moving to germany vlog pt. 2 | arriving in germany
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Reminds me of my time buying a house in Germany. We looked at it from the outside, turned around and decided to leave again because it looked like a shoebox from the outside. Shortly before we reached our car we met the agent, who was a bit late. Politely we agreed to look at the inside of the house anyway. Two steps in I started changing my mind and the next morning we signed the contract. The former owner just moved over five houses and became our best friend. Sometimes things develop in unexpected ways.
Oh wow, I’m glad you ended up seeing the inside and not missing out! It is surprising how spacious houses are here compared to how they look. And that’s really cool that you are friends with the former owner, we’re also talking a bit with the current renter of our apartment and he has been really friendly and helpful too.
Welcome in Germany ❤Your smile is just contagious. I'm really happy for you that you were able to successfully overcome the first hurdles like finding a fitting appartment which wasn't that easy.
Thank you! It’s a process but it’s more than worth it!
So cool watching your arrival as well as your entire vlog. I love Nuremberg and I always love to see a glimpse of this wonderful city. Thanks, Vanessa. :)
I've been terrible at keeping up with this, I'll have to check in with you later, but I'm finally getting to these videos and I just feel so much warmth for you getting to do this! I'm so excited for you!
Welcome!! I can't wait to hear more about this new chapter in your life! Wishing you a lovely settling in period xx
Thank you! I already have so much to share, it’s nice to feel excited about daily life again haha.
So happy for you that you’re finally there!!!
Me tooooo!
Apartment hunting in German cities is such a pain. I was so lucky to get my apartment here, and I am really not in any "unattractive" group (like students xD). I am glad you found one and I hope it's good. Fingers crossed for all the bureaucratic mess! (And you pronounced Fürth very well, too.) You got this!
Found out I still can’t start the paperwork because the city won’t recognize my Mietvertrag until the actual move-in date 😂😭 I hope that everything is going well for you! We should plan to get lunch or something soon!
@@thefaeriewilds Yeah, German bureaucracy.... It sucks. I hope you still have enough time. 🤞 In a couple of weeks the Weihnachtsmarkt in Nürnberg will start, so maybe we can grab a Glühwein together or something. 😇
I’d love that!
So, so happy for you!! It must have been super stressful, so here's a virtual hug for you to have successfully completed the whole process. I hope you have the best time in Germany, Vanessa!
Thank you so much! Here is a virtual hug back because I need all the hugs haha.
I'm so happy for you that you had this wonderful experience!
Thank you!
Wow! Stumbled over you're Vid and saw that you've been in my home town Fürth there! Nice to see you there! 😂❤
yayyy, glad you're here and arrival was good and the people nice and welcoming festivities and all 🥳🥳 (and yes, Germany is great about having food stands literally everywhere during festivals xD)
also, quite weird when the landscape is suddenly so familiar. especially the section in Nürnberg, I've just recently been there at the castle 👀🙊
aaand yeah, welcome to German bureaucracy I guess? 😅😆 the apartment situation is quite tough in a bunch of areas at the moment, so it's so great that you found an amazing place. you sound so happy, it's really nice to see ☺ looking forward to the next vlog and eventually a look into your new apartment 🤗
The fest food was so good 🤤 oooh how did you like the castle? Did you go inside or up in the tower or anything?
I had been reading about the housing situation for a while, so I was already nervous about it, but I’m glad it ended up being ok!
@@thefaeriewilds the castle was really pretty *.* we didn't go in or stay that long as I'd been there with a colleague for the Biofach/Vivaness fair and we only had the evening off. but it was really nice walking through the old town. I'm looking forward to visiting the christmas market, it's one of the oldest and most famous ones, so I'd recommend checking that out as well, but I guess you'll do that anyway :)
ohhh so happy for you enjoy
welcome to germany
That's so amazing that you were able to get such an awesome apartment, and that it was the one you didn't think you'd get. Just goes to show that you never know.
