Here at Live Work Germany, we get asked about cost of living and salary expectations a LOT. Unfortunately, they’re really hard questions to answer, because… well, everyone has different expectations: Germany is relatively inexpensive by European standards, even though...
Just landed in Germany, or about to make the move and are wondering what lies in wait for you when you get there? We’ve put together 9 things which are common frustrations of moving to Germany for newcomers who have recently arrived in the country. Now, before...
Work is, well, work. It’s something we all do to pay the bills. But we work to live, not live to work, right? Or at least I hope that’s what you aspire to? So, let’s leave work out of the equation for a moment. Here, we’re looking at 15 reasons why life in Germany is...
Doing business in Germany, as well as getting to grips with the business culture in Germany, can be a challenge for newcomers. This is especially true if your place of work isn’t an international company or a tech start-up. Whilst the English-speaking world shares...
German work culture has a reputation for being formal, sensible, and compartmentalised. We’ve all heard the stereotypes: Joking around in the workplace is less common than in English-speaking countries. Days start early, but generally work gets left in the...
Settling into a new country means opportunities to make a fool of oneself abound. Sure, there are some things that are universal, like, I don’t know, breathing, but a very large reason for the way we do things is the culture we grew up in. Exiting that culture and...
Ah, Sunday. A day off work, and the perfect time to catch up on all those little jobs which we otherwise never seem to have time to accomplish: clean the car, vacuuming the apartment, wash your laundry, maybe a little gardening or DIY. Not so when it comes to...
On my most recent trip home to Australia, we stayed in a small beach village for five weeks. There was a café, a restaurant, and a general shop for such necessary summer holiday things as goggles, ice cream and take away coffee. For groceries and petrol and other such...
Stress. Just hearing this word can already trigger unpleasant feelings or anxious thoughts. The aim of this article is to explain its background, the triggers of stress, how it works and what are some techniques you can use to significantly decrease its levels. Expat...
It’s the little subtleties and idiosyncrasies which make life abroad both interesting and a challenge at the same time. This article started out as 15 common German cultural oddities, and somehow they just kept coming! I may or may not have been in a bar when I...
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