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Life in Berlin: What expats really think
From diplomatic staff and employees of international companies to artists, performers, and other creative heads 카지노 게임 컬렉션 expats from all walks of life call Berlin their new home. And this eclectic mix is what makes Berlin such a special place, ready for you to explore and enjoy!
We카지노 게임 컬렉션ve collected insights from other expats in Berlin to help answer your most burning questions. Data from our 온라인 카지노 게임 Insider, the largest global survey on living and working abroad, will shine a light on the pros and cons of expat life in Berlin. And you get to meet our welcoming community of international people and check out our upcoming events!
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The pros & cons of life in Berlin
Before making any major decision, carefully weighing up the pros and cons is usually a good idea. To help you decide whether Berlin is the right place for you, we have asked our expat network to share their experiences. Every year, more than 12,000 expats around the world participate in our 온라인 카지노 게임 Insider, the biggest global survey on living and working abroad. Here are the main pros and cons of living in Berlin according to the 온라인 카지노 게임 Insider 2023, plus some additional insights from the international community.
Pros of living in Berlin
World-famous culture & nightlife: An impressive 90% of expats enjoy Berlin's rich cultural scene, notably higher than the global average of 68%. The city카지노 게임 컬렉션s vibrant nightlife also plays a part in this. Overall, Berlin ranks 4th worldwide of all the cities surveyed in this category.
Attractive urban environment: If you카지노 게임 컬렉션re primarily an outdoors person, Berlin might not be your first choice. Still, the city카지노 게임 컬렉션s green spaces and architecture are appreciated by 85% of the respondents, again surpassing the global satisfaction rate of 67%.
Sustainable lifestyle: 온라인 카지노 게임s in Berlin are happy with the availability of green goods and services (e.g. renewable energy, organic food, sustainable products), ranking the city 5th worldwide for this factor.
Economic stability: While not offering the strongest local economy in Germany, Berlin still makes 83% of expats happy in this regard. They also appreciate the opportunites the local job market provides.
Affordable life: Although it has seen a steep increase in prices in recent years, Berlin is still cheaper than many other European capitals and any other major German city.
Diverse international community: If you move to Berlin from abroad, you won카지노 게임 컬렉션t be alone. Almost one million Berlin residents are non-German, making up close to a quarter of the city카지노 게임 컬렉션s population.
Cons of living in Berlin
Bureaucratic hurdles: 온라인 카지노 게임s and locals alike often complain about complicated and long-winded processes when dealing with local authorities or sevice providers. In the 온라인 카지노 게임 Essentials Index, which also covers admin topics, Berlin ranks last out of 49 cities.
Slow digitalization: Also playing a part in the bad result for 온라인 카지노 게임 Essentials is the limited accessibiltiy of administrative services online, and difficulties when it comes to setting up your own high-speed internet connection at home.
Cash dependency: Germans in general still love their cash, and Berlin is no exception. A notable 43% of expats struggle with the city's reliance on cash transactions, over five times the global average of 8%.
Housing challenges: It카지노 게임 컬렉션s notoriously difficult to find a place to live in Berlin, also for locals. Among expats, an incredibly high share of 78% say they struggled with this 카지노 게임 컬렉션 compared to a global average of only 31%.
Cultural differences: German culture is considered more closed than open, which can make it harder to feel at home. In fact, 39% of expats do not feel at home in Berlin, nearly double the global average of 20%.
Bleak winters: Berlin is a fun city in the summer, with lots going on outside. But winters are cold, dark, and can be very depressing. You often don카지노 게임 컬렉션t see the sun for days on end, and famously cold winds from the East sweep through the streets.
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Frequently asked questions about living in Berlin
Your most pressing questions about moving to Berlin are answered in this section. From pre-move knowledge about visas to day-to-day essentials like cost of living, healthcare, safety, accommodation, and transportation, we cover it all. And we even have tips on how to make friends!
That totally depends on what you are looking for and what카지노 게임 컬렉션s important to you. Berlin only ranked 45th out of 49 cities in our 온라인 카지노 게임 Insider 2023 survey, but that is mainly due to the fact that expats find it hard to get used to German culture, struggle with the language, are frustrated by the bureaucracy, and complain about the slow digitalization.
If you카지노 게임 컬렉션re willing to put up with that, Berlin is an exciting place that attracts many interesting people from around the world, and you can be almost certain to find your crowd.
Check out our Pros & Cons and further Q&As below for more detailed insights.
It all depends on what you want to do in Berlin and where you come from.
Citizens of EU countries are generally free to visit, live and work in any EU member state.
