We are outspoken
People should be open to new experiences, make the best out of life, go explore new countries, learn new languages... But it is also important to be open towards other…
The best experience was to see Germany during the Football World Cup!
I am Marilya. I come from Belarus and study political science in Slovakia. I came to Germany as an exchange student. Originally I was supposed to study there for one…
Hey, why should you expect everybody to act the way you do?
My name is Carmen. I come from Lebanon. I’ve been living in Berlin since 4 years. I studied Mechanical Engineering in Beirut. I like theater and have been taking acting…
Living and learning
Back in 2004, freshly graduated, when the world hadn't yet talk about the financial crisis and in my home country it was still unthinkable that houses' prices could ever drop down,…
Elephant in Berlin
We photographers are watching the world from a different perspective, we have no ideological or cultural backgrounds, we have nothing to face or regret, we don’t say what is good…
A beautiful collision
I don't think there's another city in Germany that is as multikulti as Cologne. Here different cultures and religions are colliding – normally it works out just fine. However, we…
Absolutely no expectations
I'm a British girl who studied Japanese and English teaching at university, then went on to be a junior high school teacher in Japan for a few years after graduation.…
Hide it in a book
My first culture shock was on the train where people mind their own business: they don't talk to each other, even if they sit next to each other. Instead they…
Let food be thy medicine, thy medicine shall be thy food
Actually it was such a culture shock for me, often I felt like I was in the movie Alice in Wonderland. Melanie von Gersdorff Let food be thy medicine,…
We can be local and global at the same time
There is lots of room there to be both cosmopolitan and hold on to your traditions and values. They don’t have to be in conflict as long as your environment…
Taking the long road of integration
Learning German is already one heck of a trouble, but that is just one tiny step in these millions of miles ahead that you have to take to integrate in…
Dreaming to get back
I am from Iran. I came to Germany with my family because of the political problems. Of course, I am missing my home country, but, unfortunately, I cannot go back.…
To Russia with Love
I come from Turkey and have been here for 12 years. However, I worked for eight years in Moscow...you know as an electrician. Sometimes I still do it for a…
The worst German experience
What do you like the most about Germany? I like the nature. There's less traffic, there are less people. Clean air! It's very clean compared to Jakarta. Tell us a German experience?…
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