I have recently (few minutes back) posted about the same question but as the post was used with the help of AI for sugar coating the words, I'm posting again with my own words and invested time.

Back to some important reminders again,

* 41.8°C recorded temperature - Möckern-Drewitz, Saxony-Anhalt, on 27 June.
* Only 171 liters of precipitation per square meter
* 29.4°C overnight minimum
* Around 16,000 estimated heat-related deaths in Germany through calendar week 36 of 2026

Sources:

• https://www.wetterdienst.de/Deutschlandwetter/Thema_des_Tages/6684/deutschlandwetter-im-sommer-2026
• https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/dwd-sommer-bilanz-100.html
• https://www.rki.de/DE/Themen/Gesundheit-und-Gesellschaft/Gesundheitliche-Einflussfaktoren-A-Z/H/Hitze/Bericht_Hitzemortalitaet.html

I'll try to remind myself and people who care about nature, co-existing lives with US that we should take some steps towards this to make at least next generation not suffer. It's easy to say that global Temperature is been changing since decades and will be continue to do so but it is not normally growing.

I always try to avoid using Car (to be honest doesn't own one even though I can) and prefer to use public transport even when it's painful sometimes or use my bike to commute to office and I'm sure many of us do that. Hope this thinking at least follow by rich people for whom this state of urgency never exists and probably never will.

Of course this is an Irony that, I myself are using Reddit to post this and being a part of something I don't want to.

I hope we do our best to not let future generation, our seniors and other animals to go through this insanity every year.

The two words are “Guten Tag”. My g comes out closer to “Chuten Tach”, and before I can say anything else someone goes “Ah, Holländer?” with a big grin.

My German is still basic, so I’m used to people switching to English to be polite. The Dutch accent gets a warmer reaction than that. My barber told me I sound like Rudi Carrell, who I had to Google. Even the woman at my bakery, who I hadn’t seen smile once in a year, called it “niedlich”.

None of my apps warned me about the "g" Duolingo and Babbel pass my “Guten Tag” without complaint, and the pronunciation feedback in Praktika hasn’t flagged it either.

Is there something about a Dutch accent in German that makes people smile, or does every accent get its own reaction here?

I posted here last week about a Lieferando refund dispute where a local restaurant owner called my private number to threaten me and showed up banging on my door.

https://www.reddit.com/r/germany/s/QA8SGzqtce

Things had gone completely quiet for nearly a week, so I genuinely assumed the issue was over and that he had moved on. Today around 5:50 PM, someone managed to get through the main building entrance again, came straight up to my apartment door, and started aggressively pounding on it. 

I stayed inside with the deadbolt locked and recorded the hallway from my phone. On the video, you can clearly hear a man shouting aggressive verbal abuse, swearing at me repeatedly, and aggressively demanding that I open the door while violently hammering on the wood. The voice, language, and context match the restaurant staff and the owner who originally threatened me over the phone. I called 110 immediately while he was outside making noise. 

Two officers arrived about 5 minutes later, but the guy had already left the place. When I spoke with them, they told me that because the person had already left and I couldn't provide more details about the person, they couldn't go over to the restaurant or do anything. They told me it is not considered a crime, and told me not to open the door but in next time I should look out the window to take a picture of him or number plate of vehicle. They said they hoped nobody comes back and left.

They are nice but I felt embarrassed because they now think I am afraid.

Should I confront that guy if he comes again? I don’t know what to do.

I feel completely stuck. I live most of the time alone, it is dark outside by 6 PM, and leaning out of an exterior window to photograph an aggressive, shouting man feels totally unrealistic and dangerous. I have clear video documenting the loud banging the 110 dispatch was logged under my name and address.

I really need practical advice.

Please read this below:

Please comment only if you have an advice. Some of the comments below are really rude. This happened in previous post as well. I was tolerating just because some other people were trying to help. You guys don’t even understand how I feel. Since I don’t have friends here, I chose Reddit to ask for an opinion, I am not here to take your hatred. Go show your frustration or hatred somewhere else.

