by James | 22 Sep 2019 | Life In Germany
Doing business in Germany, as well as getting to grips with the working culture, 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 many...
by James | 25 Aug 2019 | Life In Germany
We probably don’t need to tell you how popular Berlin is. If you’re planning a move to Germany, chances are you’ve at least considered it as a potential place to live. This is especially true if you work in the technology sector, as Berlin’s...
by Liv Hambrett | 10 Mar 2019 | Life In Germany
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...
by James | 10 Feb 2019 | Life In Germany
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...
by Liv Hambrett | 04 Nov 2018 | Life In Germany
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...
by Liv Hambrett | 12 Aug 2018 | Life In Germany
I last left you deciding for yourself where der Echte Norden really is, and if you had your wits about you as you read, you would have reached the verdict that the real north in Germany is Schleswig-Holstein. Sehr gut gemacht. We can now begin to dig a...
by Liv Hambrett | 15 Jul 2018 | Life In Germany
We’re happy to welcome Liv, an Australian writer based just outside of Kiel. First up she is sharing her experiences of life in Kiel, in the most northerly state in Germany. We look at how it’s often forgotten amid the typical German (well actually,...
by James | 03 Jun 2018 | Life In Germany
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...
by James | 14 Jan 2018 | Life In Germany
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...
by James | 08 Oct 2017 | Life In Germany
Germans are known for being organised, methodical and rigorous in the way they plan their work day and personal lives. This extends to the notoriousness that German planning and punctuality plays in their culture, whether that be for their train to work running...
