Some people call this place a hellhole. I disagree somewhat. After my time here I would call it a walking calamity.
I was at a conference in Dresden in April and got aquainted with a lovely couple who live in Berlin. He is Japanese, she is a German and they have a beautiful 2 year old daughter. In my experience, the Japanese are very cultured and polite and won't raise an issue with something or give opinions unless they feel it's absolutely needed. It was therefore interesting to hear his thoughts on his time in Germany. He told me that Germany is a tough case and that he is often baffled by the politics here and by the treatment he has been subjected to. He also said Berlin can be tough and that they may consider relocating, for the sake of their own well-being and their daughter's.
'Of course he is baffled by the politics. Germany is a dictatorship - again.'
'Germany is a hedonistic nanny state, it certainly hasn't been a Christian nation in a long, long time.'
Germany is certainly headed in this direction, if it isn't there already. The political (and social) situation here is rotten.
Germans need some spacial awareness therapy.
Berlin, and indeed other places in Germany can seem like such joyless places. I have seen this everywhere. You walk into a bar, club or a resturant and it's almost as if someone died. If you smile or laugh they'll think somethings up with you. If you are a happy, positive person and easygoing then this place could destroy you.
Feminism: An ideology funded by mega-capitalists and governments to keep women angry and brainwashing them into feeling like victims so they will work harder to prove they are equal to men. Why? Because two income households mean more consumer spending on rubbish people don't really need and more taxes for governments and more ability to service higher loans from banks. Feminists are brainwashed morons who have fallen for the greatest scam in history. Germany is full of these brainwashed feminists and then wonder why they have zero population growth, so they have to bring in Fakeugees to pump up the numbers.
Hey, you, yes you, the feminist with the I Hate Men t-shirt. When you retire from your almighty 'career' you will find out just how dispensible you are, when the next day someone else will fill your shoes and you will never be thought of again, you will go to your power-feminist apartment with your cats and spend the rest of your selfish, hedonistic life alone, and the company you worked for will just churn out more and more human-robotic cogs in the engine. Have a nice day.
Clementine Ford and Jessica Valenti are sexist ccunt feminists, they should both live in Berlin, they would be quite at home here.
If women are equal to men, let them play 5 sets of tennis for the same money as the men get. Let them go down coal mines, and dig roads, oh no, they just want equality for the creamy jobs in air-con offices. Feminists are useless hypocrites. That is why I've goine MGTOW and never been happier. Don't give into their emoyional blackmail.But the way, to all the jerk-off cucks posting here, did you know that 70% of the luxury dollar is spent on and by women. And yet, they still whine and complain and try to find oppression in every advantage and privilege they have. They are losers. fornicate ALL FEMINISTS.
BE AN EQUALIST, you will be much happier.
To the brainless phuckwit who said "First you say that women are not equal and then you ask to be equaliser? "
Dickwad, that is not what I said, I didn't say women weren't equal, I said if they are equal, play five sets of tennis. You filhy disgusting word twistung lefty freak. Feminism is not about equality, Equalism is. One day you moronic lefty sheep are going to get your karma, full on.
From an Indian gentleman trying to make it work in Germany......
' I too think this place is filled with uptight weirdos. Everything super expensive and people are very unfriendly. While I was in Bombay I played a lotta music Rock and Funk to be precise so thought would join some music course and make friends there at least but was so wrong they looked at me as if I am some alien from a different planet. I really am so frustrated at this point but still sticking thru only cause I love my wife and returning back to India would be a hassle as she wouldn't want to move out. I am so darn stuck in this idiot I really hate it here. I have always been a fun guy, very positive and optimistic but this country has changed me so much to the extent that I feel suicidal at times which is something I haven't experienced before. Not that I am gonna do something stupid but the feeling of being in such a rut make me feel where the hell have I landed and got myself into. I really don't know what more to say....'
I feel terrible for this guy. He's like so many expats I've come across, who feel down in the dumps despite their best efforts to adapt, fit in and contribute to this country. I hope he made it out of Germany and is happy.
'Haha another Naive Idiot who move to this Hellhole Country....'
