I have visited 4 German cities and now live in Munich. I found Munich very clean and very safe. Few or almost no homeless. Very friendly people and plenty of jobs in the IT area. It is the perfect city to grow a family. The climate is similar to the other German cities, but being close to the Alps it snows a lot in winter. There is also much more sunshine than in the northern cities. The public transportation is also very clean although sometimes there are delays. I think that if you are looking for tranquility Munich and Bavaria in general is the place to live despite the high cost of living, it is worth it.
Been living in Köln/Germany for 5 years, from what I have experienced: - Yes, people in Köln are more friendly compared to other cities in Germany. But keep in mind that it is still Germany. Don't expect a southern europe level friendliness. - Many people live in Köln and work in Düsseldorf, Bonn or unfortunately in Ruhr area (Duisburg, Essen, Bochum) aka Isengard. -Winters are depressing as Köln is not super full of events like Berlin. Summers are nice (except this one). Many people who work remote leave in winter and come back in summer, subletting room/wohnung 😅 -For university students, especially in summer, finding friends are relatively easy. But if you are coming to work only you might find it hard to create friendships. (Join a Verein) Hope this helps for future Kölner!
that is useful to know, thank you for sharing. I am past college age so it sounds like it may be difficult to make friends there. I like living in a city that has a lot going on.
@@shalalala4875 I would say that other than Berlin most German cities are similar in that aspect. I cannot stress enough the importance of going out in summer to play games, dance or whatever to meet people. And some sort of hobby/sports club for the whole year round. Otherwise you might get mentally checked out easily in german winter.
I think the rain is calculated by the amount of mm that rains on average each year, which can be misleading because in Dusseldorf or Hamburg the rain is more frequent but not as intense as in southern germany where it rains less days but on bigger amounts. Anyways great video! 🙌🏻
Nice idea ... one could also do a listicle with the most livable smaller/medium-sized cities such as Lübeck, Münster, Heidelberg, Augsburg, etc. Maybe an idea for a next video :-)
I couldn't agree more. We stayed in Düsseldorf for a few months and it was clean, but it was boring. We got lucky and found a flat in Köln and couldn't be happier.
Warning to all expats who want to move to munich: it is very very hard to find an apartment or a room in a shared apartment. And if you are very lucky and find one, you have to pay at least 1000€ per month for a tiny 1-room apartment or 800€ for a tiny WG-Zimmer. Most new people in munich manage to find something temporary only and have to move every few month to the next room/apartment.
Thanks for this video! Hamburg also has a brand new (well, 2017) concert hall. The absolutely weird wild crazy Elbphilharmonie hall. They took a red brick warehouse and put a glass "iceberg" on top of it, hollowed out the inside and created a seating-in-the-round concert hall where there are no bad seats. The acoustics are perfect although a little difficult for musicians because it's not as "live" and is rather reverb-free so you can hear little details of the music itself. I heard the Tchaikovsky Symphony 5 there last month. You can get tickets for concerts that are just one major work for cheap. If you have the Euros you can stay in the Elbphilharmonie itself since part of it is a hotel. I visited this summer and had to order a hamburger in Hamburg. It was really excellent, but it was an expensive restaurant. Haven't been to Frankfurt yet... And--not to criticize--if you had gone one city more, you would have gotten to Leipzig. It's home to 4 "orchestras of cultural significance" including the largest symphony orchestra in Germany, the Leipzig Gewandhaus orchestra with a roster of 185 full-time musicians. Many great works of German classical music were premiered and performed there. Every summer is the Bachfest, a 10 day, 160 performance celebration of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. If you are into classical music, especially German classical music, Leipzig is a city you must consider. Since it's part of the former East Germany, the cost of living is still relatively inexpensive. A lot of the transportation and infrastructure is new and it's very walkable. If I had to choose a place to live in Germany, this is where I'd be.
@@simplegermany Berlin is relaxed city with all kinds of people. Düsseldorf is the little but fine good for jobs in accounting and finance. Cologne is the NRW version of Berlin but more serious.
Being in the process of settling (or trying to) in Germany, I can't thank you enough for your content that indeed helps to do it more smoothly...(I just hope that one day it will be possible to do it completely smoothly ))))) Vielen Dank!!
