What’s on this week? Apparently, we should all know the meaning of the German word, Spargeltarzan. 😅Spring is here and so are the cherry blossoms. Can you guess which Berlin street is considered one of the coolest in the world? Musings on cover letters in Germany.
What’s on this week? Why you should stop using the word expat. Funding of German startups was on a high this week. Get illegal beer in Berlin. Our internet is about to get better?!
What’s on this week? There’s been lots of changes to the Skilled Immigration Act. The numerous strikes have been hard on everyone. Stop sharing your CVs on Facebook. Do you like being in the office?
Weed is finally, kinda, sorta legal in Germany. A court ruling may free up thousands of rental flats in Berlin. Germans are working well past retirement due to “pension poverty”. There are going to be public transit strikes across the country this week. The number of school dropouts in Germany is on the rise.
In yet another demonstration of how far Germany lags in technology, the Deutsche Bahn wants an employee with Windows 3.11 experience, an OS that was released in 1991! Germany is now the world’s third-biggest economy. A four-meter-long dead python was found in Berlin. Staff at Hamburg’s foreigner’s office took bribes to issue residence permits to people who didn’t meet the requirements. 💸