0️⃣3️⃣ IWB News Weekly: Warm February, CV Tips, Jobs & Housing Offers and Exciting Events for the Week
0️⃣3️⃣ IWB News Weekly: Warm February, CV Tips, Jobs & Housing Offers and Exciting Events for the Week
Hello dear IWBies ✨
Wow, already our 3rd newsletter and we are again very thankful for you being here 💖 We're having a blast putting them together for you, packed with cool and useful stuff for our community. How's it been on your end? Loving it, got thoughts, wanna see something different? Shoot us a message here! We're all about making this newsletter what you want it to be.
Berlin's been buzzing, and there's a bunch happening this week (yep, we got a biggish list of events for you). And oh, we've spotted some pretty sweet job openings too! Dive in and let's make the most of Berlin together.
Get cozy and let’s jump into it!
Bruna & the IWB team 💖
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As immigrants, it's important to stay informed about what's happening in Germany. Here are the most important news updates you should be aware of:
🎬 Berlinale started this last week, with some protests - something kinda rare for Berlinale, but the administration had invited some AFD politicians for the event and just uninveted them after several protests.
🗳️ ELECTIONS: The Aftermath of Berlin's Bundestag Rerun
🤬 Görlitzer Park r*pe trial on the brink of collapse
💰 Germany is now considered the 3rd biggest economy in the world - but there’s a twist
🐍 A 4-meter-python (!) was found (dead) in the middle of Hasenheide! And the oldest animal at the Berliner Zoo just died :(
📝 Who's exempt from taking a German citizenship test for naturalisation?
🥵 “February '24 was already the warmest February in recent German history”
✈️ New strike alert! This time: Lufthansa, from the 20th February - get ready for some flight cancellations.
🎶 Eurovision: Germany has choses it’s representative for Malmö, this year.
💖 Local Berlin library for refugee children, Lilipad e.V., is almost reaching their crowdfunding goal! Help them here and impact positively the lives of refugees
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Week from the 18th Feb to 24th Feb Berlin is a city full with events to suit all tastes. Here are some highlights that we think you and your friends would enjoy:
🎤 Free event at the Factory, called “Founders Brunch: Food & Beverage”, on the 20th Feb
💃🏽 For the latin rhythm lovers: tons of events this week! Fania Brava, Psychedelic Cumbia Party, Chorinho pra Berlim and Ressaca de Carnaval
👩🏻💻👩🏽💻 For the tech gals: UX event for designers this 20th Feb;
🍰 Make vegan friends in this vegan brunch, hosted by The Vegan Hosts;
🍸 Also “Drunk&Vegan - Cocktails Workshop” by PlantBase, on the 21st;
🎨 MANIFEST:IO is the symposium for new media and electronic art in Berlin, happening on the 24th and 25th;
👩🎤 Gieza Poke is hosting a Friday night drag show, at Tipsy Bear in Pberg;
🤰 Are you a mom-to-be? Check out this birth preparation weekend with and experienced doula;
🏓 Ping pong for fintas at Crack Bellmer, on the 21th Feb;
💕 Find Your Wine Match hosts speed-datings from time to time. They still have tickets for the next 23rd Feb, check it out!
♟️ Looking for a new hobby? How about trying out this chess crash course on the 20th? (PS. The place it’s super cool!)
🇮🇹 Yummy Sicilian cooking workshops: Fish Menu + unlimited drinks, on the 21st!
🥘 Eat! Berlin: From the 22nd, the gourmet food festival will take place, until March;
💔 Better to laugh than to cry: stand-up comedy show about dating in Berlin!
😜 Speaking about stand-up shows, “That’s What She Said” is a celebration of all wild, feisty and funny female comics, on the 24th
🏺On the 23rd, you are invited to a ceramic class, by Sculpture Club Berlin
☕️ The Barn just opened a new cool coffee spot, this time in Checkpoint Charlie.
👉 Do you have a cool event or tips to share with us?
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IWB, with +36k members, is a very active community. Given that you might not have time to catch up on everything and some good posts may get overlooked, here are a few highlights from our group:
☀️ Thinking of leaving Berlin for Spain or Italy? This post might help.
🇩🇪 How does it work to work in Germany but not live there?