You are real "Düsseldorfer". Concerning tourism in Cologne you have to acknowledge that the Cologne Cathedral is the most visited building in Germany (4,3M visitors in 2022). 😀
I was just about to move to Germany but unsure about which city to live in, because i'll be working remotely. I was also thinking about joining Smoothlers club. Thank you very much for this video 🙂
And which city is most appealing after watching the video? Don’t forget there are also tons of cool smaller cities in Germany 😊 you’ll be more than welcome in The Smoothler Club 🤩
@@simplegermany After started to watch you ladies, i started to consider Dusseldorf and now with this video, Cologne is one of my options now. After research i had to remove Hamburg because i can't handle bad weather that much. I'm not into small cities because i like crowd and variety. I'm going back and forth in between Cologne and Dusseldorf. To be a bit flex, i'll research small cities around these two probably. Once my moving is settled, i'll see you in the Club 😃
I have no plans to move but love to visit, and enjoyed this video. You're so right that personal taste and gut feeling make a place. My friend moved from Munich to Düsseldorf, stayed only one year, hated it and moved back to Munich. I visited her in both places and didnt get it at all, I would rather live in Düsseldorf for sure, more laid back.
You would have also added public transport comparison, it is one of the main deciding factor to move, e.g. Berlin has the best public transport in whole Germany. I don't know if you guys have already made such video
We have a general video on public transportation but not comparing cities. We would say every big city in Germany has a good public transportation system 😊
Only seen cologne they have a nice vibe beautyfull church ofc... The city itself is not that special the buildings are boring the library is outdated but around the shopping you have nice houses the field near university is nice to chill. I think they organise alot of events which make the city nicer and I liked the vibe ther. Next visit will be Dusseldorf and Bonn.
Yes I agree and am ready to move to any part of Germany once I get the job but initially to land in Germany without a job following are the parameters I am looking for: 1. Affordable accommodation 2. Easy to find a Part time job. 3. Expat friendly and English speaking environment.
@@simplegermany I have visited too, loved it also : D but I would assume the work situation is not as "peachy" as in the western bloc, but it should also lower the cost of living. Not that I am looking for a job in Germany yet : D Just browsing hah, thank you for all your vidoes and hard work you put into them!!
I have heard a lot about Berlin, Munich and many others cities and I am sure they have their attractions. But I have only lived in your city Duessldorf, in Holthausen. So for me that is the best city. It has been my home, in my third home country, that is Germany. I am a big city boy ( man ), having borne and brought up in Bombay ( Mumbai ), and now living in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. So for me it is the Rhein Ruhr Metro area, the biggest metro area in Germany. The next choice would be Koeln or Frankfurt ( for the airport ). But NRW is my home state. I like that name. Maharashtra, California and NRW are my home states in my three nations.
Hey great video! One correction though: I believe you misread the population in Munich. You read out Hamburg’s population for Munich (which is more like 1.4 not 1.9 million).
@@simplegermany I live in Regensburg and love it. We have a huge medieval old town, a lot of bars, pubs, restaurants... And you are about 1 and a half hour from Munich and an hour from Nürnberg. There was a city rating by ARD (or ZDF?) a couple years ago and we where the 13th best city to live in Germany.
Could you do a video about less tradicional big cities ? Nos wird remote working options, I would like to consider moving from Munich to less tourist or big cities and save money on rent thanks! I visited Erfuhrt and it seems small but active
I will be visiting Dusseldorf, Cologne, and Munich, among some other cities. This trip is to both experience Germany some more and to explore moving there. When researching costs for restaurants and breweries in Dusseldorf I found several that only accept cash. Is this the norm or is it ok to use a card? Did I only find tourist locations?
Stuttgart and Munich, in my own experience, are very "cold" and super expensive compared to where do I live now - Hamburg. However, the automobile industry is located there. North part of Germany aerospace, marine, and train industry's. Additionally, the culture and behaviour of native germans in the pointed cities are totally different. Even the bank holidays differ.
Okay but why you go to a country you are not wanted in ? There is a lot of countries that are more welcoming to black people ? I don’t really understand that
Great video! Except for Stuttgart, I have visited all the cities you mentioned. I live in Berlin, which can become a bit of a challenge, when you grow older ;-) As you asked about the queer scene in Frankfurt: There definitely is an LGBTQ scene, with many associations from choirs, sporting groups, to fetish meetings. But the scene in total is not that big, considering that is situated in the middle of the Rhine-Neckar area, with several bigger cities close to each other. On the other hand, I felt quite safe in Frankfurt as a queer person.
Haha the bad weather places sound like paradise to me. Tons of rain and overcast skies with snow being very rare? Perfection. Thank you for this comparison of those cities. Weather and LGBT+ openness are definitely things for me to factor in when I look at potential places to go to university.
