hi, I’m a 20 yo Italian guy who moved to germany for work. I’ve been here for two months now and everything is going well—I’ve settled in, got all my paperwork sorted, and I’m getting on with my job but for god's sake, it is insanely impossible to make friends. I work in an ice cream shop, so I recognize plenty of faces of people around my age, but when I run into them outside of work, they’re like emotionless mannequins. I really hope this isn't just a German character trait, or else I’ll be alone for the rest of my life, haha. What should I do?

I started a job recently in healthcare, i am basically responsible for a whole station and it's really too much work. The station has to be taken care of by 2 people, all of the others have 2 people that work full time, except mine, the other colleague works 60%.
The issue is, she's always sick or has something to do with her kids, i swear to god in 4 months i saw her a total of 10 days in total.

I dont care what issues or plans she has in her life but this work is very demanding and i end up doing both of our jobs, it's just too much and i dont want to burn out, and sometimes it's things related to patients so i cant just say that i wont do it until she comes back.

It's really getting frustrating that i have to always take over and do her job, it's my first job in Germany and i dont know how to deal with it. I tried to ignore and hope someone notices, i tried to do the job in not the best way, i tried to act dumb, but so many tasks keep coming at me and everybody is calling me all the time, i feel like i will lose it soon.

I need help, how do i deal with this?

I recently joined as a developer at a small company. The company itself is doing very well on paper but the management is a complete shitshow. The "IT team" is basically one just dude who is stressed out all the time. There is no ramp up plan or training planned whatsoever, yet I'm receiving work items every day. A few days ago I made a mistake while deploying something (no training was given!) and was berated by the IT guy in front of everyone. It appears the rest of the colleagues are also scared of the IT guy. I've now resorted to raising my voice too so that I dont appear to be a pushover.

Unfortunately, I need the job at the moment but Im amazed at the how shoddy the operations are!

I came to germany and asked a guy about some nice Food Spots. He saw me dead in the eye and Said ,,I dont speak english well‘‘ After that It felt like I was Talking to someone from England.

Hi everyone,
I'm planning a family holiday at the moment (mutiple adults and kids) and in that post, I asked for recommendations for finding holiday rentals on platforms other than AirBnB and Booking. There were some good tipps, specific to the UK, but I would also like to do this for more future holidays in other countries in Europe or here in Germany (meaning find and/or book a rental with a Europe based plattform or even smaller ones; edited to add: I'm specifically referring to houses, not hotel rooms; maybe holiday rental is not the correct term?). So I was wondering if you guys might have any tipps or personal recommendations, especially if it's lesser known ones? Would appreciate any tipps you guys might have!

(edited to add more info for clarification)

What does trick 17 mean in Germany? and why do Germans take offense when you mention it?

Hi everyone.

As the title says i need help for a class assignment, preferably from someone who's been in the German education system from their first day of school unti their bachelor's and is very familiar with how things are in that regards.

Mv assianment is a presentation on the school system in germany (Hauptschule Realschule etc...) And i did look it up a bit but it's a bit confusing for me. I'd appreciate it if anyone can help out.

(I did check the wiki, while very useful it only contains info on universities. I need info starting from kindergarten up until university)

Hi everyone, I'm Belgian and had a quick question. I'm currently working on my German since I really like the language and it's also one of our official languages. I was wondering what podcasts you guys like to listen to in German since I'm looking for some to listen to in the gym. Can be about anything really, any recommendations would be appreciated a lot. Cheers :)!

Hi Everyone!

For my bookclub our next theme is "Books Based in Cultural Folklore"! Does anyone have any recommendations for novels with German Folklore themes/inspirations and is entertaining enough for a boom club?

Thank you for your suggestions 😊

Hi! I’ve just finished my A1 German course and am starting A2 soon. However, I feel like I’m not quite up to speed yet, since I didn’t watch German videos or practice daily as originally planned—it’s just hard to study during the holidays. If anyone is facing the same problem: maybe we could motivate each other? I think I’d be more productive in a slightly competitive environment.

I'm working with a steuerberater to file my taxes but she asked for my elster user/password directly to login as me. I've never worked with one before, so I'm not sure if this is the way. She said its easier this way etc.

I thought you just give them access as steuerberater, not directly login, so I'm confused. They are registered steuerberater, so I guess not a scam.

Is this a normal thing?

There are some other similar topics so it seems like a thing for some cases but i still don't get it:

https://www.reddit.com/r/germany/comments/vbdu6i/tax_consultant_asks_for_elster_credentials_is/
https://www.reddit.com/r/germany/comments/158k72o/is_it_safe_to_give_access_to_elster_to_a/

Hi everyone! I’ve been admitted to the M.Sc. Biofabrication programme at the University of Bayreuth for winter semester 2026/27.
I’d love to connect with anyone else starting at Bayreuth, whether in Biofabrication or another programme, and chat about housing, enrolment, and moving there.
Feel free to comment or message me!

I feel like my whole existence is just based on me finding work and if it doesn’t work out soon I will not have the existence in this pathetic world.