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Life in Germany
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Life in Germany is your ultimate resource for relocating to and thriving in Germany. 🎉 Curious about what life in Germany is like as a foreigner/expat/Canadian? Thinking of moving to Germany? Already here? I've got you covered - providing you with the best tips to make your life in Germany as wonderful as possible.
Hey there, I’m Jenna!
🇨🇦 Canadian
💛 Mama of 2
🖇️ Self-employed/Freelance
🇩🇪 Living in Düsseldorf, Germany since 2014
What You’ll Find on My Channel:
➡️ The Good & The Bad of Living in Germany
➡️ German Culture Shocks
➡️ Bilingual parenting & Pregnancy in Germany
➡️ How I've Invested in German Real Estate Successfully
➡️ Exploring the Best of Germany
➡️ How-To Guides for Foreigners in Germany
➡️ Expert Interviews (Banking, Healthcare, Etc.)
➡️ Germany vs. Canada
Disclaimer: The content I create is based on personal experiences and interviews with experts. It should not be considered legal or financial advice.
Don't forget to subscribe! 👏
Viele Grüße,
Jenna
Hey there, I’m Jenna!
🇨🇦 Canadian
💛 Mama of 2
🖇️ Self-employed/Freelance
🇩🇪 Living in Düsseldorf, Germany since 2014
What You’ll Find on My Channel:
➡️ The Good & The Bad of Living in Germany
➡️ German Culture Shocks
➡️ Bilingual parenting & Pregnancy in Germany
➡️ How I've Invested in German Real Estate Successfully
➡️ Exploring the Best of Germany
➡️ How-To Guides for Foreigners in Germany
➡️ Expert Interviews (Banking, Healthcare, Etc.)
➡️ Germany vs. Canada
Disclaimer: The content I create is based on personal experiences and interviews with experts. It should not be considered legal or financial advice.
Don't forget to subscribe! 👏
Viele Grüße,
Jenna
I'm Happier Living In Germany Than In Canada 🇩🇪 🥰🇨🇦 (LET ME SHOW YOU WHY)
Whether you’re moving to Germany for the first time or you’re just interested in hearing my stories as an immigrant living in Germany, this is going to be the one video you need to watch! 🥰
✅ Take a tour of my German apartment
✅ Get some awesome tips for landing your dream apartment
✅ Listen to me get real about where it all began and if I’m planning on living in Germany forever
✅ Learn about the cost of living in Germany in 2024
✅ What I love the most about Germany
✅ Where to furnish your apartment for a fraction of the cost
✅ And so SO much more 💛
Here are some of the links to some of the tips I’ve mentioned in the video ⬇️
- Wunderflats (for your first apartment): bit.ly/wunderflats-de
- Lingoda (learning German): bit.ly/lingoda-german
- SmarterGerman (learning German): bit.ly/smartergerman-homepage
- Rocket Languages (learning German): bit.ly/rocketlanguages-de
- Babbel (learning German): bit.ly/babbel-app
- HUK Coburg (car insurance): www.huk.de/
- GetSafe (home contents, liability): bit.ly/getsafe-contents
- N26 (English banking): bit.ly/N26-WEBSITE
- Wise (English banking): bit.ly/wisebanking
And of course, you can always write me or comment below if you have more questions! 🥰
Follow me on Instagram for more: lifeingermany_ and lifeindus
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MOVING TO GERMANY? Get your FREE step-by-step checklist here ➡️ lifeingermany.com/checklist/
AND JOIN US IN THE [Life in Germany Welcome Program] ➡️ www.lifeingermany.com
QUESTIONS? hello@lifeingermany.com
#expats #germany #lifeingermany #expatsingermany #expattips
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MY TIPS FOR LIVING IN GERMANY ✅
💵 My Bank: bit.ly/3JczUH7
📱My Phone Plan: bit.ly/3ykBSPr
💡My Electricity Plan: bit.ly/3J5idcp
🏠My Liability & Contents Insurance: bit.ly/42Plnsr
🏥 My Health Insurance: bit.ly/306x1jZ
📚How I Learn German: bit.ly/3XtuwmL
DISCLAIMER: Links included in my descriptions are sometimes affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide, I may receive a small commission - which helps me continue to build the platform & community. There is no additional charge to you!
