0️⃣7️⃣ Online Visa Appointments, "Expat vs. Immigrant" & Jobs, Housing Offers, the Events for the Week in Berlin
Hello dear IWBies ✨
Around here, we've had a busy week trying to find the best links and topics from around the web so you can keep up to date with the hottest news from Berlin while you read this newsletter and get ready for another week to come 🥰
Not only that, we have been preparing all the details for our next professional IWB event plus meet-up! The tickets are being sold fast and our events always get sold out, just saying… 👀😅
Have a great week and see you next time!
Bruna and your 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:
💼 More and more people in Germany want to quit their jobs, why?
🩷 Who would have thought Germany would have a pink football jersey… and the reactions are what you expected… *sigh*
🌿 Are cannabis clubs in danger? (In German)
🌎 Zero-carbon Germany by 2040? “That’s possible”, says climate protection minister Robert Habeck
🪩 Geil! Berlin techno declared Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO
📚 If you are an international student working in Germany, things just got a little bit easier for you
🇩🇪 MARCH 2024: The Key Changes in Germany
🤩 Online appointments? It seems it will be easier to get an appointment at the immigration office, fingers crossed!
😻 A list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Berlin.
🖥️ Germany's "Right to Fast Internet" law was implemented in 2021 and has now been applied for the first time.
🛜 Good news! Berlin trams now have free wi-fi, and soon, also in buses
😍 Oranienstraße in Xberg was voted one of the “Coolest Streets” in the world!
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Week from the 17th March to the 24th March - Berlin is a city full with events to suit all tastes. Here are some highlights that we think you and your friends would enjoy:
🧶 Just opened and FREE: Installation about a Bauhaus pioneer, Otti Berger
🍫 Special chocolate day at Markthalle Neun, on the 24th March, yummy!
🎬 Short film screenings by women* and followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers, on the 20th at the Social Hub
💘 Date & Art, on the 22nd. Networking & fun for artists, with interactive games
📸 NEW: “A DAY OFF” exhibition, if you are into seeing masters of photography
❤️🔥 For latin vibes, Psychedelic Cumbia Party on the 22nd
🇧🇷 POCLAND - Queer Brazilian Funk+Pop Party, on the 23rd
🤎 Bipoc FLINTA African Diaspora Writing Workshop and other cool events at C+ Bakery this week
🍷 Women in Marketing: Sip, Connect & Learn by Femme Palette, on the 19th
🎭 Expat comics in Berlin Mitte sharing hilarious stories of how (not) to integrate here! with FREE shots!
🏳️🌈 This 21st! Women & LGBTQ+ Comedy XBERG EDITION
📚 Looking for a book club? Here you go: Kreuzberg Women’s Book Club
👩💻 “International Women’s Day 2024” event for the techie gals in the group
🧘♀️ Yoga Magic Workshop for Emotional Well-being
🇷🇴 Enjoy amazing Romanian wines and food with Pointers, on the 22nd and 23rd.
🤩 Shake your booty! Dance and have fun in this twerking workshop on the 21st
🪩 Dua Lipa is coming to Berlin in June! Presale starts on the 20th this month
✨ Speaking about events, you are invited to the next professional IWB panel!
When we immigrate to a new country, despite everything being new and exciting, often our self-esteem is also by issues we weren't expecting. Have you ever felt this way? Then come to our panel on "Immigrant Self-Esteem and How That Affects Us Professionally" with Le Wagon and Grammarly.
👉 Join this panel with Q&A with 3 amazing mentors: Veronica Riveira from A Better Side, Melisa Manrique from Migrant Mama, and Tabitha Tangherlini from Le Wagon and nKoto.
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:
😍 This week, some IWBies posted about wanting to make new friends! Meet Hajar, Maria, Rita, Kitty and an anonymous member who just broke up with her partner
🌷We also had two important posts about breast cancer inside IWB [ 1 ] [ 2 ]. Keep an eye on that, peeps!
😢 “What are some tips and guidance you can share about dealing with grief?”
🤰 Pregnant ladies who would like to meet up? This is for you!
