Quiz
On a scale of 1 to bratwurst: just how German are you?
What is your experience of Germany?
Bach and Berghain. Ring binders and space research. Lederhosen and Berlin Fashion Week. Germany can’t be pigeon-holed. It’s a diverse and multifaceted country that is shaped by everyone who lives there. Everyone has their own story to tell. What’s yours?
What’s Germany like?
Now it’s your turn. How do you see Germany? As rather closed-off, rigid, and rule-abiding, or perhaps open-minded, honest, and reliable? We want to hear your opinion! (The survey takes about 3 minutes.)
Fragile
Durable
Dependant
Sovereign
Hesitant
Resolute
Unreliable
Reliable
Evasive
Honest
Arbitrary
Rule-based
Outdated
Innovative
Weakened
Competetive
Arrested in the past
Future-oriented
Closed
Open
Isolationist
Cooperative
Exclusive
Inviting
Indifferent
Responsible
Opportunistic
Principled
Short-sighted
Lasting
Please make a selection. Neutral cannot be confirmed.
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What do people associate with Germany? Is it clichés like reserving sun loungers with towels or the notoriously direct way that Germans communicate? Or something else entirely? Click on the video and find out!
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A country of beer, bins and bratwurst: once you’ve answered these six questions, you’ll know just how deeply you’ve become immersed in everyday German life. The Germanness test.
A friend has just landed his dream job. What do you give him so that he gets off to the best possible start?
The film you want to see at the cinema begins at 7 pm. What’s your approach?
It’s the holidays. How do you prepare for your summer break?
What’s your favourite drink on a hot summer’s day?
You’re going on a long train journey. How do you pass the time?
What springs to mind when you see this picture?
You epitomise German efficiency in its purest form. When boarding an aircraft, you’re already in the queue before the airline even has time to say “Ladies and Gentlemen”. Your favourite word is process optimisation.
You have an orderly and systematic approach to life, but also give yourself enough room to breathe. On your summer holidays you may laugh at people using towels to reserve sun loungers, but you wear the socks-and-sandals combo with pride.
Either you’ve never set foot in Germany or you absolutely refuse to embrace any clichés. The whole concept of “punctuality” just makes you yawn. And heaven forbid you should ever have to eat bread with seeds again.
Everyday life in Germany
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... what you make of it. There isn’t just one view of Germany – it’s the diversity of opinions about the country that matters. Find a few impressions of Germany here. Have we forgotten anything? Share your story on #whatsgermanylike.
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