I think, like most foreigners, he came here with good intentions and reasonable expectations but has been let down. I give him points for trying and he obviously cares about his partner, but there is a limit to much a human being can take. I hope this guy is in a better space now.
Hi everyone,
I've been in Germany for a few months now and in that time I feel like I have started to lose my sanity and sense of self. I've been wondering if it's just me, but it's nice to know I'm not the only one who has struggled here. I came here for an adventure and to experience life in another country. What I've gotten instead was anxiety and depression, like I've never experienced before. I completed my English teacher training in March and I've applied for a work permit. Whilst this has taken place I've also been applying for work. I'm getting tired of the sheer rudeness and apathy of the people (not all of them of course) and I'm getting tired of dealing with the Ausländerbehörde and all the silly rules in this country. I've had to fill out umpteen forms and pay all these fees, and yet I'm still unable to work. Since I came here, and especially over the past two months I've began to spend days on end in my room. Sometimes the feeling of anxiety seems out of control. I want to stay and make things work here but I feel like I'm wasting time. I really don't know what to do at this point. Thoughts?
'Your effort is absolutely useless, believe me. Berlin is hell on earth! The only chance of keeping common sense is to leave here!'
I'd like to think that my efforts haven't been wasted and that it would be premature to call this whole venture a failure, but I tell you it's sure shaping up to be that way! :(:(
Just some perspective for you: I spent over a decade trying to make it work in Berlin. Learned German to C2, got fancy German degree, did all the silly internships and student jobs humanly possible and still completely am bombing in life. If I look at the linkedin profiles of my other foreign classmates it seems pretty much the same. The ones in Germany all have low-level jobs just like I do. Foreigners cannot succeed in Germany.
'Just some perspective for you: I spent over a decade trying to make it work in Berlin. Learned German to C2, got fancy German degree, did all the silly internships and student jobs humanly possible and still completely am bombing in life. If I look at the linkedin profiles of my other foreign classmates it seems pretty much the same. The ones in Germany all have low-level jobs just like I do. Foreigners cannot succeed in Germany.'
It's interesting you say this because I was talking to an American colleague (or future colleague if I ever get permit issued by useless Ausländerbehörde) and he said that despite everything he's done and all the hours he gets (we are both English and/or aspiring English teachers), he is actually losing money here and is looking forward to returning to the USA. He also told me the first 6-8 months in Germany were hell for him.
Yeah, teaching English in Europe these days is essentially just a way to have an extended vacation while not blowing all of your savings in 2 months (but it will still go down, just not as fast). Doesn't matter how serious you are about it or your qualifications, the employers don't take TEFL teachers seriously and pay as little as they can get away with. I think startups are the only financially safe way in for most people
(excluding the elite "expats" who get sent over with very high salaries). I assume most of those coming over on artist visas have wealthy parents sending them money in the background.
'Doesn't matter how serious you are about it or your qualifications, the employers don't take TEFL teachers seriously and pay as little as they can get away with'
I get that impression. I've heard all kinds of stories about expats losing a tonne of money trying to get set up here, only for employers to not pay them properly. Many expats have told me there is not a great deal of money in teaching here and that often they've had to chase employers and clients up for payment (and this has taken up to two months in some cases). if this is the way it is, then maybe it's time to move on lol
People in Berlin keep claiming that this place is safe but it doesn't feel that way at all. Read through Berlin Polizeimeldungen online and see that someone is stabbed or shot or attacked with a bottle every day of the week - especially places like Gesundbrunnen, Rigaer Str., Warschauerbruecke and Panoramastrasse. Cars are set on fire several times a week, cigarette shops and casinos are robbed at gunpoint or with machetes. I'm also beginning to doubt the murder statistics about this place. There are so many weird deaths listed on that website where they say they don't believe it was murder but it just doesn't make sense. Also there doesn't seem to be anything in Germany like vehicular homicide (unless it was intentional), so anyone hit and killed by a drunk driver isn't even considered a murder. Most of the time they don't even mention this stuff on the front page of the tabloids or in the hourly news updates on the radio, unless it's particularly crass (like the nazi guy that peed on a family on the train a few years ago or the Bulgarian trash that kicked that girl down the stairs). They also seem to take a really long time to release pictures of criminals for help in identifying them. It's really sad to see that criminals here have more rights than victims (and potential victims). Finally, it's really weird that they will never release the full names of criminals here. You could be working with convicted pedophiles or murderers and you'd never be able to find out.
