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In den letzten paar Jahren ist Berlin zu einer Anlaufstelle geworden für Menschen, die ein neues Leben hier starten wollen, und dass mehr denn je. Aus aller Welt ziehen täglich neue Menschen hier her und versuchen ihr Glück, zum Studieren, Arbeiten oder einfach nur zum Spaß haben. Dieser ständige Austausch und Zuwachs hält Berlin in Bewegung und das ist gut so. Aber natürlich verändert das auch die Infrastruktur und die Art, wie man sich hier in dieser Stadt niederlassen kann und zurecht findet. Im Grunde ist vieles einfacher geworden. Über Soziale Netzwerke kann man schon vor dem Umzug nach Berlin Kontakte pflegen und knüpfen, auf Blogs wie dem unseren kann man sich darüber informieren, was alles so abgeht und vor allem wo, und dann wird vor Ort auch noch überall Englisch gesprochen, das ist schon ein Träumchen für den internationalen Zuwanderer. Das sah vor 15 Jahren noch etwas anders aus.
Aber trotz all der Erleichterungen ist es dennoch für manch einen nicht so einfach, hierher zu ziehen. Wenn man Berlin nicht kennt, dann sind so manche Entscheidungen einfach große Fragezeichen. In welchen Bezirk soll ich ziehen? Wie finde ich da eine Wohnung? Wo bekomme ich den alltäglichen Haushaltskram her? Wie komme ich in Berlin von A nach B? Und und und. Viele Fragen, die man sich vorher stellt und wir haben jetzt ein paar Antworten dazu zusammengestellt, die wir euch im englischen Teil des Artikels vorstellen möchten. Viel Vergnügen!
by Frank
on August 26th, 2015
updated on Februar 15th, 2019
in Stories
Sehr coole Zusammenfassung, die hätte ich gebraucht, als ich vor nem Monat hergezogen bin 😉 Kann aber nur bestätigen, was ich über die einzelnen Stadtteile gesehen und gehört habe. Mir persönlich gefällt Prenzlberg am besten, bin aber derzeit in Wedding unterwegs. Dass Wedding schon seit 10 Jahren im Kommen sei, höre ich auch an jeder Ecke 😀
LG
oh god, i love this city!
i’m about to move in Berlin for praktikum and studies actually in 5 days i’m starting my praktikum. i was really happy about the fact of movin here but i’m not anymore and i would resign if only i could. looking for a room or flat is ridiculous. i lived in 3 other european capital cities and renting a flat there depended on me and how much do i want to pay or in which area do i want to live and here you should be happy abou the fact that someone answeres your request and invite you for a casting. berlin is overloaded at the moment and its not welcomed to new people, i think. if could have make decision again i wouldnt decide to move here. its a pity because i used to love berlin.
I agree with Pati. It is almost impossible to find somewhere to live in Berlin. If you find something you Need to have a Job and pay a large deposit. Sadly NESTPIC mentioned above does not cater for people on a limited budget.
Hey Pati,
I totally understand your Berlin dilema. Finding a flat to rent in Berlin is notoriously difficult, even compared to Paris or London. We started nestpick to address this issue and to help people find and rent flats with ease and convenience. If you’re still looking for somewhere in Berlin please take a look at our website or contact us if you have any questions about a particular room or apartment. We’re always happy to help.
All the best
Steve
nestpick
(community manager)
Great note Frank! Congratulations 👏
Does anyone know a place where you can volunteer in exchange for accomodation?
Like a hostel or something.
I’m gonna be there January (maybe February too) and don’t want to rent a flat
These guides are amazing – helped me a lot finding my way in this city when I moved here 2013!
I ended up in Wedding. First year I wasn’t sure about my decision and wanted to move again as soon as possible.
Almost 3 years later now I am uber-happy I ended up here. No abundance (what often becomes redundancy) of cafés and bars like in Neukolln etc., but there is enough to have a good choice and all have style and charme and this quite unique Wedding- feeling, and to be honest there are more bars every year.
In Summer: Wedding’s gorgeous parks will become your second home – unless you are into crowded noisy hectic parks, ’cause there are none.
Wedding is very laid-back. And much of what it offers is well hidden, so you either have to live here for a while and explore it yourself or you need a local that guides you. It doesn’t work like the other “hip” districts.
A friend of nailed it saying: “Wedding isn’t that Fast-Food-Berlin-Experience”.
What surprised me the most was the abundance of cultural stuff (even highbrow) going on that flies pretty much under the radar as everyone is so focused on Kreuzberg/Mitte/Neukolln. Maybe not so surprising as A LOT of artists have their homes and ateliers here. Berlin’s Avantgarde hides in Wedding 😉
Also: Everthing is like 20% cheaper than elsewhere – cafes, takeaway, markets, antiques shops.
And public transport connections to every f****** corner of Berlin is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G in Wedding.
In short: If you come to Berlin for a couple of month, you better be ending up in Kreuzberg/Friedrichshain/Neukolln.
If you want to stay long, you might make your best decision by moving to Wedding.
And make sure you RESPECT the city and it’s citizens.
Don’t be an arrogant prick and at least try to learn some german.
Keep in mind that this city has a lot to offer and just simply don’t be an asshole!
May be it could be considered that the reason that you can’t find a flat in berlin anymore is the result of the „success“of companies like AirBnB and Nestpick and all the other „longterm rent“ companies. I live in a house in Berlin Schöneberg since 16 years and for the last 6 years the neighbours change almost weekly because the flats are all sub rented on Airbnb etc. sadly, very sadly berlin became so hip and now it becomes very hopp and the people actually living here have to move somewhere in brandenburg because they can’t find a place to live anymore.
I actually don’t know any real Berliner living in Prenzlauer Berg, Friedrichshain, Mitte, those are the areas of berlin where you have to order a german filterkaffee now called 3rd generation coffee trend, in english or spanish.
I highly recommend the unhip areas like wedding, pankow, dahlem, zehlendorf, steglitz, spandau – you might find the real berlin if you explore them.
I am a writer and a photographer and I love places that inspire me to create. I love being in Berlin! I feel so great going around this magical city. I find it a separate world… it isn’t Germany, it is Berlin! It has a soul of it’s own! I really feel that it is the right place for me and ever since I visited Berlin I want to move there. I love this post! Thanks for sharing!
There still are plenty of rooms/appartments available around Berlin, provided you are prepared to move outside the ring. Lichtenberg, Pankow, Reinickendorf, Treptow, even parts of Wedding – my sympathies for newcomers complaining about not being able to find a place to live and then finding out that they will only consider living in Kreuzberg, Mitte or Neukölln are pretty limited. Berlin is much, much bigger than this, people.
great article!
I moved to Berlin from New Zealand. I found a company called NomadenBerlin which I booked a relocation package with, made the move a piece of cake!
JUST DON’T!
Where’s the 3-6 weeks at Bürgeramt ?
Wedding ist im kommen, Ja das kann ich bestätigen. Grenzt zu Prenzlauer Berg und das ist gut so. Toller Artikel. Hätte ich den mal früher gelesen bevor ich nach Berlin gezogen bin, dann wäre ich direkt nach Friedrichshain gezogen.