germany

By now you should know the drill: Most will have an extra day off. Regular shops will be closed, but gas stations, restaurants and so on should be open. Expect more people travelling around and on the long weekend. Cars, trains and of course if the weather is fine people will be outside doing fun stuff (or at least something...

Ich besuche meine Familie nächste Woche, und ich will kleine Geschenke mitbringen....

Tomorrow is Labour Day and next week on Thursday is Ascension Day. Most shops will be closed. But restaurants, petrol stations and shops that offer ‘Reisebedarf’/travel necessities will be open....

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My buddy and I were discussing the allowed blood alcohol content for driving (purely hypothetically) and how it varies across countries and then we stumbled upon the question in the title. Would be curious to hear if you guys know any good examples.

Native german speaker here. I have been wondering how difficult it is to learn and understand compound words in German. Also, do you yourself make up your own when needed?

Is there a special place you are supposed to take it? Or just put it near a dumpster?

Just wondering if I can drive without my license on me?

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Hallo aus England....

Hello, I’ve been trying for a while to find peanut butter in larger quantities (> 500g). Doesn’t seem to be too common sadly. Any advice on this? I’m in Würzburg btw.

I have graduated from a university in Germany and found a great job that matches my degree. With this work contract, I have applied for a residence permit for employment. My documents were accepted and I have received a Fiktionsbescheinigung (my student residence permit is no longer valid)....

I’m planning a week-long stay in Hamburg next year. I want to come with my dog. I know the rules with pet passport, rabies vaccination etc, but I also found something about a Hamburg Dog Registry and couldn’t really tell the registration and insurance rules also apply to tourists traveling with dogs?

Sausages are a staple of German street food, and yet most places serve sausages in a round “semmel” bun. But the sausages are long (duh) so they just beg for a longer bun. Why do you think hot-dog-style buns aren’t more popular?

Went to Edeka today (Bavaria), saw a few signs saying that some items are not available due to strikes. Anyone has some context?

I got hit with it just now and I was wondering what’s going on. Here’s the FAQ page: bahn.de/…/6-warum-kann-ich-sparpreis-tickets-nich…...

So I’ve just got here and read on how waste should be collected separately. What is unclear for me, and can’t find any relevant info on, is what bags to use for colecting the waste....

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Never before in my life have I encountered revolving doors so often as in Germany, and every time I have to use one, I wonder what’s exactly the point....

In the more active version of this community, there’s a long back and forth of posts between people who need to demonstrate to others that moving to Germany was the best thing they did in their life and anyone who doesn’t feel the same is doing something wrong, and of course also the inverse - that moving to Germany was the...

I may sound like overgeneralising but this question has been in my head for so long....

Like it says, I took the Einbürgerungstest this past weekend. The questions are a mix of things that feel pretty obvious (which war lasted from 1939-1945) and things that require memorization (Which chancellor was responsible for the Ostverträge?). In a lot of ways, it feels like another language exam: if you understand German...

In support forums people naturally only share negative experiences because making a post to say “things worked out more or less as I expected them” is weird....