervising Editors: Hendrik Welling, Mirja Viehweger
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Who's watching on Sunday? What are you doing with your day? 👀⛪☕🍰?
I don’t feel like going out today, so if I’m going to eat cake, I’d better start baking.
church, food, and more food
Haha, secretly observing the Germans in our natural habitat without disturbing. David Attenborough would be proud of you.
"The German was unlucky today. He will have to try again, for nature is unforgiving ..."
haha
Attenborough is in favour of e(ugenics)
Lies again? Learn Church USD SGD
Love how you showcased something that is apparently average but the way it’s produced is excellent! Good sense of humor 😊
Thanks so much! 😁
Hi there
As a German I ask myself the same question every sunday
And what do you get up to on Sunday? 🤔
Perhaps driving to neighbouring countries (if lucky to be located around border location, except AT) 😅
@@ralu1651I‘m living 20mins away from Austria but driving there wouldn’t change anything as you already mentioned 😭
Well, using a Hoover instead of a broom for this few crumbs says more about Michael than of Wolfgang.
It's a Miele and they're extremely quiet.
I like the fact about Germans, when they work they do work, and when they have holiday they do enjoy it.
Those German "quiet Sunday" rules are amazing, and the fact that people (mostly) follow them speaks well of German society in my view. They wouldn't work here in the US because a small and immature minority here consider it their right to make a nuisance of themselves.
Hi
And if there are such rules then some Republicans will come out saying how the democrats want to take your freedom away
@@normaromero7271 The perfect combination of ignorance and stupidity in one comment. Congratulations troll.
@@normaromero7271 There are, of course, emergency pharmacy services.
@@normaromero7271 Of course pharmacies are open rofl
I have been waiting to be a part of Micheal’s Sunday! This is exciting 😅
I appreciate seeing the fruits of labor with the increased production budget. The props team really blew me away. The wigs are almost believable this episode. Hats of to you!
Thanks Eric, we invested in the best
Were you going to say: Hats Up ?
The presentation is top notch!! Danke!
I love this series!
EVERYTHING about this video is tops. Danke!
Sundays in Germany are the best! Escaping the grip of stress, work and money for at least one day ...
Not if you're a tourist.
😂😂😂 another great video love it! ❤
Very nice series - fun and much informative! Very crriative. Well done!
Thank you! Would you like to any other parts of German life? 😁
Yayy, I was waiting for new episode of Clare - the friendly ghost and Michael.
We got a few more to come for you! ❤️❤️
Loved it! Next one please!!
Coming in 2 weeks
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love this series!
Hello there 😍
This was very entertaining and informative ❤
So Germans aren't that bad after all 😊
Terrific series, unique.
Thank you 🥺❤️
I like the Sundays in Germany, in the UK a long time ago only newspaper/tobacco shops petrol starions restaurants and pubs were open on Sundays.
I loved it so very much. She is so beautiful with such comic timing. Would love to see her again in another series
Meanwhile in The Netherlands: Ikea on Sundays and Christmas shopping on Christmas day. Supermarkets have been open here 365 days per year since I believe around the year 2000.
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Im sure the actors had a blast filming this!😂 So fun! And yet the interviewer is able to keep it professional)
Similar to Saturday in any Orthodox Jewish neighborhood. Quiet, peaceful, prayer and no shopping. A nice rest from the week.
yes but the funny thing is that in the jewish neighborhood they actually believe in god and consequently follow the concomitant rules. In Germany ... i don't think they are religious.
I love this series and all the German humor!
Vielen Dank
Another blockbuster episode from our favorite CTG following MM ...!!! 😎🤝
I remember when we were in Germany and we wanted to have our car washed and the lady in the gasoline station said, "It's Sunday! You should be on church". 😁😁😁
Let me take a wild guess: You were in southern Germany? ;-)
That must have been a long time ago
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Carwash is always possible on sunday, in fact I usually use sunday mornings to get my car washed, gas stations are open so are their car wash facilities. Favorite past time of many middle age men on sunday having annoying wifes is to wash their car for hours every time the sun comes out, just not to be with her 🤣
You are a storyteller😂
Quite enjoyable format. Like some sort of German nature documentary. 😅 Would watch more of it, make it „abendfüllend“.
Thanks! We would LOVE to make a feature-length Michael Müller Movie. For now, we’ll continue to deliver you the short and sweet bits❤️
@@dweuromaxx Please do keep the format. I especially liked the way it was annotated by Clare and the quizzical faces she pulled at times.
Good episode! I think the complaining neighbor is universal around the world!