💔 “Dating people with attachment disorder when being an anxious attachment person”
⁉️ Expats vs. immigrants: is there really a difference between these two words?
🚿 Shower gels that do smth with ph, protect skin and prevent all the itchiness.
💦 “Should I buy a washing machine and a drying machine, or maybe 2 in 1?”
🏥 “Is it really worth living in a city where access to a competent healthcare is so obstructed?”
🎂 Best places to get cakes in Berlin, especially in in P-berg, Mitte, Xberg and Friedrichshain
🤑 “What is the cheapest but the coolest thrift shop in the town?”
🚨 Domestic violence: what to do?
🍵 Top nice tea shops in Berlin, based on IWBies opinions
🎁 “What are your favorite gifts to bring from Germany when visiting home?”
👖 Best Jeans? Especially for people with big butts, wide hips
🛏️ What are the best mattresses for your house?
💖 Partner Time: Check out Le Wagon
Le Wagon is a leader in immersive tech training. We teach people the skills they need to change their lives by kick-starting their tech careers or launching their own startups.
Le Wagon offers Web Development and Data Bootcamps - online and in 40+ cities worldwide. Founded in Paris in 2013, Le Wagon now boasts a community of 25,000+ graduates from all walks of life, including many entrepreneurs who built 200+ tech startups and raised more than $1 billion globally.
With a recognised pedagogy and human-centric approach, Le Wagon is the world's most acclaimed coding bootcamp according to student reviews on Switchup and Coursereport, and has partnered with leading higher education institutions such as HEC Paris, IAE Business School in Argentina and Imperial College London.
Check out future FREE Le Wagon's events:
👉 BIPOC Panel 18th March
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We know finding a place to stay in Berlin is a hard tasks, sometimes. That’s why we gather, every week, some links that might help you - from women to women:
“Rent in a WG near Boxhagener Platz, starting from 01.04”
“I am renting out my studio apartment for 2-3 months (maybe more) starting from April”
“I will be renting out half my 165 sq. meter apartment.”
“We are subletting our 76sqm 2 room altbau apartment in Neukölln from 1st of April to 31st of May or potentially longer period.”
“1 room for rent from April 1 with anmeldung, for an indefinite period.”
“I am subletting my beloved 65sqm flat in Schillerkiez”
“I’m subletting my apartment from end of March 2024 until the end of September 2024.”
“I am subletting a room in a shared flat in Graefekiez, Kreuzberg.”
“Room for rent from April 1 with anmeldung, for an indefinite period.”
“We are looking for a Nachmieter for our apartment in Schöneweide, 2 rooms”
“SUBLET + Long Term Contract with Anmeldung”
👉 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:
Store Manager-Berlin Mitte at Axel Arigato
Principal Engineer - Microsoft Dynamics 365 Architect at On
Several roles at On: Senior Specialist, HRIS (Workday) Specialist at On Account Services Representative (FR/EN), Account Services Representative (EN/DE & FR/DE), Senior TypeScript Engineer (Full Stack), Commercial Process Manager at On
PR & Communications internship at Tinder
Content Creator at EdTraMo
Event and Community Manager, Plan A (Hybrid in Berlin and Paris)
Marketing Copywriter Intern at Vinted
Press Officer at Bolt
Working Student Brand & Communications Italy at idealo internet GmbH
Marketing Designer, Next Matter (Remote within EMEA)
Content Writer, Runway (Remote within Europe)
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Check out what our IWB team is reading, or find it interesting and wants to share with you:
📱 A new Instagram feature? What’s that?!
🥺 “Why do I feel lonely when I have friends?”, very interesting topic for us immigrants and people in overall
⚡️The benefits of working from home are many, according to a study.
💻 What’s the future of social media - in your opinion?
Don't just follow your passion when choosing a career
💔 It’ not you! Dating apps fatigue is a real thing, check out this article
🇫🇮 Finland has been voted the happiest country in the world for the sixth year running, but do the locals really feel that way?
🧴 Retinol has many skin benefits. Here’s how to use it.
😱 Comparison: Checkout Friedrichstrasse today in 2024 and over 100 years ago!
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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