Interesting Video but I disagree with your opinion about tourist attractions in Düsseldorf: There is the media harbour, the beautiful Promenade, Old Town (it's bars), the modern architecture around the city, the museums and the Japanese Quarter and Japanese Culture in general, lots of people are coming especially for that, maybe not many of them staying overnight. ✅
Visited all the cities in the ranking and can say: skip the rest go live in Hamburg or Munich. Unless you stay home and have no social life then pick the cheapest 😅
Great Video. I lived in Munich, Bonn/Cologne, Berlin & Hamburg. But by far the worst experience I had is in Hamburg. They have a nauseating level local-patriotism ("Hamburg meine Perle") and take themselves way way WAAAAAY too seriously. They really think they are as pretty as Venice or as cosmopolitan as London. I regret every minute I lived there. But I am also more warm and southern-european in mentality.
Its really nice that you are comparing how LGBTQ friendly the cities are, because it is definitely a reason for a lot of us foreigners to escape to an LGBTQ friendly country or specifically city. My experience has been great, Germany is overall very friendly, I live in Dresden, its an average sized city but very open and safe.
I was living in a little city at BW called Singen (until I got a divorce), and it was very charming, chill, with everything that you would need, city! Unfortunatelly there was no LGBT life there. ... I mean there was LGBT people, but no places. Unfortunatelly like all German, the rent prices were crazy. But it was very good to be a 2h30 train from Stuttgart, 1h from Zurich, 1h30 from Basel.
The biggest disappointment every time I visit Germany when it comes to cleanliness is the amount of graffiti tagging and cigarette butts everywhere. If I was King of Germany I would create a task force to stop this and create harsh fines and jail terms.
Most of chemical companies are in small cities, not big ones. So be ready to move. Probably you should start your search with Ludwigshafen and Manheim .
One of the biggest chemical companies in the world, Linde, is in Munich. The main Linde campus is about 20-30 mins south of the city centre, but we have plants all over the country and the rest of the world.
I'm an international student coming to Munich this September, I wanted to ask if you have information about Wasserwirtschaft job opportunities in the german job market
Looking for a city in Germany to get my PHD in Japanese Minor in film making 🎥 Start a rock/metal band And help my girlfriend’s little brother with his guitar building business(big fan of Thomann music in Germany) I’m looking to rent a house 🏠 with a yard for our dog breeding business(my girlfriend runs a dog breeding business) We also run a cat breeding business (we breed lambkin Selkirk Rex cats) Considering both Hamburg and Cologne Love that hamburger is rainy and cold because we currently live in the desert of Southern California where the summers are in the 100 degree f + Although I’m considering Dresden and Leipzig
You can find jobs all the time. You can check out our playlist on the topic here: czcams.com/play/PLnp3hGZLHcOWdFqddbduUQMC_y_CbP2QV.html&si=5akwKOz892f2GF_C
I love this video, thanks for the breakdown and encouragement to be open to more areas. I would love it if you two also made more videos that include LGBTQ experience in different areas. Germany has such a resilient queer history that has persevered against all odds, it makes me so touched and proud ❤ LGBTQ friendliness is a huge factor, as I have definitely been places in the USA where people regard me with disgust, make me feel unsafe, and yell at me for being visibly queer or holding hands with my girlfriend. Would you two be willing to make a video or share resources about finding fellow LGBTQ community in Germany, connecting with queer culture, or LGBTQ organizations/meet up groups you would recommend?
Hey! Thanks for your suggestion :) The more we learn about life in Germany, the more we realize that each city has their LGBTQ+ scene and clubs. You can easily do a web search for LGBTQ+ and the name of the city you're interested in and I'm sure you will find some cool things. We did a video on how we have felt as a queer couple in Düsseldorf (where we live). If you haven't watched it yet, you can do so here: czcams.com/video/dyqCUFq8mic/video.htmlsi=YhuS2Orzb_vqWSi3
I don't know if I missed it in the video, but it would be great to see a technical definition of the term 'young' when we speak of population, because I'm not sure if that means under 24 or something else
Your Americaness is going to vastly overpower your blackness in terms of how you are treated here. In which case, Germans will treat you like you are an alien.
Yes, because these are the most popular cities for internationals. We also did a video on smaller more underrated cities where our community members live: czcams.com/video/6txY4NUfgRQ/video.htmlsi=4fplriWzn3BsfFdJ
I live in Bremerhaven almost 5 years. It’s gray, rainy and cold most of the time. The weather impo is almost unpredictable. The sea is close, but rarely getting a chance to enjoy it, because of the weather.
@@afrz4454 Vancouver looks sunnier imo, at least what I see now in my weather app. In Bremerhaven most of the time of the year barely getting any sunlight.
