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From what I`ve heard, renting out a furnished flat is the best option, as the rules and regulations are more relaxed.
However, I am not an expert in the field!

Gardening-wise, anyone planted tomatoes or anything else inside yet? Anyone ever done parsnips at all? Planted my toms last Thursday, and now have them sat on a sunny windowsill downstairs. I generally plant them at the beginning of March, but I got a bit enthusiastic this year! As for parsnips - t...

LukeSkywalker wrote: ↑Wed Dec 31, 2025 6:10 pm
I bought once a sleeping sofa and mattress at Höffner and it was delivered to my home free of charge. They also took my old sofa and mattress. Free of charge as well. I don’t think IKEA offers similar service.

Ikea does do deliveries, but at a price.

He was released again last night:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx28yel4811o

I like that concept, because it gives people who are no longer very steady on their feet (or do not own a car) the opportunity to get there without much effort, because they can go to a place nearby rather than a place centralized and overcrowded. If you read the link, you can actually have a home ...

Strangely enough, the mobile Burgeramt is in a few places:

https://service.berlin.de/standort/327761/

Some good ideas coming in here, thanks!
Does anybody know which foodstuffs one can import, and which are forbidden? It´d be a pity to try taking something that then gets confiscated!

Hi guys, just a quick question here: A friend of mine recently married an American, and she will be traveling to the States at the end of February to meet his family for the first time. He has already taken back beer krugs, so do you have any other recommendations as to what would be appropriate? Th...

Thanks M.
Yes, the code is already visible on my bank account site - it is just the moving the account part that really isn´t working at the mo.
I`ll try it again tomorrow afternoon and see if it works then.
Thanks for your tips!

No problem Murphaph - I seem to have actually done things correctly - even the partner thingy, but the problem is third party access to Consorsbank....... pity!!!

Okay, so I spent two days trying this, and in the end I have a new bank account, but not bonus for opening it, or transferring an account over to it.
They would not accept an old Tagesgeld account, so I totally missed out there

The language is not the problem - just me being too stupid!!!

Maybe I am just too stupid for this, but I have set up an account with check 24.
Now I don´t know how to get to the offer, and to have it accepted - anybody care to point me in the right direction?

LukeSkywalker wrote: ↑Thu Jan 15, 2026 4:48 pm I cooked it today with your recipe with some ciabatta. Was delicious and one portion cost about €1

How nice to have inspired somebody!!!
Glad you liked it!

15 Strange British Habits.

john_b wrote: ↑Wed Jan 14, 2026 1:16 am Another useful website indicating where folks can find a place to sleep

https://www.warmebetten.berlin/

That really is s super, interactive map!

I wonder if there is anything similar for other cities, that we can also post here?

Well, it started yesterday, actually, but we had lentil and tomato soup for lunch - homemade, of course, with a BBC recipe: https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/lentil_and_tomato_soup_19393 - sooooo easy to cook, and so wonderfully gloopy!!! Anyway, since we only have one portion left for today, I am ...

It´s snowing!!!
Almost a white-out out there, and sooooo good to be inside and keep warm!!!

October 31 1975: Release of the single "Bohemian rhapsody" by Queen. Yes, you have made us all feel old, but hey, wouldn´t it be great to get us all singing along to it, and maybe make a recording of the whole song together? - naturally with a bit of "tweaking" to make it half-w...

Happy today because my wife got the letters from the DE Rentenversicherung (& the TK) that as of 1st November she is a Rentner . Because she was a stay-at-home mum (politically incorrect) her pension is not massive but still welcome. Somewhat amazed since we only submitted the Antrag 5 weeks ag...