4️⃣2️⃣ Berlin Budget Cuts: How They Impact Your 2025 Life & More Germany's News in English, Jobs, Housing Offers and This Week's Events in Berlin

Nov 25, 2024

Hello dear IWBies ✨

Happy Monday, everyone! 🎉We know our newsletter's rightful spot is on your Sunday, but for various reasons, we had to switch things up these past two weeks. But rest assured, though: starting next week, we’ll be back to our sacred Sunday routine. 🙌

Today, we don’t have many cheerful updates about Berlin or Germany – sadly, the city keeps challenging us… But hey, at least we have some fantastic events coming up to brighten the mood (or perhaps a chance to collectively complain about Berlin’s future over drinks). 😅

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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:

🇩🇪 Poor is Not Sexy: Get Ready for the 2025 Berlin Budget Cuts…
🙄 Five German cities ranked among the 10 worst for expats in InterNation’s most recent ranking
😡 Do you know how much superfluous bureaucracy costs the German economy per year? You are not gonna believe it…
🖼️ "Free Museum Sunday" is coming to an end… find out when your last chance is to take advantage of this opportunity!
🎟️ Berlin is canceling the 29 euro ticket. But why? And what do we do now?
🔎 This week, 140 years ago: The Berlin Conference: Where European powers divided the African continent into several colonies - and we still see its racist consequences nowadays.
🤎 Btw, Neukölln inaugurates Berlin’s first memorial to anti-colonial resistance.
🤔 Will abortion be decriminalized in Germany?

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👉 Week from the November 25th to the December 1st - Berlin is a city full with events to suit all tastes. Here are some highlights that we think you and your friends would enjoy:

💖 THIS THURSDAY: IWB F*cked Up Stories Night & Meet-Up at Grammarly - 10€ ONLY TODAY! Save your spot now!
🥰 PS. We also have the Fertility & Egg Freezing Fireside Chat with Ovom and our IWB Xmas Party @ Jane and the Jam coming up!

🇧🇷 The last 2024 Roda de Feijoada is happening soon! Use the code IWB for ticket discount! And Monobloco at SO36 for Carnaval vibes!
🎄 Check out these Weihnachtsmarkt: at Schloss Charlottenburg, HEISSA HOLZMARKT WINTERFESTIVAL and Holy Shit Shopping
⚡ QUABOOM! Queer friendly night
📢 Gardens of Disco #6 Winter Edition
💽 Toilet Session's debut vinyl night
🎤 The first literary Open Mic for poets, writers and anyone interested in literature affected by classism!
💕 F*ck the Internet Design Market is a pop-up market in Kreuzberg by 20 independent queer- and women-owned businesses, designers and artists.
🥳 40plus Party - 30.11./ Tiffany Club
🎅 Germany's first Panettone Festival celebrates Christmas traditions with sweet and savory treats, masterclasses, and festive surprises.

👉 For more events during the week, check out our Instagram Stories! ✨

🍾 Sektdisko x Indietanzbar on the 28th

🤎 The AFRICAN FOOD FESTIVAL BERLIN warmly invites you to the AFFB winter market on November 30th and December 1st, 2024, at Kühlhaus Berlin
💋 Get ready for a ACE+ Dating night at Curly Bar on Thurs 28 Nov from 7 pm
🎨 Berlin Art Book Club #1. Join art, design and architecture writer Milly Burroughs and 20 likeminded art lovers for the first ever Berlin Art Book Club event.
😋 FoodTech Meetup - an evening dedicated to the future of food
👩‍💻 Women's Empowerment Meetup | Berlin
💬 Ask Female Founders - Unbiased Decisions in HR
🍎 Entrepreneurs Health Club: Mental Health, Stress Management & High Performance
🤩 New cool places in town! Slice Society for NY pizza style and a cute cafe called Gentil in PBerg

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*How to manage open relationship insecurities?*

IWB, with +39k 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:

🏥 “I’m currently pregnant and planning everything, but I’m stuck trying to choose a hospital.”
😵‍💫 “Job termination letter received!”
❤️‍🩹 “Open Relationship and Insecurity when talking with a partner”
😎 “Topic: being single after 30s.”
😳 “The concept of “Shame” in other languages and cultures”
🚭 “If you're a smoker and have a pet, how do you protect them from the health consequences of second hand smoke?”
✈️ “Dropping everything and going solo travelling across the world.”
🤧 “Possibly HPV around lips”
🚿 “Mood changes after hair wash”
😩 Burnout at work. Are we all subject to this?
👀 “Now that the 29 Euro BVG ticket is getting cancelled abruptly. Whats gonna happen to the running subscription?”
🇺🇸 “I’m looking for advice from anyone who has lived in or is from the US.”
👩‍💼 “Advice for Aspiring Entrepreneurs”

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’m leaving my room on December 1st, and it includes Anmeldung”
“An other friend of mine is looking for someone to take over her room in a 3 room WG”
“I am renting a 1-room studio apartment with a permanent contract at Nordbahnof (a neubau with a nice view and a nice landlord).”
“Private One room Apartment in Prenzlauer berg - For working professionals (Can accommodate couples)”
“Apartment for sublet ~22/12/2024-31/03/2025 ideal for couples”
“We have a free 14m2 room in our shared apartment.”
“Our 3-girls-wg is looking for another girl to live with us from the 1st of december”
“I am renting my apartment in Mitte, a very cozy and fully furnished home, with vintage and midcentury style furniture.”
“LONG TERM ROOM available with ANMELDUNG - Shöneberg, 10827.”
SUBLET for 1 year with Anmeldung. Mitte,1000 EUR all inclusive - 36sqm, one bedroom apartment.”
“I’m subletting my wonderful, 65sqm attic flat in the heart of Neukölln”
“Apartment in Prenzlauer berg. 15 mins to Alexanderplatz”
“Room with a Balcony Available in the Heart of Kreuzberg!”
“Subletting my studio apartment location in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg. - From now until the end of June.”
“My friend is subletting his room in a WG in Hermannplatz for 6 months - can be extended to a year as he’s moving to Asia”
“Two rooms in my flat will be available soon.”
“I’m looking for a long-term flatmate to share my lovely, fully furnished two-room flat located in the heart of Berlin, at Mehringdamm 47.”
“A room where I live will be free from the 9th December 2024 until 31 May 2025, possibly longer.”

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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:

😅 We are obsessed with this new trend… way too relatable!
😴 Has sleeping become a luxury item?
💊 The Ozempic wave continues, now with a new ‘make-up’ - the natural Ozempic
⚠️ The Rise of 'Greenhushing’

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.
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