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Iron Squid posted:Does everyone in Holland hate the Germans? My g/f is Dutch and she has a fantatical hatred of all thing German. elwood posted:As for the bavaria, austria questions.
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There are tens of thousands of students in Munich who don't have anywhere close to 1500 Euros and get by just fine. Try 800.
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OneArmedScissor posted:and they also get mommy and daddy to pay their rent Sure, but those who still live at home don't have 800 Euros a month.
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Liface posted:That's actually not true that most countries dub. The only ones I can think of offhand are France, Spain, and possibly Italy.
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May 9, 2010 13:47
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Not really, the number of inhabitants of Berlin hasn't changed in the past 20 years or so. It's just that they're perfectly happy living of the money they get from the rest of the country where people are unbohemian enough to consider having a job a good thing.
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Jun 20, 2010 12:54
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Berlin is quite disjointed though, it's more like several smaller cities than one big one, it's a lot like the Ruhrgebiet that way. All that empty space in between is loving annoying and definitely doesn't make Berlin any more of a big city than Hamburg or Munich.
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Default Settings posted:Koblenz Skip Koblenz and go to Ahrweiler (and the Government Bunker) and Mainz instead. Edit: Why in the world would you want to visit Osnabrück? I used to live there and loved it but there's nothing there to see at all. At least go to Münster. Also, you should include some place in the Ruhrpott in your itinerary. No, Köln and Düsseldorf don't count. And if you're in the area anyway (Bingen), see the Niederwalddenkmal. Previously on GBS fucked around with this message at 11:20 on Jun 30, 2010 |
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Default Settings posted:Ah, that is a good suggestion, thank you! But why Mainz? Default Settings posted:It's possible that we visit the Zeche Zollern in Dortmund. Aside from the industry, is there anything to the Ruhrpott I missed? Previously on GBS fucked around with this message at 23:05 on Jun 30, 2010 |
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Jun 30, 2010 22:55
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Hungry Gerbil posted:If you're interested in old architecture don't go to Munich. Almost everything worth seeing is gone since WWII.    
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Jul 1, 2010 22:57
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Brecht posted:General question -- I'm making a permanent move to Germany later this month and I want to get on an iPhone 4 plan pretty much ASAP. What's the best way to do this? Can I buy one from an Apple store in the US, and bring it to pretty much any carrier in Berlin, and get set up? Or must I go to a T-Mobile store and get everything from them?
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Yeah, Alice is good. I was really happy with Kabel Deutschland, too, their customer service is really good in my experience. Plus you get better upload speeds with cable. The subcontractors who do the installation are hit or miss though.
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Jul 7, 2010 23:50
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westborn posted:Because Abenteurer isn't exactly an ordinary job designation, where it would be dropped usually. I don't think that's the reason, "Ich bin Student auf dem Weg zu meinem Schatz." doesn't quite sound right either. Strangely, "Auf dem Weg zu meinem Schatz bin ich Abenteurer." is perfectly fine.
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Oct 7, 2010 13:08
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westborn posted:It's not perfectly fine, because it can be taken to mean he's only an adventurer when he's on his way to his treasure. It's grammatical. So given that we're discussing grammaticality and not semantic equivalence, it's perfectly fine.
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In Bavaria, traditionally you get married in Lederhosen and Dirndl and quite a few people still do that, even in Munich. I wish I'd done that.System Metternich posted:My great-grandmother used to wear this I would be happy if all the drat tourists who feel the need to appropriate Bavarian culture would at least wear regular modern Dirndls instead of those cheap slutty versions.
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But they've pretty much died out by now.
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Nah, Kohl just lucked out with the reunification. Having Wowereit as a chancellor sounds about as bad as 8 more years of Merkel though, I kinf of like him but he has no discernible talent besides looking pretty. At least you can't say that about Merkel.
