Find A Flat in Berlin With ChatGPT, A Raccoon Wanted to Test BVG Controllers, & Lower Inflation (Finally)
Guten morgen Reader -
Greetings from sunny Berlin! ☀️ While most Berliners were out and about enjoying the beautiful weather, I decided to stay at home, order takeout, binge on Netflix, and hang out with my cats. I needed a break, as I just hosted a visitor from Canada and experienced a big (and very positive) life change over the past week. I'll be sharing more in next week. 🤫
Anyhoo, what's up this week? A handful of German startups got some serious funding, some dude used ChatGPT to find a flat in Berlin, a raccoon boarded a bus in Berlin, and inflation took a bit of a dip (finally). We cover all of this and more in our June 5, 2023 edition of The Berlin Life newsletter:
Community News & AnnouncementsNews from The Berlin Life |
⦾ Catch up on last week's blast - People Are Confused About Germany's Recession, Spies Want to WFH, & Our Job Seeker Found a New Job |
Berlin Life GuidesBerlin Life Guides help with moving to Berlin, as well as living and working in Berlin. |
We don't have any new guides this week, but stay tuned for new & updated guides coming out soon! In the meantime, browse the best of our archives: ⦾ CLASSIC: How Much Does It Cost To Move To Germany? Use Our Calculator! - Moving to Germany isn't cheap. ⦾ TIMELESS: Our Favourite Bars For Craft Beer In Berlin - What's your favourite? |
German Companies HiringGerman companies that are hiring right now |
German Startup NewsGerman startups that received funding recently could be good places to look for jobs, as well as other news. |
⦾ German Startup Raises 35 Million To Transform The Way We Read - Go Blinkist! One of Berlin's better employer just got more funding. 🙌 |
News in GermanyImmigration and other general news |
General news:⦾ In wholesome news we all need - a raccoon recently boarded a bus in Berlin. 🦝 ⦾ How patriotic can Germans be? - In Germany, this is a pretty complicated debate. ⦾ Centrists alarmed as poll shows growing support for German far-right party - Concerning stats show this country isn't heading in the right direction. ⦾ How a coder used ChatGPT to find an apartment in Berlin in 2 weeks after struggling for months - It's pretty ingenious what this guy did, but no AI can change the harsh truth that his ethnicity and wealth didn't play a considerable role in scoring a flat so quickly. ⦾ Man is electrocuted after passengers climb onto U-Bahn tracks - Berlin ought to be doling out Darwin Awards to people who are this careless with their own lives. Let's hope this man experiences a speedy recovery. ⚡ ⦾ Hot tip! Did you know you can buy a postage stamp with your phone in Germany? Foreigner news:⦾ June 2023: 8 changes affecting expats in Germany - The Corona app is no more and say bye to iconic Galeria Kaufhof and Karstadt 😭 ⦾ German citizenship: Record number of naturalizations - "A record 168,545 applicants with 171 different nationalities received German citizenship in 2022." ⦾ Citizenship reforms: Will benefit recipients be able to apply for a German passport? - As always, it's complicated and people who should be able to get citizenship may be denied the opportunity. ⦾ New Berlin-made AI app will simplify German bureaucracy for expats - Big love for this if it suceeds! "A Ukrainian, Berlin-based start-up, Ridocu, has announced plans to launch an app which will help foreigners in Germany navigate the country’s complicated bureaucratic systems." 💛 💙 German economy:⦾ German inflation drops to lowest level in more than a year - Inflation is finally starting to go down, but let's see if it's going to hold. Art & culture: ⦾ A new era of HKW: Resistance and reshaping a Berlin institution & ‘The Act of Opening a House Is So Beautiful’: Berlin’s Historic House of World Cultures Relaunches With an Ambitious Multisensory Weekend - A place we should all visit soon. ⦾ The Last Days of Berlin’s Gas Streetlamps - A lot of people don't know the history of Berlin's gas street lamps. A worth, not to mention, interesting read! ⦾ Dropping on Netflix later this month - ELDORADO, a documentary about queers in Berlin in the 1920s. 🏳️🌈 ⦾ Pride month: A guide to Christopher Street Day (CSD) celebrations across Germany - The Berlin-based party is legendary. See all the fun-filled photos I took from a previous CSD in Berlin. Travel: ⦾ I Ambled Around Berlin for 8 Days - Michelin-starred feasts, Mies van der Rohe buildings, and river strolls. - This reads pretentious AF but there are some pretty good spots on this itinerary. ⦾ It will take years to get Deutsche Bahn back on track - Germany once again proving their efficiency is a myth. 🫠 |
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See you next week,
Founder - The Berlin Life