The world's only float-through McDonalds
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 10. 10. 2021
- On a little canal off the Elbe river in Germany, sits the McBoat: the world's only paddle-through McDonalds. It seemed like the sort of thing I should investigate.
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In case anyone was wondering: a vegan burger, Kartoffel-Dippers with Heatwave sauce, and a mango-pineapple smoothie. Like I said in the video: variations on the standard are interesting!
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This is the most Tom Scott video idea I've ever seen
Evan I think you are amazing đ
Agree
Oh hello!
And if it only works if you have that tick thing.
This video title feels like it came from the machine learning algorithm.
Imagine paddling the entire route, only to tell you that the ice cream machine broke.
I have collected photos of "Ice cream machine broken" signs in McDonald's in every country I have been to. The global consistency is amazing.
lolz
That ice cream machine belongs on the bottom of the river
@@jeandanielodonnncada It's never actually broken. It overheats and takes ages to cool down. Because of this, the ice-cream melts before it leaves the machine and is liquified
I work at McDonalds btw. Insider info here.
Now if the ice cream machine actually worked, that would've been a proper big twist to the formula.
At our local McDonalds, when it opened, they had a promotion where you'd get a discount if you came in the drive-through in a tractor. This was a stunt to convince the skeptical farmer to try McDonalds. But it descended into chaos: the drive-through infrastructure couldn't handle the sheer size of a tractor, and we ended up with 50-100 tractor clogging the traffic in the town centre. So they had to ban tractors in the drive-through.
That is hilarious. The city-slicker big-wig who came up with that didn't know how big actual tractors are đ
This is amazing đ€Łđ€Łđ€Ł
Lies again? Hospital Food
Where was it? Was it in the west country?
@@majorpygge-phartt2643 it was Laurel Grove, Virginia. They've discussed modifications to the drive through in order to bring it back, but nothing yet.
âPeople like a mix of familiarity and novelty. If everything changes, people get overwhelmed and they move on. If nothing changes, people get bored and they move on.â
Excellent observation and very well said. đđ
- Tom, are you free to hangout?
- No, sorry, I'm flying to Germany.
- Oh, what for?
- I'm eating at McDonald's.
I'm getting a hamburger at McDonald's in Hamburg- er, sorry, order's here
Fast food is popular in Hamburg: on the Reeperbahn there's a kebab shop below the Pink Palace & a Pizza Hut next to it.
Alternatively:
- Tom, are you free to hangout?
- No, I was about to go to McDonald's.
- Oh, I can join you. Which location are you at?
- Hamburg.
There are people that like to go to other countries to try out how different fast food is over there
Ferry and Drive all the way to McFloatBoat
I was actually hoping it was a drive-through window for boats. This is still cool though.
Mcmonagles in Clydebank has a sail through!
Same
it's ite better than biden land
I hoped that as well!
But boats are different hights, if its a bigger boat, you canât give the food from that window because its too low
I love that the end segment made me realize a good amount of people probably immediately splashed river-water onto their food while paddling away.
if they were like this guy yes, he isnt a good paddler. He move to much with his torso using to much force bringing the paddle and taking the paddle from the water, and to little force pushing the water away from him.
River water is probably just as healthy as a coke anyway....
@@zeto155 Good info.
@Rowdy Jr does Germany have any notable bacteria in their water?
@@gaymohammed3137 no we dont. a splash of german river water on your food wont do anything (except make it soggy).
i wouldnt drink a pint of elbe, you'd probably get diarrhea, but not much else will happen.
the only dangerous river in germany is the alster, or rather its water, the so called alsterwasser. there's been many accidents with that.
My biggest flex is that the ice cream machine at my local mcdonalds has never been broken when i went there
I don't believe you. That goes against all laws of nature!
Same. I've actually never seen it broken anywhere in SW Europe.
Maybe it's only always broken in the US
Was broke last I went to the local Mickey D's in Michigan.
What does Flex mean?
â@@andydunn5673 to show off. you can kinda think about it like flexing your muscles. usually now its used ironically or to exaggerate
I absolutely loved the way you revealed it was in Hamburg at the end and then paddled swiftly away like some sort of eccentric fact magician
fact magician that's brilliant
Tom Scott will return with another little fact!
