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Edit: apologies to those I have offended by writing "Vereins"😄. I have been in Germany for a little more than 3 years and I like to describe my German level as "functional German ". It is not good, not terrible, but allows me to function in Germany. So I was feeling quite bored in my life, which consisted basically of work and house. Then I discovered vereine. There are so many vereine for different things. And although I will like to find a long term one, I am going around and discovering

Before moving here, I knew things wouldn’t be cheap, but I wasn’t prepared for how difficult it would be to manage everyday expenses. Rent, groceries, transportation, health insurance, and all the little things you need just to get by seem to consume your entire budget. What’s frustrating is that even when you’re trying to live modestly, avoid unnecessary spending, and manage your money carefully, it still feels like you’re constantly struggling to make ends meet. You’re supposed to focus on

I want to share something that happened to me, mostly because I'm still annoyed about it. On October 24th, around 9 PM, I was standing in the boarding line for a Lufthansa flight from Munich to Düsseldorf. It was my first time entering Germany. Two men were standing right behind me. They started talking, in German, about whether I was Japanese or Chinese, and they were actually betting on it. Then they moved on to jokes about how "small" Asians supposedly are, with sexually suggestive hand ges

Hear me out - older Germans and the gen alpha/Gen z kids are the worst of the lot while traveling on public transport. On a flixbus trip recently until around 1:30AM am old man was talking so loudly with a lady (daughter/partner) not sure. They were sitting on two different sides but both aisle seats. A lady yelled at him to be quiet but he dint listen, then 2 others joined and that's when he stopped. Then genZ girl was googling and cooing and going on and on with her "Schatz". Half the bus

This is the field that later turned to quicksand due to rain. We could only harvest part of it and avoided the mud traps. I’m not 100% certain how it’s done in your areas but in our area, the size of the fields means that a combine drives alongside a tractor with an auger wagon. The combine dumps corn in the auger wagon, and the tractor, when full, takes the corn and dumps it in a truck. We’ve got 2 that we use full-time, the red one and the silver one. Usually my grandpa drives the combine, my

On Halloween, a kid called me the n-word. At a park, in front of people, adults. Nobody batted an eye. Yesterday, I got accused of stealing my own bike, which I had parked outside my own apartment building, while I was struggling to get the lock off. "these people always try to steal our bikes" is what the guy told me in German. Today, I got stopped at the train station, the only POC (me) while all the white people passed, and got asked for my ID. The cop even asked me to show him my phone(!

My husband and I (Canadian) were offered a full refund for our river cruise 5 days before our trip and we jumped on it. Who wants to be bussed and stay in a floating hotel ? 🤷‍♀️ Not this old gal! We rented an SUV(that’s what was left 4 days before the trip. It was tight in some parking but we made it work) and travelled between Frankfurt and Zurich with one night in Koln (🥰) to meet up with an old friend. The first thing I did was figure out how many kilometres from Frankfurt to Zurich to s

I am currently working but not happy with life and want to move to another country, however it is not easy because I can't move without a job, and as you all know getting a job now is even more difficult than moving. I feel like I am not good enough now in my field to just move whereever i want. Then if i compromise by taking a big paycut or working condition then it's just as a downgrade considering everything gets more expensive overtime. is it just me or do you feel the same? how can we get

It was Election Day in America yesterday. We had a couple of elections in my state. One for governor and one for senator. The governor race had a Republican and a Democrat, and the senate race had a Republican and an independent (not affiliated with either party) but definitely leaned more liberal. And for the first time in my dad's life, he did not vote for the Republicans. I talked to my dad because I came home to vote (I voted for the Democrat and Independent), and while he didn't vote for

Hi Germany! I’m a US Millennial and I’m dying for one of these from McDonalds. Is anyone interested in swapping a US exclusive item for one of these Germany McDonalds Exclusives? I can send snacks, a fast food toy, specific foods, etc. if you don’t want anything from here, I’m happy to just pay you for it. (Did not see any swap topics in the rules and did not see this posted yet in the sub)

Hi, I am located in the US and the Talaricos are family friends. I would love a couple copies of this newspaper to give to his mom. Would anyone that has access to this paper be willing to purchase a couple copies and mail them to me in the US? I of course would reimburse you. Thank you! UPDATE: I was able to purchase some copies thanks to the kind person who posted the link! Thank yall! And yes, I wanted the physical copy.

moved here for my degree recently and i'm honestly in awe of how local students run group projects. back home everything is super chaotic until the night before the deadline, but here my german classmates had a shared google drive, structures weekly schedules, and split up tasks on day one. as a non native speaker it was terrifying at first because my german is still pretty clunky. my prep was just basic vocab and a bit of random voice practice before moving, so i thought i would slow them down

How do you guys use your massive square pillows and why is this a thing? I find them super uncomfortable and impractical. How did this catch on as a cultural trend here in Germany? gimme the lore The first thing I did when I came here was switch them out for 80x40cm ones

I am incredibly stressed and need some urgent advice on my visa and legal situation. I just finished my Master’s degree a week ago, but I still hold an active student status certificate that is valid until March 2027. I signed an *unbefristet* (permanent) contract for an engineering technical role (under an IG Chemie tariff) with a multinational company. My Blue Card application is currently being processed based on my Bachelor's degree, because at the time I applied, I hadn't completed my Mast

My German colleague’s birthday was on Friday. On Thursday, a day early, I tried out the “Alles Gute zum Geburtstag!” I’d practised all morning with Praktika, and he took a step back like I’d cursed him. “Nicht vorher! Das bringt Unglück.” Congratulating someone before the day is a real superstition here. He told me late is fine and taught me “nachträglich” for belated wishes. On Friday after work he paid for everyone’s drinks. My British coworker tried to buy him one, the way you would in the U

A close friend of mine died in the recent train accident in Spain. He was a non-EU (Tunisian) citizen living and studying in Berlin with a residence permit and renting an apartment. His family lives abroad and can't travel to Germany because of visa restrictions, so I'm going to Berlin tomorrow to take care of his things for them. I'm just a friend, not family, and we don't have the death certificate from Spain yet. I have no idea where to start: What do I need from his family to be allowed

Hello all, a couple of days ago I've experienced one of the most embarrassing moments ever. I would like to know from people of Nordic culture if I f\*kd up badly. I suppose this sub Reddit the best place to ask for opinions. Originally I'm from Southern Italy but for work reasons I moved to Südtirol on the border with Austria and Switzerland I live and work in a small town in Mountain area. Being new here there are not many activities to do besides doing sports or going in a bar . So I wa

So for the context, I come from a post-soviet country. Everyone in our country is always told to hide their body, we don’t talk about sex with our parents and sometimes even friends. But here we are, I live in Germany a couple of years and I finally decided to visit the good known FKK Sauna in Kochel. The experience is unexplainable - a lot of naked people I saw for the first time in my life lol. I was kind of scared at first, but you get used to it in like.. 5 minutes? Truly wonderful you get t

I don't know if it's a one-off or all such signs have the same typo