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Jiminy Krimpet posted:Do Germans feel that "multi-kulti" is really dead or is it mainly top-down populist political rhetoric? - I have no idea. "multi-kulti" is kind of an old-fashioned term though. - 1. because we're private people 2. because we tend to be sceptical about companies making profit of public goods 3. because we've had two surveillance states in the past hundred years and are more sensitized to the issue - I don't think the EU would even exist without Germany, at least not in its current state, so the question is more whether I like the EU. Kind of, but I used to be a lot more enthusiatic about it. - Either very fat or very skinny, badly dressed, always walking in the bike and speaking too loudly
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no matter where you live, but in America that face means AWESOME and in Germany it means something less positive, from what I gather.
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Most American Third Reich-related humor seems to be built on the premise that Hitler is somehow inherently funny, which is not only lazy but also slightly offensive ("Reich us"? Ugh). I really like this one: http://video.google.de/videoplay?docid=-4655323211378605528
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Feb 1, 2011 22:15
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schoenfelder posted:Universities generally just offer English-speaking programs at Master, PhD and post-doc levels. schoenfelder posted:They would probably prefer to hire from within the EU (my hypothesis!) and even within Germany, as employing non-EU citizens is a bureaucratic nightmare with the German immigration laws. Have you ever even attended a German university? You seem to have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. Nationalities do not really matter in the academic job market, at least not with respect to immigration laws.
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I'm only vaguely familiar with the law in question, but in practice, I've never heard of this being any concern at all (and I work in academia and have been part of hiring committees).
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Oktoberfest really isn't what it used to be, it has changed for the worse during the past 10 years or so. The Historische Wiesn is supposed to be great though.
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Aug 1, 2011 20:58
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tourists in lederhosen are loving offensive. If you like that kind of thing, you'll fit right in at Oktoberfest though.
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Why do you think that the university being new is a good thing? It's not a proper university, it's located in the middle of nowhere, and they mostly offer highly specialized study programs. You didn't give any context though, so maybe that is exactly what you are looking for.
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It's not a scam or anything, if you would rather study in English and the program is exactly what you are looking for, then maybe should just go for it. Just make sure that the program is accredited and your degree will be recognized. And maybe find some current students to talk to. There are some really good Dutch universities near the border, they probably have more classes that are taught in English. Tuition for non-EU students is really high though, 6+k/year if I remember correctly. I disagree about big universities being better, I got my Bachelor's degree from a pretty small university in a city that I think most Germans couldn't even find on a map and I loved everything about it.
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I think there is, but it's not about really about politics (at least not about the details) and more about the fact that Americans are seen as loud, obnoxious and ignorant.
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I doubt that not including a picture significantly decreases discrimination given that there are so many other things that give away ethnicity/nationality/race. Chance is you can find a picture of the applicant online anyway. Either way, the potential discrimination is only delayed to the interview. It's a nice idea and everything, but it really seems pointless. That said, I think pictures on CVs are silly. There are several rather odd things that Germans (used to) list in their CVs, like religious affiliation, parents' professions and hobbies.
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x (I assume that is what you mean by "heavy "K" sound") is pronounced with the tongue at the back of the mouth and is used after back vowels (a, o, u), ç (what you call "sh") is pronounced with the tongue further near the front of the mouths and it occurs after front vowels. So basically the rule is simply to be lazy. EDIT: Unless his teacher really sucks, "ck" and "sh" are probably just his way to write the two sounds that "ch" can represent in German. Previously on GBS fucked around with this message at 14:52 on Sep 7, 2011 |
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Ziir posted:Give me free tap water and/or free refills any day. Ew, no. I miss Apfelschorle. And Weißweinschorle.
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flavor posted:If you have foreign tourists coming, you better be ready to accommodate to their reasonable expectations. And it's not unreasonable if foreign tourists expect you to do what is common in many parts of the world. You also can't expect them to know your precious cost/pricing structure. So the number one priority of any country should be to not upset some dumbass tourists who are too stupid to understand that things don't work the same way as they do at home? Yeah, right.