About a month and a half ago, I ordered three items from Levi’s worth around €250, but the package never arrived.
I contacted DHL, and they informed me that the package had been successfully delivered. I live in an apartment building with around 30 families, so I asked some of my neighbours whether anyone had received my package by mistake, but nobody had it.
After investigating the case for about a month, Levi’s informed me that they would neither issue a refund nor send a replacement. In their latest email, they wrote:
*“The carrier has confirmed that the parcel has been delivered to the address indicated on the order.
Please be advised that, based on our investigation, we have reasons to believe that your request is fraudulent. Therefore, we cannot proceed with reimbursement and reserve our rights; we have also informed the competent authorities.”*
I honestly cannot believe this kind of behaviour. Not only are they refusing to refund me or send a replacement for €250 worth of items that I never received, but they are also directly suggesting that I am committing fraud.
I have been left with no package, no refund, and no replacement. I find it unacceptable that a company can treat a customer this way simply because the carrier marked a package as delivered.
I paid using Klarna, and I would really appreciate any advice on what I should do next.
Has anyone experienced a similar situation with Levi’s or another online retailer? How did you resolve it, especially when the delivery company claims the package was delivered but you never received it?
I am particularly interested in hearing from anyone who has dealt with a similar situation in Germany.

My wife started her quest for driving license last year. For the simplicity, we chose to stay with automatic transmission as thats what we use for our car.

She studied for her practical exam very hard and passed in first attempt. All questions correct.
Then came 3 months of driving lessons which she was doing 2-3 times a week.

1. In August she failed her first exam. The original driving instructior was bit too strict and according to him she was not ready. She failed that exam because she was too slow on Landstrasse. We chalked that failure thinking that she really was not ready. She was learning on BMW X1

2. In September, the driving school changed the instructor and changed the car 2 Golf. I have personally met the instructor and he is a nice young gentleman. This time she failed because she went few centimeters beyond white line at a traffic light and later driving 35 in 50 zone.

3. After the second failure, I decided to do a few ride alongs to really see how she is driving. I did 3 sessions together week apart and with each session progressively getting better. Yesterday's ride along was almost flawless and we drove for 1.5 hours(which is already long and stressful for city driving)

4. Today she had the practical exam and her road test was perfect. She failed the S-Parken where she went little over pedestrian way. Immediate failure.

We are at the end of our wits and we have already invested 3k+ Euros in this. I am reaching out to community for some suggestions. From my point of view, its just an examination stress. In my ride alongs, I saw that she is driving quite well. Its getting unnecessarily stressful and so difficult to cope with when the end is so near.

Hello sub,

Here is the map of Germany made from 3'500+ drawings of the Länder people have traced from memory.

All the drawings are saved as geographical coordinates and positioned precisely in relation to one another on a blank canvas. When several lines converge at the same point, they become darker.

I don't know if I am allowed to link my page in the post for you to see the live map and your drawings...

Hi everyone, there was an accident a couple of months ago where I dislocated my knee really badly and went to the emergency room (Notfallaufnahme) where the doctor did an Xray and told me to rest. I no longer have pain, but I sense that it hasnt healed properly and I cant fully move it, cant run, cant squat. I went to a private physio therapist and he told me some to do some excersises and to get an MRT. Since I am a student from abroad (EU) I dont have german insurance, only EHIC (through insurance in my home country).

So the question is, will an Orthopäde take me as an emergency and do MRI covered by my EHIC or will they make me pay out of pocket since it is no longer an acute emergency?

I was given an official residence permit/plastic ID card a few years back, and it’s valid until 2028. But it’s developed black spots that are increasingly making it difficult to read. None of my many other cards have had a similar problem.

The spots don’t seem to want to wash off (although I’m trying to be careful). It seems to me that they might be underneath the top transparent layer of the card.

Has anyone else encountered this problem. Has anyone been able to clean it without having to request a replacement?

I see a lot of posts here from people feeling alienated, burnt out, or wanting to pack up and leave. I get it. I’ve been living in Germany for almost six years now, and I won’t sugarcoat reality: yes, racism exists here, and yes, I’ve had my share of absolute garbage experiences that made my blood boil.

Leaving, however, is not the answer.

Despite the rough edges, I love this country, and I love the people here, Germans very much included. Online, Germans get painted as cold, rigid, and unwelcoming. In reality, some of the absolute best human beings I have ever met in my life took me in when I had nothing. My old flatmates, my university professors, and my 80-year-old swim coach a man who I’m pretty sure has never set foot outside of Bavaria in his entire life looked past my background, welcomed me with genuine warmth, and helped me build the life I have today.

