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Here's a question specifically for anyone who has dealt with the münchen studentenwerk for housing: Basically I'm going to LMU starting in oktober later this year, and I've signed up for residence, but I really want to know my chance of getting in somewhere that's not lovely. Is it worth it to wait and hedge my bets or snap up a studio apartment for 500/month in schwabing?
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Broken Dictionary posted:"studio apartment for 500/month in schwabing" basically don't have more details, but I know I can find something for that price if I look for it, but they often go fast
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Jun 16, 2011 01:28
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irohol15 posted:Lastly, I studied Finnish for 3 years and can speak it pretty fluently. I'm also studying German, but am afraid that I won't learn enough in time. Should I fall back on Finnish if I don't know how to say what I want to in German or should I just fall back on English? The only language you could probably reliably fall back on before english is dutch, otherwise everyone will look confused and dumbfounded. Never stop falling back on english ever.
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Jul 13, 2011 05:02
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So in the beginning of october I'll be moving to south munich, can anyone say how nice the perlacher wald is compare to Hirschau? Also, what's there really to do in the far south of there? I've only ever really gone as far south as isarvorstadt/maxvorstadt
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Aug 6, 2011 15:03
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Someone in munich should goonp it up with me once I get there for school in october. I'm living in perlach in the SW residence there. edit: this is also why I was asking about the perlacher wald
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Aug 8, 2011 06:46
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Tricolor posted:As far as noise levels go,I've heard all sorts of anecdotes about getting the police called on some noise-maker or a party. How would you handle things like noise, an evening party with friends? Is it really all that...strict? It all depends on location/neighbours. If you're in a building with a few other young people or on your own you have a lot more leeway with it, but as soon as you have older/middle aged tenants along with you there will probably be calls to the police if you're loud before/past the allowed times.
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Aug 21, 2011 19:24
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On an unrelated note: I'm currently in berlin for one (1) month, and wouldn't mind maybe seeing a berliner goon IRL (get it? goons as well as berliners have moist golden coatings). If you're down pm me and I can hook you up with my Handynummer. Anyone for some goonps?
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Aug 29, 2011 18:40
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Hey someone from berlin tell me what clubs I want to go to. I like electronic poo poo like BoC for music, etc. Also, how do I get into Berghain. People seem to say it's the place to go and apparently it's hard to get in, please enlighten me.
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Sep 4, 2011 21:13
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Uggghh, do I have to? Face + profile (lol I am a fatty): redacted I think I dress prettymuch the same way as a lot of swedes; jeans + decent shirt with some adidas or converse Landsknecht fucked around with this message at 22:26 on Sep 6, 2011 |
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Sep 4, 2011 22:19
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Popelmon posted:Everytime we get some Amerikan/Australian exchange students ch/sch really confuse them. Especially in the words Kirche/Kirsche. How does this confuse them at all? Kirche is usually pronounced with almost a ck sound, while Kirsche has a more slurred sound due to the S.
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Sep 7, 2011 19:45
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elbkaida posted:When I lived in Munich, there were mostly only checks during rush hour in the morning. Public transport owns though, so support it! Except if you're in Berlin, then bomb it or something. When I was in Berlin the only people who ever checked came on with uniforms, so you could just step out and take the next train if you saw them coming on. I wouldn't risk going on the trains during rush hour without a ticket, but I've been in munich for a few months and I've never seen checks late at night or in the super early morning. Also never during the middle of the day on the not so busy lines.
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Oct 10, 2011 20:39
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Cross_ posted:Obviously depends on the specific club you join. My parents use their garden as a weekend getaway and aside from mandatory work duty for the commons areas it's not too bad. I guess if you get involved in the whole committee business it might be as dreadful as joining an HOA. In Sweden they're actually somewhat decent. I've know some people with one, and because of how the local laws/regulations work they've turned the thing into a personal microbrewery and make a shitload of beer. They then sell said beer for way cheaper than System Bologet to all their friends. It owns.
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Gold and a Pager posted:A friend of mine got her Canadian one (Ontario) turned into a German commercial license ( In Canada you do a short written test for the learner permit, then a year later you can do a road test for a restricted license, and I think it's 1 or 2 years later you can get a full license. Whole process might cost like $250 at the very most.
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Nov 8, 2011 00:11
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Hip Flask posted:Anyone but me who absolutely hated the Hofbräuhaus? Tourist trap/sauna. The prices aren't really too bad and some people (I don't know who) actually like hofbrau beer as opposed to the others. A more authentic experience is going to watch Bundesliga at the Augustiner Keller.