Unfortunately, no numbers for rental costs, tourists visited or attractiveness for LGBTQ+. Munich could have rents 3 times as expensive or only 10% more expensive: it would still be the first. Of course, one can google, but then what is this video for?
For that we have other videos where we talk in more detail about rental prices - like this one czcams.com/video/as9fQB_bLTg/video.htmlsi=u8H4IbgiFJcjSsg2 or this one czcams.com/video/RGHinSifUEg/video.htmlsi=r1QC7D4RaepXEB9I
Generally yes; like much of western Europe, it's relatively safe in general, in my opinion.. .. and the large cities have good numbers of immigrants and people of color.
Don't come to Stuttgart unless you seek a job, family life, quiet boring life, or retirement :) And have German knowledge. As an international student, the city is like an expensive comfort zone that you hate and cannot escape until you graduate and seek new adventures. At least I have some friends (mostly other internationals) due to where I am. 🥲 However, I think if I had a job instead of studying here it would be okay to live actually. Oh also it has the shittest Auslanderbehörde and because of the Stuttgart 21 we still don't have a Hauptbahnhof and we walk to stations for around 6-7 minutes. Due to war most of the big buildings are newer than in other German cities and it makes me feel a bit comfortable interestingly. I like the order of transportation in this city but there are time-to-time constructions and delays, especially at s-bahns. In general, I have a bit of mixed feelings about Stuttgart.
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I have visited 4 German cities and now live in Munich. I found Munich very clean and very safe. Few or almost no homeless. Very friendly people and plenty of jobs in the IT area. It is the perfect city to grow a family. The climate is similar to the other German cities, but being close to the Alps it snows a lot in winter. There is also much more sunshine than in the northern cities. The public transportation is also very clean although sometimes there are delays. I think that if you are looking for tranquility Munich and Bavaria in general is the place to live despite the high cost of living, it is worth it.
Thanks for sharing your experience! ☺️
How about opportunities in buying an apartment with 2 bedrooms in a decent area? Is it something possible to do?
Been living in Köln/Germany for 5 years, from what I have experienced:
- Yes, people in Köln are more friendly compared to other cities in Germany. But keep in mind that it is still Germany. Don't expect a southern europe level friendliness.
- Many people live in Köln and work in Düsseldorf, Bonn or unfortunately in Ruhr area (Duisburg, Essen, Bochum) aka Isengard.
-Winters are depressing as Köln is not super full of events like Berlin. Summers are nice (except this one). Many people who work remote leave in winter and come back in summer, subletting room/wohnung 😅
-For university students, especially in summer, finding friends are relatively easy. But if you are coming to work only you might find it hard to create friendships. (Join a Verein)
Hope this helps for future Kölner!
Thanks for sharing! 😊
that is useful to know, thank you for sharing. I am past college age so it sounds like it may be difficult to make friends there. I like living in a city that has a lot going on.
@@shalalala4875 I would say that other than Berlin most German cities are similar in that aspect. I cannot stress enough the importance of going out in summer to play games, dance or whatever to meet people. And some sort of hobby/sports club for the whole year round. Otherwise you might get mentally checked out easily in german winter.
I know one thing: Köln has the most unfriendly taxi drivers in Germany. I was there for medical conferences and the taxi drivers are horrible.
I think the rain is calculated by the amount of mm that rains on average each year, which can be misleading because in Dusseldorf or Hamburg the rain is more frequent but not as intense as in southern germany where it rains less days but on bigger amounts. Anyways great video! 🙌🏻
Nice idea ... one could also do a listicle with the most livable smaller/medium-sized cities such as Lübeck, Münster, Heidelberg, Augsburg, etc. Maybe an idea for a next video :-)
We have a video touching on smaller cities: czcams.com/video/6txY4NUfgRQ/video.htmlsi=CCQyWjOLzvaKdCIm 😊
I just moved from Munich to Frankfurt and couldnt be happier. Finally back to a modern city.
Got into Goethe Uni this Winter Semester, Super excited to be in the city of Frankfurt 🤩
I live in Frankfurt and I love it 🤗
Koblenz is a very small city but very beautiful. I am living in Koblenz since 2018
I couldn't agree more. We stayed in Düsseldorf for a few months and it was clean, but it was boring. We got lucky and found a flat in Köln and couldn't be happier.
Warning to all expats who want to move to munich: it is very very hard to find an apartment or a room in a shared apartment. And if you are very lucky and find one, you have to pay at least 1000€ per month for a tiny 1-room apartment or 800€ for a tiny WG-Zimmer. Most new people in munich manage to find something temporary only and have to move every few month to the next room/apartment.
