Relocating to Germany

Tesla said:
I have basic German language skills, I can read most things, don't understand every word but pick out key words and can make sense of them. I can also get by with day to day questions and responses.
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Then you'll have no problem at all unless your future job relies heavily on German

Tesla said:
Most people seem to move there to be with partners? How did you meet them in the first place? Holidays or something?
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I was only there for work placements as part of my degree and strangely ended up with Irish girlfriends both times while I was there :cool:
 
You need to chat to Wicksta he lived there for 4-5yrs(in Munich). When he moved back he said it was going downhill fast after the boarders were relaxed.
 
Dandle said:
You need to chat to Wicksta he lived there for 4-5yrs(in Munich). When he moved back he said it was going downhill fast after the boarders were relaxed.
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Maybe in the deep in the south east but jobs and the economy are generally on the up. Certainly better than it was a few years back
 
Col_M said:
I moved to Prague pretty much on a whim, i found a job online passed a phone interview and moved over. I stayed in my gf's flat for a few weeks until we got a place together though so i didn't have any problem with accomodation.
I still can't speak much more Czech than hello, please, thanks and bye :p
edit: i did actually learn that "jak se máš" that Borat says is actually "how are you?" in Czech :)

All I can say is if you have a plan to fall back on like you say you do then go for it, what have you got to lose? :)
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As long as you know "Pivo" !!

I've been there a few times and love it! What type of work did you find?
 
Dandle said:
You need to chat to Wicksta he lived there for 4-5yrs(in Munich). When he moved back he said it was going downhill fast after the boarders were relaxed.
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Absolutely, I noticed that also.

Oh, and if you're over 40, forget getting a job there. Germany is extremely ageist.
 
Hen_Dawg said:
Maybe in the deep in the south east but jobs and the economy are generally on the up. Certainly better than it was a few years back
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Well I left in 2004 and yes I expect things have improved since then. Things are still nowhere near as good as when I went there in 1999 though (I still have a few friends there and they are all slowly leaving), I really noticed it start to get a lot more expensive as soon as the Euro came in. The UK IT job market is much stronger, well around the London area at least. More jobs, a lot more pay. It didn't matter so much when the cost of living in Germany was cheaper than the UK but when I decided to move back I found myself a lot better off in the UK.

I did have a great 5 years there though and I'd recommend it to anyone. The biggest turnoff for me is all the red tape Germans require for everything. It's taken me 8 months to sell my flat there, when I had a first time buyer waiting with cash at the ready and no estate agents involved.

The beer is great there, it's nice to be able to jump on a train and go most places in Europe through lovely scenary and the people there are really nice. Well, at least the Bavarians are. :D Don't worry too much about speaking German before you get there, I didn't know a word really and I soon picked up all the important stuff. Most people can speak at least basic English anyway to help at first.
 
I have spent a number of weeks in Frankfurt and a number of months In Rastatt (near Karlsruhe) on business and I love the place (best kebabs ever!), eventually i would like to work out there when im older,i work for a German company, so that is a distinct posssibily.

Do it dude.
 
I lived near there, Ettlingen, Karlsruhe - Stadt, and some of the northern suburbs (Neureut, Leopoldshafen, etc.) ::) Northern Pyramide for the win :cool:
 
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