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Nov 28, 2011 01:21
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Zwille posted:It's not Kraft in particular I think but some other American mix packet, and I do like it occasionally as a kind of guilty pleasure - but it's too expensive to eat as actual junk food when German mix packets for Spaghetti mit Tomatensoße are, what, 50 cents? You can make käsespätzle in like 10min with the shredded cheese and packaged spaetzle in the supermarkt. All you need to do is add some onion and cream and you've got a really awesome meal ready to go.
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Jan 16, 2012 13:45
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So for some reason I'm in Berlin this weekend (now), so if anyone wants to goonp and whatnot we could. Otherwise I live in Munich, where we can have a Frei Statt Bayern circlejerk or w/e.
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Feb 3, 2012 13:43
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asaf posted:I have a trip coming up in a few weeks where I'll have a ten-hour layover in Munich on a Sunday. Factoring in transport from and to the airport and so on, I guess I'll probably have about five or six hours to spend in the city. Just for some background, I've been to Berlin thrice but never to Munich or anywhere else in Germany. Any mini-itineraries you could suggest for this very brief visit? On such a short visit I doubt I'll be in the mood to spend much time in museums; the main things I'm looking forward to is a lunch accompanied with good beer and seeing some of the architecture. Suggestions for lunch would be appreciated too, and I'd probably be happy with some middlebrow Bavarian fare as I'll have eaten (hopefully!) at several great restaurants shortly before arriving there. Try and leave your luggage at the airport, I can't remember if there are lockers there though. You should buy a Gesamtnetz Tageskarte and then take the Sbahn to Marienplatz, which is right in the middle of the city and where everything is located. From there you can go a few blocks east to the Hofbrauhaus, but there's a also a (better IMO) Augustiner restaurant west down the big pedestrian shopping street. From Marienplatz you can head north to Odeonsplatz and see that, you can also see the Hofgarten/Residenz when you're there. You can go South/West from Odeonsplatz to get to the Konigsplatz/Karolineneplatz area, and see the Pinakotheks and galleries, which are some cool buildings. From Konigsplatz you can take the Ubahn to the HBF (it's one stop) and there you can catch the Sbahn back to the airport.
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Mar 4, 2012 21:10
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Brian Fellows posted:It may be smarter to make my own thread for this, since this is the "ask people in Germany about Germany" thread, but here goes... This city is loving hell during that time, I hate it, but to each their own. There's so many people so everything is stupidly busy and you can barely walk around the main areas of the city. The U4/U5 subways go right to the Theresienwiese, so if you stay anywhere on those lines you are good. The reality is that the public transit system is pretty well planned, so if you're at any Ubahn or Sbahn stop you're good, as it should only be one switch usually. Also, if you're going to be here for like a week maybe try and tour around a bit. Go to Neuschwannstein and spend a day going out to Nuernberg or Regensburg. Most of Oktoberfest is just sitting, eating, drinking and loudly chatting with the people around you, and after a few days most normal people will feel like poo poo because of all the alcohol and unhealthy food. If you break up the Wiesn activities with other poo poo it will probably be a way better time.
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Mar 6, 2012 09:46
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hankor posted:There are 3 things that make Club Mate great: Yeah, this is right on. Club Mate all around owns, I don't really get how someone couldn't like it, after about a week I was guzzling that stuff. Turbo Mate is also the greatest club drink known to man, if Panoramabar didn't sell cheap cappuccinos I'd be all over that stuff sunday mornings. Turbo Mate is both refreshing and energizing while giving you a nice buzz, and I don't think I've drank something other than that or a Berliner in a club for a long time. Bionade: As a foreigner it's a bit weird how people loved it, but I like the drink. The krauter one is pretty refreshing, and they don't taste as sweet as other drinks. I think the marketing and whatnot really helped get them to where they are now, the whole anti-america/corporations image is pretty central to the brand.
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Mar 7, 2012 18:00
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Anmitzcuaca posted:What healthcare do I get as an EU citizen foreign student? This time next month I'll be living in Germany! Go to any major health insurance company (AOK, TK) and ask for a waiver, and then fill that poo poo out. You get some sort of standard emergencies only plan, but pay nothing for it.
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Mar 12, 2012 15:56
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Maybe he should go to Berlin where he can have the exotic experience of losing all his weekends to ketamine trips in a club or whatever. Other than that Germany is a terrible place for self discovery and enjoyment, the people are stressed and the weather is poo poo.
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Mar 18, 2012 12:38
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LaserWash posted:Looking for a good place for Thursday night's semifinal for the euro cup in Munich for me and my frau. You can also go to the public viewing at Olympiastadion, you can buy tickets at the Rathaus (city hall at marienplatz) at the Muenchenticket desk. If you go to that get there about 1.5hours before because it's general seating and it gets packed quickly.
