Hello! I am currently living in Stockholm, and I have received a job offer in Nuremberg. I am almost decided to move again, but I would like to hear opinions about the city from other people. My main interest is mountain biking, and it is very nice in Sweden, but I think that around Nuremberg is pretty good as well, so if anyone has any tips about it I appreciate it as well!
Nuremberg ist quite a nice location and offers nice scenery, beautiful nature and also some international flair due to its university.
However, it is located in Bavaria and that is, at least for me, a total show-stopper. Federal politics and politicians are pretty right-oriented and conservative. The local party, the CSU, is corrupt, incompetent while staying cocky and so are many people in Bavaria. Germany (i.e. the taxpayers) just got handed a 220 million Euro debacle because the former Minister of Transport, Andreas Scheuer, wanted to enact an illegal law and signed contracts beforehand - despite severe warnings. This is not a solitary incident, it’s the party’s modus operandi. Despite all the failures in the past, the party gets the vast majority of votes in every elections - which speaks volumes about the local population.
It might not be tangible if you stay for a short time and spent most of your time at work. But if you stay longer and are exposed to politics and peoples’ general attitude, it might be different
Nürnberg is franconian and does not share the same culture as bavaria. It’s like saying cologne is culturally Ruhrpott.
Nürnberg is generally goverened by SPD (although not in this legislature). Since 1945 it was only goverened by CSU for like 8 years. Kinda same as for every larger bavarian city, tbh.
you are mixing up federal politics with state politics and city politics. Scheuers fuck up does not affect Nürnberg politics.
That’s more comparable to the situation of Munich in Bavaria. However, Franconia is culturally rather different from Bavaria, despite having been “incorporated” for some time before the German unification (i.e. after Napoleon).
I don’t think the local population is responsible for Scheuer or the CSU :') I also don’t make Aachen (my other home) responsible for hosting Armin Laschet.
There are a lot of forests around town, so you will feel right at home. It’s a moderately busy city, depending where you are going to eventually live. People are a bit reserved here, but once ypu get to know them, ver, welcoming. House prices and rent are hell, but I am afraid that always is the case in biggish cities nowadays.
Hi there! I’m born and raised in Nuremberg and I can guarantee you will find lots of beautiful spots for mountain biking. If you are an outdoorsy type, then you will find that you have a playground around you! People tend to be introverted maybe (at least that’s what I hear so often that I should start to believe it myself 😂) but I do like that we are more easy going and do not get overly excited about stuff. Something I tend to think is the same with Swedish people?
I am coming then! After googling a little bit, my idea is to move to the north east of the city center. Work will be in the opposite side but my biking commute is my workout+disconnect time so I enjoy it. Is it a good place to move with my family, or should I look into other neighborhoods?
Perfect. The north east is a very nice place to be, with family especially. The city does work on bike lanes and making the commute with bikes easier, but we are nowhere near where Kopenhagen or cities like that are. What is nice, is that you really do not have to be dependent on your car within the city. The city is well connected via buses and the Metro…Let me know if there is anything else you would like to know!
along the Pegnitz/Wöhrder See you’ll find a lovely bike path to cross Nurenberg from east to west. Some of the other roads can be a bit hit and miss in regards to cycling, but in general you will be able to find a nice route with a bit of searching.
A propos family friendly neighbourhood: I haven’t heard anything bad about the northeast (and nothing of concern about the rest of the city). Rent did rise significantly in the last decade, though.
closest MTB Area I know of would be the “Winterleite” near Kalchreuth.
That’s probably what I am used to, Swedes are very nice people but it takes years for them to open up, and so far I have mostly managed to become real friends with those who have been exposed to the expat community. In any case, I assume learning German is going to be an important step to socialize fully.
Note that they’re introverted compared to a Rheinländer. They’re still way more open and outgoing than e.g. Northerners. It’s just that Rheinländer are the most extroverted Germans.
[…] I assume learning German is going to be an important step to socialize fully.
yeah Nürnberg doesn’t have an established university and shares the major one from Erlangen, because of this you will find probably more English speaking people in Erlangen. But subcultures don’t align general rules.
I live in Nuremberg since 2011 and I really like the quality of living here. It might not be the biggest or fanciest German city but it has everything I need: a diverse cultural landscape with theatres, concerts and cinemas, lots of shops, you are never far from the countryside e.g. to go on a hike and from what I hear from my friends the Reichswald is really good for mountain biking. Infrastructural integration within Germany is also good, no matter if you ride a car or take the train. And it has an airport that is neither too small or to big if you want to travel around Europe.
Thanks for the answer! I have checked the airport as you say and there are direct flights to my original country, and it’s nice that it is so close to the city!
Yeah, that’s quite handy - I have to travel quite a bit for work, and it’s less than 10 minutes by subway to reach both the central station and the airport from my place.
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