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00:00 - Intro chats
00:48 - What my apartment search in Germany was like
04:05 - How my life started in Germany
04:50 - What happened when I moved to Dusseldorf
05:55 - Is Germany really as beautiful as tourists say?
06:17 - How much does it cost to rent & buy an apartment in Germany?
09:50 - What was my life like before Germany?
11:40 - What do I love about Germany?
14:30 - What are the costs of living in Germany?
17:28 - My tips for furniture shopping in Germany
18:15 - Come take a tour of my apartment
20:38 - What will life look like for me in the future?
✅ Take a tour of my German apartment
✅ Get some awesome tips for landing your dream apartment
✅ Listen to me get real about where it all began and if I’m planning on living in Germany forever
✅ Learn about the cost of living in Germany in 2024
✅ What I love the most about Germany
✅ Where to furnish your apartment for a fraction of the cost
✅ And so SO much more 💛
Here are some of the links to some of the tips I’ve mentioned in the video ⬇️
- Wunderflats (for your first apartment): bit.ly/wunderflats-de
- Lingoda (learning German): bit.ly/lingoda-german
- SmarterGerman (learning German): bit.ly/smartergerman-homepage
- Rocket Languages (learning German): bit.ly/rocketlanguages-de
- Babbel (learning German): bit.ly/babbel-app
- HUK Coburg (car insurance): www.huk.de/
- GetSafe (home contents, liability): bit.ly/getsafe-contents
- N26 (English banking): bit.ly/N26-WEBSITE
- Wise (English banking): bit.ly/wisebanking
And of course, you can always write me or comment below if you have more questions! 🥰
Follow me on Instagram for more: lifeingermany_ and lifeindus
---------------------
MOVING TO GERMANY? Get your FREE step-by-step checklist here ➡️ lifeingermany.com/checklist/
AND JOIN US IN THE [Life in Germany Welcome Program] ➡️ www.lifeingermany.com
QUESTIONS? hello@lifeingermany.com
#expats #germany #lifeingermany #expatsingermany #expattips
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MY TIPS FOR LIVING IN GERMANY ✅
💵 My Bank: bit.ly/3JczUH7
📱My Phone Plan: bit.ly/3ykBSPr
💡My Electricity Plan: bit.ly/3J5idcp
🏠My Liability & Contents Insurance: bit.ly/42Plnsr
🏥 My Health Insurance: bit.ly/306x1jZ
📚How I Learn German: bit.ly/3XtuwmL
DISCLAIMER: Links included in my descriptions are sometimes affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide, I may receive a small commission - which helps me continue to build the platform & community. There is no additional charge to you!
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00:00 - Intro chats
00:48 - What my apartment search in Germany was like
04:05 - How my life started in Germany
04:50 - What happened when I moved to Dusseldorf
05:55 - Is Germany really as beautiful as tourists say?
06:17 - How much does it cost to rent & buy an apartment in Germany?
09:50 - What was my life like before Germany?
11:40 - What do I love about Germany?
14:30 - What are the costs of living in Germany?
17:28 - My tips for furniture shopping in Germany
18:15 - Come take a tour of my apartment
20:38 - What will life look like for me in the future?
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U forgot the most importante thinks:how % of the Hause U neds to pay imediatlly in cash in Germany 😂
Thank you for your helpful video. We are in a similar situation, but the other way around. There is a chance for us to get a Canadian Open Work Permit, and I am personally very confident that my children will have a better life in Canada compared to Germany. One reason is the greater responsibility placed on citizens. There is no segregation. I am not sure about Canada, but right now in Germany, 10% of people are voting for AfD, which means 10% hate all foreigners. German education is not recognized in Canada. Actually, this is one of the reasons you live here. Yes, we will have to work harder in Canada. Canada has problems with housing, but I think this is temporary. Overall, Canada has a future; Germany does not
Tissue paper looks and sounds like "Seidenpapier" which you should get in a Schreibwarengeschäft or Papeterie.
