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Living in a multicultural society can be amazing if one is open to it. Different traditions, customs, beliefs, understandings, taboos – so much to learn from and so many ways…
Living in a multicultural society can be amazing if one is open to it. Different traditions, customs, beliefs, understandings, taboos – so much to learn from and so many ways…
My name is Mare. I'm from Estonia and I moved abroad about four years ago. If I think back, I even didn't know then why I had to move –…
The other day it happened again... I was sitting in my Portuguese class when one of the classmates started – for some reason or other – talking about her Brazilian…
My name is Sveta and I originally come from Russia, where I actually reside now. I spent one year as au-pair in Berlin a few years ago. I was not happy…
A few weeks ago we published a post called “20 things you will love in Germany”. It was a compilation of popular interview answers from a diverse group of multicoolties, who…
America, where I was born, is an immigrant society. Everyone is an immigrant one or several generations back. I think, USA is the best example of the importance of immigration in…
My name is Inna and I am a Ukrainian student in Düsseldorf since about a year. I actually came to Germany two years ago on an au-pair program and then decided…
Thousands of people gathered yesterday in Mülheim, Cologne during Birlikte Festival (ed. - Turkish word for "Together") to protest against racism and to celebrate diversity and multiculturalism. Here, more than 11 years…
My name is David and I'm 29 years old, I was born in Sicily, but I am currently living in Mainz, Rheinland Pfalz, Germany. I had already planned to travel…
In the wake of Germany’s World Cup victory, much has been said about a renewed sense of German patriotism and its implications. While some have feared a connection to Germany’s…
Has multiculturalism failed in Germany? To a certain degree. Immigrants from European countries have no problems fitting in, in my opinion. There are, however, many people, often with muslim background, who…
My name is Tihana, I come from Serbia and I’m a linguist, a blogger and a writer. I’m also finishing my grad school in linguistics this summer. My favorite activities…
My name is Chad and I have been married to my wife Amanda since 2003. We both were born and grew up in the United States, me in North Carolina…
The lines on the page shackled her thoughts – 'the mirror tells her the best years of her life have been wasted'. Wasted was how she felt although it was Springtime…
My name is Jessica Sachson, an American from Charlotte, NC and just over a year ago I moved to Frankfurt, Germany. This was not my first experience living abroad in…