Today, I’m an African migrant earning a six-figure salary in tech. My wife is a doctor who wears a hijab, and our daughter was born in Bavaria and will soon have German citizenship. To the small minority of bitter racists out there: we are here, we are thriving, and there is nothing you can do about it.

I also think we need to be radically honest about the other side of the coin. A lot of expats and newcomers never attempt to integrate, refuse to respect the law, act entitled, and then blame every single negative interaction on racism. Respect is a two-way street. If you treat people with basic decency and follow the rules, the overwhelming majority of Germans will meet you halfway. And most importantly: learn the damn language. It completely changes your reality here.

Germany is not a paradise, but it is my home now. If you let the small percentage of loud losers dictate how you see an entire nation of good people, you rob yourself of a future. Treat people with respect, hold your ground against the nonsense, and focus on the bigger picture.

Edit 1:

I didn’t expect this post to blow up the way it did. I wrote it out of pure exhaustion with the endless doomposting, the victim mentality, and the constant painting of every single German with the same brush.

First, thank you to everyone who sent kind, supportive comments and DMs it means more than you know. And a huge thank you to the mods, who have been working overtime clearing out the vile, hateful trash targeted at my family and me. I honestly considered deleting the entire post after seeing what landed in my inbox.

Someone pointed out this line: “We are here, we are thriving, and there is nothing you can do about it.”

Sitting with it now, I have mixed feelings. Part of me realizes it came off as arrogant, posturing, and unnecessarily poking a hornet's nest. But more than that, if I’m being radically honest: it wasn’t entirely true.

It was bravado talking. The reality is, every single day my wife leaves the house in her hijab, my stomach knots up, hoping she comes home safe. The reality is, I dread what my daughter will face growing up. Strangers have already thrown the slur “kleine Äffin” at a baby who hasn't even learned to speak yet. There is something racists can do: they can hurt the people I love most.

I’m caught between wanting to de-escalate so I don't put a target on anyone’s back, and refusing to shrink myself or live in fear. I still believe living on your knees is no way to survive, but real courage isn’t pretending the danger doesn’t exist.

Thank you again to the decent people here who remind me every day why this country is worth building a life in.

I am looking for high school appropriate female German singers that have songs out in the last year...any ideas? Danke!

We have listened to recent songs by Nina Chuba, Zah1da, LEA and Ester Graf...other ideas?

My husband is German and has private health insurance, but getting appointments takes a very long time. He already has ADHD, and now he is struggling with depression and anxiety. He tried to book appointments with a psychologist and a psychiatrist, but both are currently on vacation and won’t have any openings for several weeks. He is crying, and I don’t know how to help him. I looked for online psychologists from my home country, but none of them speak German, only English. While my husband does speak English, I would prefer for him to be able to speak in German so he feels more at ease. Do you know of any psychologists who offer sessions in German, charge a fair price, and have availability in the near future?

I forgot to renew my health insurance because I didn't realise I'd be staying enrolled for an additional semester. My private insurance expired in August, and now I'm uninsured in Germany.

I contacted the company, but they said they can't renew my policy retroactively.

Has anyone been in this situation? What should I do now? Can I just get a new policy, and what happens to the months I wasn't insured?

Thanks!

Hello everyone!

The title says it (almost) all. I'm a singer-songwriter (Alt Folk, Pop) and multi-instrumentalist side musician, I'm in my mid 30s and I've been living in the East of Germany (Magdeburg) for the past decade. I've been making a living from music for the past 7 years (playing lots of gigs with different bands) but unfortunately I came to a point where I realized there's not much more left to do here and I'm now looking for a new city/State to move into, since I want to make bigger and more significant steps in my career. Basically less bands, better income and better gigs!

With that said, and according to the 4 points I wrote below, what are your tips/suggestions for cities to move in within Germany?

-Singer-songwriter looking for a reasonably affordable city with a good cultural infrastructure that supports music! (cultural funds, music venues, festivals, studios etc)

-Networking with other songwriters, possibly making records.

-Writing music for independent movies/documentaries.

