I think whenever you move to a country you should learn it's language rather than to expect the people there to speak your language. That's only polite, isn't it?
wora1111 I totally agree. I think a lot of people (native or fluent English speakers) move there though and think that it will be easy to find a job that suits them but almost jobs obviously require German.
@@Nicholasw991 This situation occurs, when immigrants are not integrated but instead put into ghettos. Compare that with Switzerland. They Start out with three official languages and everybody learns at least two languages. And that include immigrants from Eritrea, India, Greece or all other countries
Nicholas NA the difference between America and other countries is that America doesn’t have an official language. In order for a language to be the countries official language, 50% of the people have to speak that language as a first language. America doesn’t have that.
I have seen that in Germany several times while I lived there. If you see someone act like a moron, stop what you're doing and tell that person he/she is a moron, then go back to what you were doing.
I'm German. Many years ago, friends had renovated their apartment and partially furnished it. They gave an inauguration party. The hosts asked how I like the apartment. My answer was: "Should I be honest? Or would you like a charming answer?" And their answer was: "Just don't say anything". So we are not always very direct ;-)
i love how honest Germans are tho, like they can be burtally honest or maybe that's my sensitivity from being an American, but i really enjoyed that aspect of their culture. I'm from the south in America where we hide and lie about everything especially how we feel. Because that good ole southern hospitality is real and fake asf
It's great that they asked for your opinion and you asked them what they wanted to hear. Most Germans I've met give their opinion without even having asked them...
Mean temperature value is at 18-19 degrees for the whole year... In summer it gets up to 38. It's not what I would call cold. Coldest in winter this year was - 12 (which I loved) where I stay in NRW. 770 sun hours in summer (for the whole country at some location 30 more...)Not really dark imho. This girl has her opinion and defines dark and cold completely different from how I'd do😅
I live in germany for 10 years now and I approve of everything you said. If you can speak german and have a passion for the language, you will be appriciated. The hardest thing for me as a non EU-Member is finding friends and the cold weather. a little tipp about the directness, if you can be brave and be also straightforward with them, you gain their respect. Don´t let anyone push you. I was very surprised at first, when I defended myself and people started to be nice!
Germans also struggle with making German friends XD Also, go outside in winter, even when it's cloudy it will still boost your mood and vitamin d levels
Very accurate, but trust me: We Germans hate our overboarding burocracy just as much as everybody else does. Unfortunately most of our politicians are lawyers or from related fields, so more regulation is the only anwer to everything, that they are capable of.
Ich habe 16 Jahre in den USA gelebt und 3 in Spanien. In beiden Fällen ziehe ich die deutsche "overboarding buereaucracy" 100 mal vor, every single time!
They don't have enough vitamin d to increase your levels. You need to take vitamin d. The official recommendation is 1.000 to 4.000 I. U. A day. However, In order to really benefit from vitamin d you need to take more than the official recommendations. Theres a major statistical error in the estimation of the daily recommended allowance. Look up the scientific review " The big vitamin d mistake by Dimitrios T. Papadimitriou" The Scientist who isolated vitamin D is Dr. Michael Holic and he takes 6.000 I. U. a day. Dr. Anthony Fauci takes 6.000 I. U. a day he said this in a email. The Vitamin D Council recommends 3.000 to 6.000 I. U. A 2019 randomized controlled trial - placebo controlled _ by Dr. Michael Holic shows that its even safe to take 10.000 I. U. a day for 5 months. The Institut of medicine and the endocrine society acknowledged that as well. Source : Scientific Reports. Article number: 17685 I personally take 10.000 I. U. a day during the 5 winter months and 6.000 I. U. A day during the rest of the year all from a liquid supplement which has a better absorption rate than pills. Its important to increase magnesium rich foods in your diet (kale, broccoli, or salmon, tuna etc) if you take more vitamin d because vitamin d will reduce the amount of your magnesium because it takes magnesium to convert vitamin d into its active form. This reduction of magnesium can lead to symptoms of a magnesium deficiency such as cramps, palpitations, depression etc. You can also supplement magnesium which is always a good idea I take 400 to 500 mg of magnesium malate or Glycinate a day. (make sure to take 100 mg of magnesium 4 or 5 times a day with at least 2 hours apart because your body can't absorb more than that at once) I take a capsule with 100mg magnesium and twist it open to put the pulver in a glass with water then I drink it its much easier to do that 4 or 5 times than swallowing multiple capsules a day . It increases the amount of active vitamin d that your body can properly utilize for immune modulation , up regulation of thousands of genes and it's anti inflammatory properties.
I’m entertaining the idea of moving there. I’m just so nervous with the language difference. I thoroughly believe that I should be proficient in a language before moving to a country, not only out of convenience but respect. If I meet the requirements for my ideal career there then I think I’ll go after it. Also the culture shock seems so intimidating, I’m an introverted Canadian but I’ll still be lonely!
It can be lonely. I definitely would not recommend moving right now, because with everything happening it will make socializing a bit harder! I would wait. :) The nice thing is Germany has a lot of adult clubs, so if you have a hobby there is probably a club you can join!
Just do it. The best way for most people is to learn the language in a country where it is spoken. I came to Canada as a shy student with poor English skills and it was amazing how fast my English improved just by watching TV, reading books, and talking to people all day long. I would definitely recommend going to a small- to medium-sized city though. In large cities, English is pretty much a second language, which prevents you from really diving into the language and culture.
Well, you should have a good grasp of basics. If you are there, speaking German every day, will make you improve every day. And you can speak English with most people if your language skills fail you. Joining some hobby (like a sport) will help you to meet new people...
"München" heavy german word with that "ü" AND the "...chen". Yor spelling sounds wounderful, really! Don´t worry. Most of us appreciate it a lot when foreigners put so much energy in learning our language. Very nice to have you here, please don´t give up the sympatic side of your "american soul".
I'm considering moving to Germany because I'm a leftist who is really tired of gun violence and religious rhetoric in the US. Can anyone share their experience on what the overall political climate of Germany is. Especially for women, black folks or LGBTQ folks?
Same. I moved here 8 months ago. I highly recommend moving here. But... the political climate is not great. It's not a dog and pony show like the Deluded States, but the society here is very divided too. They're just more educated (and perhaps more intelligent) overall in this part of the world. If you can tolerate the weather and cultural differences (including the overwhelming bureaucracy she spoke of), I think you would not regret relocating to this country.
Bureaucracy: OMG, Kimberly. You are soooo right. You can say, that the office guys need for every shit min 2 copies. A rumour says, that is the reason why toilet paper has more than 2 layers in Germany. Directness: Also right. Especially in the north of Germany the people say, what they are thinking in very hard way. We mean it not bad, normally, but we want, that the other person know for sure, what we are meaning. So don’t ask: ”How are you?“ if you really don’t want to know the state of health of this person. You could get a long answer. For me are compliments lies, because I say something nice and don’t mean it so. To get friendship: Also right again. It’s hard to get a real friendship, but if you have one, the bondages can keep the whole life! To get acquaintances to Germans, go in club, sport associations or in small villages the ”Freiwillige Feuerwehr“(firefighters). Jobs: The German loves documents! It starts with certifications from your school, university, vocational education, further education, advanced training and so on. Than personal data sheet and a letter of reference from your last job.
lol yes with the job part!!! I totally agree, and I think its super interesting/different how you have to add a photo to your resume, such a foreign concept for me.
@@KimCrossesBorders @WTS Alive That is exactly why there is 4 layered toilet paper in Germany! One layer for you, one for the toilet and two copies for the files!
During wintertime? Take a long sleep. Wake up around Christmas and New Years Eve and sleep until April again. Or move to the Bodensee area where the climate is almost mediterranean.
I'm from the Bodensee area and it's beautiful here but not at all mediterranean. In the summertime yes somtimes but it's the same climate all over Germany
The sun radiation is still 50% in the shadow, though. Go outside in the winter and take the 50% of the winter sun. For directness, go to the Netherlands. The Germans are not that direct compared to the Dutch.
You know all these things and still like to come to Germany, so that means you are germanized and we want you back as soon as possible. I love the different seasons with there specific weather, because it's not only important for the nature, i appreciate the spring and summer time a lot more. And the winters here in Germany are not the same than 30years ago. You will find harder winters in the north of the US.
