The Truth About Germany: Do-It-Yourself | euromaxx

In this week's installment of our series The Truth About Germany,euromaxx reporter Michael Wigge looks at Germans' growing fondness for carrying out home improvement projects themselves.

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[shrikechan]

My impression was that the "do it yourself" idea has been active in Germany since the end of the world wars. I heard that to be given a drivers license in Germany you must learn how to do basic repairs on your car, like changing a tire. I also heard that car owners do many car repairs themselves at home and can fix most problems themselves and only go to a mechanic if they`ve already tried everything they can think of at home.

[mrrrmrrr]

Can I find this video in German? or as an article at least? Thanks. Very interesting.

[charlessmyth]

The €37-billion industry which costs the German economy €50-billion in healthcare costs :-)