Tips on how to find your best fur friend in Berlin.
💍 Marriage in Germany, all you need to know!
😡 How to deal with harassment at work?
🏷️ Discounted leggings: could this be the incentive you needed to start going to the gym?
👩🏽💻 Tips to make your CV more compatible with German standards.
😓 How do you deal with a passive aggressive Germans?
🏠 Looking for a place? Check out these viewing tips!
😿 #SeekingAdvice: “Being around a smartass / know-it-all is very paralyzing.”
🏕️ Looking for a cozy and romantic spot 3-4h away from Berlin? Check out these tips!
😅 Tipping in Berlin can be very hard sometimes… see this story.
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We know finding a place to stay in Berlin is a hard taks, sometimes. That’s why we gather, every week, some links that might help you - from women to women:
“It’s sad to leave my current flat next to my favorite Treptower park…”
“APARTMENT FOR RENT!! From 01.04- Min 1 year!…”
“FLAT TO RENT for 3 months (4.3 to 27.5.24)…”
“1 year contract with Anmeldung and with the possibility of turning into long term…”
“Hey ladies, I have a friend renting out some rooms/apartments in Berlin…”
“I’m subletting my apartment from end of March 2024 until the end of September 2024”
“I’m still looking for someone to taking over my flat starting on 1st of May 2024.”
“Take over my rental contract for my studio apartment located in mitte/kreuzberg…”
“Looking for someone for a room in my flat in Schillerkiez…”
“Sublet for 3 months from March-May (4.3.-29.5.)…”
“I am looking for someone to take over my apartment starting March 1 (ideally)…”
“Have a room available from 7th April 2024 to rent in a 108 sq.m apartment…”
“Nice 2-room flat in Wilhelmsruh(Pankow) for temporary rent from March (for a maximum of 6 months, until the end of July)”
👉 Join our IWB Housing sister group to access more offers or to post your own
A big reason why ppl move to Berlin is to get better lives. That’s totally connect with our work life. Check out these opportunities, we need more women in ALL fields:
Acid, the new soon-to-be-open coffee spot in Mitte, is looking for baristas, bakers and FOHs
The Female Company is hiring for several roles: Head of Influence Marketing, Influencer Marketing Manager, Senior Finance Manager and CRM Working Student
Senior Product Analyst and Interim Head of Account Management at Research Gate
Technical Delivery Manager and Project Manager at AKQA
👉 Do you have a job opening that we should feature here?
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Check out what our IWB team is reading, or find it interesting and wants to share with you:
👀 Big News in AI: OpenAI (creators of Chat GPT) just launched Sora, a tool designed to create very realistic videos using AI… Fascinating and scary.
🤣 “Sunday, 8am, Warschauer Strasse” SO TRUE!
🤩 Urgh, we are obsessed with this piece of art Mugler worn by Zendaya this week
🏳️🌈 Are you a lesbian and even wanted to get married in the Lesbos island? Now you can! Greece just legalised queer marriage… yes, in 2024….
🤔 Are you a person who overthinks? Maybe this article can help you
💔 Ending a relationship isn't easy, especially if it's toxic
😜 Leading a gen-z team? Maybe we can help
Sometimes it's hard to resist the temptation of a pretty face on a LinkedIn profile, but is this person the right one for your team?
👠 Do you love The Devil Wears Prada? Then you'll be delighted to hear this
We are very happy and proud to get msgs like this, thank you! 💖
To run IWB, there’s a group of 6 women, mostly women of color, taking care of different tasks to keep the whole IWB project running. As we continue to grow, our responsibilities grow as well, and we are basically doing this job that takes a lot of our energy, time and mental health for free.
”You give a little, you take a little”
Our ✨dream✨ is to keep supporting the community of women* in Berlin as much as we can, with events, helpful resources, support groups… and in return, we would get at least 1€ from each member that got something positive out of IWB. We host over 36k people right now… even if we got 20k every month, we could hire immigrant women, pay them fairly and find a small whole in the middle of the patriarchal, capitalist system that usually underpays women.
Let's be the change we want to see and not reproduce outdated and harmful systems 💖
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Wishing you a fantastic week ahead! 💖
Warm regards from the IWB Team
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