This is so on the point. 😁
amazing how long they're hanging onto the shops closed Sundays, great stamina
Have a nice and quiet Sunday!
love it!
Good Video . . .Thanks
Excellent
Thank you! Are there any more Average German themes you’d like us to cover? 🤔😁
omg I love these series!! I can't wait for the next one!
What do Germans do on holiday? What do they wear? How much would they spend on trips and during trips? What food would they normally eat?
What would they pack with them? Any thing that they miss? How often do Germans even travel and where would they usually go for popular destinations? I seem to come across heaps of German backpackers in random places.
Are Germans politically active in their country? What do they like to watch at home? so many questions so little time wahhh!!
Hello there! Luckily for you, our next episode will answer many of your questions.…⛱️🌞
Sounds sarcastic 😂
That was interesting 😊
I really do hate it when any of my neighbours decides to vacuum on a Sunday. I am from Africa living in Switzerland and I have quickly adapted to the quiet Sunday 😅and I have come to have certain expectations on Sunday😊
Yay, the best dw show is back (:
Flea market and cakes. Got it!
I was waiting for this. And that part of making sport....
Making sch-port is a fundamental pillar of German life. ⚽️
“Germans are a sporty nation; football is the most watched sport.”
Training their eye muscles? 😂
There is an Austrian song about that, Long live the Sport it makes us hard it makes us tough. And the rest of the text is about a guy who gets the enjoyment from watching pro sport people especially those who have accidents.
Love it
Interessant! Ich war neugierig, was die Leute sonntags machen, wenn die Geschäfte geschlossen sind.
Pleasant Sundays.
The most Important thing to do on Sunday is *Nothing* !
And a lot of it. When in doubt, ask your fellow Germans to help you with doing nothing on Sundays.
Tatort???
Sleep well into the day, have a hearty breakfast, go for a walk, meet friends, do sports, don't go to church, have coffee and cake in a café, play video games, watch a movie. (By the way: Germans have a hand broom and a shovel).
And they enjoy the peace and quiet on sundays and give it to others too.
Michael doesn't own a broom and dustpan, just a vacuum? Those of us who have experienced Sonntagsruhe know to walk quietly, keep a broom, and don't mow the lawn on Sunday.
Flohmarkts are fun! If you go right before Oktoberfest, you can buy used Tracht!
Older Germans are much more formal about Kafee und Kuchen. It's served at home, from cakes baked the day before, on the good china.
As a german I can agree to this average sunday. Love it!
Do you going out during working days?
@@TeamDogFan you mean on a simple walk or spaziergang?
@@Sophie-mt8yf What is spaziergang?
@@TeamDogFan It's the expression for taking a walk outside with nowhere to go. Very nice to clear your head, move your body and maybe run into known faces. Also very healthy!
And yes, many people go on walks on working days as well but it surely depends on their time schedule. But in general taking walks is very healthy and calming :)
@@Sophie-mt8yf Sorry, I didn't express well, I thinking more about nightlife.
Not attending church services was even a thing back in the 1950s for men in some Catholic villages. While the women and children listened to the priest's sermon, the men would stand outside, gossiping, and only enter after the sermon was over. And for some farmers the only reason to go to church was the traditional "Frühschoppen" (roughly "morning pint", whereby in the Southwest and the Palatinate a "Schoppen" refers rather to a quarter-liter glass of wine) in one of the village's inns, where they met to gossip after church.
Not attending church regularly has always been a thing everywhere.
Go to virtually any European village or small town. How many people does the town church seat? 200? How many people live in town? 2,000? There you go.
@@someguy31415 It depends. Many villages have grown since the time the church was built. But you have a point here.
@@MichaEl-rh1kv Sure, but the village in which my mom grew up has had more than 1000 inhabitants for centuries. Yet the village church never seated more than 200 people at the very most.
Near-universal church attendance has been a fantasy for a long time.
Actually the men were drinking not gossipping, then after that they want for another beer at the Frühschoppen...
@@werpu12 men not gossiping? That would be a new one.
A perfect country ❤
Excuse me, an Average German Sunday video without the holy tradition of watching Tatort in the evening??? I'm disappointed 😢😢😢
this is so funny:D
Damn I am getting assimilated. I love a stroll on Sundays!
👍 - also for the YT algo! 😊
👍 - auch für den YT-Algo! 😊
Hello ❤
That's why he is so Good looking. He doesn't eat at all!😅
Much love from Mozambique 🇲🇿❤️
This program is an innovative idea , but not all people behave the same way
Nothing is a bargain if you don't need it!