If you카지노 게임 컬렉션re from a non-EU country, different regulations apply. As a general rule, all foreigners who are not EU or EEA citizens or Swiss nationals require visas for stays of more than three months and/or if they want to take up gainful employment.
If you want to start work in Germany, you need to apply for the necessary residence title at the German mission abroad before entering Germany 카지노 게임 컬렉션 unless you are a national of Australia, Canada, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, or the USA, in which case you can apply for the residence title after arrival.
Access to the German labor market is restricted for non-EU/EEA citizens. It depends on your academic qualifications, skills profile, and the salary offered for the job in question. Since there is a skills shortage in many areas of work, from care work to IT, academic qualifications aren카지노 게임 컬렉션t a prerequisite as long as you can prove the necessary professional qualifications.
A word of warning though: Although processes have been simplified in recent years, it can still take a fairly long time to get your professional qualifications recognized and your work permit approved.
Compared to other European capitals and even other major German cities, Berlin is relatively affordable.
A renter카지노 게임 컬렉션s paradise in the early 2000s, with lots of available properties at very low cost, accommodation has become scarce and rental prices have seen a very steep increase in recent years.
But you can save in other areas of daily life. With more restaurants and cafes than you can try out in a life time, there are options for eating out that suit almost every budget. If you카지노 게임 컬렉션re on a budget, Germany, the home of the food discounter, offers plenty of opportunities for cheap grocery shopping. On the other hand, you can also find plenty of delis and organic food shops around the city which offer high-quality, sometimes locally-sourced produce.
The vibrant arts, culture and entertainment scene holds countless opportunities to spend money, but there are also free activities happening around town, especially during the summer months.
The following table provides a rough overview of monthly expenses you can expect living in Berlin:
USD | Local currency | |
Studio apartment | 1,080 USD | 1,000 EUR |
Small family home | 2,170 USD | 2,000 EUR |
Utilities | 360 USD | 330 EUR |
Mobile phone & internet | 65 USD | 60 EUR |
Health insurance | 400 USD | 370 EUR |
Public transportation | 55 USD | 50 EUR |
Groceries | 540 USD | 500 EUR |
Meal at a restaurant | 20 USD | 20 EUR |
The average rent per square meter is 15 EUR/month (2024) 카지노 게임 컬렉션 카지노 게임 컬렉션cold카지노 게임 컬렉션, as they say in Germany (Kaltmiete), meaning electricity, heating, and some other service costs are not included. Depending on the size of your apartment and the heating system of the building you live in, these bills will add another 150 EUR at least to your monthly rent.
These averages are for unfurnished apartments, which are the rule in Germany. Places like Berlin offer furnished apartments as well, but rent for theses is basically uncapped and massively exceeds local averages.
As with any city, rents in highly sought-after areas are much higher than the average, and it gets cheaper the further you move into the suburbs 카지노 게임 컬렉션 except some of the Western suburbs, which are among the most affluent areas in Berlin.
Most apartments for rent are listed on Germany카지노 게임 컬렉션s big property websites, such as . There are also websites specifically catering to those looking for rooms in shared apartments (called WG for Wohngemeinschaft in German), e.g., .
Competition from other hopeful renters is usually fierce, so if you have access to any sort of network, e.g., through your employer or university, make use of it during your hunt for accommodation.
Having a health insurance is obligatory in Germany. Generally, you have the choice between private or public health insurance. The latter is called Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung in German.
Public health insurances have to accept everybody, unless you have previously been privately insured. In that case, you need to be an employee (as opposed to a freelancer, for example), under 55 years of age, and with a gross annual income below 73,800 EUR (2025) in order to be let back into the public healthcare system.
Both in the public and the private sector, you can choose your insurance provider freely; there are more than 90, often regional, public health insurance providers alone. If you have a regular German employment contract, 14.6% of your monthly salary goes towards your health insurance if you opt for the public system; however, half of that is covered by your employer.
If you opt for a private provider, you can choose from a wide variety of tariffs to meet your individual needs, but you카지노 게임 컬렉션ll need to undergo a health check first. For employees with a high salary or for freelancers, private health insurance is often cheaper than public health insurance 카지노 게임 컬렉션 unless you have pre-existing health conditions. On the other hand, it can put you into financial difficulties should you lose your income or retire.
If you fall ill, your first point of contact is usually your Hausarzt (카지노 게임 컬렉션house doctor카지노 게임 컬렉션, a general practitioner). They will refer you to a specialist if necessary, but waiting times can be long.
In case of emergency, the nearest hospital is often the better choice.