Fact magician underrated vocabulary.
Hamburg-er oh damn I just got the joke
Fact magician
You can never predict what Tom's gonna do next. It's like he's trying to get the platinum trophy for life.
He's a hardcore completionist
@@timmccarthy872 what percentage do you reckon he's at right now? đ€
You a playstation player?
He's getting all of the achievements
The next video will be something in germany.
I actually grew up near a restaurant with a âboat-throughâ
Thereâs a radio on the end of an old dock post for you to order. Not entirely sure how they get it out to the boat, I never ordered from a boat myself, but apparently itâs very appreciated by fisherman and barge workers.
The place is called âBeachesâ in Vancouver, WA
McDonalds had a Floating Restaurant in I believe it was Vancouver. Although they never did Boat Thrus. Apparently it still exists but is now abandoned.
They do this at indian lake ohio also. so this is def not the only one that does this
Louisville Kentucky has a Joeâs Crab Shack and Tumbleweed Steakhouse both on the river, complete with boat parking and spots to pick up to-go orders on the river. So you can either pull up, dock, and go in - or get it brought out to your craft.
This is a perfect example for a perfectly executed marketing from this local McDonald. They literally had minimal costs and generate so much publicity only because someone had this smart idea, hell they even can use the power of influencers for free as you can see in this video đ
The franchise manager really loves it though. His enthusiasm about it just brings a smile to your face. Even though it is McDonald's
@chding zuure I imagine it's more for house boats then
Its good advertisement, i doubt it gets used more than few times a week.
not to mention the adorable accent
"Wish them a happy good day" đ
Right, I donât know how people stomach this quality of food. I skip a meal before putting poison in me.
_"...the world's only float-through McDonald's is in Hamburg."_
Why doesn't that surprise me?
Is there a better place to sell floating hamburgers?
I'm actually surprised it's not in the Netherlands or in a Norwegian fjord.
I also would've said Amsterdam or another Dutch city / town, but Hamburgs very watery as well so it still makes at least a little bit of sense
@@norgeee hamburg has more bridges than venice afterall
Hamburgers were invented in Connecticut
I love this video. I think it's the contrast of his professorial tone and awkward kayak paddling +the absolute silliness that is McBoat float-thru in Hamburg. Just a joy to watch honestly. Smiled the whole time.
In my home country, McDonald's introduced the McArepa. The lines the day they introduced it were astounding - variations on the standard are, in fact, quite interesting.
Dont miss the "McSki" the only ski thru mcdonalds in the world, in sÀlen, sweden. Bonus is to see Tom fall on skis as well.
We can do better than that, combine the two and have them stand on this dock with your order so you can snatch it as you waterski past!
The ski hill I used to work at had a ski through coffee shop. Sadly it was a Starbucks so not the best coffee.
Got real odd when there was tons of extra snow as you couldnât change the window height so they had to dig a ditch for it.
I am going to Salen in January 2022. I WILL be going here...
I did not know that!
@@6yjjk mc iceskates if it wherent for climate change
Hamburg actually has quite a lot of float-through locations, some with a counter right by the water. I recommend everyone coming to Hamburg checking out the Alster and Elbe rivers!
@under a rock What is happening on this platform, seriously? These spambots are freaking everywhere!
Yes, it's really fun to rent pedal boats in summer and tour through the channels, getting a snack and/or a jÀgermeister shot here and there :-D
Wow a genuine hamburger
@@TheSkypetube cheeseburger
Oh and when youâre already in Hamburg maybe youâd like to visit the most beatiful cities of Germany: Bremen. đ
in my experience that "mix of familiarity and novelty" also applies to visiting mcdonalds abroad, because even though know what to order and expect, they always have those regional menu items that are different everywhere (things like McKroket in the netherlands, Croque McDo in france, and in belgium they even had beer??)
This is by far my most favorite video from Tom.
That's really neat, but they shouldn't have gotten rid of the float-thru speaker. Now it's really more like a dockside delivery service, that you just order online, which isn't quite the same thing.