@@KimCrossesBorders what I have noticed from your videos is, that you've got a lot of sunshine in your heart and soul, that cames out with your lovely smile and will heat as up in so many ways. ☀️😊
Germany is a very cultural country, also a very pretty country. But as a teen I feel like I want to move to Germany, but then after listening to your problems to consider, I feel like it's hopeless. Even if I apply to move there, I don't think I'll succeed. But I hope in the future I will be able to move there. ❤️🇩🇪
As a self-employed person it can be very hard - that's right! But I think that you get much more support from the state in Germany than for example in America! And especially now in this exceptional situation! The thing with finding a job is also right but maybe as a foreigner you should inform yourself before what kind of jobs are available on the market! And you should inform yourself about the german job system and how it works! An employer will surely think about 3 times who he hires because unlike in most countries he can not dismiss the employee overnight as he wants! In addition, he must pay for his employee such things as unemployment insurance, health insurance, nursing care insurance, statutory accident insurance and pension insurance in half!
lol I agree with everything you said. And I am actually a little disappointed with how Germany is handling small businesses in this crisis, since small businesses are the backbone and the economy in Germany!
true !!! sad that those Politic(trashcans) pick the wrong choice of solidarity. Mostly Big Corps getting supported , and the little ones are way behind ... nothing new...... alot of things to improve here
Anyone knows if there is any communities or organizations that give support and help to people who just move or migrate to Germany? Me and my partner (a German citizen) planning to move to Germany permanently, but we have no idea how taxes work, how medical insurance work and everything else needed to live in Germany. So we are wondering if there are communities or organizations that provide help to guide us on what needs to be done? To be specific, in Berlin. Thanks.
@@m.farhana.rahman3372 maybe this link help you? Otherwise browse the official sites like Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge. www.germany-visa.org/immigration-residence-permit/moving-germany-from-us/ But stay away from Berlin to expensice hard to find an apartment and they are extraordinary expensive
Well I can't say what Germans do, but here in Denmark when it gets cold, dark and windy (as always), we light a candle light and hunker down around it hoping for the best. You'll get use to it, winter bathing and spearfishing in winter time helps me out a lot. So if you ever come by denmark in winter time, bring your bathing suits, because you guys are going to take a swim! My only warning is for your man. Your family jewels will disappear for a short while. But no panic, they will come back. That could be a warning for you to Kimberly, depending on how you react to cold water, sorry I'll stop my danish humor.
Kim Crosses Borders im fine but still stay isolated, and being in my apartment since the 5th, now my biggest problem is cabin fever, but luckily it doesn't gives you a high temperature and a nasty cough! Stay safe both of you!
Great advice and tips especially for those living outside the EU. I moved from London to Germany a year and a half ago to be with my German gf. I will say that taking the time initially to learn the language will help you enormously, many of the language schools offer 50% discounts if you are unemployed or even 100% off for some of the integration courses. Definitely be prepared to be patient to find a job in your chosen field. Part-time jobs like food delivery or warehouse work are def easier to get and will help you in the meantime. If you can teach a language or other skill from home even better. For me it took almost a year to find a job in my chosen field in the pharmaceutical industry. The job required a intermediate level of german but fluent english. I was lucky to have some savings and a partner I could rely on in the meantime. Make sure you have some kind of safety net and maybe a plan B if you feel its not working out within a certain timeframe.
Hi Elninoo, I want to move to Germany for the pharmaceutical industry too. Are you working as a Pharmacist or Corporate/business side? Did you need a visa to work? How did you find a job? Any info is appreciated thank u
Correct, Each person must register to a place. This is correct. This obligation to register has consequences: you receive your ID (Germany has strict "carry and show" law) and you are automatically registered for voting. It is part of our democracy that every citizen (even nearly all inmates) are free to vote one of the political parties (not only two). In persona or by mail. So, yes, registration is important.
short stories: the paper manufacturers were afraid of going broke in the early 90s because many customers switched to computers, but the opposite happened. an example "HENKEL" had 6 pages of delivery notes, after the PC came it was 18 pages. example of bureaucracy: as a "container driver" (for garbage / green waste / recyclable material / building rubble/ etc...) I used to write an invoice on a piece of paper, then the bureaucracy hit and afterwards I had a bookshelf in the cab of my truck because the invoice had to be carried out exactly according to the ordinance, these calculations initially looked like exam tests
Oh, and: Yes. My German directness is really making people go "hmmm?". I was partying with a friend in the late 2000's in Miami Beach (not really in MB, it was at the LIV club at the Fontainebleau hotel) and we had a good time. But at the height of the fun, I found it appropriate to tell my American friend a thing, which made him look at me strangely. I said: "You gotta improve on your shaving technique - your beard is uneven!" That's your German directness in action ;) I can mask most of my "germaness", my accent, my pedantic nature, my interest in the small technical details, but what I never seem to make away with, is my German directness ;)
@@vodkatonyq Sometimes it is very, very necessary to tell someone the truth, if he asked for it or not. believe me, without this there is no personal development, which you can see in the american society at best. You need this mirror sometimes...
@@franzfred7511 you're not responsible for anyone's personal development. If anyone asks for your opinion, they will ask for it. It is extremely presumptuous to believe that others need to hear your "truth", unasked, to better themselves.
omg i wished this vid had been up when I moved to germany in high school because i'm from america originally from Florida and grew up in the hot humid south. And hot damn that german weather threw me for the biggest psychological loop ever!! especially during actual winter time, i missed so many days of work because I just couldn't manage to transition into that weather. But after a year you get used to the differences in the weather, or not and you should probably move to some place warmer. But the culture is unparalleled and the jokes don't translate to much of anything in english is what i miss. And christmas markets and the many many many holidays that they have compared to america
I am German. I take Vitamin D3 supplements specifically because it's rather rainy in Germany most time of the year (our summers are brutally hot and sunny, but that's like three or four months tops). Also, taking it for increasing your testosterone levels a bit is also an option (the scientific background is unclear on this, but it seems to bind globulin at high dosages and increases the free testosterone up to 70%), which is for a fitness guy like me a good thing, but you gotta have to take a lot of Vitamin D3 over a long period of time for it (so if you are a guy reading this, make the bloodworks and ask your doc if that's okay for you to take that much D3). Otherwise: Yes, Germans love their buerocracy. It sucks actually... a lot of legwork involved to get all the papers together for the departments who want them. The US is better in that regard.
"Dark cold weather": It's just like the midwest. I lived in Texas for most my adult life, moved to Ohio, then visited Germany. Germany looks just like Ohio, but with different architecture.
I like the way you say "München". It's really not bad at all, so don't you say you can't say that. Many Italians do worse than you do, and they come every year for Oktoberfest. The German directness, yes, everyone loves us for that. I hear that mentioned in almost every video about Germany. But, we want to get things done, or get in order. "Excuse me, my friend, your car makes some strange noises, could it be that you lost your exhaust pipe?" No. "Du hast deinen Auspuff verloren", that's what we would say. Might be that the answer is "Yes, I know". But you tell other people what is wrong, in case they haven't noticed.
Very sunny regions in Germany: Freiburg im Breisgau and München. If you go abroad to another country and want to find a job, you need to speak the respective language most of the time. That is normal. There are english speaking jobs but not so many. If you want to integrate, learning a country´s language is out of question.
ik i'm almost a year late and probably nobody will see this BUT i've a question. one friend that lives in germany told me about "mini-jobs" which are temporary. i'm planning going there for 10 months bc of studies, what kind of jobs can you have that are temporary? are they really hard to get at least one? sorry for any mistakes, eng. is not my first language :D
Hello, to everyone who is afraid of the German language. You don't have to. German is considered a difficult language with a complicated grammar and if you want to speak it perfectly, it will take you a long time. The other truth (not in the sense of Mr. Trump) is that in Germany you can survive with just a few words and no grammar at all. By the way, all younger Germans speak English more or less well. Since Germany also had to experience the difficulties foreigners have with our language due to the many immigrants and refugees, the Germans are also quite tolerant in this regard. We are happy when someone tries to speak our language, but we don't expect perfection - especially since we don't speak our language grammatically perfectly in everyday life. So please don't be afraid. By the way, most of the people here are very helpful - you just have to ask them for help. This is also the first small step towards making friends. The Germans only differentiate between buddies and friends. You get buddy very quickly here, friends take a little longer. So come to Germany, try it - it may be different than you expect, but it can be beautiful.
