This week's Berlin Life newsletter has all of it — the politics, who's hiring, €1.2B in fresh German startup funding, and someone built a website where you can bet on how late your Deutsche Bahn train will be. 🚂
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This week in Germany:
→ CDU wants stricter citizenship rules
→ AfD demanding "fluid German" to qualify
→ Part-time employment just hit a record 39.9% of the workforce
→ 25% of German households have zero savings
The vibe is not great. But the job market? Still moving.
1 in 3 EU immigrants are thinking of leaving Germany. Only 31% of our community said they'd stay without hesitation if they could work anywhere.
Germany's workforce runs on foreign workers. Yet the political message being sent to those same people is getting louder: you're not quite welcome here.
A note I may have made during a meeting today 😭
People are so delightfully weird 😅
I have nice neighbors. I was struggling to replace a toilet seat and posted about it in our building’s WhatsApp group. One of them came to help and wouldn’t even let me pay him. A little bit heartened by community today. ❤️
✊ ♀️ In Berlin und Brandenburg waren hunderte Demos und Veranstaltung zum Internationalen Frauen*tag angekündigt. Die größte Kundgebung startete am Oranienplatz - etwa 30.000 Teilnehmer:innen wurden gezählt. Noch am Abend finden Demos in Berlin statt. rbburl.de/8maerz2026
Yeah! 😰
Good result but my god, the AfD is still pulling way too high.
💪🏼👏 🙌
For me, it’s Schlesisches Tor. 😅
Agree! But he was threatening them pretty hard
One more Berlin sunshine photo
Snapshot from Berlin
Indeed! I wonder what happens in the lives of people like Andrew to make them so fucking terrible and weird. Like why would you think it's a flex to go to Dubai? I hope they arrest him on arrival. Disappearing him to jail and putting him in gen pop also works.
Agree! Any reports from coming the plant over he years has indicated a very toxic work environment. They lead by fear and try to stifle any legit complaints. I know someone who was in the mix for a job there and withdrew from the recruiting process due to so many red flags.
lol. That also works.
Elon threatened employees and said the union would destroy the plant’s future. I think the fear mongering worked.
Crazy high price to pay! Wow.
Oh nice! Not bad at all.
Oh nice! That's a great service to have. I'm going to be 4-6 weeks without my passport and permanent residency sticker. Just hoping I am not going to need my ID for some reason.
That's not bad!
Damn! I asked this same question on Threads and learned it's the most expensive passport in the world. It's for 5 years or 10?
I hope Tate meets a drone up close and personal
Tesla Berlin failed to vote in a union :(
www.autonews.com/tesla/ane-te...
In the process of renewing my Canadian passport. I just shelled out $260 Cdn (about €165) for a new 10 year passport. 😭
How much do you pay for passports for your country?
Me too! 😅😅😅
This pic of my two cats from 2 years ago came up in my Facebook memories. It’s comical how they are looking at me. 🥰😅
This week in Germany:
→ Saxony named one of the most welcoming regions on earth (yes, really)
→ Cemetery cafes are taking over Berlin
→ Saying "yes" on the phone can lock you into a legal contract
→ BMW is putting humanoid robots on its production floor
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