I've never experienced the German apartment hunting craziness, but I've heard a lot about how insane it can be. When I lived there, my program automatically gave us dorm rooms, which they didn't for the German students coming to Oregon, because getting any kind of apartment in Germany is so difficult, whereas in the US it's so much easier to find a place to live, that the students coming to Oregon from Germany didn't mind having to do the legwork to find places to live.
I can see why they did that, applying for apartments here feels like going to job interviews. So different than back home where it’s like you just pick an apartment complex and say “I’d like to live here” and they say “ok it will cost this much, here is your key”. Except pet struggles of course, which make things hard everywhere.
Wish you all the best. Willkommen in Deutschland :)
So lovely finding your channel. I am moving soon to Germany with my and my three year old and very overwhelmed becoming gonna start from scratch 🤍
Starting from scratch is so scary, but I hope that you have an amazing time coming over here! Do you know what area you're going to move to?
@@thefaeriewilds yes, Wuppertal near Dusseldorf 😊 how is everything going with u guys?
@@dajanadako I've heard such good things about that area! I think Wuppertal has a cool hanging train system right? Things were definitely stressful for the first few months, but people have been really helpful and things are going well now :)
@@thefaeriewilds i am so happy to hear that :))) fingercrossed everything will go well for all of us xx
amazing job doing the whole bakery interaction in german! Don't feel like you sound stupid, because if someone came to your job in the us, and was trying to speak english even though they were still learning, you wouldn't think they sounded stupid, would you? no. so don't feel like you sound stupid! ALSO YAY
That’s so true! I would never feel that way about anyone trying to learn English so I guess hopefully other people feel the same lol.
@@thefaeriewilds People may smile or sometimes giggle a little when talking to a learner. That is normal. But let me tell you, it IS indeed appreciated. As soon as they see that you are trying they automatically open up a little towards you.
Welcome to Germany🙂. Looks like your BnB is in the village I grew up in. Böhm is my favorite bakery, too. Have you tried the Bienenstich yet ? - it is amazing. Enjoy your time here
Wow what a coincidence! It’s a really nice place. Böhm is great, we’ve been eating there almost every morning. I will try the Bienenstisch next time we go ☺️ We also love the Erlanger Teehaus, thank you for that recommendation.
Have a great time🙂
Looks like Erlangen, my ho,e town ! Welcome. I hope you survived the Bergkirchweih ;-)
A very belated welcome to Germany.
If you haven't found them yet, both the channels
Simple Germany (www.youtube.com/@simplegermany)
and Life in Germany (www.youtube.com/@LifeinGermanyofficial)
have awesome tips and checklists what to do in which order to help you navigate through the hell that is German bureaucracy.
Don't worry if you have difficulty understanding one of the plethora of German dialects. Even when Germans believe they are talking high German/Hochdeutsch their speech is still often tainted by the accent, tonal quality, and pronunciation of the dialect they grew up in.
Also, don't ever consider your attempts stupid, especially not when a German 'maliciously corrects you'. Nope, no maliciousness intended (probably) but just trying to point out room for improvement, and that's that for a German. Back to business after that, no hard feelings. A usual German wouldn't want to belittle your good intentions, just help you along the route. Yes, that is the typical German directness which may come across as rude or even insulting. Yes, it may take some getting used to. IF a German wants to belittle you, or insult you, you will have ab-so-lute-ly NO doubt whatsoever of their intentions; a German will be in your face if they do. So just try to give them the benefit of the doubt when it comes to being maliciously over-correcting.
Bakery items are a particular challenge as so many breads and bread rolls have local variations for even the bread types; much less the particular bread or bread roll. So don't worry; the gesture and point method works really well. Any bakery salesperson isn't going to hold it against you if you direct them with hands and maybe a 'links' or 'rechts' or 'oben drüber' or 'unten drunter', for left, right, above it, or below it to the right tray or shelf. Heck, even I as a German use that method when I am uncertain what the scribbled sign on some tray is particularly difficult to read. I point, make eye contact and direct the salesperson behind the counter to what I mean.