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flavor posted:It's stupid not to understand and ignorant not to know the difference between ignorance and stupidity. And sure, everything that's ever criticized is implied to be the number one priority and can therefore be dismissed safely without any hyperbole involved. You're criticizing my post? Well I'll get right on fixing it! Like I've got nothing else to do! flavor posted:I'ma gonna compare something that's illegal in many countries to something that's a strange custom in one. Neither is drinking in public illegal in all that many countries nor is not providing tap water for free something that's limited to Germany. Still, that bullshit money that's all the same color and size might be a better example.
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flavor posted:Arguing against the majority of a thread is automatically "not in good faith" or "trolling". Gotcha. flavor posted:Yeah. We can never talk about any non-US subject without flinging poo poo at the US. Ridiculous. Are you one of those German immigrants that had bit much of the USA!USA! Kool-Aid? That is so... German.
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Devvo posted:A lot of sites say that student living costs are about 700 Euro/month. Does that sound right? Also, German dorms only seem to cost 200-220 Euro/month, which is a hell of a lot cheaper than American dorms. (The cheapest university housing at my school is about $7500 for nine months, and that's without a meal plan. Of course it's much cheaper to get your own apartment, but still, our system has a culture of milking students dry.) Dorm rooms may be cheap (though 200 Euro seems awfully low) but they're pretty hard to come by. By the way, I'm not sure if my experience is representative, but my dorm room (studio really) in the US was much nicer than any dorm room I've seen in Germany. Previously on GBS fucked around with this message at 18:54 on Aug 31, 2012 |
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Landsknecht posted:You can get an ok room from the SW in Munich for around 250 a month, mine is 280 but we get a utilities rebate at the end of the year which can be as high as 30euro a month. Garching really isn't that bad to commute to, as it's right on the U6 (i think this is it, it's the blue line), so it's not hard. Not all U6 trains go to Garching, it's ridiculously expensive and takes forever. Devvo posted:Thanks everyone for the great information.
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Torpor posted:Do Germans dislike (or are highly critical of) Germans speaking English with a German accent?
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Gneisenaustr is alright, but 61 really isn't too interesting. People have been trying very hard to make Neukölln happen for what seems like ten years now, but there is such a thing as trying too hard and while I like Neukölln, I find it all a bit predictable and pretentious (and I live in Friedrichshain, so that's saying something). For me it's Kreuzberg 36 > Friedrichshain > Nord-Neukölln > Kreuzberg 61. What these places all have in common is that there are far too many tourists there, especially in Friedrichshain and 61. If I were to move, I'd probably move to 36 or maybe Mitte. Berlin is a big city (both in terms of population and area), so I think the best strategy is to find a place where everything you need is right there (which might be 36 for you), given the horrible weather during winter and the surprisingly lovely public transportation living near the place where you really want to be doesn't really cut it. Edit: APimpNamedSlickback posted:I'm going to be going there in January. Does this make any difference? All of a sudden, what seems to be easy walking distance becomes... 30 degrees Fahrenheit. Is it hard walking in the cold? I mean, I have no problem walking 25, 30 minutes in Northern California. It never gets that cold though. Previously on GBS fucked around with this message at 21:10 on Nov 6, 2012 |
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You can register a residence in Berlin in any of the Meldeämter there, but I don't see why that would make a difference. Just pay what you loving owe.
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I don't have one but now I'm beginning to wonder whether I should get one.
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Gold and a Pager posted:It's not that Berlin doesn't have a ton of culture and museums, it's just that Munich doesn't have a great nightlife/party scene and Berlin does, unless Oktoberfest is what you look for in a party. Bullshit.
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Maybe but just because Munich's nightlife is less tourist-friendly doesn't mean it's not pretty great.
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Berlin is not more friendly to tourists in the literal sense, but its nightlife is more accessible to non-locals. It's been a few years since I left Munich but in addition to those two you listed I always liked Registratur, 59:1, Kafe Kult... I've been to many of the places in Berlin you listed and I liked some of them but in many places there are just too many drunk tourists and/or people who are way to busy being cool to enjoy themselves.
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