ı was expecting sth in youtube not in netflix :(
Die Sendung mit der Maus...😉
I've applied for a certificate of German citizenship by descent, and it’s making its way through the BVA. If it is approved, I'm not sure that i would move to Germany from the US, but it would be nice to have the option in my hip pocket. A complicating factor would be that I'm retired, so proving income streams for renting and buying into health insurance having never worked in Germany would be a challenge.
The day i landed in Germany my laptop bag was stolen from the airport, I could have never expected that.
Where are you? None of the areas we have lived in have allowed the Schultüten to be opened at school. They get carried to school on the first day, packed around during the celebrations, carried home and then opened. Lol
The psyco path I got it 😂😂😂
Vereinsamt“ von Friedrich Nietzsche. #herrschröder #korrekturensohn czcams.com/users/shortschOf02LcwTU?si=xcGlRQbtFInDAlwk
How to cycle like a psychopath😂
Wheres the sidewalk though? I only see the path being biked on and the road
It's hard to see, but there is a darker line dividing the pavement, the left third is the bike lane and the right two thirds is the sidewalk. This is probably a lot clearer in person, than on video.
@@Ihwaz13 oh that makes sense thanj you
He's allowed to do that, cause pickup drivers in germany are, 🤔😂 well, a bit 🤏 "short" and try to compensate the thing, sorry, something..... 😂😂
the Germans know how to stay on the psychopath route, especially when they come in cycles.
Germany? In the number of ugliest countries in Europe, but with the worst people. I have 2 tips: 1 do not get there 2 repeat
I guess pickup trucks parking like douchebags is a universal thing 😅
If there is no cycle path you can’t choose to cycle on the road if you are older than 9 years - you have to cycle on the road if there is no cycle path and you are not a child younger than ten years. A blue round sign with a bicycle on it means you have to use the cycle path. If there is no such sign, you have to cycle on the road. (I’m not going to go into one of the few written sign here and this is the one rule that won’t give you a reprimand or fine from the police.)
Can u pls tell how to easy find job in germany with english language? Thanks for answer.
Twelve years and not speaking German?...
I love this. My granddaughter is starting kindergarten this fall. My husband (her Opa) is German, and our daughter and son-in-law will be giving her a schultüte. We actually found one on Amazon, here in the USA. I'm going to send our daughter a link to this video, to give her some ideas. Thanks!
Am so moving the US which claims to be the best in the world cant offer me a guy which has lived here for 16 years paid tax for about 12 of those years decent healthcare of even a job in my field which is Biochemistry with decent pay not even experience matters. Its crazy am losing my mind time to call it quits am so done the stress alone is killing me.
It’s so funny listening to you: there are words (mostly names of companies) that you obviously learned in Germany (Lingoda) and pronounce just like a German would even though they are common in English as well but with a slightly different intonation. It reflects on your level of German when your English takes on a German intonation 😉
i wish you included snippets of the stuff you were speaking on. e.g the kids out on their own at 6, the parks, the hospitals, work life blance etc. it would be helpful to persons who never traveled to gerrmany
It's a matter of taste as we Germans say. Lidl is not my taste. I prefer Aldi 👍
LIDL is better... 😉
KL posen, Majdanek, 200 000 Polish children kidnapped by germans because they wanted to germanized them. This is germany, germany is crime.
do europeans push asians in front of subway trains like how we do it here in amerikkka?
No pretty sure you cant insult people without getting rekt in court or getting a fine. People dont like to break the rules rather go around them. So they wouldn’t do something this extreme rather they would say something offensive instead
Cute. Mom did great here. 🥰
I agree, Germans who speak English have a very charming accent and it’s so attractive.
I love watching you and your mom at the grocery store. It reminds me so much of visiting my Canadian daughter and her family in Germany. The grocery and market shopping is so much fun! I learn more every time I’m there!
Your husband is a very lucky man to have you on his side. Not only because of your looks but your personality is Grade A maple syrup 🍁❤
Krass, du sprichst ja voll akzentfrei. Jedenfalls, du hast ja ein paar Dinge wie Versicherungen aufgezählt. Ich wollte dir nur empfehlen, falls du es nicht schon hast, einen sogenannten dynamischen Stromanbieter zu wählen. Diese sind sowieso die Zukunft aber die Leute müssen erst noch lernen sich drauf einzulassen. Jedenfalls sparst du damit unglaublich viel Geld. Ich bin zB bei Rabot.Charge.