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Jun 27, 2012 01:50
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Zwille posted:"big harbor" is really the only thing Hamburg has going for it but maybe I'm biased because I lived there for 5 years and hated it and moved back to Berlin. Karolinenviertel/St Pauli is a pretty cool/hip area, full of hipsters and whatnot. I guess the nightlife in Hamburg really isn't on par with what's in Berlin, but that being said Berlin probably has the best nightlife in Europe outside of MAYBE London or Ibiza.
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Jun 28, 2012 13:25
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DerDestroyer posted:Hows the nightlife in Munich? It's pretty good for what the city is, though not really as developed as Berlin or Hamburg (obviously). You have a few clubs that are into techno and bring in top German acts a few times a month, and there's a fair amount of really mainstream clubs doing their thing. It is quieter though, with the night usually finishing at 5-6 in the morning.
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Jul 5, 2012 10:05
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xf86enodev posted:I've heard of people making money this way. Literally working in the stations buying and reselling used tickets all day long. If the police catch you they have the option to charge you with defrauding the government (criminal charges) for selling tickets, so it's not the best idea. They also changed the Bayern ticket so you can buy it for 20euro for one person and then add up to 4 additional people at 2euro each, most likely to stop hangers on.
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Aug 3, 2012 21:57
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Zwille posted:Berlin in the winter is depressing, I'm already dreading it. You'll certainly need some warm clothing, but I'd recommend something where you can take out the lining, as sometimes the winter is just very wet and slightly cold. If you don't have any winter clothing, just buy something here as soon as you think you need it. For winter I usually just wore a heavy scandinavian raincoat (they're a bit longer and heavy, rubberized fabric) with sweaters of varying thickness underneath. Berlin in winter is awful, you will avoid being outside like the plague and only go out for food, to visit a friend's place, school or to go to a (singular, no staying outside involved) club. That being said there's very few tourists in the city from Nov-March, and going out clubbing and to restaurants and bars was a lot easier/more pleasant because of it. No lines at berghain? It owns.
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Aug 10, 2012 14:02
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Brian Fellows posted:I'm heading to Munich for Oktoberfest this year from Sept 27- Oct 6. Go to oktoberfest from the morning until 2-3ish at the latest, it's at it's best around lunch and after it becomes a big drunkfest that gets kinda gross. Maybe go for 2 days at the most, it really isn't all the super great things it's made out to be (it's a shitload of fun and a great place to meet people and get wasted, but not the end all and be all of germany). You can't do a daytrip to Berlin, it takes 4 hours to get from downtown munich to Alex by plane, and 7-8 hours by highspeed train. Also, berlin has too much to see for a daytrip, go for at least a few days. I live in munich so if you want to know what to do/where to go I can give you advice. Just post here with what you want to do/see.
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elbkaida posted:Go to the Alpen, it's really beautiful there. Tegernsee or Garmisch are only an hour or so. Salzburg+Berchtesgaden and Bodensee are a bit further. Or go to Stuttgart or Nürnberg if you want some other bigger south german cities. Good daytrip options that are a bit further are Regensburg, Bamberg and Wurzburg, all are really nice and within a few hours by train. If you haven't had enough of Alcohol from Oktoberfest you can do your Bierdiplom in Bamberg, where you go to each brewery in the city (there are 6 i think) and have a Maß at each. Flying out early and getting in late on the same day shortchanges you a lot, and costs way to much to be worth it. You need an hour from the HBF to the airport, at least 30min at the airport (no checked luggage), and then flying takes a bit over an hour to Berlin. It takes almost 45min to get from Tegel (where you'll most likely fly into) to Alex. So you're up at 6, in Berlin around 10, then you have maybe 8-10 hours in the city, and you get back tired as poo poo. You might see the Pergammon museum, Alex, the east side gallery and one more thing in that timeframe, so unless you really want a light overview of the city and money isnt an issue I wouldnt recommend it.
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Previously on GBS posted:TU Munich is the highest ranked out of those universities, but 700 Euro/month is not enough money to live in Munich. Also, TU Munich's CS campus is not in Munich but in Garching which is a small city north of Munich. Garching is definitely not a fun place to live and it takes about 30 minutes to get from Garching to downtown Munich. 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. You'll need about 1,000 euro a month in munich, but there's a lot of big tech companies there (like intel) so you might be able to get a part time job as well.