If I'd had to guess I'd say it was either vandalised too often, or it didn't like the German winter + river humidity mix. In any case maintenance costs might be too high for them to bother
@@jakobvanklinken It is Germany, so there'll probably be some kind of law banning a speaker at a River
"Ah yes, time to pull out my phone to order..." *splashing sound* "oops"
@@gearandalthefirst7027 As a veteran kayaker you know everything needs to be secured and be waterproof. Maybe will visit it next season.
@@jakobvanklinken Probably got rid of it after Covid happened and so much stuff went curbside, so they just rolled the river ordering into the app as well.
Rather disappointed that the menu/speaker isn't there anymore. That just makes it a slightly more elaborate curbside (that must be a nightmare of 'not fast enough' for the employee who has to deliver to it during lunch rush), not a paddle-thru.
Exactly, you have to download an App and link them to your card info and then unsubscribe to a mailing list and their push notifications. It's probably also a hell of a lot quicker to just hop out the canoe and walk into the store with a âŹ10 note and order in person, than faff around selecting options, confirming an order and then getting out your credit card to tap in payment info.
Idk i feel like if i was working there i would love to be the person who takes the food down to the river. Seems like a nice little break
@@CalvinsWorldNews Something tells me that you missed the entire point of the video.
I imagine they have upgraded the system and couldn't justify paying for the screens etc down there.
Probably had kayakers placing a big order then paddling away,.
dude i cant express how much i love your videos
in that restaurant is served probably the most fresh McFish ever
If Tom is in Hamburg, the Miniaturwunderland will surely be next
Came here to say this. We popped in for a quick look around. Got chucked out at closing time it is that good.
"the world's only miniature railway with landing planes" I look forward to it
@@nickhorrex2313 not just landing planes, a fully functional airport where the arrivals and departures are accurate, planes are serviced and refuelled and taxi to the runway to take off. The attention to detail is off the scale.
he's been there before but said it wouldn't make for a good video
I'm surprised he's never done it
I literally live 3 minutes away from that McDonalds and never knew that there was a McBoat behind it đ
I also live 3 minutes away and also never knew there was a McBoat!
das gebÀude direkt daneben ist meine elektro innung :D
I too live 3 minutes away and was also not aware or privy to any McBoat.
I'm not in the 3 minutes club but still very close. Never knew it was there, even when i was canoeing in that area.
I also live 3 minutes away from mcdonald, not that one in hamburg tho, its the one in cimahi, indonesia
0:23 do we really want to ignore, that he just missed the water with his paddel. Lmao đ
yup, noticed this
Your boy Tom is steering
Thank you!! This is awesome!
I didn't know there was a float-through, but I was sure Tom would be going there
@Gina R0se SáŽx CÊáŽÉŽÉŽáŽÊ 18 whatâs with ur pfp and username?...
Literally have one of these a few miles from my house. Apparently Tom didn't research outside of Germany.
@@acf2802 I was also wondering if McDonald's just told him it was the only one. There are a few on the Ohio river as well.
I absolutely love how unenthused the store manager is about McBoat. I bet itâs a logistical headache đ
The stairs....
If itâs anything like the way curb side works, shouldnât be very hard at all. Place order on phone, restaurant gets a ping âhey, thereâs someoneâs out on the river who ordered *order*â, they make the food and bring it to them
To me the manager seemed genuinely proud of the McBoat, perhaps a bit shy.
@@lotecque yea every German person who is speaking English on camera seems to struggle to be eccentric
You mean McBoot. ;)
I like and appreciate that you made this a short video.
Like many other CZcamsrs, you couldâve dragged this out for 10 minutes, but you didnât.
I have the same kayak as Tom and that warms my heart a little
So after a large portion of UK-based content Tom seems to do a Grand Tour of Germany now. Willkommen in Deutschland, mein Freund!
From a logistical standpoint it makes sense. Save up a bunch of video ideas in one country then go film them all on one trip, keeps the budget down.
@@SweetBabyGray sure it makes total sense and I love that I can discover new stuff in my own country now
Love Hamburg, excellent city, so much to see. Very much missing my trips to Deutschland!