It took the police 7 months to release pictures of this guy, presumably because they're so busy arresting people for saluting in public:
www.berlin.de/polizei/polizeimeldungen/pressemitteilung.827634.php
Been living in Berlin for a few years and still had some hope for other German cities to be a better place to live. Forget about it. I just had to wait ~45min at Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof and boy, what a disgusting place. Filthy rapefugees, muslims and gypsies EVERYWHERE, looking for a chance to rob or ra pe someone. Waste all over the place. Smell of pis s and hobos in the air. The few dumb Germans I could see were drunk or on drugs. Pretty sure they were on their way home to do more drugs, play video games all day long and vote the leftist Green scum. Germany is lost. Every city is rotten to the core. If this MADNESS won't be stopped ASAP (and it won't), this country will be a Muslim and rapefugee 3rd world sh*thole in a few years. Get out of here while you still can!
Bro....SMDH! Maybe you need your head check, bro. I don’t know what Stuttgart you are talking about. Stuttgart and the people are better than Berliners by far!! I know because I lived there. There are a few drunks at and drug addicts there!!! Plus, they are harmless so what are you talking about!! Maybe they were going to mug you because you are probably a freaking SIMP!! These drunks are harmless!! Come to Chicago!! We make your female reproductive organ ass, right!
'Been living in Berlin for a few years and still had some hope for other German cities to be a better place to live.'
I have often thought about moving some place else in Germany, but I often hear the phrase 'Germany is Germany', even from Germans themselves. I've had people from India, China, Russia, the US, France, Italy and Spain (and even Germany lol) tell me that this place is a dump. This seems like a very harsh generalisation but based on my experiences so far, I cannot disagree with this view.
'Filthy rapefugees, muslims and gypsies EVERYWHERE, looking for a chance to rob or rape someone.'
I don't agree with this characterisation of all refugees, gypsies and muslims as criminals looking for trouble, but I think the policy of unchecked immigration and/or open border policy is bound to create problems, and indeed that has been the case. I expect this country (and indeed my own) to help genuine refugees, but one has to question the wisdom of immigration policy over the past four or so years.
'...and vote the leftist Green scum. Germany is lost'
I totally get this. Years of brainwashing, a broken education system, and a dreadful pop culture (which was created to destroy us) have taken their toll in the west. It's perhaps more noticeable here as Germany once had a very good culture, remnants of which still remain and have benefited the nation. For Germany, and indeed western nations to survive, they must reject this green nonsense which says that humanity is inherently bad. Further, we must recapture our scientific optimism which enabled us to make scientific discoveries through reason and to get to where we are now. Last, but certainly not least, we need a revival of classical culture and education, as every human being on this planet has a right to an aesthetical education, and not to the garbage they are taught these days.
Munich's better in some ways, just expensive af and too dull. Like, Berlin is too hedonistic and carefree, Munich is too socially conservative and uptight. Unfortunately, not sure there is a clearly 100% better city in Germany or other European countries. Maybe Vienna or Prague. Prague is really packed with tourists though and salaries are very low compared to Germany/Berlin.
The difference between stuttgart and berlin is that in stuttgart all drunks, weirdos, homeless are centred around the train station, while the rest of the city is nice, relatively clean and normal people...in berlin the whole city is full of piss and weird people
Lol Germans and their hatred of Brexit. Has it ever occurred to them that their arrogance and self-righteousness may have contributed to the ultimate decision to leave? I thought not....
To the person who first responded to my post. You are absolutely right. The so-called British leadership has made a mess of this whole thing. I support the principle of Brexit as I believe in the sovereign nation state, not a socialist supranational state. At the same time, such an exit has to be orderly and there needs to be competent leadership with compassion for the general welfare of the people.