We try to recover from working overtime and not taking lunch breaks.
Me: go to gym, online church , tidying up house 😂 and cooking
Online church? How does that work? 😁
@@dweuromaxx I joined some online church service as not many English service in my town
Online church? That's wild. I thought the only reason for most people who still go to church is to socialize. Nobody's really listening to sermons, unless perhaps people who have some crisis and really need it.
cool
Interesting ... 👀
Sounds pretty much like finnish life, except most stores etc are open, except Alko. You can find strong alcohol in bars only on sundays.. 😂
Interesting! Do Finns go shopping on Sundays then? 🇫🇮
@@dweuromaxx Shopping, restaurants, movies.. all the things you are too tired to do on the work week. And I personally don't know a single person who goes to church on sundays.. Sunday is really the "relaxation day" to do all the things you've been wanting to do, sleep long, walk in the park/forest, chill..
That Lidl bag, recently I had read, that Lidl gave up in Norway after 4 years being in Norway, also Norwegians were blaming Lidl for selling cheap junk food.
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Love this series❤!! Wonder what the Germans do on various holidays?
Good question! Luckily we have a few more episodes in store for you... :)
❤Looking forward to that!!
As an immigrant, everything being closed on Sunday was a HUGE shock for me.
Back in India, Sunday was THE day for shopping. Most commercial establishments make extra efforts (& sales) on Sundays. Each type of business has it's dedicated day of rest that is anything but a Sunday.
I find it much more practical -for the consumers as well as the product/ service providers.
For example, it is much nicer for me as an individual if the barber's shop is open on a Sunday. I get extra time to visit his and he gets extra business if the customers are not in a hurry.
He then takes a day off on Monday after the extra hard day of work. He can use this day to do his own shopping, bank trips, parent - teacher meetings etc. Only thing he can't do on a Monday, is get a haircut since other businesses (Cloth stores for example) have other days reserved as rest days.
This has religious roots, basically by religion you should take one day off every seven days thats what jews and christians and to some degree muslims as abrahamic religions have in common. The jews have strict laws on what you are allowed to do and what not. The christians not so Jesus as a jewish reformer (many christians wont like to hear that but jesus basically was a jewish religious reformer, and a real humanist always putting the wellbeings of humans on top of everything, he for instance also stood heavily against racism as we know it and against over the top religious rules), basically said, this day is for the people not the people for this day basically running into conflict with the jewish religious authorities, when he was healing a sick person on sabbath. He also said, why is it allowed to get a donkey out of a hole, but not to heal a person, just to show the utter stupidity of the jewish religious laws in this regard!
Hence we do not have strict rules for this day except for having off, there was a societal pressure to visit church on sundays, heck even by law in the middle ages, but that is not anymore except in smaller villages.
The idea basically is you have a day off to get rid of the stress to tighten family relationships etc... since this is every seven days, you work around that by simply do all your stuff on saturday which also is off for most people except those in the service sector and certain sectors which have exception regulations.
Many countries have abandoned the one day per week off rule by now in favor of generating more profit, but others have stuck to it, Germany and Austria being the prime example!
And frankly spoken most people would not want it another way, this free day off is really good for everybody, to get rid of the weekly stress and be among your family do whatever you want, which at a certain age is spending time with your kids, doing what needs to be done in the flat or house etc..Not having shops open is no tragedy, at least here in austria family businesses and bakeries can open at least for a few hours, so people tend to buy their fresh bread before going into the usual sunday stuff!
If shops are opened on Sunday, a lot of people can't go shopping or do anything else, because they have to work. Sundays are the only days families and friends can really spend together, because almost nobody has to work and all the shopping and stuff has already been done on Saturday (when most people also have free, but stores are open).
Die Berlin Version fehlt. Berghain line davor - line inside etc. Bitte mit allen Klischees.
Maybe you are aware of the Terra X documentary on the 'Average German'? The average German there was defined as one 'Thomas Müller' (because Thomas was the most frequent boomer first name!), profession: 'Kraftfahrer' (lorry driver), about 40 years of age, married to a 'Sabine' with two kids, and owning an Opel Astra.
@dweuromaxx You should visit the cities centers near the German border in neighbouring countries on Sundays. There are a lot of Germans that don't like "Ruhetage".
Oh yeah? What do they get up to?
@@dweuromaxx every Sunday and “Freie Tagen” the Dutch border cities and gardencenters are full of Germans. During these days Dutch people avoid shopping. In the Netherlands these “Freie Tagen” are called the “Duitse dagen”.
