by Erin "ebe" Porter | May 18, 2016 | Daily life, Expat issues, Red tape and bureaucracy, Tips, advice, suggestions, Work and employment matters
Frequently I see panicked posts from other expats. They are frantically looking for an Anmeldung Termin (registration appointment). HELP! I need an appointment for a burgeramt asap, please! What is an Anmeldung? The Anmeldung is a necessary – and usually...
by Chloe D | Jan 20, 2016 | Daily life, History and culture, Tips, advice, suggestions
Snow, glorious snow. At last, winter arrived in Berlin and the streets were paved with white. That was two weeks ago – after an unseasonably warm December, the temperatures dropped and it snowed – for a day or two at least. Then it warmed up again and...
by Erin "ebe" Porter | Jan 13, 2016 | History and culture
For the past few days the world has been in mourning. David Bowie has died. And like the rest of the world, Berlin is laying claim to its adopted son. Bowie lived in Berlin in the 1970s, departing LA and Switzerland for something altogether more hedonistic. He was...
by Chloe D | Dec 16, 2015 | History and culture
The stained glass in the grand foyer of the building where I work depicts factories and space travel, alongside striking workers and their families. On the wall in the second grandest conference room is a vast hammer and sickle mosaic. Next door, in the grandest room...
by Chloe D | Oct 7, 2015 | Daily life, History and culture, Tips, advice, suggestions
When I first came to Berlin in 2002, Pfefferberg was just about the coolest place I’d ever been to. Sitting out under the stars in the Berlin summer, drinking a good German beer, and listening to live music was for me the absolute height of sophistication. On...
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