"Welcome to Berlin Motherf*cker!" | Derby Days Berlin | 1. FC Union Berlin v Hertha BSC

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In a city that has experienced the highs and lows of humanity from centuries of war and conflict to decades of cabaret and culture, the only thing it hasn’t seen, is a top flight derby. Well, at least not for forty years.

Until now.

Off the back of our insane trip to Superclåsico in Buenos Aires, Derby Days is back for season 5 and this time it’s all about “The Wait”. The intense rivalries between clubs from England to Germany to Italy that haven’t met for 7, 8 even 13 years. What happens to a rivalry when there’s an absence of meetings? Is it a case of absence makes the heart grow fonder or is the rivalry even more heated thanks to the anxious wait?

In Episode 2 we head to Berlin, as for the very first time in Bundesliga 1, the city’s big club Hertha Berlin, based in the West, take on the rising force of the East, Union Berlin. Just like the city, the two clubs share a contradicting, complex and storied relationship, unlike any other in world football. As a result this meeting always promised to be a special occasion both on and off the pitch. It certainly delivered.

A special thank you to Harris, Mike, Will, Anna, Steve, Uli, Micha and Daniel at HBSC, Hannes and Robert at Union, Olly, Barbara, Endi, Charlie, Daniela at the DFL, Roy and Gabe, Phillip, Mo & Peji at the courtyard Marriot and in particular Carim and Jacob. This film wouldn’t be what it is without you!

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20 Comments

  1. @copa90stories

    Which Derby Days do you want to see next?

  2. @WillDMercer

    Still rewatching these videos now in 2024

  3. @marcelogomez3637

    Great documentary! Cheers from Argentina Berliners!!

  4. @hattmancock6396

    Nice documentary, only down point was the English socialist who despite living in Berlin doesn’t know the 40s Germans were socialists 😂

  5. @lma_adibeere1621

    ❤🤍🤝💙🤍

  6. @DanielKorik-Read1991

    What’s with the Londoner know it all thinking his German lol

  7. @TheDjordjepunX

    E pa veli nemaju centa u Berlin…

  8. @markjosephpenaranda

    Well made documentary. <3 Perfection

  9. @dailyfoot331

    Move to Africa for the Casablanca derby in Morocco.

  10. @always831

    Most overhyped city ever 😂😂 full of spoilt american and brits with delusions of grandeur 😂

  11. @benkelly2968

    We need a new series of derby days

  12. @ovad3305

    whoever wrote the script for this video need a pay rise.
    the prologue,the transition between the interviews,the back story,the storytelling.
    what a perfect video

  13. @po2ter

    Bro… das Tourismusbüro muss dich einstellen. Tolles Video!

  14. @tryxgaming6526

    Berlin derby is always gonna be Hertha BSC against Tennis Borrusia

  15. @subrahmanyashetty2885

    "Bow down,the main city is here."👏👏❤️

  16. @kloothommel6569

    Mad respect for Union, verry cool club 💪🏻
    Hertha is okay, would visit 😉 (sorry guys 😂)

  17. @kid_korrith

    nearly 4 years later and i still love this video although the game at the end doesnt look good as a herthaner😅
    i really need a second part of this when the new stadiums of hertha and union are finally build. this will take this rivalry to another level!!!
    greetings from the blue white berlin 44 <3

  18. @vas-y

    one of da best vids on yt. period

  19. @charlieboffin2432

    In 2023 Berliners should remove all signs and symbols of Soviet occupation

  20. @666koren

    THE best 50 mins on youtube hands down..great work guys, I think this was the sixth time watching. And I will watch it again and again. thanks copa90

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