And what about Hannover?
Thanks for this video! Hamburg also has a brand new (well, 2017) concert hall. The absolutely weird wild crazy Elbphilharmonie hall. They took a red brick warehouse and put a glass "iceberg" on top of it, hollowed out the inside and created a seating-in-the-round concert hall where there are no bad seats. The acoustics are perfect although a little difficult for musicians because it's not as "live" and is rather reverb-free so you can hear little details of the music itself. I heard the Tchaikovsky Symphony 5 there last month. You can get tickets for concerts that are just one major work for cheap. If you have the Euros you can stay in the Elbphilharmonie itself since part of it is a hotel. I visited this summer and had to order a hamburger in Hamburg. It was really excellent, but it was an expensive restaurant. Haven't been to Frankfurt yet...
And--not to criticize--if you had gone one city more, you would have gotten to Leipzig. It's home to 4 "orchestras of cultural significance" including the largest symphony orchestra in Germany, the Leipzig Gewandhaus orchestra with a roster of 185 full-time musicians. Many great works of German classical music were premiered and performed there. Every summer is the Bachfest, a 10 day, 160 performance celebration of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. If you are into classical music, especially German classical music, Leipzig is a city you must consider. Since it's part of the former East Germany, the cost of living is still relatively inexpensive. A lot of the transportation and infrastructure is new and it's very walkable. If I had to choose a place to live in Germany, this is where I'd be.
Wow, super cool. Thanks for sharing ☺️
I was living in Berlin until November 2022. I live in Düsseldorf and I love Cologne.
Can you share more about how you perceive those 3 cities to give other viewers more insights? 😊
@@simplegermany Berlin is relaxed city with all kinds of people. Düsseldorf is the little but fine good for jobs in accounting and finance. Cologne is the NRW version of Berlin but more serious.
Being in the process of settling (or trying to) in Germany, I can't thank you enough for your content that indeed helps to do it more smoothly...(I just hope that one day it will be possible to do it completely smoothly ))))) Vielen Dank!!
You are real "Düsseldorfer". Concerning tourism in Cologne you have to acknowledge that the Cologne Cathedral is the most visited building in Germany (4,3M visitors in 2022). 😀
I was just about to move to Germany but unsure about which city to live in, because i'll be working remotely. I was also thinking about joining Smoothlers club. Thank you very much for this video 🙂
And which city is most appealing after watching the video? Don’t forget there are also tons of cool smaller cities in Germany 😊 you’ll be more than welcome in The Smoothler Club 🤩
@@simplegermany After started to watch you ladies, i started to consider Dusseldorf and now with this video, Cologne is one of my options now. After research i had to remove Hamburg because i can't handle bad weather that much. I'm not into small cities because i like crowd and variety. I'm going back and forth in between Cologne and Dusseldorf. To be a bit flex, i'll research small cities around these two probably. Once my moving is settled, i'll see you in the Club 😃
I'm from Rhine-Main-Area and would never change. Open minded and just modern. Love it...
I have no plans to move but love to visit, and enjoyed this video. You're so right that personal taste and gut feeling make a place. My friend moved from Munich to Düsseldorf, stayed only one year, hated it and moved back to Munich. I visited her in both places and didnt get it at all, I would rather live in Düsseldorf for sure, more laid back.
You would have also added public transport comparison, it is one of the main deciding factor to move, e.g. Berlin has the best public transport in whole Germany. I don't know if you guys have already made such video
We have a general video on public transportation but not comparing cities. We would say every big city in Germany has a good public transportation system 😊
Really helpful video! Adding an overall comparison chart can make it even more helpful!
Nice content. I only had Berlin on my experience, looking forward to see the vibe of other German cities.
Only seen cologne they have a nice vibe beautyfull church ofc... The city itself is not that special the buildings are boring the library is outdated but around the shopping you have nice houses the field near university is nice to chill. I think they organise alot of events which make the city nicer and I liked the vibe ther. Next visit will be Dusseldorf and Bonn.
You don't seem to be interested much in modern art - this is something that makes both Köln and Düsseldorf attractive to tourists.
Mag eure Videos😊finde euch sehr sympathisch ❤
Yes I agree and am ready to move to any part of Germany once I get the job but initially to land in Germany without a job following are the parameters I am looking for:
1. Affordable accommodation
2. Easy to find a Part time job.
3. Expat friendly and English speaking environment.
Great video. I was hoping that you would include Leipzig. Maybe in a future video? 😅
Also Hannover.