The traditional way of getting enough vitamin D is to eat fish once per week (Fridays in the catholic regions), but here in Schleswig-Holstein fresh fish has always been easier to come by, so it's been a staple in the local cuisine for centuries.
@@KimCrossesBorders Try mashing a few freshly boiled potatoes with pesto, then put the contents of a can of fish (with sauce) on top - cheap, easy to make, and quite tasty.
Hi Kim if you under 30 a lot of country's ( Australia,Canada, New Zealand Euro zone and so on) have a working holiday visa normally for a year and you can extend for a second in most cases A few let you try get a work permit after this, but in my experience the paper work is the same in all country's, most of the time it is pure luck who is dealing with your case, or if the company you work for bribed the right bureaucrat,
My main concern is making friends. I've never really had any actual friends, mainly just acquaintances, and have a difficult time socializing. I can't even make friends here in my home country of America! I've heard that making friends abroad is difficult, but I can't imagine how much harder it would be for me in Germany since I already find making friends here very difficult. I feel hopeless. Can anyone offer any advice or anything?
Hey ! I hope you have a good day. Don't be so shy ! Look around and definitely it will be some students are girls you want to talk or be friend with them , just try to go close them and talk about a different topic don't scare just try , if they don't want you so find a person that is like you I know you will find , JUST TRY AND DONE BE FRUSTRATE 😊
as a german this is my advice dealing with our insane bureaucracy: if you have any request to state, town whatever: "forget" one single obvious document so you will be requested to bring it along afterwards - else - if you brought all the required documents at once there is a good chance you will be asked to bring some ridiculous document nobody knows even existing simply to prove your comliance...
If you are wanting to open a business it's for foreigners easier than for Germans. For example if you want to open a trade business you need to have a qualification called 'Meisterbrief' (master craftsman's diploma) as a German. A foreigner is allowed to do the same as a journeyman if he could do it in the home country. But in general you are right - some laws in Germany makes it really hard for small businesses to start, because of the many hurdles you have to master.
Pro: Me, I live here and I love meeting new people. There is also good food. (End of the pro list) Contra: A lot of things I can not mention all in detail. If this overwhelms you, check the Pro-list ;)
Hi Marco, the point of this video was not to compare it to the USA, but to share my experience with other foreigners as other countries are not as bureaucratic. But if you want to make the parallel-- I think that Germany is much more bureaucratic with daily functions, since you almost cannot do anything without an ameldung! (I know I spelled that wrong) Hope that answered your question :)
Oh my gosh I am from Texas as well. I just moved to Hannover, Germany, it is definitely a different place. However, it is beautiful and most of the people I have met are nice and polite.
my mom was born and raised there and then she met my dad who was visiting, they had my brother and then decided to move to the u.s.(my dads home) when my brother was 6, leaving all of my moms family. then they had me a year after, I’m 13 now and always visit my moms family yearly, and this month I’m moving there by myself for a year and staying with them, I’m getting very overwhelmed😅 do you have any advice?
Congrats! Germany is an awesome place!! And to be honest, Germany is more similar to the USA than if you were moving to Thailand, for example. It is a really different culture, but I think you will be surprised at times that you feel like you are in the USA. My biggest piece of advice is to have an open mind. Allow people to tell you their perspective, be open to trying new experiences, and just have fun!! Germany is a wonderful country, and I am sure you will love it a lot! I hope that was helpful!
being in self-isolation as a Nerd who is very bored right now, let me explain why sundays in germany are off and shops are closed ;) it doesnt matter if shops are open on sundays, people dont buy more goods ... if you buy 1 beer on saturday and anotherone on sunday (because you can and you want your god damn beer)... you dont buy more, you just go to the supermarket twice... all it creates are odd hours for the workers without any profit... Sundays are ment to rest... and btw. Restaurants, Fast-Food, Theatres, Parks and stuff like that are open
This isolation thing is getting really old huh? hahaha but I understand why it is closed. In the USA, we are used to doing most of our shopping on Sunday. And I feel like things in Germany close so early even during the week. Besides grocery shopping, you really don't have time to do much after work. I think that is a big thing to consider before you move to Germany
Germans have 2-3 friends and many acquaintances. If you think you might make friends in Germany...nope. Definitely join a sports club or social club if you move there.
So...why would a German company hire a foreigner if there are plenty of EU citizens that could do the job? And I'm sure there are very few jobs that couldn't be filled by an EU citizen...
true about how tight the community is there. But yeah i still talk to all my german friends from my timing living there and its been 6 years that i've been back in america. Planning on moving back to germany this summer for good tho
Germany seems to have ( relatively ) more Americans then other E.U countries. (Could just be my subjective interpretation ) But i wonder if Americans that study in Germany , or are stationed in U.S military bases, can stay and live there after the study finished ?
if the weathers a problem definitely dont come to scotland its 10x worse and we dont get vitamin d deficient because we are used to how little there is
I'm from Ohio, but lived in Texas for 25 years/over half my adult life. Germany is just like Ohio. When I first visited, I realized if you blindfolded me, and put me in a German field with no architecture, I would think it was Ohio landscape, and temperature. If you can't live in Ohio because of the weather, you probably won't like Germany. Culture, history, art and music go a long way, so Germany has that going for it.
The only thing that have me nervous is the part where you have to explain why you are more qualified for a position over a German citizen. I can see myself getting nervous with that question.
To learn a other language, it is a good idea to moved to the country where it is spoken. I spend 2 weeks in Paris and learned more French than 1 year in Highschool.
Haha.... When did you visit germany? In the winter? Of course it is dark and cold. In the summer from May until September it's is summer like in the US. In July and August we had very high temperatures in the last years of around 40°C... And in the summer periode it is bright from 6 am until after 10 pm. :D
I have visited Germany all year round. May is still pretty cold depending on year-- June-September is warm. And y'all do have like two months where it is bright very late, and that is a super interesting experience (it is even more in Norway). But even September it already starts to get cold. Which means most of the year, it is cold at least to this Texas girl with Latina roots XD
@@KimCrossesBorders thats for sure... Yes. ;) south germany is on the same latitude like Montreal! Texas is on the same like north african states like marocco. So of course there is a difference! :D
Keggi80 hahaha yes I actually have an aunt from Honduras that has been living in Montreal for yearrrrrrrs. And she still finds the cold really difficult 😂
@@KimCrossesBorders This year was really hot, no rain and sunny weather almost every day from spring to summer. We even had 23 degrees in February. There are no cold winters anymore, especially in the South of Germany.
Hahaha, you mentioned Texas. I'm in Dallas Texas now, originally from Houston. So I definitely know about trying to avoid the Sun in the summer months. The funny thing is my family we're all from Germany..( Berlebeck ) region. And I didn't know until recently looking at the German telephone book that my last name is as common as Jones or Smith...lol. great video.
Just assuming I thought someone was a complete idiot - would it be better to tell them that the American way, wrapped in cotton candy, or just plain German? With a German you don't have to guess what he actually wants to say to you - in a positive as well as in a negative way. You know where you are and can react accordingly. This may be unusual for Americans - but in the end it is very practical. "We don't know how to manage without you, but we will try starting today." or "You're fired" - what's the difference? The job is gone every time. The difference is that it is not as easy to do in Germany as it is in the USA.
My husband is an EU citizen. We're planning to move to Germany with our 2 kids, do you think we can survive and would I be able to look for a job? I'm so nervous about the language barrier. Of course I am trying to learn the language everyday but I feel like I would need a decade before I could really be fluent.
