My neighbours are nurses, and I'm assuming this means night shift/watch. Should I be worried about the noise I possibly make or are they asking us to be understanding if we hear anything past 22 Uhr? And during the day should I avoid making too much noise to help them sleep thru the day? I just don't wanna be a bad neighbour. I usually just watch podcasts and youtube videos with probably 25-50% volume thru speakers is that mostly ok or should I just completely wear headphones?

I am 34F from Melbourne, Australia travelling to Berlin this Christmas alone. I will be there from 23 Dec - 5 Jan. It will be my third time to Berlin but my first time alone and have only done quick trips there before so haven’t seen much yet. Just happy for some quiet time over the holidays, lots of walking, eating local, shopping and Christmas markets. NYE at Brandenburg Gate possibly? I can’t seem to make a decision on accommodation. Decided on a Hotel for the sense of security and breakfast provided over an Airbnb, however I cannot decide on a location! Initially I was going to move cities every two days but I now think I will base myself in Berlin and really explore it. Would love to hear your thoughts.

Hey guys, I'm thinking of applying for a master's degree in TU clausthal for the summer semester, could anyone give me insights about the university itself and the job market after graduating from here, I was not able to find much information about this on the internet and moreover the university website also isn't that great.

I want to gift my bff's kid a customized gift with his name on it and it can be delivered to their address in Germany. Is there any build a bear shop in Germany? I'm in US and it's pretty popular here. Thank you very much

Hello. I'm 24 and have done my Bachelors in Business Sciences. I have a good work experience as I have work for an American Company in their marketing department, remotely. I also have done internships. I want to apply for my MBA in Germany in a public university but I cant seem to find a good one. Most websites are in German and there is no translation option so it is getting so hard to research.

Please help me in suggesting good public Germany Universities (preferably in Frankfurt or nearby).

Question please i have a friend who got sick, my friend is already in a recovery period, but still needs assistance from time to time, the mother was here for 90days to guide my friend, as you know 90days is the maximum stayed for Schengen visit visa, my friend wished is that the mother can stay here until my friend gets back to work or fully recovered. Will the Ausländerbehörde allow the mother to stay for more than 90 days : can we reason out that my friend needs medical assistance? Thanks so much for your answer.

I am going to hamburg and I am wondering what should I eat there, also what are some places should I go?

Hey everyone! I’m curious to hear from regular U-Bahn commuters – what would you say are the top 3 challenges or frustrations you experience with the U-Bahn? This could be anything from delays, overcrowding, cleanliness, or even issues with the ticketing system.

Feel free to be as specific as possible – I’d love to understand the common pain points and see if there are any shared experiences. Thanks for sharing!

Hello I am trying to find piano + vocal teacher for my 14 y sister in Göttingen (Near Hanover), can you perhaps suggest where to search it properly? Like e.g. in other countries there is an OLX service where you can find those tutors. So perhaps you in Germany have something similar. Or if you have direct contacts that would be also really helpful!

I can’t understand why German people aren’t more upset about their train schedules. Germans are known for being punctual, straightforward, and not hesitating to voice their dissatisfaction, right? But somehow, it seems like they just accept the chaos of DB trains as part of daily life.

I was in the Netherlands for four days, staying with a friend. To get around, I had to take three different train lines, and every single one ran like clockwork. Not a single train was late, no journeys were canceled, and everything just worked. Some buses and trains even arrived a bit early!

But back in Germany, it’s a different story. Trains here are often an hour late, schedules get mixed up, cancellations and combined trains are so common, and track repairs can drag on for weeks, even months. It’s strange to see people put up with train delays and disorganized schedules. I can’t help but wonder why there isn’t more outrage about it.

Hello!

I'm F21, an EU Citizen, and currently enrolled in a Bachelor's degree in my home country.

I'm a Geophysics major, and as I'm approaching my final year (currently on my 2nd year after switching from my previous degree in Theoretical Physics) I've been thinking about what direction I want my studies to go.

My current plan would be to pursue research overseas, as my country doesn't have a lot of opportunities in the area I'm most interested. When I started to think about my Masters, it became clear that it would be best to do it abroad as the only masters my country offers in this field are broader and, since I've always loved to visit Germany and always got along with German people I've met through Uni and sports, it was the first place I thought about.

I've enrolled in a Language Course, and I've been studying at home as well, but I think that wouldn't be a major issue when starting because the subject I'm interested in has different Masters programs all over the country that are taught in English.

That being said, I would be able to start working now to save some money up, and currently have about 1000€ saved up from previous jobs, but with the current state of the economy and housing prices I wouldn't be able to have more than 4000€ saved up in total (I'm only able to work part-time as I'm still a student as well).

I've read that, as an EU citizen, I don't have to show proof of funds to get a student visa, and I'm still able to work for up to 20h a week whilst being a student. My question is, is that usually doable? And would the average part-time salary, adding my savings, be enough to support me during my masters? (I have a very simple, no-frills life, eat mostly home-cooked meals, and would most likely be attending either Leipzig University or University of Bonn).

