Okay, let's see...
@shadow:
"An der Nordseeküste": Shame on us, that song is nothing but a "parody" of "The wild rover" - an irish traditional.
"Schwäbische Wald": Though I'm a complete loser in geography, I believe it is "Schwarzwald" - though the Schwarzwald is located in Schwaben.
- "Oktober Bierfeste" - just Oktoberfest
- Karnaval: the name of it depends on the region where it is celebrated (we had that in the Helloween-topic, didn't we?). In some areas it is called "Karneval", in others, like Franconia where I live it is called "Fasching".
- Peter Maffay: Shame on us again, he's talking and singing in German and most people treat him as a German, but originally he's from Romania.
The other items you mentioned are correct
@Mas:
"Immer graden aus or someting like that": Interesting item, though I'm not sure what this is about. "Immer gerade heraus" or "Immer geradeaus"? The first one would mean being very honest though the truth might hurt and the second one would mean walking straight forward taking all obstacles and not avoiding them.
- "Schwarzwalder Kirchtorte": The german word is "Kirschtorte" (cherry pie). Delicious thingie, though too much of it can cause bad headache.
- "Derek - Der Alte - Cobra11 - Tatort - Deutsche Crimi": Hm, That's kind of blasphemy
"Alarm für Cobra 11" doesn't fit in here too well: First of all, "Alarm für Cobra 11" is rather from the action than the crime genre - more explosions, more effects and stuff and quite often the real "crime storyline" seems to be just an excuse for lining up more and more effects
And secondly, "Alarm für Cobra 11" is a pretty young series while the others have been on TV for more than 10 years already.
@Virvatuli
- "Those crazy autobahnas (or how ever they're spelled) and crazy german drivers
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It's "Autobahnen" and I have to agree with shadowman: Compared to other european countries, we're really good drivers. Exceptions: Drivers unders 23 (at least according to certain statistics) and people with tuned or expensive cars.
@shadow again:
- "Although it is true that there is no speed limit on the German 'Autobahn'
No, it is not, at least not in general. Yet I know why it seems like that: There's a limit of 120 km/h or even less at several sections, depending on the area the Autobahn passes, but the major part of them doesn't have a speed limit.
And beyond that: Nice work everyone, you really know a lot, though some of it seems to me like stereotypes that will never get lost.
What I would like to add:
The "Nürnberger Christkindlesmarkt": The oldest, biggest, most beautiful market in the time before Christmas. About 2 million visitors from all over the world are visiting every year.
So much for now, I'm sure someone else has to add more.