My family took two Ukrainian refugees in (mother with her daughter). The mother started learning German a few weeks after she has been her. She is visiting a language learning course for maybe around 6 month now. She has learned a lot and you can already talk to her quite well about simple things. It should be mentioned that she can nearly speak no English. Since English and German are closely related and you already seem to be able to speak it, you shouldn’t take too long to be able to communicate the basics. (Of course it will still take some effort to learn it, as every language does. But I’m pretty sure it will be less than a decade :))
@@KimCrossesBorders so I can move back and forth freely from Germany to the US? I don’t want to move there yet so if I get a residence permit I’m able to stay there for however long I want and then come back... right?
@@ChickenJoe2920 it depends on the visa. A lot of residence visa do not want you to leave the country for longer than 6 months for example because you won’t be a “resident”. If you’re unsure about living in Germany, you should just visit as a tourist. You can stay there for up to three months. So go there for three and come back for three.
Them: "Germany is excessively bureaucratic". Gutenberg: .... "You ungrateful MFer's" 🤣😂😆 No but seriously the Germans invented the printing press so makes sense LOL
Finding a job without speaking german is hard? And what happens to a german guy not speaking english in US? I was in US twice and i would not have made it through the border entry without english! Sorry, but this point was a joke! Others i can understand, more or less.
Toecutter actually a lot of people in the USA get jobs only speaking Spanish. And I got an internship in Germany without speaking German. A native/ foreigner experience is very different
I laughed out loud vitamin D deficiency Haa sorry chicka I’m From Minneapolis it’s been really nice winter, except today it’s the coldest day one the year. We only had 2subzero for people from other countries do the math; it’s -6F lowest 15 F yep it’s sunny right now though -❄️ 🥶
I live in North Dakota and lived in MN for 15 years. Germany weather is a piece of cake. The language not so much. Darkness isn’t an issue. Bucket list is to go to Germany for two weeks for Christmas.
Only Americans are expect to learn the local language. A sizable portion of foreigners that come to America never learn more than a few words of English. Because learning a new language is hard to do the older you get.
Thanks for the valuable content. Can you please make us a video explaining the tax policy in Germany. And if it's worth it being a crypto holder in there. Thanks a lot in advance ✌️
Yes Germans are always so to say "heading to collision" languagewise with their directness which mostly comes across like a "punch into the face" when it is a negative response...that´s something you have to get used to... I´m Austrian from Vienna and we Viennese are usually way more subtile and laid back when it comes to directness especially when it comes to negative response because we then tend to say such direct negative things either with charming words but ment in a sarcastic way or we make a clear joke about it which is clearly understood as a negative response amongst us Viennese because that´s our natural way to communicate...and our German expats always struggle to get especially that "negative response meaning" when they come so to say "fresh" into our city....and we have many Germans (in fact over ten thousands) in Vienna and they always struggle with that kind of mindset...that´s something - they - have to get used to...some do after a while and some simply never will even when they try hard mainly because those who never will have either generally a huge lack of humour or simply the wrong sense of humour and you simply need the right sense of humour (which is mainly sarcasmn with a pinch of morbitity and a pinch of absurdity which is all in all a form of "deep dark humour" and it´s a bit "bizarre and pythonesque") to get it..
@@KimCrossesBorders Yes even when it´s ment serious...at least we Viennese do that more then rest Austria...For instance When a German says to a situation with a pensive face = "It is serious but not hopeless" then we Viennese respond to that same situation with a smile "No it´s hopeless but not serious" so to say Look at that links they explain a lot about our Viennese way to communicate en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiener_Schm%C3%A4h en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viennese_German
Hmmm, German directness? Come to The Netherlands, the Dutch are even more direct than Germans. Watch this episode th-cam.com/video/HNDfrgo-rxA/w-d-xo.html at 03:48.
My indian aunt once offended our german host because she didnt accept a drink from him but then accepted a drink from his mother later... he kinda yelled at her or spoke in an extremely vulgar demeaning tone... Yeah.. they arent so easy to cozy up to
So registering at the municipality is a great problem for you? 😅 I think you need to live just for one year in the Netherlands, not only do you have to register at the municipality, you'll leave the country with tears in your eyes and have aged 20 years more in just a single year. 😅 You should appreciate what Germany is giving you.
Immigration paper work is the same in the States. I also had to sign many papers to join a gym in NYC. Weather: everyone knows Germany is cold, but it's a good tip to remind about a vitamin D supplement. Getting a business loan in USA as an expat is also very hard. So the title of your video should be aimed for expat-entrepreneurs or smith like that?
I think whenever you move to a country you should learn it's language rather than to expect the people there to speak your language. That's only polite, isn't it?
wora1111 I totally agree. I think a lot of people (native or fluent English speakers) move there though and think that it will be easy to find a job that suits them but almost jobs obviously require German.
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@@Nicholasw991 This situation occurs, when immigrants are not integrated but instead put into ghettos. Compare that with Switzerland. They Start out with three official languages and everybody learns at least two languages. And that include immigrants from Eritrea, India, Greece or all other countries
Nicholas NA the difference between America and other countries is that America doesn’t have an official language. In order for a language to be the countries official language, 50% of the people have to speak that language as a first language. America doesn’t have that.
@@alexandrarivera7957 English is USA's official language...
German directness: If you see an idiot, call him an idiot.
Lmaoooooo Idk why but reading this was so funny. XD
That’s amazing, I’ll fit right it ! Idiots are idiots, stop wasting time about it and tell them
@@happyjellycatsquid 😂 same lol
I do that now haha. Already good to go
I have seen that in Germany several times while I lived there. If you see someone act like a moron, stop what you're doing and tell that person he/she is a moron, then go back to what you were doing.
I'm German. Many years ago, friends had renovated their apartment and partially furnished it. They gave an inauguration party. The hosts asked how I like the apartment. My answer was: "Should I be honest? Or would you like a charming answer?" And their answer was: "Just don't say anything".
So we are not always very direct ;-)
Roger hahaha honestly so german 😂😂😂😂
i love how honest Germans are tho, like they can be burtally honest or maybe that's my sensitivity from being an American, but i really enjoyed that aspect of their culture. I'm from the south in America where we hide and lie about everything especially how we feel. Because that good ole southern hospitality is real and fake asf
its aboutWHERE u in germany... in the north we are brutally straight forward and we can handle it... middle and south... they are not!
@@FootballMike100 thats right, more south = warmer and more friendly in germany
It's great that they asked for your opinion and you asked them what they wanted to hear. Most Germans I've met give their opinion without even having asked them...
Dark cold weather, Thank you midwest for giving me +10 cold resistance
Omg same
Ohioan here. Can confirm
Same, I live in PA and it's still snowing in April💀
Mean temperature value is at 18-19 degrees for the whole year... In summer it gets up to 38. It's not what I would call cold. Coldest in winter this year was - 12 (which I loved) where I stay in NRW. 770 sun hours in summer (for the whole country at some location 30 more...)Not really dark imho. This girl has her opinion and defines dark and cold completely different from how I'd do😅
LOL! Too funny! I grew up on the NE/CO border and moved to the mountains. It still isn't as cold as Minnesota.
I live in germany for 10 years now and I approve of everything you said. If you can speak german and have a passion for the language, you will be appriciated. The hardest thing for me as a non EU-Member is finding friends and the cold weather. a little tipp about the directness, if you can be brave and be also straightforward with them, you gain their respect. Don´t let anyone push you. I was very surprised at first, when I defended myself and people started to be nice!
I’m from New York so I’m something of a Direct and Aggressive Person myself🥴
@@ezzob7966 you could be a Newyorker but still that’s pretty far from Deutschland! That’s totally a different level :/
@@claudiacarrera8463 r u in germany?
Are you sure? I mean you should know German if you want to live in Germany. Sorry but I had to laugh! And I’m NOT German.
My main question. is it worth it?
Germans also struggle with making German friends XD
Also, go outside in winter, even when it's cloudy it will still boost your mood and vitamin d levels
Very accurate, but trust me: We Germans hate our overboarding burocracy just as much as everybody else does. Unfortunately most of our politicians are lawyers or from related fields, so more regulation is the only anwer to everything, that they are capable of.
lol it can feel really restricting at times, but I get in certain situations it is necessary
Ich habe 16 Jahre in den USA gelebt und 3 in Spanien. In beiden Fällen ziehe ich die deutsche "overboarding buereaucracy" 100 mal vor, every single time!