@@SweetBabyGray Especially with travel restrictions over the past year and a bit, I'd imagine there's been quite a bit he's been gearing up to film once it became possible. Love to see it!
I donno. Germany certainly has a lot to offer.
Greatly appreciate you not making every video a 39 minute essay about simple things like this.
"A happy good day" what a nice persone 1:24
Was definitely hoping for the "drive thru" window to be right on the river. Seeing this implementation though, I'm surprised it's the only one. They can't be the only McDonald's that's along a river, and it seems like it would be a good way to get a little extra business from anyone boating by. The stairs and bit of dock seem like the only real investment here.
Well, it's not McDonald's, but there are other Cafés that serve coffee, cake and ice cream through a window to people floating by
@@TarikDaniel other cafes and stuff have it sometimes, whent canoeing the lahn (germany) recently and did that a few times
Theres also a McDonalds like in Indian Point, Ohio. Only the dock is a bit closer to the building.
@@hunterwinters3738 it appears by the pictures and signs that that McDonald's you'd moor your boat and head inside. Am I correct? Similar, but not float through
It isn't, i seen one in texas and in another state in USA...
I can't stop smiling, great storytelling Tom!
A surprise to see you here. Excellent videos by the way!
@vThaĂ no to you
@vThaĂ wha
Woah, didn't think I'd see you here!
Hey. Nice to see ya here :D
I have one across from my old middle school in Madeira Beach, Florida - if only they delivered it to the dock like this, that'd be game changer!
Wait, you went to Madeira Beach too? Before or after it became fundamental?
@@uncommon_nettle I attended before it transformed into a fundamental in 06, 07, 08 era!
@@AmbitiousGaming I was a good few years after you, then. Still, funny coincidence!
@@uncommon_nettle OMG please tell me you experienced the Biology building @ Madeira and I didn't just dream that? This McDonalds will forever a stapled memory too!
@@AmbitiousGaming Yes! with the tank in the middle of the entrance. I am forever scared by marine biology. Bardes was stone cold on the circle of life thing.
In Nederland noemen de dit de McDrijf. đŠ
I've watched you for years Tom & you're one of the few people I'd rank up there with David Attenborough for enthusiastic & informational presentation. In my eyes you're a national, if not, a world wide treasure! Appreciate you bud!
O'rite he's good but not that good. Don't let it get to his head.
Well well, fancy meeting you here @Lord Spink :-)
David AttenBurger
...what wut no
thats- too accurate.
The effect you talked about about something being the right amount of novelty combined with familiarity is called the MAYA threshold in design theory. The term was coined by Raymond Loewy, who is often credited as the inventor of the streamline design.
Okay nerd
@@ijemand5672 shut up
But sometimes itâs just drip feeding of whatâs already in the drawer for years, because you want to sell your product the next few years, too.
come off it
Donât get it confused with planned obsolescence
This is so incredibly cool and giving me some ideas for a fantasy concept
Such a great video on all aspects, such a good feeling video.
I'm fascinated by how much Tom teaches me about my own country. I had no idea about half of the stuff Tom talked about from germany, so I'm super stunned what's up next!
Your people certainly are enthusiastic about the mcboat đ đ
There are actually BMW drivers, that use the turn signal
I was at that McDonalds before (and bought a drink because McD is awful). Never knew you could order by boat.
I'm actually living in Hamburg and didn't know about this :D
@@modprog I have a feeling a McDonalds trip is in your future đ
Now THIS is the place that you can buy a true coke float
lmao đ
10/10 pun.
If the soft serve ice cream machine actually works? Hamburg Deutschland would be the place, fur das ist im ordung.
Would be perfect but the concept of "Floats" does not exist in Germany.
omg XD
Thanks Tom again
Wait... This is not the only float through McDonald's. In Ohio there is a McDonald's by Indian Lake Reservoir that has a drive thru for Pontoon boats. It's a fully functional drive thru as well, not just a dock when they bring out food.
That's a bucket list for a Maccy like me!
