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Moving to Berlin

  1. How to move to Berlin
  2. Do you need a residence permit?
  3. How to find an apartment
  4. How to find a job
  5. How to learn German

Working in Germany

  1. How to find a job
  2. Salaries in Germany
  3. How to get a Blue Card
  4. How to get a work visa
  5. Taxes Germany
  6. What is the probation period?
  7. How to take sick days
  8. How to take a sabbatical
  9. How to take vacations
  10. Losing or quitting your job
  11. How to write a job resignation letter
  12. Job notice periods
  13. Unemployment benefits

Visiting Berlin

  1. Visiting Berlin
  2. How to use public transit
  3. How to tip in Germany
  4. Where to buy weed

Apartment life

  1. How to find an apartment
  2. How to get a Schufa
  3. Anmeldung - How to register your address
  4. How to move into an apartment
  5. How apartment deposits work
  6. How to change your address
  7. How to move out of an apartment
  8. How to choose liability insurance
  9. How the TV tax works (Rundfunkbeitrag)
  10. How to get your packages
  11. What to do if you lose your keys
  12. Review of Conny rent reduction

Starting a business

  1. How to start a business
  2. How to get a freelance visa
  3. How to move to Germany as a freelancer
  4. How to go from employee to freelancer
  5. Freelance developer salaries
  6. How to join the KSK
  7. How VAT works
  8. Being a Kleinunternehmer
  9. How the trade tax works
  10. Are you a Freiberufler or a Gewerbe?
  11. How to get a Gewerbeschein
  12. How to run a website
  13. Review of Kontist

The basics

  1. Public holidays in Berlin
  2. What is open on Sundays?
  3. Quiet hours and noise laws
  4. How to sort your trash
  5. How to return empty bottles
  6. How to tip in Germany
  7. How to exchange coins
  8. How to use public transit
  9. How to stream and torrent movies
  10. How to write a German address
  11. How to mail a letter
  12. How to dial German phone numbers
  13. Emergency phone numbers

Personal finance

  1. Cost of living in Berlin
  2. How to choose a bank
  3. Taxes Germany
  4. Types of insurance
  5. How to save money
  6. How to exchange coins
  7. How to get a Schufa
  8. List of English-speaking tax advisors
  9. English-speaking tax software
  10. Review of N26
  11. Review of Degiro
  12. Review of Kontist

Healthcare

  1. How to choose health insurance
  2. Health insurance for a German visa
  3. List of English-speaking doctors
  4. List of English-speaking dentists
  5. How to take sick days
  6. How to buy eyeglasses
  7. How to deal with hay fever
  8. How to get diagnosed with ADHD
  9. How to become an organ donor
  10. Review of Techniker Krankenkasse
  11. Review of Ottonova

Insurance

  1. Types of insurance
  2. How to choose health insurance
  3. How to choose liability insurance
  4. Do you need legal insurance?
  5. How to choose car insurance

Where to find...

  1. Where to find help
  2. Where to buy what
  3. How to buy, sell and donate things
  4. Where to watch movies in English
  5. Where to find foreign ingredients
  6. List of English-speaking doctors
  7. List of English-speaking lawyers
  8. List of English-speaking dentists
  9. List of English-speaking GPs
  10. List of English-speaking tax advisors
  11. List of gynecologists and obstetricians
  12. List of English-speaking psychiatrists
  13. List of English-speaking psychotherapists
  14. List of English-speaking veterinarians
  15. List of English-speaking driving schools
  16. List of English-speaking hair salons
  17. List of 24-hour gyms
  18. Where to donate clothes
  19. Where to buy motorcycle gear
  20. Where to find lost things
  21. Where to get passport photos
  22. Where to play board games
  23. Where to find American pizza

Immigration

  1. Do you need a residence permit?
  2. How to get a Blue Card
  3. How to get a work visa
  4. How to get a freelance visa
  5. How to renew a freelance visa
  6. How to get an Ausländerbehörde appointment
  7. How the Fiktionsbescheinigung works
  8. Where to get passport photos
  9. Health insurance for a German visa
  10. Relocation consultants in Berlin

Bureaucracy

  1. How to get a Bürgeramt appointment
  2. How to get an Ausländerbehörde appointment
  3. Taxes Germany
  4. Your tax ID, tax number and VAT number
  5. Your Sozialversicherungsnummer
  6. How to get a Meldebescheinigung
  7. Where to get passport photos

Legal matters

  1. List of English-speaking lawyers
  2. Do you need legal insurance?
  3. How to make a noise complaint
  4. Is cannabis legal?
  5. Photography laws
  6. Review of Conny rent reduction