Yeah, because even Germans who work in stores have free, because they are closed. ;)
Whatever you do, don’t wash or dry clothes, or vacuum your floors…
This report is very accurate, and as well including most Germans feel an imaginary British woman follows them auf Schritt und Tritt.
Generalmente Los Supermercados están Cerrados los Domingos.
She is the most lovely and 'legally right' stalker in Germany.
smiling staight away; greetz to wolfgang, he is trying
How could you forget Tatort!!
I recall an American friend being condemned for hanging out her clothes in her own yard on Sunday. It was her only day off.
The pope still rules Germany just the same as the dark ages. Its time to stop pagan sun worship on SUNday. And allow freedom of religion and practice.
Wow, never heard such a story before, this is not usual, I live in austria and people are hanging out their cloths whenever there is sun, no matter which day!
Back to America then. Very simple.
I love Germany specially Berlin ❤and the Germans ❤
Sipping your beer.
Lol
Don't hate on DVD's, streaming is highly overrated.
This channel and series should include Liam
Don't they wash the Beamer on Sundays? Ich habe mich nur gefragt. :)
No car wash is open on Sunday. You could wash it in your street, but in a city chances are you get an encounter with the police, as you are probably polluting the ground water with oil residue from the car… in the countryside no one will care though. But best to go to a car wash on a Friday afternoon, when the weekend kinda starts, most people do it then.
I’m asking out of curiosity if I am working till Sunday and Sunday is my only day off how am I gonna vacuum my house in Germany?
Even if you work 6 days, you always find time for vacuuming. You don't need a day to do it.😅
@@seraph_tenshi I guess you are right but what if you wanna vacuum the whole house in one day like a huge cleaning 😅
@@senaozgur2825 My house is big, and I need 1-2h for that. Most of the time you clean on Saturday or in the moring or evening if you work all day. This is no biggy until 10pm. I never had a cleaning problem 🤣🤣
@@seraph_tenshi okay thank you so much 😊
Modern solution: buy a robot.
Do young people do Kaffe und Kuchen?! I somehow associate this with elders and somehow assumed the tradition was sort of dying out as I’ve never observed anyone under 50 or 60 doing it (unless with parents or grandparents).
On what day do the Germans go to the spa? (The one where everyone hangs around naked.)
Most are open every day so actually when you have time for it. Not everybody does, sauna culture is way bigger in the north of Europe, which makes sense, since it is also way colder in countries like Sweden and Finland.
Weekends are a great time to go to the sauna. Last weekend I wanted to go to a HUGE and quite expensive place near Cologne, Mediterana. I couldn’t get in because it was full! I mean, this place is massive, it can fit several hundred people, it has 14 different saunas, plus some steam baths and god knows what. And it must have been absolutely PACKED. It’s recommended that you reserve a spot ahead of time on weekends, especially during the winter. 🧖🧖♀️❤️🔥
Es ist sonntag hier und ich schaue mir das Video an damit ich als deutscher weiß wie ich mich zu verhaoten habe
😂oh i miss germany
2:21 Säkkijärven Pollka
soon mosques will be in that program, great job guys!
How do they keep their babies/kids quiet during Sundays ?
By shouting at them. (Just a joke)
Going to a playground
go for a walk with them
I agree with the other answers: Go to a playground, visit some sights in the area, take a hike in the area to a nice spot, stuff like that
Beer
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So true. Even I have the same routine, almost every sunday😂I
Kaffee at 3!? That’s still Mittagsschlafzeit! Kaffee starts at 4, period out.
If the football game starts in the late afternoon, you have to bring forward coffee and cake. Priorities, mein Herr, priorities!
@@marcromain64 Haha. In practice, not really an issue on Sundays. Most Sunday games start way too early to make it to kickoff if you still have coffee at 3.
@@someguy31415 How dare you killing my joke with facts! Now I need to find solace in cake and coffee at 5pm.
@@marcromain64 My apologies. Here is a Platte Bienenstich, a perfect Dienstagskuchen. ☕🍰
Vacuumcleaning would not be considered as an disturbance if not done for hours!
Definitively NO mustard on pretzels!!!!
Depending on where you live. And definitely between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.!
@@MajorWolf72 ....and depending how noisy your cleaner is!😂
Yes, ridiculous. Reminds me of my time in Germany.
If you love money more than your fellowman don’t move to Germany. Greedy people should move to America or England.
Ok this series is funny
I would have a hard time on Sunday I think. Shops being closed is a bit of a pain and Sunday is for suiting up in Nomex and hitting the race track! (quiet rules be damned!)