I was thinking the same!
only in ohio đ
Thereâs one in johnsburg illinois as well⊠go there all the time on the pontoon in the summer
I was at this exact McDonalds two days ago, never whould I have guessed that there was a McBoat Station a few meters down the parking space... It really is that easy to miss
@@lotecque And if you attempt it anyways, please take video of it!
This could be the place where I would think of ordering a âMcFish Filetâ
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In Australia that's called a fillet-o-fish. I always thought it stood out, and should be called the McFish. Huh.
@@briannem.6787 Itâs Fillet âo Fish in the US as well.
@@boataxe4605 and Canada.
At this McDonald's, Mr Scott just visited it is also called filet o' fish.
That changed about 15 years ago in germany. Nevertheless no one says that and still use the old word which is a "Fish Mac".
I love this. I would have loved it more if it was like an actual float thru with kayaks lined up but this is still good and cool!
It's amazing how I live in germany and I've never heard of this float-through McDonalds except for today
The filming quality has jumped up in recent videos. Shots like 0:47 are something new to Tom Scott videos and it looks great
Thanks to GoPro for making better cameras?
Professional camera team doing professional camera things
@@tommihommi1 especially German productions ;)
Maybe they've ramped the production crew back up with covid sort of not really but kinda out of the way?
@@Huntracony the production team is literally in the description :)
Tom knocking out of the park once again, making the most interesting content on the platform!
He's no Nikocado Avocado...
@@googleuser3163 Who?
This is the most
Tom Scott video idea I've ever seen
@@dakota9821 Please, do not look him up
@@googleuser3163 BRUH, that elephant needs to delete social media and get himself on a diet, plus some desperately needed therapy.
I love seeing fast food places that are slightly different than their normal locations. Thereâs a McDonaldâs in Alaska with a snow mobile drive through thatâs designed for people on snow mobiles as thatâs the best means of transportation in the area
God, getting the wrong order is going to suck when have to go back.
If anyoneâs planning to go canoeing around Utrecht in the Netherlands, you can order poffertjes or beer from your boat and have it delivered a few minutes later. Iâm willing to bet Amsterdam will offer something similar.
link to more info?
Is dit regtig waar? In daai geval: rol die rooi tapyt uit, Utrecht -- ek kom kuier! đđșđ
Is that so? In that case: roll out the red carpet, Utrecht -- I'm rocking on over! đđșđ
Oeee lekker. Ik studeer in Utrecht dus dat ga ik eens proberen.
Poffertjes are pancake cookies.
I remember I visited a place in the Netherlands where you could get ice cream from the boat
boys, this is the closest Mad Cap'n Tom we can get in nowadays
You're right, he's literally in charge of a boat here. Somebody alert the KĂŒstenwache that there may soon be a new waterway through East Hamburg.
1:47 very true, especially also with music and composition. For example John williams in star wars would use the same little motif for certain characters, and hide and use that motif here and there but usually with variation, whenever that character would appear on screen.
Always links to the bigger point, from float-through mcdonald to a philosophy of human psychology. amazing
Joke's on him, I've only ever eaten at McDonalds.
Even when Odal190's mother nursed them, it was in McDonald's!
@Odal190 lm terribly sorry about that. And RIP you're Digestive System.
@@Stevie-J Eww, good thing they were just joking. They WERE just joking, right?
You should try burger king
Floating in Dutch is "drijven". So this could be called a "drijf-through"!
you would think Amsterdam would have beaten them to the punch. that or Giethoorn
They don't speak Dutch in Germany, but German ;)
so through means through only?
@@DarkWolf958 Why not Venice?
McDrijf
Thatâs the greatest outro I have ever heard
0:46 oh :c stills truly being the experience tho
Funny. I was talking with my girlfriend about this when you uploaded the last german located video.
"Would be funny if Tom would go there." Well, called it.
I worked near this and we paddled multiple times there. It was quite nice since you're already doing your workout for one part of the meal. Maybe one singular pommes frite.
There is another McDonalds like this on Indian Lake in Russells Point, Ohio, albeit itâs primarily for pontoons, not kayaks.
was about to say this. been there before.
Cincinnati local right here
I was going to say the same, been there several times.
Thereâs also one on one of the lakes in the chain of lakes near the Illinois/Wisconsin border for boats also if Iâm not mistaken
@@legocreators great lakes?