A great assistance for finding the right public transport connections will be the app from your local public transport association. Usually you'll find them at the bus, tram, subway (U-Bahn) or S-Bahn stops with a QR code for immediate download. In many of them you'll also find an option to buy the tickets you need, right up to a month's, or even a semester pass, should you decide to go to university. If you immatriculate at a university you'll more than likely have to pay somewhere between 150-300€ for the semester administration BUT usually this also includes your local public transporation student ticket for the semester. So if you intend to use public transport regularly you'll soon have redeemed your semester administration fees simply by not having to pay for a monthly ticket.
Don't rely too much on Google Maps for finding the connections. Google maps is great to give you an overview of a town or even a region, but it sucks badly at finding the right transport connections. In your case from what I gathered from the video that will be close to Nürnberg, so it will be the VGN but I may be wrong. Excuse me, if this came across as stalking; I just wanted to help you for your region.
Hopefully everything will now turn out fine as you've got your adress settled. Don't forget to register both with the Einwohnermeldeamt / the residents registration office, and the Ausländerbehörde, the foreigner's office. Check out if your local office has an online registration for appointment dates, so you won't have to wait long but arrive directly for your appointment (maybe ten minutes early, just in case they had a lull in applications that day). Don't schedule both at the same day unless it is in exactly the same building, preferably with the same person. Otherwise the overlap of schedules could make you miss one of your appointments. The same applies for any other application appointments you might have to make. Like I said above, appearing in person, with your physical paperwork already prepared is a great boon to speeding things up in the German bureaucratic hell.
Greetz from a German in Hamburg. Have fun in Nürnberg and surroundings.
The registration process, other than in the U.S. is mandatory and very important here. So important, if you skip deadlines, the police will finally show up and drag you there, not literally ofc. ^^
It is because: The state must know where you live, so any letters sent to you actually reach you. That is a legal thing, so you cannot argue the letters didn't arrive or you didn't live there at that moment, because that's no escuse. You should have told them: "I am on Bali the next 12 months!" or something like that...
"Not knowing the law is no excuse!" or in simpler word "Stupidity is no excuse!" ^^
Welcome to my Hometown
hi faeriemog, can someone reply to me something? faerimog, you please answer me something? I just want to ask one thing... After the airport, do you have to walk a lot? until getting to a hotel, or just the center of the city?
I am so excited for you and I don't even know you!!!
By the way, which sites/apps do you use for the apartment hunting? I use immoscout24 and immowelt to keep up with the current prices.
Thank you! I mostly used immowelt, but my friend also recommended eBay Kleinanzeigen, especially for private renters or sublets.
it appears you are very close to where i was born in germany. I recognized Franken instantly. so not only will you get good baked goods and beer, but also really good vegetables, including white asparagus.
💛💛💛
I mean you are in Franken i guess? Is that the University of Erlangen? :D Iam from North Germany and actually go to University in Bayreuth, close to Nuremberg. I had problems understanding every word when they hit me with a hard frankonian dialect :D PS: Apartment hunting can be really hard in Germany especially in University Towns. I rent out apartments in the north in Hannover and it is really like you get 20 different people in the first week you put the apartment out there if you even have to put it out there, because usually the person renting already has a good friend who would move in straight ahead. There is so many different stories or reasons why you pick someone above someone else. Last time I gave an apartment to a lady in her early 60s who just got divorced from her husband and she wanted to come back to her birthtown and the apartment was basically two streets away from where she was born and grew up in. So that was basically the reason she got it. The one before was a master carpenter who was in his late 20s and goes to University in hannover now to become a teacher for his profession. That was a practical descision. I buy him a new kitchen he has to build it into the apartment and the same with the floor in the living room (obviously not for free). And this year I took in 2 urkainian families and he could also help with the apartments. Its great to have a gifted carpenter near by. Also both people were really cool and the chemistry was there. It can be littly things sometimes. Since Iam studying in Bayeuth I also experience the other side of needing an apartment, but I have been really lucky with being able to get into an apartment of a buddy of my ex gf. He rented and left the city and I could move in. :D Its really about being lucky. And I can Imagine its even hadrer looking for an apartment with the foreign background, two people and a dog and this and that and no bank account.