How crucial would my language skills be to get a job? I would probably be arriving with a B1 level, and intend to keep studying after arriving in Germany until I got proficient.

Thank you for your help, and sorry for the long post!

Hi! It’s been a month since I am living in Berlin. I have stayed in Paris and Stockholm earlier.. needless to say there is a problem of immigration in all of Europe. But in Berlin I noticed most ppl are drunk, some try to eve tease women esp in the dark. I am beginning to get scared of all this. I am alone here and I hardly know anyone. Can anyone please help me how to get out of this as I am feeling a bit unsafe?

Turns out alot of the treats I enjoyed as a child with my grandmother were German in origin. I recently went looking for one such recipe I thought I had, but could not find, and Google was of little help. On the off chance this is a German confection, I find myself posting here.

I'll describe as best I can, but bear with me as it was some 40 years ago when I last had one…

It was a small ball cookie, on the paler side (not browned) with finely chopped hazelnuts inside, and a hardened glaze that looked like it was spooned over the top to drip down the sides. The cookie consistency was not totally crunchy, not totally soft…bit in the middle, or sometimes a little crumbly when you bit through one. I think they were small, maybe an inch (2.5cm) in diameter, perhaps a bit bigger?

The glaze was a light to medium brown in color, can't recall the flavor.

Once cooled, the cookies could be safely put into a cookie jar and not stick to each other (the glaze hardened and the outside of the cookie was firm).

The family simply called them "hazelnut balls." Grandma made they year-round, but I tend to think of them as a Holiday confection.

I was really hoping to make these for the holidays for my fiancée since I sometimes go on and on about how good they were.

Anyone have any idea what these are, if they are even German in origin, and most of all…have a recipe?

Apologies in advance if this confection isn't actually German…figured it was at least worth a try.

Other than Netflix Dark and for music I already listen to Rammstein, Peter Fox and Joris. Im open to more. I still cannot find any books or articles to read in German. I've practiced on German Net but their stories is very limited. Any recommendations bitte?

Hello, my friend from Hungary is arriving in 9.11 and we booked a trip to the Netherlands and we were thinking to return to Germany for 11.11.

But, thinking back on our choices, we decided that 1 day is not enough to visit Amsterdam. So here is a choice thar we need to make, do we stick with our original plan or stay in Amsterdam and go shopping on Black Friday?

Is 11.11 sales worth shortening the trip? Or should we stay and shop in Amsterdam?

I need this for a presentation tysm. The only thing i know so far is that the economy was bad but I have no idea how bad it was. There was also limited free speech and media censorship. Was there sth else? tysm guys

American traveler here. I'm 100% sure that I got a ticket that I shouldn't have. I stopped at a McDonald's that has 30min parking, parked and got food for a road trip and headed out. I just got an automated ticket 2 months later with photos of my rental car entering and leaving. The ticket is for €80, for parking there for "2.5 hours", which is crazy. You could not pay me to hang out at a McDonald's for that long, plus that day I was excited to head out to tour Switzerland and wouldn't have spent any extra time delaying. But somehow they have this time stamped photo set. Is it common at all to have this kind of error? I feel futile to dispute it and not a big deal, just wondering about opinions on this.

This was in Lorrach, near the Swiss border. I didn't have my Google GPS saving my timelines or I'd reference it, sadly. I'll definitely have that on in the future in case of this happening again.

Otherwise lovely lovely trip in Germany and Switzerland!

Hi, anyone from Lüneburg here? I'm from a different country and my husband is German. We got married in my country and he had gotten our marriage certified in Germany. Just wondering if y'know how the divorce process goes in this situation?

It made me wonder, cuz I have this presentation to do.

Good evening, I would like to know about traveling to Germany on a freelance visa or a job-seeker visa. I’m interested in starting an e-commerce business or another venture, and I have around 25,000 euros. What are the required procedures after fulfilling the language and blocked account requirements?

I’ve been seeing this girl for a while. Nothing serious, though. However it’s been a few times now that I spontaneously end up having dinner with her family or seeing them. Is this normal for German culture? Are Germans different about this? I wouldn’t bring a girl into my family if I know it isn’t serious but maybe in Germany it means nothing?

Thnx

Edit: since most happen to think I’m not taking it seriously. It came from her that what we have is not serious. That’s why I’m confused and asking since I actually do like her.

Hello guys, I hope you are all well.

I had the idea of moving a long time ago, the purpose is not to find a better job or a better salary. I have a suitable job with a good salary in my country and my life is good so far، I'm a successful person in my country.

The thing that pushes me to move, I want to discover other parts of the world and live with other cultures.

Also, I’m gay and always feel alone, I have fear and anxiety, and suffering from it, makes me an unhappy person. I’m not looking to live a gay life like how you imagine but at least I just get rid of fear and anxiety and maybe have a chance to find love if I’m lucky, so I can focus on other parts of my life.