Too bad they donât have this in the Netherlands since the Dutch word for float is drijf, pronounced the same as drive. You literally get a drijf-trough
Great, I love that kayak. The Challenger is amazing!
The big reveal that the McDonalds in question is...in...HAMBURG! That was brilliant, well done :-)
Reading the title, I was expecting the Netherlands or maybe Venice, but I think I like the real outcome better.
Sometimes I wonder whether Tom made this video just to arrive at that joke
And it was worth it
hamburg⊠er
@@KlaxontheImpailr afaik Hamburg has the most waterways for a city in the world, even more than Venice
@@AR19167 not really a joke, it's where they were created
One correction: the McBoat is NOT on the elbe, but on the Bille, more exactly at the Mittelkanal, which is part of the oldest part of the Hamburg harbour
no one really cares.
@@jemand8462 Tom will. Tom definitely cares :)
@@jemand8462 I do. If it's wrong it's wrong
Eh, it's all flowing the same place.
Ok nerd
Welcome to Macdonald's.. here's your hamburger. You can sprinkle a bit of the river water onto it if it's too dry
that kayak needs a cup holder
So the only McDonalds in the world where you can row up to the dock and get your hamburger delivered by a Hamburger. Awesome.
-I think the proper term would be Hamburgher?-
It was supposed to be a joke, stop correcting me.
@@timothymclean what do you mean?
@@timothymclean no its called Hamburger
@@timothymclean Person from Hamburg are called Hamburger
Unless it's stolen by a Hamburglar
There's a McSki in Sweden, where you can order and ski to the lift without even taking your skis off.
Just searched it and I'm not sure how I missed it when I was at Lindvallen last december
Tom Scott: Hold my skis !!!
Sweden also has a McDonaldâs for snowmobiles.
I instantly knew it had to be the elbe. So remarkable
Love this is spreading. Fox Lake in Illinois in the US has this as well. Parking for maybe 12 boats.
I'm surprised to hear there isn't anything like that in the UK, with the whole narrowboat culture boom atm.
Fore real, I wouldn't be surprised to see something like this in Bristol
There are provision boats, ice cream boats, and I'm sure I remember a pizza boat on the Norfolk Broads
I could definitely see this being a thing in the Norfolk Broads, there's pubs fully located on the water's edge where you can moor up. I've motored into the centre of Norwich before past a Wetherspoons and a Pizza hut so I'm sure they could do something of that nature if someone was committed enough.
It wouldn't quite look as nice if it was in the UK though would it? Dodging the shopping trolleys, rubbish thrown into the river or canal by chavs or the turd floating down past you.
There is a floating cafe on the Basingstoke Canal at Woking town centre.
I love that we see a split second of Tom going absolutely wild with the paddles, when the drone footage speeds up
I know this isn't a McDonald's ad, but that shot of the lady walking Tom's order out and handing it to him really, REALLY looks like a commercial. I thought it was footage from McDonald's or something and was rather befuddled to see Tom appear in this gorgeous high-production-value shot to grab his order, _~atmospherically~._ VERY well done.
i have only recently learned that this exists, even though i regularly stop there. at least i knew what i was clicking on when i saw this video.
Tom is just living his life, I'm so jealous tbh. Imagine this being your job.
Apparently it's a massive headache to be in all those places, while also giving talks and running a CZcams channel.
Don't imagine it, make it your job.
Making this a job actually drifts content creator away from what it looks like from outside. Sometimes it's stressful to think about a new content, and shooting it is another issue. Imagine how many takes Tom Scott did in that kayak and what time it took to create a 2 and a half minute video. (thinking, travelling, shooting, post production etc.) Not only being in various interesting places, but you also have to love content creating to create content regularly to live this life while being happy. Not every content creator are happy with this life, because they were not expecting a life like that in the beginning.
@@JohnVoxville53 this... this is what I meant.
Well articulated...
I mean in theory its great but I imagine it is very stressful too having this many subscribers who expect top quality interesting videos on a regular basis.
Love how the manager says "we make your food ready" like a true German should. Sure it's the wrong term, but it's easy to understand, analytic (and a literal translation from German, of course).