Germany: We don't like our complicated bureaucracy.
Lebanon: Hold my unnecessary documents!
Just need to regulate the regulations and the problem will be solved lol
Just like in Lithuania, except here instead of paperwork and regulations, more fines and taxes is the answer to everything LOL
Recommendations? Sunbathing. People with tan or outright dark skin really need to do that whenever possible.
Herring, salmon and eggs are high in vitamin D. They are perfect for getting through the winter.
I miss herring so much :(
They don't have enough vitamin d to increase your levels.
You need to take vitamin d.
The official recommendation is 1.000 to 4.000 I. U. A day.
However, In order to really benefit from vitamin d you need to take more than the official recommendations.
Theres a major statistical error in the estimation of the daily recommended allowance.
Look up the scientific review " The big vitamin d mistake by Dimitrios T. Papadimitriou"
The Scientist who isolated vitamin D is Dr. Michael Holic and he takes 6.000 I. U. a day.
Dr. Anthony Fauci takes 6.000 I. U. a day he said this in a email.
The Vitamin D Council recommends 3.000 to 6.000 I. U.
A 2019 randomized controlled trial - placebo controlled _ by Dr. Michael Holic shows that its even safe to take 10.000 I. U. a day for 5 months. The Institut of medicine and the endocrine society acknowledged that as well.
Source : Scientific Reports. Article number: 17685
I personally take 10.000 I. U. a day during the 5 winter months and 6.000 I. U. A day during the rest of the year all from a liquid supplement which has a better absorption rate than pills.
Its important to increase magnesium rich foods in your diet (kale, broccoli, or salmon, tuna etc) if you take more vitamin d because vitamin d will reduce the amount of your magnesium because it takes magnesium to convert vitamin d into its active form.
This reduction of magnesium can lead to symptoms of a magnesium deficiency such as cramps, palpitations, depression etc.
You can also supplement magnesium which is always a good idea I take 400 to 500 mg of magnesium malate or Glycinate a day. (make sure to take 100 mg of magnesium 4 or 5 times a day with at least 2 hours apart because your body can't absorb more than that at once) I take a capsule with 100mg magnesium and twist it open to put the pulver in a glass with water then I drink it its much easier to do that 4 or 5 times than swallowing multiple capsules a day . It increases the amount of active vitamin d that your body can properly utilize for immune modulation , up regulation of thousands of genes and it's anti inflammatory properties.
I’m entertaining the idea of moving there. I’m just so nervous with the language difference. I thoroughly believe that I should be proficient in a language before moving to a country, not only out of convenience but respect. If I meet the requirements for my ideal career there then I think I’ll go after it. Also the culture shock seems so intimidating, I’m an introverted Canadian but I’ll still be lonely!
It can be lonely. I definitely would not recommend moving right now, because with everything happening it will make socializing a bit harder! I would wait. :) The nice thing is Germany has a lot of adult clubs, so if you have a hobby there is probably a club you can join!
Hello👋 I'm thinking about the same thing as well, but I'm so nervous lol
@@KimCrossesBorders lmao
Just do it. The best way for most people is to learn the language in a country where it is spoken. I came to Canada as a shy student with poor English skills and it was amazing how fast my English improved just by watching TV, reading books, and talking to people all day long. I would definitely recommend going to a small- to medium-sized city though. In large cities, English is pretty much a second language, which prevents you from really diving into the language and culture.
Well, you should have a good grasp of basics. If you are there, speaking German every day, will make you improve every day. And you can speak English with most people if your language skills fail you. Joining some hobby (like a sport) will help you to meet new people...
I get seasonal depression in the summer so I’m SO excited to finally move to a place that’s dark and cold 😅💗
you will love it then lol!
Same!!
any idea of what paper they are gonna need ? because i dont think high school diploma and passport are quite enough ,no ?
Same
"München" heavy german word with that "ü" AND the "...chen". Yor spelling sounds wounderful, really! Don´t worry. Most of us appreciate it a lot when foreigners put so much energy in learning our language. Very nice to have you here, please don´t give up the sympatic side of your "american soul".
Absolutely. Your spelling of München is quite accurate...and cute 🤭
I'm considering moving to Germany because I'm a leftist who is really tired of gun violence and religious rhetoric in the US. Can anyone share their experience on what the overall political climate of Germany is. Especially for women, black folks or LGBTQ folks?
Peepsqueek if you move to Berlin or one of the major cities it is extremely liberal!
Berlin probably
You must be at least 65 to retire after working there. Fyi. How is your plan working out?
Move to Hungary
Same. I moved here 8 months ago. I highly recommend moving here. But... the political climate is not great. It's not a dog and pony show like the Deluded States, but the society here is very divided too. They're just more educated (and perhaps more intelligent) overall in this part of the world. If you can tolerate the weather and cultural differences (including the overwhelming bureaucracy she spoke of), I think you would not regret relocating to this country.
Bureaucracy: OMG, Kimberly. You are soooo right. You can say, that the office guys need for every shit min 2 copies. A rumour says, that is the reason why toilet paper has more than 2 layers in Germany.
Directness: Also right. Especially in the north of Germany the people say, what they are thinking in very hard way. We mean it not bad, normally, but we want, that the other person know for sure, what we are meaning. So don’t ask: ”How are you?“ if you really don’t want to know the state of health of this person. You could get a long answer. For me are compliments lies, because I say something nice and don’t mean it so.
To get friendship: Also right again. It’s hard to get a real friendship, but if you have one, the bondages can keep the whole life! To get acquaintances to Germans, go in club, sport associations or in small villages the ”Freiwillige Feuerwehr“(firefighters).
Jobs: The German loves documents! It starts with certifications from your school, university, vocational education, further education, advanced training and so on. Than personal data sheet and a letter of reference from your last job.
lol yes with the job part!!! I totally agree, and I think its super interesting/different how you have to add a photo to your resume, such a foreign concept for me.
@@KimCrossesBorders @WTS Alive That is exactly why there is 4 layered toilet paper in Germany! One layer for you, one for the toilet and two copies for the files!
bmwcorrado hahahaha
During wintertime? Take a long sleep. Wake up around Christmas and New Years Eve and sleep until April again. Or move to the Bodensee area where the climate is almost mediterranean.
I'm from the Bodensee area and it's beautiful here but not at all mediterranean. In the summertime yes somtimes but it's the same climate all over Germany
The sun radiation is still 50% in the shadow, though. Go outside in the winter and take the 50% of the winter sun. For directness, go to the Netherlands. The Germans are not that direct compared to the Dutch.
yes but at least the dutch are naturally friendly. Germans are a self hating miserable bunch
@@lordoftheflings Oo both wrong
You know all these things and still like to come to Germany, so that means you are germanized and we want you back as soon as possible.
I love the different seasons with there specific weather, because it's not only important for the nature, i appreciate the spring and summer time a lot more. And the winters here in Germany are not the same than 30years ago. You will find harder winters in the north of the US.
Winters in Germany are bruuuutallll for me hahha. I need to make sure I supplement with Vitamin D for sure!
@@KimCrossesBorders
what I have noticed from your videos is, that you've got a lot of sunshine in your heart and soul,
that cames out with your lovely smile and will heat as up in so many ways. ☀️😊
@@robertzander9723 ja Kim is cute
Yesss she is germanized lol 🙌🏾🇩🇪 I like her video
Kim Crosses Borders you are germanized 🙌🏾🇩🇪 love your video I’m wanting to move to Germany
I'm from Texas and have four kids. Wanting to move to Germany in the next 18-months. Love your content.
Germany is a very cultural country, also a very pretty country. But as a teen I feel like I want to move to Germany, but then after listening to your problems to consider, I feel like it's hopeless. Even if I apply to move there, I don't think I'll succeed. But I hope in the future I will be able to move there. ❤️🇩🇪
You should definitely move there. If it doesn't work out, you can always leave :)
As a self-employed person it can be very hard - that's right! But I think that you get much more support from the state in Germany than for example in America! And especially now in this exceptional situation! The thing with finding a job is also right but maybe as a foreigner you should inform yourself before what kind of jobs are available on the market! And you should inform yourself about the german job system and how it works! An employer will surely think about 3 times who he hires because unlike in most countries he can not dismiss the employee overnight as he wants! In addition, he must pay for his employee such things as unemployment insurance, health insurance, nursing care insurance, statutory accident insurance and pension insurance in half!
lol I agree with everything you said. And I am actually a little disappointed with how Germany is handling small businesses in this crisis, since small businesses are the backbone and the economy in Germany!
true !!! sad that those Politic(trashcans) pick the wrong choice of solidarity.