Berlin has a good public transportation network, run by the BVG (Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe). It consists of trams, buses, underground and overground trains, which take you almost everywhere.
The , where you can find all information on the different transportation options and also plan your journey, is very accessible and offers an English and an easy language version.
They also have : The BVG Ticket App, which is great if you know where you카지노 게임 컬렉션re going and simply want to buy the ticket on the go; the BVG Fahrinfo App, which lets you plan your journey and buy tickets as well; and the Jelbi App, which combines all of Berlin카지노 게임 컬렉션s mobility offers, including taxis and sharing providers for bikes or scooters.
Car sharing providers are also abundant in Berlin, so that unless you need to travel outside the city on a regular basis, owning a car is generally not necessary and even not recommended. Only very few apartments in Berlin come with their own parking space.
Although Berlin is a vast city, it is very walkable for shorter distances. For longer distances, cycling is a great way of getting around if you카지노 게임 컬렉션re up for it. Some of the bicycle lanes are still old and narrow, but many of the big roads in the city now have one lane closed off to motorized traffic and reserved for bicycles and scooters.
For every-day life, especially if your job doesn카지노 게임 컬렉션t require you to speak German, English is sufficient. In fact, in some of the trendy areas of town, it has almost become the lingua franca, and you are automatically greeted in English when entering a restaurant, a hairdresser카지노 게임 컬렉션s, or your neighborhood yoga studio.
It gets a bit more cumbersome when you need to deal with official documents or local authorities: on top of the grueling bureaucracy, not all communication is available in English.
And not only is German a notoriously difficult language to learn, but Behördendeutsch (카지노 게임 컬렉션institutional카지노 게임 컬렉션 or 카지노 게임 컬렉션bureaucratic German카지노 게임 컬렉션) is on another level. It카지노 게임 컬렉션s hard to understand even for native German speakers!
By international standards, Berlin is a relatively safe metropolis, and crime statistics have reached a 10-year low in 2024.
As in most places, try to avoid dark, unlit spaces at night, especially if you카지노 게임 컬렉션re alone. Görlitzer Park, in the Kreuzberg district, often makes it into the local news for being a notoriously unsafe place to hang out at night, and it is also known as a drug dealing hotspot.
Generally speaking, theft and pick-pocketing are the most likely instances of crime you might encounter in Berlin, but they can usually be avoided by applying common sense.
For example: If you have a bicycle, invest in a proper lock and never leave it unlocked, not even in your own basement. Or if you use public transportation at night, make sure to not fall asleep.
Yes and no. According to our 온라인 카지노 게임 Insider 2023 survey, Berlin residents are considered the second least friendly among all the cities featured in our survey.
This might explain why almost 39% of expats don카지노 게임 컬렉션t feel at home in Berlin, which is almost twice as high as the average in all 49 cities in our survey.
The famous 카지노 게임 컬렉션Berliner Schnauze카지노 게임 컬렉션 could play a part in this, if you don카지노 게임 컬렉션t get along with a slightly rough humor and a very direct, sometimes laconic way of communication.
This perceived unfriendliness is probably also one of the reasons why expats in Berlin tend to find it hard to make friends with the locals.
Another reason might be 카지노 게임 컬렉션 and that카지노 게임 컬렉션s the good news 카지노 게임 컬렉션 that there simply are a lot of other international people around to make friends with. Berlin is a melting pot with a big expat community, and newcomers to the city often find it easier to make friends with other expats than with the locals.
Berlin is such a diverse place that no matter what your interests, hobbies, or fetishes are, you카지노 게임 컬렉션ll find a community to share them with.
A good place to start is of course 카지노게임사이트: connecting global minds is what we stand for, and our events and interest-based groups are perfect for making new connections and forging international friendships. The motto at all our events is 카지노 게임 컬렉션nobody stands alone카지노 게임 컬렉션, and we take this seriously. Turning up on your own without knowing anybody is totally normal 카지노 게임 컬렉션 we카지노 게임 컬렉션ve all been there before!
But we카지노 게임 컬렉션d be lying if we were to say that 카지노게임사이트 is the only way to meet people in Berlin. Meetup also offers a variety of groups catering to English speakers, and Instagram, Facebook, or Eventbrite are always useful when it comes to finding events you카지노 게임 컬렉션re interested in. Dating apps are popular as well, and many of them now also offer networking or finding friends options.
Last but not least, try to connect with the community around you. Speaking German helps, but some neighborhoods are so international that even if you just turn up at your local yoga studio or gym, there will be classes in English.
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