I think it's the 'more right' term anyway, considering how pre-made so much of fast food is (which is the reason it can be so fast).
Easy to understand? I don't know what that means.
@@PiousMoltar why?
@@android-user I think its because they're either a very critical english speaker or they're not a native english speaker.
@@PiousMoltar Understandable
The jokes at the end wrapped this up so well. Great writing.
I love that he can't paddle straight. I feel that pain when I tried kayaking once before, thing's trickier than you'd imagine.
Me as a German: **clicks on the video** "Wow where the hell is this! This gotta be in Thailandđ€"
Tom: "The world's only float-through is on little canal on the Elb River in Germany"
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Ab nach hamburg wĂŒrde ich sagen
@Lukas Borck Bin auf der Billerhuder Insel aufgewachsen. Als Kind in den 90ern sind mein Vater und ich mit seinem Schiff oft durch die Bille-KanĂ€le in Hamm gefahren und haben uns dort des öfteren was geholt. Ist ulkig zufĂ€llig auf dieses Video gestoĂen zu sein.
I thought it was the UK. Looked like it.
@Lukas Borck why not be happy that it's in your country
Ging mir auch so. Erstmal rĂŒberfahren xD
And in Sedona, Arizona (US), there's a McDonald's that advertises itself as the "World's only Teal Arches". They couldn't put up the usual Golden Arches because the town council refused to allow it, so McDonald's Corporation granted them a variance in their franchise agreement, and their arches are teal to this day.
Cool
I think this is better said that signage has to work with the landscape colors...the way you phrased it was Sedona said F off, whereas they have a guideline.
Wrong
It's not that Sedona refused, but rather McDonald's had to follow the local laws requiring that the buildings in the area have to match the landscape. Since teal matched the landscape and a color other buildings selected, they did teal
@@wdwfanatic1394 Sedona town council refused based on their local building codes.. so how is the original poster " wrong " ???
I think thereâs one in France?? which had to have white arches for the same reason
Life jacket required!
I was hoping for the same, a float up kiosk to still be present, but to hear that it once was there is awesome.. I had a dream that I was next to a Wendy's that was built over a freeway, with the long windows of the 90s style, allowing you to sit and watch the traffic zoom out from below where you were seated..
The reveal at the end about it being in Hamburg was priceless
Gotta say I'm little disappointed there's not a queue of kayaks going around a "row-thru"
This looks awesome
Amazing!
This branch of McDonalds has been blessed by Tom Scott. They'll never be quiet again.
This is the most Tom Scott video idea I've ever seen
McBoat has a clearly better fate than McBarge in Canada.
Also, I wonder if anyone can ride a hovercraft there.
Probably, but the employee who brings you your meal will surely have a rough day.
I believe you cannot as the port authority only allows vessels like ships and boats to go through the canals
The McBarge seems to have a new light, doing it up. Watch Bright Sun Films video on the subject
Now I'm asking myself if (or where) you could actually get a hovercraft + license as an average joe. There has to be somewhere, right? đ€
"I wonder if anyone can ride a hovercraft there."
Not if it is full of eels.
so poetic
The manager looks genuinely happy
There is an ice cream shop in Hamburg with a proper âsail-throughâ for kayaks and paddle boards
And I guess you must have dozens of cafés where you can just order from a kayak or your boat. I have seen soo many of those here in the Netherlands...
In Apollo Pennsylvania there's also a row through ice cream shop.
An American friend of mine once showed me the McDonalds' in her hometown somewhere on the south edge of the one of the Great Lakes, where there's an actual docking quay for leisure boats to get food at the place as well. If I recall correctly you could also just order from your phone there and have it be delivered to you on the quay. If that's the case, wouldn't that make it functionally identical to this one in Germany?
Functionally yes, but not officially I guess
Fox Lake, Illinois, there is a marina for people to park up and order but it's not strictly a float-through as they don't bring your food to you.
I love how you'd think "this feels too scenic and amazing for just a McDonald's", then you find out it's in the *birthplace of the hamburger* and suddenly it makes sense
That pun at the end got me good