3️⃣9️⃣ Key Changes in November, 35 Years Since the Fall of the Berlin Wall & Jobs, News, Housing Offers and this Week's Events in Berlin
Hello dear IWBies ✨
Wow! This week has been full of news and events! We're super excited that the sun is still with us, even as Christmas events and markets are slowly starting! IWB is already organizing our next and final three events of the year—stay tuned here for the announcement in the next days! Feel free to reply to this email and let us know what you think about our newsletter 💖
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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:
🇩🇪 Everything you need to know about changes in Berlin for immigrants in November 2024
⛸️ Free ice skating in Berlin as refurbished Tempelhof rink reopens
🙄 New Year, New Costs: Get ready for more expensive public transportation tickets, from January 2025
🏳️🌈 A German law making it easier to alter gender markers and names on official documents takes effect on November 1
😳 Is this the end of Volkswagen in Germany?
💻 Short work week in Germany: yes or no?
🇺🇸 What the 2024 US election outcome could mean for Germany
🎉 November 9 marks 35 years since the Berlin Wall’s fall
💄 Cosmetics: Hazardous Chemicals Found in 6% of European Cosmetics
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👉 Week from the November 4th to the November 10th - Berlin is a city full with events to suit all tastes. Here are some highlights that we think you and your friends would enjoy:
🇧🇷 TODAY! All day long party with good vibes and good food! Roda de Feijoada and Samba - ✨Discount code: IWB✨
💦 Get to know the new sexual health start-up in Berlin: Vögeln. Join their crowdfunding, to launch products to all vulvas!
🎉 Check out these events to celebrate the Berlin’s Wall Fall
😆 EXPATS in Berlin English Comedy Show
⚡ Cigarettes After Sex - Logen-Seat in der Ticketmaster Suite
🖼️ Art- & Designmarket in Berlin-Wedding, on the 10th
🤘 This one is for those who like rock'n roll
🪴 Plant People is for anyone interested in plants, herbalism, mushrooms or anything related to this kingdom.
🧟♀️ SUSPIRIA: techno horror rave
🖤 The techno that's a mixture of Brazil and New Zealand
🚀 Empower Now Showcase by Impact Hub: Witness passionate founders pitch their ideas in the field of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. The projects address topics such as neurodiversity, inclusive travel, FLINTA* empowerment.
😍 New, cute and cozy cheese, charcuterie and wine store in Berlin Mitte: Jane & The Jam. “We want to bring the California sunshine to Berlin”, said the owners - who are also IWBies!
👉 For more events during the week, check out our Instagram Stories! ✨
💰 Finance Workshop for women by FRAUFuture “FIRE: How to Start Saving for Early Retirement Today”, on the 7th
🎤 Moonchild Sanelly - this South African artist brings a unique flair to the stage
🏳️🌈 The LGBTQIA*Winterdays 2024 at Nollendorfplatz starts on the 8th!
🎞️ INTERFILM's 40th anniversary edition!
🎥 Filmmakers & Movie Nerds Meetup
❄️ “Winterlights” installation at Dark Matter starts on the 8th
🪩 Sprizz & Italo Disco Tanzbar, 8th and 9th
🌳 Data for Survival: Confronting the Climate Crisis
✍️ Write More Funny: Comedy Writing Essentials
💃 GIRLS TOWN - FLINTA* Party
🇺🇸 USA Election Night, on the 5th till the 6th, at Babylon and Democrats Abroad
🧪 The Berlin Science Week goes until the 10th!
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IWB, with +38k 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, from the last week:
😍 IWB is looking for new volunteers! Join us!
💌 Have you seen our new way for IWBies to get customer support? Check it out here!
💖 Top poster Andrea asked about YOUR successful tories with IWB! We are super glad to read your stories!
😤 “Please be aware and cautious to avoid being drugged in bars…”
😭 Any idea about how to help women in Afghanistan?
🇩🇪 “I'm trying to apply for jobs but now kinda all of them are asking for fluents or native in German???”
💅 Sterilised materials: rant here about nail salons in Berlin
🧖♀️ Spa hotel for a "me time"
🛫 Search engine for flights
🥡 "Healthy and not expensive food delivery options where I can just warm it up in a microwave and eat."
🏃♀️ "Looking for Urban Sports / Jogging / Walking buddy in Wilmersdorf / Charlottenburg / Schöneberg."
🔎 "Looking for an association to donate to, that helps children, especially those that didnt get a good starting hand in life (bad family and home)"
📃 “Which kind of insurances should I get in Germany?”
👵 "I would like to do some volunteering work with old people"
💆♀️ "Facial treatments: Advice searched"
🍆 Quality sex toys and costing 60€ max - any tips?
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:
"I am leaving my apartment and I am searching for a new tenant."
"Charming 1 Room Apartment in Kreuzkölln"
"We are subletting our fully furnished 3.5 room apartment (2 bedrooms, 1 office room, 1 living room and kitchen) of about 80m2 with balcony from November to January for three months."
"We offer a long term fully furnished sublet (over a year) with Anmeldung in Neukölln/Alt-Treptow by the canal."
"I’ll soon be subletting my cozy two-room, 58sqm apartment in Kreuzberg for 3-6 months"
"I’m renting out my one room apartment from 01.11.2024 until 31.03.2025 — 6 months — (it can also be extended until maximum 31.08.2025)"
"My friend is subletting his apartment in Prenzlauer Berg - 10 mins to Alexanderplatz, 5 mins to S Prenzlauer Allee."
"Charming Room for Sublet in Moabit"
"Room available from November 1st"
"Flat available from November 14th until March 31st, with possibility of extension after"
"I am subleasing my room in a flat in Moabit from the beginning of December to the beginning of February."
"Room for rent from 4th of November - flexible dates"
"Room available in a wg (one other girl)"
"I am subletting my 61 Sq. Meter flat from January 6th until July 6th, with the possibility of an extension."
"I'm subletting my place from Dec 1, 2024 until Apr 30, 2025 (5 months) for 1 person (Anmeldung possible, extension possible)"
"Room with Balcony in Moabit (2er women's wg)"
"Hi! I am renting my apartment in Tempelhof / Neukölln for 3 months."
"Subletting my one-room, 36m flat on Graefestrasse for 6 months, starting from November"
"I'm looking for a roommate!"
"Room available in Kreuzberg"
"My boyfriend is looking for someone to take for long term a room at his place."
"Im subleting my room for December to February (3 months)."
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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:
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Check out what our IWB team is reading, or find it interesting and wants to share with you:
❤️ Join the organisation “My Voice, My Choice” to gather 1 million signatures of European citizens pro safe and accessible abortion in the EU! Check out their reasons here.
❤️🔥 We are obsessed with this latest Tiny Desk with Paco Amoroso and Ca7riel. They will perform in Berlin next month btw!
🧐 Is there some comfort to be claimed from economic data released this week?
👚 Popular online retail store TEMU is in trouble with the EU
😁 Science can help you be a nicer person.
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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