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News from The Berlin Life

⦾ Catch up on last week's blast - People Are Confused About Germany's Recession, Spies Want to WFH, & Our Job Seeker Found a New Job​

Berlin Life Guides

​Berlin Life Guides help with moving to Berlin, as well as living and working in Berlin.

We don't have any new guides this week, but stay tuned for new & updated guides coming out soon! In the meantime, browse the best of our archives:
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⦾ CLASSIC: How Much Does It Cost To Move To Germany? Use Our Calculator! - Moving to Germany isn't cheap.

⦾ TIMELESS: Our Favourite Bars For Craft Beer In Berlin - What's your favourite?

German Companies Hiring

German companies that are hiring right now

⦾ Pure App (Berlin)
⦾ Vinted (Berlin)
⦾ Pleo (Berlin)
⦾ Knime (Berlin & Konstanz)
⦾ Novanta (Germany)
⦾ Cargill (Berlin)
⦾ NETCONOMY (Berlin & Dortmund)

German Startup News

German startups that received funding recently could be good places to look for jobs, as well as other news.

⦾ German Startup Raises 35 Million To Transform The Way We Read - Go Blinkist! One of Berlin's better employer just got more funding. 🙌
⦾ German online travel startup GetYourGuide zips $194M to enhance travel experiences with AI - GetYourGuide is going AI and I'm so eager to see what they have in store for travel.
⦾ Berlin-Based Wonnda raises €1 million to connect brands with European manufacturers via its B2B marketplace - Any German company that streamlines cumbersome processes is a good bet for future success (and are also my personal heroes);
⦾ Navigating the Berlin startup scene: strengths, weaknesses, and future outlook The author calls Berlin livable (which I agree with) but also affordable. Apparently, this person has never had to search for a flat in Berlin. ​
​⦾ Berlin-based Intimate Care Startup Dr. Vivien Karl Raises €1.5M in Pre-seed Funding - Two female founders received funding to continue their work to reduce the stigma associated with female intimate health. As a woman who's suffered healthwise for related reasons over the years, this is one company that has 1000% of my support.

News in Germany

Immigration and other general news

General news:

⦾ In wholesome news we all need - a raccoon recently boarded a bus in Berlin. 🦝

⦾ How patriotic can Germans be? - In Germany, this is a pretty complicated debate.

⦾ Centrists alarmed as poll shows growing support for German far-right party - Concerning stats show this country isn't heading in the right direction.

⦾ How a coder used ChatGPT to find an apartment in Berlin in 2 weeks after struggling for months - It's pretty ingenious what this guy did, but no AI can change the harsh truth that his ethnicity and wealth didn't play a considerable role in scoring a flat so quickly.

⦾ Man is electrocuted after passengers climb onto U-Bahn tracks - Berlin ought to be doling out Darwin Awards to people who are this careless with their own lives. Let's hope this man experiences a speedy recovery. ⚡

⦾ Hot tip! Did you know you can buy a postage stamp with your phone in Germany?

Foreigner news:

⦾ June 2023: 8 changes affecting expats in Germany - The Corona app is no more and say bye to iconic Galeria Kaufhof and Karstadt 😭

⦾ German citizenship: Record number of naturalizations - "A record 168,545 applicants with 171 different nationalities received German citizenship in 2022."

⦾ Citizenship reforms: Will benefit recipients be able to apply for a German passport? - As always, it's complicated and people who should be able to get citizenship may be denied the opportunity.

⦾ New Berlin-made AI app will simplify German bureaucracy for expats - Big love for this if it suceeds! "A Ukrainian, Berlin-based start-up, Ridocu, has announced plans to launch an app which will help foreigners in Germany navigate the country’s complicated bureaucratic systems." 💛 💙
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German economy:

⦾ German inflation drops to lowest level in more than a year - Inflation is finally starting to go down, but let's see if it's going to hold.

Art & culture:

⦾ A new era of HKW: Resistance and reshaping a Berlin institution & ‘The Act of Opening a House Is So Beautiful’: Berlin’s Historic House of World Cultures Relaunches With an Ambitious Multisensory Weekend - A place we should all visit soon.

⦾ The Last Days of Berlin’s Gas Streetlamps - A lot of people don't know the history of Berlin's gas street lamps. A worth, not to mention, interesting read!

⦾ Dropping on Netflix later this month - ELDORADO, a documentary about queers in Berlin in the 1920s. 🏳️‍🌈

⦾ Pride month: A guide to Christopher Street Day (CSD) celebrations across Germany - The Berlin-based party is legendary. See all the fun-filled photos I took from a previous CSD in Berlin.

Travel:

⦾ I Ambled Around Berlin for 8 Days - Michelin-starred feasts, Mies van der Rohe buildings, and river strolls. - This reads pretentious AF but there are some pretty good spots on this itinerary.

⦾ It will take years to get Deutsche Bahn back on track - Germany once again proving their efficiency is a myth. 🫠

Useful Resources

Good stuff offered by The Berlin Life

⦾ Join our newly formed Slack community to connect with other job seekers and get support on moving to Germany and finding work.
⦾ Add yourself to our Linkedin list to network with local professionals.
⦾ Create a German CV (and cover letter) quickly & easily with resume.io.