Also Bremen!
I now know why I came to the comments😅
Leipzig has been on my mind excessively...
Why would anyone recommend foreigners to live in saxonia, a place full of haters and supporters of right wing extremists?
The biggest shame is to miss out on cities in the east. There are so many lovely cities like Dresden, Leipzig and more
Why would anyone recommend foreigners to live in saxonia, a place full of haters and supporters of right wing extremists?
Very useful on point realistic video
Great video!! Thank you so much for this!
I enjoyed this video. This helps give travelers ideas for some cities to visit.😊❤
Can you tell us anything about Dresden when it comes to work and living? It seems super chill at the first glance..
It's a gorgeous city! We have never lived and worked there - only visited.
@@simplegermany I have visited too, loved it also : D but I would assume the work situation is not as "peachy" as in the western bloc, but it should also lower the cost of living. Not that I am looking for a job in Germany yet : D Just browsing hah, thank you for all your vidoes and hard work you put into them!!
Why would anyone recommend foreigners to live in saxonia, a place full of haters and supporters of right wing extremists?
Love from Köln ❤
Stuttgart or Munich, definitely
Hamburg any day. It's just so super cool.
I am definitely loving Wuppertal! hahahaha
I have heard a lot about Berlin, Munich and many others cities and I am sure they have their attractions. But I have only lived in your city Duessldorf, in Holthausen. So for me that is the best city. It has been my home, in my third home country, that is Germany. I am a big city boy ( man ), having borne and brought up in Bombay ( Mumbai ), and now living in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. So for me it is the Rhein Ruhr Metro area, the biggest metro area in Germany. The next choice would be Koeln or Frankfurt ( for the airport ). But NRW is my home state. I like that name. Maharashtra, California and NRW are my home states in my three nations.
Thanks for sharing 😊
Always a pleasure. If I come there again, can we meet ?
I lived in Düsseldorf a couple years and never understood how it's called a fashion capital!
Not because of fashion on the street but mainly because lots of fashion companies are based here and have their showrooms and such.
Braunschweig is a city which should be really known.. very Clean ❤ not so big but really clean
I have visited Bonn ,Cologne and Düsseldorf. Yes i agree , Düsseldorf may be more pleasing to the eyes ...oh but Cologne ❤what a feeling 🥰🥰🥰
Hey great video! One correction though: I believe you misread the population in Munich. You read out Hamburg’s population for Munich (which is more like 1.4 not 1.9 million).
Oh really? Ups 🙈
All good 😊
Nice benchmark!
Drizzledorf 😂 I'd love to see your take on aesthetically pleasing, beautiful cities. Lübeck, Monschau, Regensburg, places like this...
Oh we love Lübeck and Monschau! We haven't been to Regensburg.
@@simplegermany I live in Regensburg and love it. We have a huge medieval old town, a lot of bars, pubs, restaurants... And you are about 1 and a half hour from Munich and an hour from Nürnberg. There was a city rating by ARD (or ZDF?) a couple years ago and we where the 13th best city to live in Germany.
Could you do a video about less tradicional big cities ? Nos wird remote working options, I would like to consider moving from Munich to less tourist or big cities and save money on rent thanks! I visited Erfuhrt and it seems small but active
We talk about smaller cities in this video: czcams.com/video/6txY4NUfgRQ/video.html 😊
Thank you for the great video!!!🎉😊😊😊😊
My dream city is Frankfurt, as I love the skyline.
I was expecting Hannover too 🥹
I will be visiting Dusseldorf, Cologne, and Munich, among some other cities. This trip is to both experience Germany some more and to explore moving there. When researching costs for restaurants and breweries in Dusseldorf I found several that only accept cash. Is this the norm or is it ok to use a card? Did I only find tourist locations?
No it is quite common that some restaurants in Germany only accept cash. The city where you will experience this most is Berlin 😉
Thanks
In anything you do, avoid former DDR states (East Germany) if you are black. Anything else comes second.
Care to share your experience?
Stuttgart and Munich, in my own experience, are very "cold" and super expensive compared to where do I live now - Hamburg. However, the automobile industry is located there. North part of Germany aerospace, marine, and train industry's. Additionally, the culture and behaviour of native germans in the pointed cities are totally different. Even the bank holidays differ.
I agree, only Berlin is an exception. I would extend this warning to all non-white people and LGBTQ+
Okay but why you go to a country you are not wanted in ? There is a lot of countries that are more welcoming to black people ? I don’t really understand that
Unfortunately, that appears to be awfully true.
Cleanliness is actually pronounced clenliness (no ee sound).