Family and friends

  1. How to make friends
  2. How to get married
  3. How to find a Kita
  4. How to get a Kitagutschein

Dogs

  1. Having a dog in Germany
  2. List of English-speaking veterinarians
  3. How to register a dog
  4. How to bury a dead animal

Leaving Germany

  1. How to move out of an apartment
  2. Losing or quitting your job
  3. Abmeldung - How to deregister your address
  4. How to get a pension refund

Getting around

  1. How to buy and ride a bicycle
  2. How to buy a car
  3. How to use public transit
  4. How the Deutschland Ticket works
  5. How to pay a BVG fine
  6. How to cancel a BVG ticket subscription

Driving

  1. How to buy a car
  2. Cost of owning a car
  3. How to choose car insurance
  4. How to get a driving licence
  5. List of English-speaking driving schools
  6. How to convert a foreign driving licence
  7. Where to buy motorcycle gear
  8. Parking motorcycles on the sidewalk
  9. How to get an International Driving Permit

Bonus content

  1. Movies set in Berlin
  2. Two kinds of Netto
  3. Worms in trees
  4. What does "m/w/d" mean?
  5. Fonts used on German signs
  6. How to get rid of a Christmas tree

Newest guides

  1. How to apply for a German work visa How to get a work visa November 18, 2023

    This is how you apply for a work permit and start working in Germany.

  2. How to get a German Blue Card How to get a Blue Card November 18, 2023

    This is how you apply for a Blue Card to work in Germany.

  3. How taxes work in Germany Taxes Germany October 30, 2023

    Information about income tax, health insurance and other German taxes, and ways to pay less taxes.

  4. How to activate the eID on your residence permit How to activate your eID October 23, 2023

    This is how you activate the Online-Ausweisfunktion of your elektronischer Aufenthaltstitel (eAT).

  5. Losing or quitting your job in Germany Losing or quitting your job July 17, 2023

    What happens when you resign, get laid off, change jobs or change careers in Germany. This is what happens to your health insurance, residence permit, unemployment benefits etc.

  6. How to give a resignation letter in Germany How to write a job resignation letter July 17, 2023

    The legal requirements for writing and handing a resignation notice (Kündigungsschreiben) when you quit your job in Germany.

  7. Unemployment benefits in Germany Unemployment benefits July 17, 2023

    How social benefits work for unemployed people in Germany.

  8. How to register as an organ donor in Germany How to become an organ donor June 3, 2023

    This guide shows you how to organ donations work in Germany, and how to register as a donor.

  9. English-speaking tax software for Germany English-speaking tax software May 8, 2023

    A list of software that can help you file your German taxes in English, and alternative options.

  10. English-speaking veterinarians in Berlin List of English-speaking veterinarians May 2, 2023

    This list helps you find a Tierarzt who speak English in Berlin.

Recent updates

  1. List of English-speaking psychotherapists in Berlin List of English-speaking psychotherapists November 23, 2023

    A list of therapists who speak English, and how to find a therapist who accepts public health insurance.

  2. English-speaking veterinarians in Berlin List of English-speaking veterinarians November 23, 2023

    This list helps you find a Tierarzt who speak English in Berlin.

  3. Where to find foreign cooking ingredients in Berlin Where to find foreign ingredients November 23, 2023

    This guide shows you where to get exotic foods and ingredients in Berlin.

  4. What is the best German bank for you? How to choose a bank November 23, 2023

    This guide shows you how to choose a bank in Germany. It compares German banks and their fees.

  5. List of relocation consultants and agencies in Berlin Relocation consultants in Berlin November 22, 2023

    These relocation consultants can help you get the right residence permit and visa to live, work and freelance in Germany.

  6. How to apply for a German work visa How to get a work visa November 22, 2023

    This is how you apply for a work permit and start working in Germany.

  7. How to get a German Blue Card How to get a Blue Card November 22, 2023

    This is how you apply for a Blue Card to work in Germany.

  8. The Anmeldung - How to register an address in Berlin Anmeldung - How to register your address November 22, 2023

    This guide shows you how register your address in Berlin. This is how you get a Meldebescheinigung and a tax ID.

  9. How to choose German health insurance How to choose health insurance November 22, 2023

    This guide explains how public and private health insurance work in Germany. It helps you choose the best health insurance for your needs.

  10. Health insurance for a German visa or residence permit Health insurance for a German visa November 22, 2023

    This guide helps you choose health insurance for a Schengen visa, National Visa, Blue Card, freelance visa and other residence permits.

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