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00:00Over the last few years I have told you many crazy things about our beloved Berlin
00:04but there are a few unbelievable but true things that haven't had the chance
00:10to appear yet. But today's the day. Let's start with number one. Starting with the
00:16Döner Kebab. Berlin's number one fast food and a must try for every visitor.
00:22What most people don't know is that the Döner was actually invented right here
00:26in Berlin by a Turkish immigrant in 1972 who took the rotating grilled kebab meat
00:32and put it in a pita bread. The Turkish inspired dish quickly became a popular
00:37street snack in West Berlin and with so many Turkish immigrants living here the
00:41Döner Kebab has become more and more popular. In Germany Döner Kebab sales
00:46reach a staggering 3.5 billion euros each year. Today in Berlin alone there are
00:52more than 3,000 kebab shops and our old beloved Chancellor Angie surely has
00:58tried to eat all of them. If you want to know which kebabs are the best here in
01:02Berlin I've put a little list in my patreon. Go check it out.
01:08This is the best kebab in Berlin. Almost every time there's a big construction going on in
01:14Berlin the whole district around it has to be evacuated at some point because they
01:19discover some old World War 2 bombs. That's right each year hundreds of
01:24thousands of people need to leave their home and hope it doesn't blow up because
01:29they usually have to defuse it on site. For Germans this is pretty normal. During
01:35World War 2 one and a half million tons of bombs were dropped over Germany and a
01:39lot of them didn't explode and are still armed in the ground. In Berlin alone they
01:44had to defuse over 7,000 bombs since 1947. That's an average 97 per year and it's
01:51not only that bombs are found by accident. There are still actual task forces still
01:57actively looking for bombs. 75 years after the war it's estimated that there are
02:03still around 3,000 big armed bombs in the ground. So you better be careful digging
02:08around a new garment. Since we are already talking about constructions you think the
02:18Berlin Airport was the only construction joke Berlin has in store? Constructing
02:23anything in Berlin can take decades. The best example and joke is the
02:28renovation and rebuilding of the Pergamon Museum. Berlin's most visited museum
02:34attracting a quarter of a million visitors per year. It is scheduled to close in
02:39October and well no one is going to visit the Ishtagate for the next 15 years at
02:45least. That's when the museum is planning to reopen in its entirety again. That's in
02:50the year 2037 and as we all know there is no way they will stick to that
02:56deadline. If anyone is taking bets I'll take the year 2050. Berlin's criminal underworld
03:02isn't dominated by shady German gangsters like Hollywood always portrays it to.
03:10Nope it's actually dominated by seven Arab clans from Lebanon Iraq and Turkey. Some of
03:17those clans have several thousand members in Berlin alone while others have just a
03:22few hundred. And it's not just drugs and human trafficking they're interested in.
03:26They are responsible for a lot of bigger heists and robberies as well. Just to
03:31name a few examples. In 2019 they broke into the museum in Dresden and stole
03:36jewelry worth more than 100 million euro. In 2017 they stole a 100 kilo gold coin
03:43from the Bode Museum and back in 2012 over the course of several months they dug a
03:4845 meter tunnel under the Schlossstraße until they reached the vault of a nearby
03:52Volksbank and emptied all the deposit boxes there. This secret tunnel is just one of
03:58many different underground structures. Which brings us to the next fact. 40% of
04:04the city's structures are actually underground. The most obvious features
04:08are the city's subway network and the massive sewer system and its network of
04:12tunnels. But most interestingly you can find many different bunkers and escape
04:17tunnels that were dug during the world wars. And after the war many of the
04:22underground tunnels were used by residents to flee from east to west Berlin just under
04:27the wall. Residents even dug dozens more escape tunnels some of which you can still
04:33visit today on guided tours. Before we move on let me quickly tell you about
04:38another thing that is unbelievable but true. It has nothing to do with Berlin but it is
04:42super important if you care about your privacy. Germans especially are very paranoid when it
04:48comes to online privacy. There is a reason I don't connect my real name to the
04:52channel. We Germans always wonder what happens to our personal data once we put
04:56it online. Whether it may be buying something on a website, downloading a
05:00random app or signing up for a gaming platform. The reason I'm telling you all
05:03this has to do with the sponsor of today's video. Incogni. I would love to
05:08believe that all those websites I signed up for in my life are honest and that
05:12they care about my privacy. But you have no way of knowing what they're doing with it.
05:16Fact is our personal data is being sold or even published online without us even
05:21knowing about it. And there are lots of companies called data brokers buying that
05:25data. If you're lucky only for marketing and if you're unlucky for identity theft.