Mostly Big Corps getting supported , and the little ones are way behind ... nothing new......
alot of things to improve here
Anyone knows if there is any communities or organizations that give support and help to people who just move or migrate to Germany? Me and my partner (a German citizen) planning to move to Germany permanently, but we have no idea how taxes work, how medical insurance work and everything else needed to live in Germany. So we are wondering if there are communities or organizations that provide help to guide us on what needs to be done? To be specific, in Berlin. Thanks.
@@m.farhana.rahman3372 maybe this link help you? Otherwise browse the official sites like Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge.
www.germany-visa.org/immigration-residence-permit/moving-germany-from-us/
But stay away from Berlin to expensice hard to find an apartment and they are extraordinary expensive
@@sandraschmidt5501 I found apartment like 600 Euro per month. Is that expensive?
Well I can't say what Germans do, but here in Denmark when it gets cold, dark and windy (as always), we light a candle light and hunker down around it hoping for the best. You'll get use to it, winter bathing and spearfishing in winter time helps me out a lot. So if you ever come by denmark in winter time, bring your bathing suits, because you guys are going to take a swim!
My only warning is for your man. Your family jewels will disappear for a short while. But no panic, they will come back. That could be a warning for you to Kimberly, depending on how you react to cold water, sorry I'll stop my danish humor.
Hahaha glad to hear your recovering 😂
Kim Crosses Borders im fine but still stay isolated, and being in my apartment since the 5th, now my biggest problem is cabin fever, but luckily it doesn't gives you a high temperature and a nasty cough!
Stay safe both of you!
Great advice and tips especially for those living outside the EU. I moved from London to Germany a year and a half ago to be with my German gf.
I will say that taking the time initially to learn the language will help you enormously, many of the language schools offer 50% discounts if you are unemployed or even 100% off for some of the integration courses. Definitely be prepared to be patient to find a job in your chosen field. Part-time jobs like food delivery or warehouse work are def easier to get and will help you in the meantime. If you can teach a language or other skill from home even better. For me it took almost a year to find a job in my chosen field in the pharmaceutical industry. The job required a intermediate level of german but fluent english. I was lucky to have some savings and a partner I could rely on in the meantime. Make sure you have some kind of safety net and maybe a plan B if you feel its not working out within a certain timeframe.
Hi Elninoo, I want to move to Germany for the pharmaceutical industry too. Are you working as a Pharmacist or Corporate/business side? Did you need a visa to work? How did you find a job? Any info is appreciated thank u
Correct, Each person must register to a place. This is correct. This obligation to register has consequences: you receive your ID (Germany has strict "carry and show" law) and you are automatically registered for voting.
It is part of our democracy that every citizen (even nearly all inmates) are free to vote one of the political parties (not only two). In persona or by mail.
So, yes, registration is important.
short stories: the paper manufacturers were afraid of going broke in the early 90s because many customers switched to computers, but the opposite happened.
an example "HENKEL" had 6 pages of delivery notes, after the PC came it was 18 pages.
example of bureaucracy: as a "container driver" (for garbage / green waste / recyclable material / building rubble/ etc...) I used to write an invoice on a piece of paper, then the bureaucracy hit and afterwards I had a bookshelf in the cab of my truck because the invoice had to be carried out exactly according to the ordinance, these calculations initially looked like exam tests
LOL! and now you have to give out paper receipts
Oh, and: Yes. My German directness is really making people go "hmmm?". I was partying with a friend in the late 2000's in Miami Beach (not really in MB, it was at the LIV club at the Fontainebleau hotel) and we had a good time. But at the height of the fun, I found it appropriate to tell my American friend a thing, which made him look at me strangely. I said:
"You gotta improve on your shaving technique - your beard is uneven!"
That's your German directness in action ;) I can mask most of my "germaness", my accent, my pedantic nature, my interest in the small technical details, but what I never seem to make away with, is my German directness ;)
LOL! That is funny!
You really shouldn't give your opinion if people haven't asked for it. Awful trait.
@@vodkatonyq Imao this is how German guys talk to each other on regular basis, but I agree with you.
@@vodkatonyq Sometimes it is very, very necessary to tell someone the truth, if he asked for it or not. believe me, without this there is no personal development, which you can see in the american society at best. You need this mirror sometimes...
@@franzfred7511 you're not responsible for anyone's personal development. If anyone asks for your opinion, they will ask for it. It is extremely presumptuous to believe that others need to hear your "truth", unasked, to better themselves.
omg i wished this vid had been up when I moved to germany in high school because i'm from america originally from Florida and grew up in the hot humid south. And hot damn that german weather threw me for the biggest psychological loop ever!! especially during actual winter time, i missed so many days of work because I just couldn't manage to transition into that weather. But after a year you get used to the differences in the weather, or not and you should probably move to some place warmer. But the culture is unparalleled and the jokes don't translate to much of anything in english is what i miss. And christmas markets and the many many many holidays that they have compared to america
I am German. I take Vitamin D3 supplements specifically because it's rather rainy in Germany most time of the year (our summers are brutally hot and sunny, but that's like three or four months tops). Also, taking it for increasing your testosterone levels a bit is also an option (the scientific background is unclear on this, but it seems to bind globulin at high dosages and increases the free testosterone up to 70%), which is for a fitness guy like me a good thing, but you gotta have to take a lot of Vitamin D3 over a long period of time for it (so if you are a guy reading this, make the bloodworks and ask your doc if that's okay for you to take that much D3). Otherwise: Yes, Germans love their buerocracy. It sucks actually... a lot of legwork involved to get all the papers together for the departments who want them. The US is better in that regard.
Yeah, I have to take a high dose to recover from my sunless months in Germany.
German bureaucraticy is handled best by a stubborn German. So my advice is to take a German with you to conquer bureaucracy
LUCKILY and THANKFULLY, I have always had a German to help me out!
"Dark cold weather": It's just like the midwest. I lived in Texas for most my adult life, moved to Ohio, then visited Germany. Germany looks just like Ohio, but with different architecture.
I like the way you say "München". It's really not bad at all, so don't you say you can't say that. Many Italians do worse than you do, and they come every year for Oktoberfest.
The German directness, yes, everyone loves us for that. I hear that mentioned in almost every video about Germany. But, we want to get things done, or get in order. "Excuse me, my friend, your car makes some strange noises, could it be that you lost your exhaust pipe?" No. "Du hast deinen Auspuff verloren", that's what we would say. Might be that the answer is "Yes, I know". But you tell other people what is wrong, in case they haven't noticed.
ah thanks so much! That is super encouraging!! AND lol!!!! so true
I'm moving my family back. My dad came to the US with his parents and the family is still there. We plan on moving back in the summer.
I'm jealous lol you can speak American English and German that's not fair
@kim crosses borders i was so exited when you said my family from Honduras im also moving from Honduras to Germany in 3 weeks 😁
Ahh que bueno!!! Es un bonito país!
Very sunny regions in Germany: Freiburg im Breisgau and München. If you go abroad to another country and want to find a job, you need to speak the respective language most of the time. That is normal. There are english speaking jobs but not so many. If you want to integrate, learning a country´s language is out of question.
not during Winter in my opinion, it cannot be compared to sunny countries/areas
ik i'm almost a year late and probably nobody will see this BUT i've a question. one friend that lives in germany told me about "mini-jobs" which are temporary. i'm planning going there for 10 months bc of studies, what kind of jobs can you have that are temporary? are they really hard to get at least one?
sorry for any mistakes, eng. is not my first language :D
Hello,
to everyone who is afraid of the German language. You don't have to. German is considered a difficult language with a complicated grammar and if you want to speak it perfectly, it will take you a long time. The other truth (not in the sense of Mr. Trump) is that in Germany you can survive with just a few words and no grammar at all. By the way, all younger Germans speak English more or less well. Since Germany also had to experience the difficulties foreigners have with our language due to the many immigrants and refugees, the Germans are also quite tolerant in this regard. We are happy when someone tries to speak our language, but we don't expect perfection - especially since we don't speak our language grammatically perfectly in everyday life. So please don't be afraid. By the way, most of the people here are very helpful - you just have to ask them for help. This is also the first small step towards making friends. The Germans only differentiate between buddies and friends. You get buddy very quickly here, friends take a little longer. So come to Germany, try it - it may be different than you expect, but it can be beautiful.