'And Boris Johnson lol you guys are the new clown after Trump xD. Guess it's an Anglo-Saxon thing? XD'
You are PATHETIC and prove the point of my post. The Germans love to criticize the politics and ongoing events in both the US and UK but fail to see the logs in their own eyes. Here in Germany you have a chancellor who was and is only concerned for her own political career. She has absolutely no compassion for the general welfare of the people and is a stooge for the neo-liberal world order (whether she knows it or not). If that wasn't bad enough, there is huge support for political outfits that are seemingly hell-bent on destroying German industry and everything else that is actually good and decent about this country. I'm talking about political groups such as the Green Party (whose membership has comprised former SS officers/admirers and paedophilia-legalisation advocates), Links, Antifa....the list goes on as Germany is not the land of eternal sanity.
Both the election of Trump and Brexit were manifestations of the rejection of the neo-liberal world order This was also seen in the election results in Italy last year and in the ongoing yellow-vest demonstrations in France. The general welfare of people can only be violated for so long. I am not a big fan of Boris Johnson and I think there needs to be a big shake up in British politics, especially if Brexit is to be carried out in the way it should. Regarding Mr Trump....I don't support everything he says and does and he may not be the ideal president, but he is sure as hell a breath of fresh air in this PC-mad world. He was elected on a platform of re-industrialising the US, restoring good relations with China and Russia, restoring the American System of economics (as envisaged/endorsed by the great Alexander Hamilton and FDR/Kennedy presidencies) and putting and end to these long and pointless wars (he needs to sack Bolton and Pompeo). Love him or hate him, I think these are laudable goals and need to be supported. If only there were a politician or academic figure in Germany with this kind of courage and vision.
In addition to this, I sometimes find it pointless to engage with PC Germans on these kinds of issues as they have made up their minds, apparently without having taken the time to fully understand. On the other hand there is a chance to put these Germans in their place, which can be too hard to resist and is also fun to watch.
To the people who have given the thumbs down on recent comments....get a clue and get a life. Does the truth hurt you that much?
'Do strangers down voting the comments that you don't like hurt you that much?'
Not really sure what you mean as I was talking specifically about the people who have down-voted MY comments. I was not talking about down-voting of the comments that I DON'T like (as if I actually would).
'Ready for rehab?'
This was stupid beyond belief as it was you who hasn't comprehended what I actually said. It appears that it is you who might have over-indulged in drugs (now or at some point in your pitiful existence). As for drug-taking itself, I leave that to members of the 'anti'fa network and the hordes of triggered German leftists.
'You are a thick as pigshit xD and a whiney idiot that felt the need to write a post on the bad people down-voting their comments xD
Get a grip, retard'
The original post did come across as a bit whiney, but your childish response makes you and others look ten times worse and was totally unwarrented. Perhaps it's you who needs help? This is a discussion forum, not a kindergarten, where it seems you belong. Go back to your corner and play with your toys.
For all the hedonistic values this city (and country) like to extol, I find German and especially Berlin women to be frigid and sexually uninspired.
I don't know about German women personally, and not sure I even want to. But yes, cultural degeneracy and hedonism are in full swing in Germany and unfortunately in much of the west. Personally I believe everyone on this planet is endowed with the creative spark and the ability to be beautiful human beings. I also believe that this potential has been beaten out of many people (particularly in the west) and that they have been brutalised. I think that the Tavistock Institute, Frankfurt school, Mainstream media and incompetent and/or immoral governments might have had something to do with this
Germany - land of poets and thinkers - until the early 1900s. Looking at the moral and intellectual state of Germany nowadays, one would never guess that this country produced so many great composers, scientists, philosophers etc...
It's probably hard to be a great poet or philosopher if you're afraid to have an opinion that is controversial in the slightest. Look at Thilo Sarrazin who's been attacked for the past 10 years for writing a book critical of unchecked immigration. Why's there no worthwhile art, be it film or paintings or architecture, from Germany in the past hundred years? Probably because worthwhile art requires a willingness do something different. Germans are basically machines programmed to whine about plastic waste and CO2 emissions.
I had a run-in with an older man in Leipzig this week. It seems they are allowed to be as rude as hell to us foreigners but can't handle it when we give it back or just don't give them the time of the day