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elwood posted:I don't know. Maybe my definition of good english is a bit different, but from the few times I've listened to it in passing in the streets it didn't sound like most people were able to hold a really fluent conversation and that was in a city with a high population of british soldiers and their families. I wouldn't call my spoken english good either due to lack of practice. The under 30 thing is also a bit misleading. When I started posting here it was also a wide held believe that anyone under 30 would be good at english. That was more than 10 years ago, so those 20 somethings would be mid 30s know. It seems as if the perceived age barrier for good english doesn't shift. It really depends on if it's any person in the streets or in an office or university or something. Is some guy who went to Realschule going to have good english? Most likely not, unless he has heavy exposure to americans online or something like that. On the other hand, a hell of a lot of University professors (especially in fields like business and International Relations) will have near perfect english with a bit of an accent. At University I've really ran into almost no students who don't speak very good english, although we sort of switch between the 2 languages a lot. On the other hand when I've been out with friends in the country I've met a fair amount of young people who speak almost none, as they have no daily exposure and the extent of their vacations is Germany/Austria.
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Anmitzcuaca posted:Nobody knows what a queue is, and the idea of giving staff lunch breaks at different times is alien to Germans, so lots of stuff (banks, offices, anything that isn't a food or retail outlet) closes for an hour for lunch. Also it's really hard to find tea that isn't some weird fruity herbal relaxation tea. That's what it's like here in Baden-Württemberg anyway, don't know if it's different in Berlin. A lot of stuff in Berlin is open later, stores until 2000 and Supermaerkte until 2200 in busy places, which owns if you have a busy work schedule. There's also a shitload more variety of everything available, mostly due to the fact that the city has 3,5 mio people and there's immigrants from everywhere. If you like music (especially electronic stuff) Berlin is the best place in the world because amazing shows are constantly going on.
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APimpNamedSlickback posted:Is there a boatload of music and cool events going on during winter? Like January through March? Even though it's cold out, these cats gotta play somehow, yeah? If you're into clubs, yeah. Every friday/saturday there's a pile of really great DJs and bands scattered around the city playing cools shows, although most of these are related to techno (like it's not deadmau5 and david guetta). Every major european tour also stops in the city, so if you like mainstream rock/pop there's a shitload of those concerts.
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Sep 19, 2012 23:37
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So I might be doing an internship at the Bundestag in january, anyone ever done one of these or worked there? Any advice about it?
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APimpNamedSlickback posted:I am living in Berlin this January while studying at the Free University. Did you just sign your post with your real name or is this somehow a troll I don't get it Also, what's a good fitnessstudio in berlin? In munich I have the ZHS (Zentraler Hochsculsport), but I'm probably doing a praktikum in Berlin so I don't think this is an option? Should I just go to mcfit?
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Nov 4, 2012 10:14
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schoenfelder posted:Nord-Neukölln is the part of Neukölln inside the S-Bahn-Ring (roughly between Tempelhof Airport in the West, Hermannplatz in the North, Landwehrkanal/Neuköllner Schifffahrtskanal in the East and the S-Bahn stops Hermannstraße, Neukölln and Sonnenallee in the South.) Neukölln goes a lot further south with the Buckow, Rudow, Britz and Gropiusstadt neighbourhoods but there is nothing there. Best place in the whole city is on the Landwehrkanal, especially right be prinzenstr. because then you have the prinzenbad, a nice place to run and a quick walk to the U1 and u8
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So I need to find an apartment in Berlin, for 4-8 months, where should I look and how much will it cost me (warm)? I'm going to be working at 1 Platz der Republik, so how can I have easy access to there/still be near the "cool" areas?
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schoenfelder posted:Are you looking for an apartment or a room in a shared apartment? How big? How much are you willing to spend and what comforts could you sacrifice? I'm looking for around 250-350 warm, and considering I live in a Studentwerk Muenchen WG anything will probably be an improvement. Think I'll have any luck whatsoever getting in the 36 area of kreuzberg or is that just wishful thinking?
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schoenfelder posted:A room in a shared apartment should be doable for 350 EUR in 36. Not gonna lie to you, though, finding something will probably be a bitch. Also, since you're going to stay only for a couple of months keep in mind that many people renting out their rooms for Zwischenmiete will try to pocket a nice profit (you will see ads asking 500 EUR for 12 qm rooms). Yeah, gently caress people. Do you have any Kiez suggestions for me? I want something decent, but not crazy expensive, which I know is hard as poo poo to do.
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Here's a question: I currently owe techniker krankenkasse 160 euro for some old health insurance bill that they threw at me after I cancelled my coverage. As the address they have for me is in Canada and they have no other billing details (my old Girokonto is closed), what's the worst that happens if I don't pay?
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Zwille posted:I think he plans on going back so that might be an issue. Yeah I'm not currently in Germany. I guess I should deal with it since I want to go back? e: I'm back at the beginning of the year
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