I’m glad it’s not just me struggling with the dialect here lol!
And I can imagine it must be hard for the owners to choose people too. I love that you gave the apartment to the lady who grew up nearby, I bet that’s really special for her. And of course I hope people are giving preference to people in the most need too! We went to one showing where the other people applying were a Ukrainian family, so we didn’t apply, hoping that gave the family a bigger chance of getting it. It’s a much more personal process here, which I think is really nice, even if it does have its downsides.
I’m glad you were able to find a place! I visited Bayreuth a few years ago, the Eremitage was beautiful.
Wellcome to Germany. Don't be scared to speek german. It will be an real opener for you... to germans. They will help and preciate this. It will going well for you... as positive as you are. And how is it now in Germany after 6 month?
wow. Glad i found YOU. charming you are and your cute videos! Enjoy the time you have on this earth!
Greetings from *Stuttgart,* which consists of 2 _shorten_ words > Stutten + Garten ;)
cYa in the next video
Thats the wrong sausage in Nürnberg :D. Nürnberg has fantastic bratwursts. "Nürnberger Bratwurst" or "Nürnberger Rostbratwurst"
The genuine one is “3 im Weggla” 😊
It literally looks like towns from fairytales
nO sTuDenTS. Excuse me I am 30
They said “if a German person will co-sign for you it’s ok”, like ok well are you offering cuz I’ve been here 3 days, idk who you think I know 😂
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No bank account and no SIM card without being officially registered has a simple reason: It prevents money laundering and illegal activities doing with your cellphone. The “no students” attitude by landlords: They fear endless party with damages in their apartment plus unsteady payments of the rent.
That makes sense!
No students and yes, they are allowed to do that. It is their property. They can rent it out to anyone or nobody, but, racism is not allowed here.
Students are generally thought of being loud at unholy times, partying, leaving the apartment not quite in Bristol Fashion. ^^
So...ofc some landlords have their snutts full of that shite and ask not for students. ^^
USA: Restaurant, the customer is king. Any shop, the customer is king.
Right?!
Germany: the customer is king, the host is emperor. Any shop, the customer is king, the host is emperor.
By law!
So, you will get your ass kicked and be thrown out of the premises yelling and screaming, while thinking "Now, I can sue them!", when in fact the host can sue you now and there is nothing you can do to win this.
That is why we have no Karen's and the ones we have are, what a conincidence, from the center of the North American continent. 😂🤣😅😆😁😉
WELCOME TO MY GERMANY 😃😃
Thank you!
Here is a tip for everyone searching for an apartment in Germany and having a hard time finding one. This will shorten your search to...in no time.
Local biggest newspaper, set up an ad for the saturday issue of said newspaper, where you explain what apartment you search for, what it needs to have, how much you are willing to pay and what's your job where. Annual earnings...do not include that!!! All this goes without any personal information in the ad. When someone wants to contact you, they do that by contacting the newspaper, asking who is behind ad/chiffre number soandso and get the info provided. Your phone number or email...or both?
Old Germans with money, houses...they do not use and/or like the internet.
They also do not advertise their properties.
They also do not want to be bombarded by 500 emails a day or have any fiddlings with a real estate person.
They want to sit at home on a saturday morning, read the newspaper while having breakfast and say...Hey Brunhilde, read this. They sound perfect for our apartment in place x. Let's call them.
These apartments are often cheaper and much better than the major market availability apartments, iyam.
That is really good advice, I would not have thought of it. Thank you!
@@thefaeriewilds You're welcome. 🙂 ...and good luck. 🍀