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06:06supporting this channel. And now back to Berlin. Most people think Berlin is a
06:12concrete jungle. But actually Berlin is the greenest city in all of Germany. With
06:1744% of its area covered by forests, parks and lakes there is so much open green
06:23space to enjoy. The biggest of all being the Tempel Verfeld which used to be an
06:27old airport. But now it is Berlin's largest city park. With 355 hectares in
06:33size it is even the largest inner city open space in the whole world. People love to
06:38come here for barbecues, inline skating or to let their dragon fly. Not only green
06:45areas. Berlin also has a surprising amount of water. The whole city was actually
06:51built on a swamp. You will find more bridges here than in the whole of Venice.
06:55There are over 960 bridges found across the city and the most famous one is the
07:01Oberbaumbrücke with its beautiful architecture. And with 180 kilometers of
07:07waterways throughout the city that is more than Venice, Amsterdam and Stockholm
07:12combined. Clubs. Berlin is home to some of the best clubs in the world. And for
07:20Berliners it's pretty normal that a club stays open for like four days straights
07:24without closing. This means you can go party at any time of the day you like.
07:28Although most people don't stay longer than 24 hours. They just go home for a
07:33quick shower and a nap before returning for another dance session. And if there is
07:37a New Year's party or two public holidays in a row, some clubs stay even open six
07:42days in a row. Non-stop. Berlin has not only huge weekend-long parties, it is also
07:47home to the smallest disco club in the entire world. The TV disco for the quick
07:53dance in between. Which is basically a phone booth equipped with a sound system in
07:58which you can dance with up to four people. Berlin is not only the capital of
08:04techno, it is also the capital of unemployment. Some districts like Neukölln
08:09have an unemployment rate of more than 25 percent. But in Germany, if you don't
08:15have a job, you don't have to worry about living on the streets. The government will
08:19pay for all your basic needs. And with the newly updated Bürgergeld law, the
08:24government will pay for your flat, no matter the cost, for two years. That means I could
08:30rent a flat that costs 10,000 Euro a month, apply for Bürgergeld, and the
08:34government has to pay for my luxury flat for two entire years. Not a bad deal if you
08:39ask me. And if anyone has such a flat for me to rent, please let me know. I'm ready to
08:45strike a deal. And if you think that this isn't possible or that people aren't
08:50taking advantage of this, oh they very much are. Especially the clans we were
08:56talking about earlier love those laws. Every year there's some media coverage of
09:00some clan members living in villas and driving Ferraris while at the same time
09:05receiving government benefits. It is estimated that in Berlin alone organized
09:10fraudsters are skimming between 100 and 200 million Euro each year with their
09:16different schemes. And guess who's paying for that? Of course it's you, the honest
09:20taxpayer. Next, FKK beaches. Visitors to Berlin will be shocked to find out that
09:27FKK, or Freikörperkultur, is very common here. FKK is basically the German word for
09:34nudism, where people enjoy being naked in a non-sexual way. In Germany being nude is
09:40seen as nothing to be ashamed of and is very socially accepted. In Berlin are
09:45dozens of FKK beaches spread all over the city, so it is pretty normal to see
09:50people hanging out naked and catching some sun.
09:58Moving on to the TV Tower. Germany's tallest building with a revolving
10:03restaurant in its dome. You can eat and drink coffee while enjoying beautiful
10:07views over the German capital. What most people who visit don't know is that the
10:12TV Tower restaurant kitchen is located at the base of the tower. So after you order
10:18your classic Wiener Schlitzel, the food is cooked and then sent up by elevator to the
10:23top 368 meters high. And while we are on the theme of restaurants, you can find a
10:30restaurant here that is 400 years old. Zur letzten Instanz first opened in 1621,
10:37making it Berlin's oldest restaurant. And it's still open. Here you can get some
10:41real classic German food, such as Königsberger Kloppsäck or my favorite
10:46pork knuckle. No, I'm just kidding. I hate pork knuckle. Don't eat it. Berlin is not only the
10:53capital of kebabs and unemployment, but also the graffiti capital of Europe. The
10:59graffiti artist scene in Berlin has a 15,000 people strong headcount and
11:04graffiti is definitely a part of Berlin's culture. The art form is both celebrated
11:09and despised. On the one hand, you have beautiful large murals on otherwise boring
11:13looking buildings. And on the other hand, shopfronts, trains and people's homes
11:17sprayed up and tagged with sometimes inappropriate language. What is crazy is that
11:23the city has to spend 40 to 50 million euro every year to erase unwanted graffiti from
11:29the streets of Berlin, which is kind of ridiculous since it will just be clean for
11:33a very short amount of time, isn't it? Okay guys, this were all the unbelievable but
11:39true things for today. If you know another one I didn't mention here, please let us
11:44know in the comments below. See you in the next video.
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