- making a living exclusively from music!

Thank you so much in advance!

Kind Regards,

So i live in Germany in a small apartment 16m², and the apartment is always warm, like even now when it's 10 degrees outside it's 25 degrees inside. I found this on the wall, when i opened the cover i felt some cool air from outside comes in. So what do you think its job. Should i let it open ? When i close the cover the air gets totally blocked.

Hello, I will be buying a car from Weller but I would like to drive it back to my country. Does anybody know how can I get license plates myself without knowing anybody from the city that I will be registering in? In the law I have readed that a german citizen with address registration in the city is required.

Hello, i have a serious question regarding my health insurance in Germany. I just found out very recently that i own DAK a good sum of money after i forgot to inform and pay them out for 1 month when i left work.

Now that i will no longer be staying in Germany for the next few years due to complication. Is it possible for me to set up a payment schedule, lower my debt or ask to waive it while im in another country?

I do intent to go back to Germany but i know this will leave me with a bad credit records and i cant pay that right now. Please tell me if you need any kind of other details that i haven’t included here in the post.

Thank you for your help and i wish you all have a great day.

I am planning to do a retraining program (Umschulung). I have two options, Kauffrau für Büro Management and Kauffrau für Gesundheitswesen.

I already have an experience in office management but none in healthcare but I’m open to learning new skills.

In future I want a job that gives me flexibility and time for family as a mother with kids in the Kita and also room for growth and career advancement. Which of the above options gives me that.

Can’t put words to this place. Genuinely out of a fairytale

Hi everyone!

I collected and compared the prices at all 1,367 McDonald’s in Germany (my Sunday project 😄).

Here's what I found:

- The exact same Big Mac costs between €5.99 and €8.39 – 28 different prices in total

- Most expensive: Kassel and Lohfelden (€8.39)

- Cheapest: Stuttgart area, Leipzig and Munich (€5.99)

- If you eat one Big Mac a week, you pay €124.80 more per year in Kassel than at the cheapest location

- Berlin is the most expensive state on average, Saxony the cheapest

- Munich is cheaper than Berlin; Augsburg is the most expensive major city

- Highway rest stops are pricier than the national average: McFlurry +32%, Cheeseburger +9%, Nuggets +8%, Big Mac +3%

- At the Bad Camberg rest stop (A3), the two McDonald's are just 261 m apart on opposite sides of the highway – a Big Mac costs €6.39 on one side and €7.49 on the other

More info here, and feel free to reach out with any questions or comments: https://x.com/mhimed100/status/2114444199710142952 :)

Living in Berlin in an Altbau for 3 years. Today at 7 AM this fire alarm / rauchmelder in the hallway of our flat went off while we were sleeping. No one has ever come to check it over the last 3 years. Lived in Frankfurt before and they came every year. Does anyone have any experience what to do? The Hausverwaltung never replies. Can I hire a company on my own to fix it? I am terrified it happens when I am on vacation...

I was trying to buy some products from the HSN website and while I was checking out the price was stable, until the very second I tried to pay where they went from 70-something Euros to 100-something. They claim it's due to dynamic pricing but I would like to make people aware that there is a difference between dynamic pricing and changing the price during the very last step of checkout... where every checkout step has the same price AND there was no active countdown timer for the offer to end, as I waited the timer to go away and see if the offer is still there, which it was... with no timer in place.

I find this highly unethical and misleading. The official HSN responder tried to give me a very legal sounding answer in their email, which is concerning about their practices and how they act as a company to the customer.

TL;DR: Dynamic pricing may be legal, but changing the price at the final payment stage (while previous steps show lower price) shows unethical practices from the HSN store.

Hi everyone!

I'm looking for some advice regarding career opportunities in Germany for someone with a background in healthcare and public health.

I'm asking on behalf of someone from Morocco who has approximately 5 years of professional experience as a midwife, holds a Master's degree in Public Health, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Morocco.

She's considering moving to Germany in the future and would like to understand her professional options.

Is it possible to find a job in Germany with a Moroccan Master's degree in Public Health?

Would she need to have her degree officially recognised through ZAB, or would checking Anabin be sufficient?

What kinds of positions could she realistically apply for with her qualifications and professional experience?

Thank you very much for your advice!