"Maggi - začin za juhu koristan svakom kućanstvu" - you stole that from balkan neighbour? :D
everyone would be happier elsewhere than Canada lmao except some war torn countries and communist hells
Ich höre Deine deutsche Aussprache und sie klingt akzentfrei. Respekt!
This must be the longest commercial I have ever heard... I quit somewhere around 13.00..
Germany is a country, where it is especially easy for (half-) criminals to cheat and defraud and get you in worse criminal activities, mafia and corruption is wide spread behind the fassade of the "correct" Germany. You need to read constantly a lot about criminal traps if you want to be safe. The same with private contacts, there are so many people with a fassade that is a complete lie who just want to rip you off. Even banks and insurances lie to you right into your face and in the written contract is then something different...
Amazing work ethic! Hope Germans could get at least 1% of the Canadian work ethics.
Das höchste Lob: "Ich hab schon schlechter gegessen." The highest praise: "I've eaten worse."
Mam apako India me Mumbai ke najdik place ya banglow chahiye to comment ko highlight karo
Mam hame bhi ghar baithke Kam chahiye hum India ke hai mumbaise najdik hai
We are so similar, I didn't realize. I recently moved from a short term furnished apartment in Munich to a rental house that is four floors as well and we had a week to furnish it. We got a 100 euro 25 year old leather sectional from kleinenzeigen that I refurbished. I love it so much! I also bought that exact same cup for 1 euro at a thrift store. 😂
I love your videos love your energy your house everything about you gives such an amazing vibe and makes me feel a lot better about my future move to Germany ❤ lovely house 🎉
Aww thank you so SO much! 🥰💛 I’m always here if you ever have any questions for your move (though better to email me - I’m much quicker to respond there)
Sadly many thing in Germany you talk about is true. Better Health Insurance and Work Life Balance compare to US. As US Citizen becoming more expensive to live comfortably.
One of your better videos. Was cute for you holding the fluffy mic the whole time. I liked you changing the scene for each chapter or topic. You’re a good and helpful woman.
Thanks so much 🥰💛 post production definitely takes longer when I’m moving around, but I need to change things up a bit 😝 I like taking people around and showing them my world here in Germany so I think it’s time I slow down on the sitting in a chair and filming all the time 👍
Just heard about the incident in Mannheim where a police officer died in a terrorist attack. Is it safe to move to Germany?
Compared to which country? You can ask Google for crime statistics!
I posted a video about safety here too: czcams.com/video/yUb5kIXKJoc/video.html I personally find Germany very safe!
What´s your current standard? Americans often call the USA "safe". From an European perspective a 25(+) times higher killing rate is called rather unsafe. As already mentioned: look up numbers from independent sources. As a comparison: in the whole EU the chance to be killed is about the same as being killed just by an US POLICE OFFICER. Germany is one of the safest contries in the EU.
@@klaus2t703 I’m always comparing my previous experiences in Canada to my new life in Germany - both very similar and also both feel very safe for myself and my kids
I'm glad life is working out for you in Germany. I do enjoy visiting and trying out German food and shopping when I'm there. I really miss the bread when I go back home to the US.😊❤
🎉😂Sie ist vielleicht die bescheidenste und herzerwärmendste Person, die es gibt😂😂
16:26 min My tip: When you are member in the labour union Ver.di (that costs 1% of your monthly income), you have a legal insurance for work matters/dispute with your company and for social law (if you want to sue your social welfare office because of benefits for example) inclusive. Ver.Di also makes your income tax declaration for free, which is very comfortable.
Du bist schon immer in Deinen Videos locker und fröhlich, aber in diesen besonders. Es scheint als würdest Du vor Glück schweben. Schönes Video Eine Frage über Dich habe ich doch noch. Denkst Du die doppelte Staatsbürgerschaft einzugehen oder gar „nur“ Deutsche zu werden?
Aww vielen Dank für den lieben Kommentar! Und ja! 100% Ich bin gerade dabei, meinen Antrag auf doppelte Staatsbürgerschaft auszufüllen 🥰🫶