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Pretty uncommon for the southern palatinate. Pictures were taken from the Rehberg in Annweiler

As many of you fellow reddittors during the last 15 months I have been depressed with the unending barrage of terrible news of the US Republican Party corroding the USA Democracy and destabilising world order and economics. Not a day gets passed without learning something new and terrible about the orange fascist psychotic dementia patient across the Atlantic. Yes it is important to keep informed about world events but a balance must be reached between being informed, understanding what single

I am a 19-year-old bachelor’s student. My whole life, I had no idea what a fax was or how to use it. But after coming to Germany, I realized how powerful it is here. I sent an email to the residence permit office to request an appointment, but I didn’t get any reply. Then I faxed them and received an appointment within three days. Similarly, when I wanted to cancel my subscription, I sent an email but got no response. However, when I faxed them, my subscription was canceled the same day. As I

I mean, I have been living and working in Germany for 15 years, and it was never a big deal to hop jobs. Like 1 month to land a new one. This time, I have been interviewing since June and haven't signed anything yet. There are plenty of job ads, many legit ones, many of them perpetual reposts that never fill, because employers are either too picky or their HR needs to justify its existence, so they interview without actual purpose. I get many first interviews, some 13% quota, some proceed to

Also read some days ago the same thing on Taggeschau.

I'm german, so take that in account. Finished my BWL bachelors 3 months ago and me and my entire class still don't have jobs. 20% + graduate unemployment. 60% less jobs in tech. General unemployment rising. And the numbers are getting worse every day. Businesses are closing or have hiring stops and seem petrified. This isn't fun ... like, what's the point ? Sorry, just had to vent a little.

Looking at purchasing the 44 euro ticket and taking the ICE to the austrian border this weekend. I'm based in leipzig and want to do some proper hiking/sightseeing. Where else would you recommend?

Hello, my friends. It's happening again, it's starting to snow and it's snowing really heavily. I just hope it keeps going and leaves a layer of snow on the roads again. That would be wonderful. (I'm from Neu-Ulm) Photo was taken in Ulm, the ba… city. 🙃

I’m not usually a complainer. I’ve been in Germany for four years, and I commute every week on the DB (I need to travel from Berlin to Thuringia each week). Even with 1–2-hour delays almost every week (and sometimes much more), I’ve never complained, arriving home after midnight on trains that should reach Berlin at 11 pm at best. But this time, I had a job interview in Frankfurt at 16:00 (exactly because I don't want the never-ending commuting of my current job). Knowing Deutsche Bahn, I plann

This is just a rant because I was so frustrated with my experience. We are two PhD students looking for an apartment in and near Freiburg, we earn okay (more than 5000 euros household income) even as PhDs. I even get apartment viewings but the kind of questions that are thrown at me are baffling. For example, at one of the apartment viewings, I was asked if we get married soon and I told them honestly that yes, that's the plan. They told me they didn't want any children in their apartment so t

is this really the current situation in germany?

This is really frustrating and happens every winter. The apparent temperature was minus 14 in Berlin today and people were visually shivering but the busses do not take passengers in if they are at the first stop waiting for the departure time. I see that the drivers stay warm and cozy in the bus, what is the reason they don't let freezing passengers in?

As shown in the picture, all four drivers are holding up their cell phones and letting traffic police answer calls—a very common practice in China. （I am Chinese） These traffic violators often know local officials, and if the police don't exempt them from punishment, their career advancement as traffic police officers is essentially over. I plan to live in Germany for one to two years in the future. I know Germany is a democratic country governed by the rule of law, but I'm concerned about whe

Today, February 1st, 2026, after five years of living here and passing all the required exams, I picked up my German passport. It’s been a long journey, and I’m very happy to finally reach this moment.

Hello everyone, This sub has been my main source for finding answers to cultural questions. I’m thankful to all of you for your contributions and support. I need your opinions to help me understand a situation. I’m 29M, Civil Engineer, come from a South Asian country, currently living and studying in a large East German city. I also work as a Werkstudent in a Gleisbau company, and I’m the only person of my ethnicity there. For various reasons, I do not drink alcohol. Everyone else in my offi

I am an international student and just want to speak up. I was only one course away from starting my master’s thesis. However, due to one conditional course that the university had promised to offer in English, but didn’t, I couldn’t pass it along with about 100 other students. I lost my seat at the university and my student job. My health insurance has now doubled to approximately €240/month, and I can’t even work before I fix my papers with the Ausländerbehörde. Finding jobs in IT is very to

I have an older radiator that is warm at the bottom/side near the pipe, but cold everywhere else. I’ve tried the standard fix of venting the air using a radiator key on the opposite side, but I’m hitting a wall: * When I open the valve, I hear a hissing sound for about 20–30 seconds, then it just... stops. * No water ever comes out, even if I leave it open. * I can hear a noisy "rushing water" sound inside the radiator while the valve is open. * I tried the trick of turning all radiators in th

I am really surprised to get this type of reply? Has anyone also faced these types of encounters?

I moved here in Germany almost 4 years now, it was unplanned as I had to go here with my husband. I left my career in my home country (developing one, but I had a good career trajectory). I learned German the soonest I got here, reached C1 in 3 years, but still not confident and I still get scowled on when I try. I told myself I will keep practicing more but I also started my masters alongside my full-time job (been working here since 2021), so this only happens by and by. I had a good resolve t

I'm so thrilled right now and got no one to share with so I guess I am posting here. I arrived in Germany at the end of 2015 for university, spent 1 year doing Studienkolleg then applied for a bachelor course. Took me a long time to finish that degree, I was quite depressed during Covid and spent 2 years basically doing nothing. Finished my bachelor after 6 years and decided to continue with a master degree since "well I'm in too deep already, what's another 2 years anyway". Welp, took me 3 a

This post is just a funny story. Yesterday I celebrated my birthday, I just turned 23 and it’s also my first month in the new apartment. I didn’t throw down a party my girlfriend made me cake I invited family over and I thought I can break the ice with my neighbour whom I’ve encountered a couple of times (a man with a wife and kid around 30’yo) if I would bring him some cake(it was really lecker cake) I ring his door and say “hellooo today is my birthday and for that reason i want you guys to

I just wanted to thanks those who gave me and others advice and recommendations for our travels to visit Germany. I figured I’d share a few photos from my trip. These photos are from Regensburg, Nuremberg, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Dresden, & more.

I spent one full day in a german hospital, and here's what I got. the first photo is the breakfast and dinner is the same also and second photo is the lunch. (the pasta has no proteins just to clarify) Since it's my first time I want to know if it's normal or not. Thanks