Great video! Except for Stuttgart, I have visited all the cities you mentioned. I live in Berlin, which can become a bit of a challenge, when you grow older ;-)
As you asked about the queer scene in Frankfurt: There definitely is an LGBTQ scene, with many associations from choirs, sporting groups, to fetish meetings. But the scene in total is not that big, considering that is situated in the middle of the Rhine-Neckar area, with several bigger cities close to each other.
On the other hand, I felt quite safe in Frankfurt as a queer person.
Thanks for sharing your experience!
Haha the bad weather places sound like paradise to me. Tons of rain and overcast skies with snow being very rare? Perfection. Thank you for this comparison of those cities. Weather and LGBT+ openness are definitely things for me to factor in when I look at potential places to go to university.
Interesting Video but I disagree with your opinion about tourist attractions in Düsseldorf: There is the media harbour, the beautiful Promenade, Old Town (it's bars), the modern architecture around the city, the museums and the Japanese Quarter and Japanese Culture in general, lots of people are coming especially for that, maybe not many of them staying overnight. ✅
🇵🇹👍Berlin, wunderbar 🇩🇪
Visited all the cities in the ranking and can say: skip the rest go live in Hamburg or Munich. Unless you stay home and have no social life then pick the cheapest 😅
Freiburg ?
Great Video.
I lived in Munich, Bonn/Cologne, Berlin & Hamburg.
But by far the worst experience I had is in Hamburg. They have a nauseating level local-patriotism ("Hamburg meine Perle") and take themselves way way WAAAAAY too seriously. They really think they are as pretty as Venice or as cosmopolitan as London.
I regret every minute I lived there.
But I am also more warm and southern-european in mentality.
I'd choose *Freiburg im Breisgau*
Its really nice that you are comparing how LGBTQ friendly the cities are, because it is definitely a reason for a lot of us foreigners to escape to an LGBTQ friendly country or specifically city. My experience has been great, Germany is overall very friendly, I live in Dresden, its an average sized city but very open and safe.
Thanks for sharing your experience 😊
I was living in a little city at BW called Singen (until I got a divorce), and it was very charming, chill, with everything that you would need, city! Unfortunatelly there was no LGBT life there. ... I mean there was LGBT people, but no places. Unfortunatelly like all German, the rent prices were crazy. But it was very good to be a 2h30 train from Stuttgart, 1h from Zurich, 1h30 from Basel.
The biggest disappointment every time I visit Germany when it comes to cleanliness is the amount of graffiti tagging and cigarette butts everywhere. If I was King of Germany I would create a task force to stop this and create harsh fines and jail terms.
Danke Schön. 😊
where are you guys living at ?
Does anyone have a suggestion for a chemical engineer? Which cities are the best in terms of job oportunities for a chemical engineer?
Most of chemical companies are in small cities, not big ones. So be ready to move. Probably you should start your search with Ludwigshafen and Manheim .
@@kirle5455 Danke schön
One of the biggest chemical companies in the world, Linde, is in Munich. The main Linde campus is about 20-30 mins south of the city centre, but we have plants all over the country and the rest of the world.
@@brendanfarthing Than you 😊👍
I'm an international student coming to Munich this September, I wanted to ask if you have information about Wasserwirtschaft job opportunities in the german job market
Looking for a city in Germany to get my PHD in Japanese
Minor in film making 🎥
Start a rock/metal band
And help my girlfriend’s little brother with his guitar building business(big fan of Thomann music in Germany)
I’m looking to rent a house 🏠 with a yard for our dog breeding business(my girlfriend runs a dog breeding business)
We also run a cat breeding business (we breed lambkin Selkirk Rex cats)
Considering both Hamburg and Cologne
Love that hamburger is rainy and cold because we currently live in the desert of Southern California where the summers are in the 100 degree f +
Although I’m considering Dresden and Leipzig
I'm watching from Dubai UAE ❤❤❤
OMG............. The way you guys looked at each other @ 16:14,16:15 and 16:16🥰🥰🥰🥰
Hello madam.
I'm from India, coming to Germany to seek job.
I want to know what is ideal time for job openings and opportunity to get a job.
You can find jobs all the time. You can check out our playlist on the topic here: czcams.com/play/PLnp3hGZLHcOWdFqddbduUQMC_y_CbP2QV.html&si=5akwKOz892f2GF_C
Keine Stadt aus Ostdeutschland? Zumindest Leipzig hätte es ins Video schaffen sollen
We follow the data and Leipzig is not among the popular cities for internationals according to our survey.
