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My name is Andrea Masini: it sounds very Italian and, indeed, I am Italian! Since September 2012 I have been living in Belgium, where I'm working as a researcher at…
My name is Andrea Masini: it sounds very Italian and, indeed, I am Italian! Since September 2012 I have been living in Belgium, where I'm working as a researcher at…
The general rule for all aspects of German society – Ordnung muss sein – shouldn't be taken so seriously. Sometimes less discipline and more creativity ought to be considered. Just picture the life…
„I have never received as many letters in my life as now that I live in Germany“ – I have heard this so many times! I have heard that from…
How do the Germans see their multicultural society, especially in the light of current influx of migrants? I had an opportunity to sit down with my two good German friends…
My name is Soheon Kim, I am 24 year old and I am from South Korea. I finished my Bachelor’s degree in one of the best universities there, with a major…
Espresso: Germans do not accept that you have to pay so much in order to drink so little Hi Eve, My name is Giovanni. I currently live in Dusseldorf where…
Hi, I'm Vanessa, the Abel part of Leather and Abel. Jason and I moved over to Berlin from London just over a year ago and are loving our new life…
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,…
My name's Sophia Katharina Burton. I'm 28 years old and a dual American-German citizen originally from Washington, DC. The moment I decided to move to Berlin I was on the…
My name is Christina and I'm an American. I’ve been blogging at LivingtheAmericanDreaminEurope for about two years, minus some time off to have a son and begin to get to…
I don't think that people from different nationalities are so different. There are good and bad people here like anywhere else. Sometimes it is generalised or emphasised too much, but…
I’m a 35-year-old Brit from London with qualifications in literature and psychology and a rather varied working background in music, television, neuroscience and all manner of things in between. My…
Any stereotype can be dismantled simply through getting to know the people as individuals. And they will tell you how typical Russian, Italian or German they are, but if we are…
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…
My name is Swantje and I am from Cologne. When I was a child I wanted to become a stewardess just because I was eager to travel everywhere and see…
My name is Clare and I am English. We are new to the city, though my husband and I visited several times before we moved here. I'm very happy here,…