The traditional way of getting enough vitamin D is to eat fish once per week (Fridays in the catholic regions), but here in Schleswig-Holstein fresh fish has always been easier to come by, so it's been a staple in the local cuisine for centuries.
Oder ein schönes Sonnenbad 😉
Yes fish is a great source! I just went outside and laid out for a while. Hopefully that will help!! 😆
@@KimCrossesBorders Try mashing a few freshly boiled potatoes with pesto, then put the contents of a can of fish (with sauce) on top - cheap, easy to make, and quite tasty.
Hi Kim if you under 30 a lot of country's ( Australia,Canada, New Zealand Euro zone and so on) have a working holiday visa normally for a year and you can extend for a second in most cases A few let you try get a work permit after this, but in my experience the paper work is the same in all country's, most of the time it is pure luck who is dealing with your case, or if the company you work for bribed the right bureaucrat,
yeah I agree. Getting a visa in general is a pain!
My main concern is making friends. I've never really had any actual friends, mainly just acquaintances, and have a difficult time socializing. I can't even make friends here in my home country of America! I've heard that making friends abroad is difficult, but I can't imagine how much harder it would be for me in Germany since I already find making friends here very difficult. I feel hopeless. Can anyone offer any advice or anything?
Hey ! I hope you have a good day. Don't be so shy ! Look around and definitely it will be some students are girls you want to talk or be friend with them , just try to go close them and talk about a different topic don't scare just try , if they don't want you so find a person that is like you I know you will find , JUST TRY AND DONE BE FRUSTRATE 😊
as a german this is my advice dealing with our insane bureaucracy: if you have any request to state, town whatever: "forget" one single obvious document so you will be requested to bring it along afterwards - else - if you brought all the required documents at once there is a good chance you will be asked to bring some ridiculous document nobody knows even existing simply to prove your comliance...
I think the effort to learn their language would probably come along way.
Vit D deficiency most often than not has little to do with daylight exposure. I live in Miami and it is extremely common here to be low in Vit D
You bring up a lot of great points that I experienced as well :) good video!
Kelly does her thing thanks Kelly!! 🤗
If you are wanting to open a business it's for foreigners easier than for Germans. For example if you want to open a trade business you need to have a qualification called 'Meisterbrief' (master craftsman's diploma) as a German. A foreigner is allowed to do the same as a journeyman if he could do it in the home country. But in general you are right - some laws in Germany makes it really hard for small businesses to start, because of the many hurdles you have to master.
Pro: Me, I live here and I love meeting new people. There is also good food. (End of the pro list)
Contra: A lot of things I can not mention all in detail. If this overwhelms you, check the Pro-list ;)
The MagicCollector hahaha I see what you did there!!
Dear Kim, don't you think that the authorities in the US are less demanding with the paperwork If a forinner wants to live in the US?
Hi Marco,
the point of this video was not to compare it to the USA, but to share my experience with other foreigners as other countries are not as bureaucratic.
But if you want to make the parallel-- I think that Germany is much more bureaucratic with daily functions, since you almost cannot do anything without an ameldung! (I know I spelled that wrong)
Hope that answered your question :)
@@KimCrossesBorders the bureaucracy in germany is what makes me hate living here the most lmao
Oh my gosh I am from Texas as well. I just moved to Hannover, Germany, it is definitely a different place. However, it is beautiful and most of the people I have met are nice and polite.
my mom was born and raised there and then she met my dad who was visiting, they had my brother and then decided to move to the u.s.(my dads home) when my brother was 6, leaving all of my moms family. then they had me a year after, I’m 13 now and always visit my moms family yearly, and this month I’m moving there by myself for a year and staying with them, I’m getting very overwhelmed😅 do you have any advice?
Congrats! Germany is an awesome place!! And to be honest, Germany is more similar to the USA than if you were moving to Thailand, for example.
It is a really different culture, but I think you will be surprised at times that you feel like you are in the USA.
My biggest piece of advice is to have an open mind. Allow people to tell you their perspective, be open to trying new experiences, and just have fun!! Germany is a wonderful country, and I am sure you will love it a lot! I hope that was helpful!
being in self-isolation as a Nerd who is very bored right now, let me explain why sundays in germany are off and shops are closed ;)
it doesnt matter if shops are open on sundays, people dont buy more goods ...
if you buy 1 beer on saturday and anotherone on sunday (because you can and you want your god damn beer)... you dont buy more, you just go to the supermarket twice...
all it creates are odd hours for the workers without any profit...
Sundays are ment to rest... and btw. Restaurants, Fast-Food, Theatres, Parks and stuff like that are open
This isolation thing is getting really old huh? hahaha but I understand why it is closed. In the USA, we are used to doing most of our shopping on Sunday. And I feel like things in Germany close so early even during the week. Besides grocery shopping, you really don't have time to do much after work. I think that is a big thing to consider before you move to Germany
Its interesting that the cold makes you tired.
I'm from Ireland and when I visit hotter countries I get tired!
Germans have 2-3 friends and many acquaintances. If you think you might make friends in Germany...nope. Definitely join a sports club or social club if you move there.
So...why would a German company hire a foreigner if there are plenty of EU citizens that could do the job? And I'm sure there are very few jobs that couldn't be filled by an EU citizen...
true about how tight the community is there. But yeah i still talk to all my german friends from my timing living there and its been 6 years that i've been back in america. Planning on moving back to germany this summer for good tho
I lived in America 36 years and wanna go back home to Germany. Is it a wise choice?
I'm german but live in Canada, once I'm older im really considering moving back cuz i miss it so much
Germany seems to have ( relatively ) more Americans then other E.U countries. (Could just be my subjective interpretation ) But i wonder if Americans that study in Germany , or are stationed in U.S military bases, can stay and live there after the study finished ?
For English speakers it is Munich, for Germans it is München, for themselfs it's Ming'a.
After I'm done serving as a US Marine I really want to move to Germany for a couple years so for now I'm going to study and learn the language
I'm actually a german with american parents and citizenship considering moving to the US, this actually helped somehow.
Im heavily dreaming of moving there and your channel is a godsend 😅💕
if the weathers a problem definitely dont come to scotland its 10x worse and we dont get vitamin d deficient because we are used to how little there is
I'm from Ohio, but lived in Texas for 25 years/over half my adult life. Germany is just like Ohio. When I first visited, I realized if you blindfolded me, and put me in a German field with no architecture, I would think it was Ohio landscape, and temperature. If you can't live in Ohio because of the weather, you probably won't like Germany. Culture, history, art and music go a long way, so Germany has that going for it.
The only thing that have me nervous is the part where you have to explain why you are more qualified for a position over a German citizen. I can see myself getting nervous with that question.
To learn a other language, it is a good idea to moved to the country where it is spoken. I spend 2 weeks in Paris and learned more French than 1 year in Highschool.
What happens if you wanted to go to Germany and get a normal job at like a supermarket?
honestly, I do not think you could really do that.
I just move to Germany from the U.S I need different scenery and job.
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The word Sonnenbad really exists in German.