Why would anyone recommend foreigners to live in saxonia, a place full of haters and supporters of right wing extremists?
I love this video, thanks for the breakdown and encouragement to be open to more areas. I would love it if you two also made more videos that include LGBTQ experience in different areas. Germany has such a resilient queer history that has persevered against all odds, it makes me so touched and proud ❤ LGBTQ friendliness is a huge factor, as I have definitely been places in the USA where people regard me with disgust, make me feel unsafe, and yell at me for being visibly queer or holding hands with my girlfriend. Would you two be willing to make a video or share resources about finding fellow LGBTQ community in Germany, connecting with queer culture, or LGBTQ organizations/meet up groups you would recommend?
Hey! Thanks for your suggestion :) The more we learn about life in Germany, the more we realize that each city has their LGBTQ+ scene and clubs. You can easily do a web search for LGBTQ+ and the name of the city you're interested in and I'm sure you will find some cool things. We did a video on how we have felt as a queer couple in Düsseldorf (where we live). If you haven't watched it yet, you can do so here: czcams.com/video/dyqCUFq8mic/video.htmlsi=YhuS2Orzb_vqWSi3
I don't know if I missed it in the video, but it would be great to see a technical definition of the term 'young' when we speak of population, because I'm not sure if that means under 24 or something else
Yeah, we mention in the video that 'young' refers to humans between 20 - 40 years old :)
@@simplegermany I'm sorry I missed that and thanks for clarifying 😄
Love from Stuttgart ❤️
Please make a video about wish city black Americans or people of color are welcome.
Your Americaness is going to vastly overpower your blackness in terms of how you are treated here. In which case, Germans will treat you like you are an alien.
My guess would be to go with their LGBTQ+ scale here. Different groups, similar experiences.
@@FabiWe91
Thank
Which city has the least racial discrimination?
You only picked big German cities. For me none of these cities are interesting to live in. I like smaller towns like Erfurt for example.
Yes, because these are the most popular cities for internationals. We also did a video on smaller more underrated cities where our community members live: czcams.com/video/6txY4NUfgRQ/video.htmlsi=4fplriWzn3BsfFdJ
Berlin is dirty because of tourists 😂
Is Bremerhaven that bad for it not to be mentioned? hehe
My husband wants us to move there from Vancouver Canada
I live in Bremerhaven almost 5 years. It’s gray, rainy and cold most of the time. The weather impo is almost unpredictable. The sea is close, but rarely getting a chance to enjoy it, because of the weather.
@@murados2972 so the weather already sounds way sunnier and brighter than Vancouver
Here we only have two seasons: Rain & July
It’s quiet and very peaceful. The air quality is great.
@@murados2972 I went there to visit, I really liked that. I also like that there are not a lot of people so you can get to enjoy the parks.
@@afrz4454 Vancouver looks sunnier imo, at least what I see now in my weather app. In Bremerhaven most of the time of the year barely getting any sunlight.
I wonder if the open-mindness towards us LGBTQ+ follows a similar trend with an antiracist bias in these cities
Unfortunately, no numbers for rental costs, tourists visited or attractiveness for LGBTQ+. Munich could have rents 3 times as expensive or only 10% more expensive: it would still be the first. Of course, one can google, but then what is this video for?
For that we have other videos where we talk in more detail about rental prices - like this one czcams.com/video/as9fQB_bLTg/video.htmlsi=u8H4IbgiFJcjSsg2 or this one czcams.com/video/RGHinSifUEg/video.htmlsi=r1QC7D4RaepXEB9I
@@simplegermany Thank you!
Is it safe to visit Germany if you're not white?
Generally yes; like much of western Europe, it's relatively safe in general, in my opinion..
.. and the large cities have good numbers of immigrants and people of color.
Don't come to Stuttgart unless you seek a job, family life, quiet boring life, or retirement :) And have German knowledge. As an international student, the city is like an expensive comfort zone that you hate and cannot escape until you graduate and seek new adventures. At least I have some friends (mostly other internationals) due to where I am. 🥲 However, I think if I had a job instead of studying here it would be okay to live actually.
Oh also it has the shittest Auslanderbehörde and because of the Stuttgart 21 we still don't have a Hauptbahnhof and we walk to stations for around 6-7 minutes. Due to war most of the big buildings are newer than in other German cities and it makes me feel a bit comfortable interestingly. I like the order of transportation in this city but there are time-to-time constructions and delays, especially at s-bahns.
In general, I have a bit of mixed feelings about Stuttgart.
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Is Yvonne from Cologne? 🫦 16:12
from Bonn 😉