10 Things Everyone Gets Wrong About Germany

1. There are no speed limits in Germany

Sure, 60% of germany autobahn indeed does not have a speed limit, but the other 40 does (it's somewhere between 60 to 75 mph).

2. Germans eat nothing but wurst and sauerkraut

Actually, germans eat a lot of bread and potatoes too. Alright, so the German diet is indeed very heavy, and traditional cuisine is so laced with lard and pork that vegetarians shouldn't even bother trying to find something to eat, but the cuisine has been reinventing itself to accomodate Germany's increasingly international population, and has lightened up significantly.

3. Germans are rude

Germns are honest, not rude. Germans are straightforward, truthful, and don't beat around the bush — but it's never done with malicious intent. Germans simply don't like small talk of any sort. Consider it another type of efficiency — one stereotype that's actually true. 

4. Arnold Schwarzenegger is German

He's Austrian, and so is his accent.

5. Germans have no sense of humor

Germans are hilarious. In line with the whole "Germans are not rude, Germans are honest" argument, if you think Germans don't smile enough you've just gotten too used to the phony smiles dispensed by anyone working in retail or hospitality in the States.

 6. Germans are straight laced and orderly

Anyone who's ever been in line at a ski lift knows that's not true, and has the elbow marks to prove it.

7. Germans wear Dirndl and Lederhosen all. The. Time.

Germans are actually not uni-cultured, no. Sure, Bavarians wear those things occasionally, but that's Bavaria. In other words, only about 12.5 million Germans out of Germany's 80.62 million. That's essentially like saying everyone in America wears Yankees caps or cowboy hats. And no, we don't frolic across fields with flowers in our hair while wearing out little costumes.

8. The German language is harsh

Ok, so it's not French, but most people's frame of reference for having heard German are old videos of Hitler. No, Hitler just made it sound ugly. German's not terrible, it's actually super descriptive and really beautiful (ever heard of some guy named Goethe?). 

9.Germans are strict

Maybe this idea comes from our efficiency. Sure, Germans like to get things done, and like knowing the exact minute the next U-Bahn will arrive, also like things a certain way. But strict? Isch don't think so.

10. Germans are naked all time time

Yes, Germans have a thriving Freikörperkultur (the German movement that endorses a naturalistic approach to life), but FKK is contained in certain areas, people aren't naked just anywhere and all the time.

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