But I have a big love for my family and country, especially if I’m doing good things that serve my country somehow, sometimes I feel these This effort, capabilities and a great desire to develop must be in my country because if I don’t do that who will? I feel like if I move I will betray my country because they need me and I just thought of my interests, made me feel uncomfortable.

I’m so confused I don’t sleep well I just overthinking. I hear there is possible racism that maybe I face and the stereotype about us is not good.

In this direction, I’m lost I don’t know what I should do. I am surrounded by these disturbing problems on all sides.

I must make historical decisions about my life these days and I don’t wanna regret it at the end of my life.

Any words from you will help me a lot Thank you

The idea for this post came to me when reading about a Spanish learner's frustration with people always switching to English when they try to interact in Spanish. It made me think of my trip to Germany with my father in law, who lived the first 13 years of his life in Germany. He returned with me about 60 years later, and he felt that he was still fluent after decades in America. Apparently not. Many people he talked to switched to English at some point in the conversation.

I imagine that many of you have had this experience. I was just wondering what factor would be most likely to encourage you to switch:

1. Would it be a hard to understand accent?

2. Would it be the frustration from waiting for the person to find the right words? (Overall speed and rhythm of the conversation)

3. Grammar errors?

I bring this up because I'm currently learning another language and would like to avoid causing people to switch if possible. Just wondering if anyone has been in this situation and what they think.

Hey 🤗 Me and my fianceé are planning to get merried in Magdeburg,Saschen-Anhalt on the next summer. Could someone give me an information where to start the process and get a termin for it? We just want a simple “official” ceremony where only 2 of us present (i dont know about the witnesses are must here in Germany). The other “problem” is that im an EU citizen but she is not. How problematic can this be about the paperwork?

Thanks for every advice/help 😊

I'm a student from India living here for 1 year, I bought a car last week which had temporary license plates. The plates expired 2 days ago, last night I was stopped by polizie near my home, I showed them my international driver's permit which they said it was not valid after 6 months of stay. They got my details and told I'd be receiving a letter via post. I know I'm stupid and I made a mistake, what are my consequences, what's going to happen.

hallo, ich lerne deutsch, entschuldigen Sie meine Fehler

ich möchte mich an einer deutschen Universität bewerben.

Viele Deutsche sagen, dass jeder deutsche Masterstudiengang extrem schwer ist und die meisten ihn nicht im vorgesehenen Semester abschließen können.

Ist es möglich, einen relativ einfachen Studiengang zu wählen, um gleichzeitig arbeiten und die Sprache besser lernen zu können?

Heyy, sorry ich weiß nicht ob diese Frage hier so gut in den Subreddit passt, aber ich wollte einfach mal nach Tipps fragen wie ich am besten mit Typen in Kontakt komme. Am besten wäre eine Online Option weil ich erstmal abchecken will ob es passt bevor man sich trifft, mit Grindr hab ich schlechte Erfahrungen gemacht.

Falls durch Zufall das hier grade jemand liest der interessiert ist: Ich bin 22, komme aus BW und schaue gern Netflix, zock oder bin draußen.

Vielen Dank für jede Hilfe :)

I just came back from visiting Germany with my (German) boyfriend. I'm not European so I clearly look different than the average German.

Something I noticed is that I was stared at several times, by strangers. Normally I don't care, as long people don't make it blatantly obvious (I also enjoy people watching but I try to make it subtle, like looking from afar or from the corner of my eye, and always make sure they cannot sense that I'm observing them).

But this level of staring is something I've really never encountered before. I have had strangers literally walk past me, stop, face directly at me and stand there staring at me for a good ten seconds. Like imagine if someone went to the art museum and stared at a piece of art while standing right in front of it, but I'm a random human being on the street.

The issue isn't that they find me curious - staring at something unusual or out of the ordinary is totally normal. But what makes me uncomfortable is the seemingly innocuous manner where it's just totally acceptable to be that close in vicinity, right in front of the person, and blatantly stare.

Again - I stare sometimes too, I also like observing people in public, but I would always make sure it's not noticeable to them. Usually sneaking peeks if I'm in close proximity, or if I really want to ogle then I make sure it's from a much further distance.

Anyways is this really that acceptable in German society? If you were in my shoes and you were being blatantly ogled in public, like how would you react? What could I do next time if I'm visiting and someone is making me uncomfortable with their gaze?

Hello everybody,

I have been visiting few apartments to move. However, some of the apartments have the durchlaufhitzer for warm water. This concerns me as I have heard from people I should be ready for a high electricity. But how much electricity bill should be expected?

I have recently visited an apartment and I liked it too. But the heating of the apartment is done by the boiler and the water heating is done by durchlaufhitzer.

While having no information about both of these systems, I’m concerned how much electricity and gas bill I should expect by the end of month for a couple without kids living in a 85m2 apartment,

Would appreciate some help on this topic. :)