Vitamin D? Go out and enjoy the Sunshine. 0ver 300 days of sun in Southern Germany
Haha.... When did you visit germany? In the winter? Of course it is dark and cold. In the summer from May until September it's is summer like in the US. In July and August we had very high temperatures in the last years of around 40°C... And in the summer periode it is bright from 6 am until after 10 pm. :D
I have visited Germany all year round. May is still pretty cold depending on year-- June-September is warm. And y'all do have like two months where it is bright very late, and that is a super interesting experience (it is even more in Norway). But even September it already starts to get cold. Which means most of the year, it is cold at least to this Texas girl with Latina roots XD
@@KimCrossesBorders thats for sure... Yes. ;) south germany is on the same latitude like Montreal! Texas is on the same like north african states like marocco. So of course there is a difference! :D
Keggi80 hahaha yes I actually have an aunt from Honduras that has been living in Montreal for yearrrrrrrs. And she still finds the cold really difficult 😂
@@KimCrossesBorders This year was really hot, no rain and sunny weather almost every day from spring to summer. We even had 23 degrees in February. There are no cold winters anymore, especially in the South of Germany.
Hahaha, you mentioned Texas. I'm in Dallas Texas now, originally from Houston. So I definitely know about trying to avoid the Sun in the summer months. The funny thing is my family we're all from Germany..( Berlebeck ) region. And I didn't know until recently looking at the German telephone book that my last name is as common as Jones or Smith...lol. great video.
Just assuming I thought someone was a complete idiot - would it be better to tell them that the American way, wrapped in cotton candy, or just plain German? With a German you don't have to guess what he actually wants to say to you - in a positive as well as in a negative way. You know where you are and can react accordingly. This may be unusual for Americans - but in the end it is very practical. "We don't know how to manage without you, but we will try starting today." or "You're fired" - what's the difference? The job is gone every time. The difference is that it is not as easy to do in Germany as it is in the USA.
My husband is an EU citizen. We're planning to move to Germany with our 2 kids, do you think we can survive and would I be able to look for a job? I'm so nervous about the language barrier. Of course I am trying to learn the language everyday but I feel like I would need a decade before I could really be fluent.
My family took two Ukrainian refugees in (mother with her daughter). The mother started learning German a few weeks after she has been her. She is visiting a language learning course for maybe around 6 month now. She has learned a lot and you can already talk to her quite well about simple things.
It should be mentioned that she can nearly speak no English. Since English and German are closely related and you already seem to be able to speak it, you shouldn’t take too long to be able to communicate the basics. (Of course it will still take some effort to learn it, as every language does. But I’m pretty sure it will be less than a decade :))
It is also hard for Germans to make German friends.
Wait so if you get a residence permit... can you still move back to the us with no problems???
I mean if you’re American it is your country..
@@KimCrossesBorders so I can move back and forth freely from Germany to the US? I don’t want to move there yet so if I get a residence permit I’m able to stay there for however long I want and then come back... right?
@@ChickenJoe2920 it depends on the visa. A lot of residence visa do not want you to leave the country for longer than 6 months for example because you won’t be a “resident”. If you’re unsure about living in Germany, you should just visit as a tourist. You can stay there for up to three months. So go there for three and come back for three.
Them: "Germany is excessively bureaucratic".
Gutenberg: .... "You ungrateful MFer's"
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No but seriously the Germans invented the printing press so makes sense LOL
My mom and I are considering moving to Germany, Hows the classes for learning the language?
classes are nice :)
Finding a job without speaking german is hard? And what happens to a german guy not speaking english in US? I was in US twice and i would not have made it through the border entry without english! Sorry, but this point was a joke! Others i can understand, more or less.
Toecutter actually a lot of people in the USA get jobs only speaking Spanish. And I got an internship in Germany without speaking German. A native/ foreigner experience is very different
You dont need to speak to get a job in the U.S. just work like a machine and expect no benefits or vacation. Lol.
Very accurate. Thank you! 😇🙏
I am German and it s all true what you say here,in this video😊 been to Texas and liked it...El Paso
during winter: drink mulled wine xD
I laughed out loud vitamin D deficiency Haa sorry chicka I’m
From Minneapolis it’s been really nice winter, except today it’s the coldest day one the year. We only had 2subzero for people from other countries do the math; it’s -6F lowest 15 F yep it’s sunny right now though -❄️ 🥶
I live in North Dakota and lived in MN for 15 years. Germany weather is a piece of cake. The language not so much. Darkness isn’t an issue. Bucket list is to go to Germany for two weeks for Christmas.
and i will be moving to the usa
Only Americans are expect to learn the local language. A sizable portion of foreigners that come to America never learn more than a few words of English. Because learning a new language is hard to do the older you get.
Thanks for the valuable content. Can you please make us a video explaining the tax policy in Germany. And if it's worth it being a crypto holder in there. Thanks a lot in advance ✌️
Good video it has brought things to the light. Question have lived in other countries besides Germany 🇩🇪
Yes Germans are always so to say "heading to collision" languagewise with their directness which mostly comes across like a "punch into the face" when it is a negative response...that´s something you have to get used to...
I´m Austrian from Vienna and we Viennese are usually way more subtile and laid back when it comes to directness especially when it comes to negative response because we then tend to say such direct negative things either with charming words but ment in a sarcastic way or we make a clear joke about it which is clearly understood as a negative response amongst us Viennese because that´s our natural way to communicate...and our German expats always struggle to get especially that "negative response meaning" when they come so to say "fresh" into our city....and we have many Germans (in fact over ten thousands) in Vienna and they always struggle with that kind of mindset...that´s something - they - have to get used to...some do after a while and some simply never will even when they try hard mainly because those who never will have either generally a huge lack of humour or simply the wrong sense of humour and you simply need the right sense of humour (which is mainly sarcasmn with a pinch of morbitity and a pinch of absurdity which is all in all a form of "deep dark humour" and it´s a bit "bizarre and pythonesque") to get it..
huh that is an interesting perspective from an Austrian. I have noticed that GENERALLY speaking Austrians are not as serious.
@@KimCrossesBorders Yes even when it´s ment serious...at least we Viennese do that more then rest Austria...For instance When a German says to a situation with a pensive face = "It is serious but not hopeless" then we Viennese respond to that same situation with a smile "No it´s hopeless but not serious" so to say
Look at that links they explain a lot about our Viennese way to communicate en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiener_Schm%C3%A4h
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viennese_German
Hmmm, German directness? Come to The Netherlands, the Dutch are even more direct than Germans. Watch this episode
th-cam.com/video/HNDfrgo-rxA/w-d-xo.html at 03:48.
Now in my town, they’re always asking for things, but it never works.
Kim i need some help, right now im nearly 15 and im thinking of studying in germany (im dutch) are there any things i need to consider and look at?
I am German descent from NJ love it and I am goth
haha you would love Germany then.
My indian aunt once offended our german host because she didnt accept a drink from him but then accepted a drink from his mother later... he kinda yelled at her or spoke in an extremely vulgar demeaning tone...
Yeah.. they arent so easy to cozy up to
LOL!!!! I could totally see this happening.
💯 relatableeee. Especially making German friends..
So registering at the municipality is a great problem for you? 😅 I think you need to live just for one year in the Netherlands, not only do you have to register at the municipality, you'll leave the country with tears in your eyes and have aged 20 years more in just a single year. 😅 You should appreciate what Germany is giving you.
In which country is it easy to get a job without speaking the local language?
Trainer Frank Clearly you did not understand my point. And as a native English speaker I have a lot of Chinese companies willing to hire me. So.
@@KimCrossesBorders but how well do they pay?
Hi! Loved your video! What platform or app/site did you use to meet expats?! Thanks so muchhh!!
i think ill just stay in the u.s. thank you very much
You made the best choice , honestly
I've been hear for five years to study the university and I believe it's the worst decision I made in my life. I could have gone to Canada
Really? Why so?
I go outside a lot during the wintertime. Especially on the weekends. That definitely helps with the Vitamin D i guess :D
Unfortunately, that doesn't help you, because the sun is too low in our area in winter, which is not enough to form vitamin D.
germany or australia which is best overall to migrate to
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Immigration paper work is the same in the States. I also had to sign many papers to join a gym in NYC. Weather: everyone knows Germany is cold, but it's a good tip to remind about a vitamin D supplement. Getting a business loan in USA as an expat is also very hard. So the title of your video should be aimed for expat-entrepreneurs or smith like that?
i become more body conscious in the summer so cool weather germany sounds good especially southern germany say friedsburg
Me first time I went to Germany: “Oh so Germany is literally a Virgo” … 😂