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[dejay]

As someone who grew up in the middle of the cold war with the threat of imminent obliteration, I remember this in my late teens as a symbol of hope. It wasn't my country or even my continent, but it was amazing.

 

[Chariot]

This also reminds me that we are losing the only high profile german politician of worth this year. :,(

 

[Fritz]

I don't get it

 

[RELAYER]

Germans build stuff.
They're like lego people.

 

[Chariot]

Germans build stuff.
They're like lego people.

We are known for our first class airports, train stations and whatever the hell the Elbphilarmonie is supposed to be.

 

[Fritz]

.

 

[Milchjon]

I like the Elbphilharmonie.

I also think Stuttgart21 is the best thing that could happen to that POS town.

 

[p_xavier]

Time to watch Goodbye Lenin then.

 

[Locke Lamora]

One of the few things Kohl did well

 

[Kyougar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn-wphToJ58

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzknJRpdyT0 complete version of intro (its so badass)

 

[SomedayTheFire]

I was in Frankfurt on Monday and Tuesday, would have loved to stay there for this weekend!

 

[Fritz]

I was in Frankfurt on Monday and Tuesday, would have loved to stay there for this weekend!

I just listen to the radio broadcast of the official state ceremony in the old opera in Frankfurt. Pretty touching.

 

[Fritz]

There is also an interesting link to the google cultural institute on Generation25

 

[Nathan_Drake]

Germany, Munich or Munchen, was the first real international location I visited a couple years ago during a study abroad in Austria. I visited Germany a few times during my summer and loved it. I felt most people were very welcoming and I loved the history, culture, and architecture. Congrats Germany!

....though Prague was my favorite city I visited ha.

And I would move to Innsbruck, Austria any day

 

[Devil's advocate]

It's quite the achievement to integrate a country with a nonexistent economy and providing them the same social benefits from day one without collapsing.

East germany actually had one of the strongest economies in the eastern bloc, though it traded mostly with them. After the reunion many east german companies went bankrupt or were cheaply bought by west german competitors.

Nowadays there are a few places in the former GDR, mostly the big cities, which are prosperous but much of the east never recovered.

 

[PdotMichael]

East germany actually had one of the strongest economies in the eastern bloc, though it traded mostly with them. After the reunion many east german companies went bankrupt or were cheaply bought by west german competitors.

Nowadays there are a few places in the former GDR, mostly the big cities, which are prosperous but much of the east never recovered.

Within the Estern Block bubble but the GDR itself was broken and bankrupt.

The best thing what happened was to close down the largest part of the industry there after the unification. Suddenly we can bath in our rivers again and it reduced the CO2 output in such a way that it was enough to reach the goals of the Kyoto protocol.

 

[joedan]

Thanks again, David Hasselhoff for reuniting our country.

Now we're talking! Don't hassle the Hoff

 

[Dictator93]

We are known for our first class airports, train stations and whatever the hell the Elbphilarmonie is supposed to be.

Best comment in the thread.

 

[Aon]

The Black Forest is awash with celebratory markets, found a DS copy of Chrono Trigger for €2

 

[Fritz]

The Black Forest is awash with celebratory markets, found a DS copy of Chrono Trigger for €2

Congrats!

 

[erpg]

The Black Forest is awash with celebratory markets, found a DS copy of Chrono Trigger for €2

It was all worth it.

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

I have taken time out of my French Polynesian vacation to unite the threads.

Yay deutschland.jpg

 

[Chariot]

I have taken time out of my French Polynesian vacation to unite the threads.

Yay deutschland.jpg

Whoooo! Wir sind ein Thread, wir sind ein Thread!

 

[Mobius 1]

Happy birthday Deutschland-GAF! I think your country is amazing and I want to stop by for a beer and a go at the Nurburgring.

And thanks for the 7x1, we needed it.

 

[Milchjon]

Happy birthday Deutschland-GAF! I think your country is amazing and I want to stop by for a beer and a go at the Nurburgring.

And thanks for the 7x1, we needed it.

Well, yeah, we needed it too!

 

[entremet]

You're welcome, Germany

 

[Xun]

Happy birthday modern Germany!

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

Someone post the German nationalism Poland ball comic please.

 

[Kyougar]

Someone post the German nationalism Poland ball comic please.

this one?

 

[Mobius 1]

^^ that comic is gold

 

[iidesuyo]

Fusing a communist and a capitalist society, that was quite a feat.

 

[iidesuyo]

You're welcome, Germany

Thanks!

 

[Tizoc]

1 hour left before my night shift ends, this'll keep me awake til my 30 min. drive home. Thanks for the thread, and wow I knew the Berlin Wall fell during the 80s, just didn't realize it was the late 80s.