4️⃣5️⃣ New Elections & German Budget Updates + More Germany's News in English, Jobs, Housing Offers and This Week's Events in Berlin
Hello dear IWBies ✨
Gosh, it’s been so gray lately, hasn’t it? Have you booked a ticket to somewhere warm for the coming weeks? Are you spending the holidays back in your homeland? What are your plans for next year? Come chat with us about these topics on the 20th at our Xmas Party! Dress up and celebrate the end of 2024 with us — but hurry, spots are limited!
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Have a great week and see you next time!
Bruna, Sabrina, Lindelwa 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:
💰 What happens if there is no German budget by the New Year?
🥦 The Berlin districts of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg and Neukölln want to start selling cannabis through several specialist stores next year.
😢 Is everyone unwell? Let’s talk about lonliness and depression in Germany.
🇸🇾 All asylum applications from Syrian nationals in Germany have been put on hold, officials said.
🌎 What was Germany googling in 2024?
👚 Zalando to acquire rival fashion retailer About You
😓 After the Volkswagen massive layoff, more than 8,000 job cuts planned by this top German manufacturer
🇩🇪 The lovely Johanna is bringing us some updates about the new elections. Spoiler: Tomorrow, Monday the 16th, will be an important day.
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👉 Week from the December 9th to the December 15th - Berlin is a city full with events to suit all tastes. Here are some highlights that we think you and your friends would enjoy:
👉 NEXT FRIDAY, THE 20TH! FEW SPOTS LEFT✨
Come to our Xmas Party at Jane and the Jam on the 20th 🎄
🇬🇷 Mamma Mia! Tour Berlin
💃 TOP90s: 90s Pop, Eurodance, Trash X-MAS SPECIAL
🧣 Winter Solstice Celebration
🍾 Spent Thanksgiving alone? Dreading Christmas? Anxious about New Year's? Never Spend Another Holiday Alone
☪️ Muslim and Looking for Love? Join This Event!
👽 "We R The Aliens" gather some good friends and alienish related musicians in order to let the UFO start.
🧠 The Psychology of Goals: How to Pursue and Achieve Goals in 2025
😎 Meet New People and Hangout in Mitte
🎄 Merry Markthalle at Markthalle Neun
🍑 Tomorrow! Booty Candle Workshop in Berlin: Create 2 Cheeky Candles
👉 For more events during the week, check out our Instagram Stories! ✨
🎁 Last minute call: Independent Designers Xmas Pop-Up Shop
🇬🇧 English conversation meeting
☃️ FLINTA* New Year Run Tiergarten
🎄 Oops! The Christmas show - The Glam Girls meets SIXX PAXX
🥃 Discover the depths of the whisky world with a professional tasting
🕯️ How about learning how to make a massage candle?
🧼 Learn how to make handmade soap from scratch: from idea to fragrance
🍷 Wine seminar: introduction and sensory analysis
🥂 Founders & Wine: Thursday Night Networking
🤖 TE:AR - a postdisciplinary series of happenings where boundaries between art, technology and human experience dissolve through shared exploration.
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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:
🏊♀️ “Swimming course for adults (without experience)”
❤️🩹 “Topic: RELATIONSHIP failures, attachment, standards, boundaries”
🐶 “Little dog PIKSEL needs a home”
🗣️ How to communicate well at work? (even if it scares you)
“New BVG app“
💸 “Financial crisis advice”
🐈 Taking care of kittens and hosting a New Year's Eve party? Yes, please!
🩸 “Your partner not wanting to have sex on your period”
💇♂️ “Best products from hair loss”
🔎 “I'm considering buying an Iphone. Is it worth taking Applecare insurance?”
🩲 “Period's panties search: What's the best brand?”
🥶 “How do you cope with this horrible, dark, grey winter?”
🎁 “TOPIC: Relaxing bday suggestions”
🤨 “What do you think about relationships with your partner's exes?”
✈️ Let’s talking about flying anxiety, since many of us are taking flights in the next weeks
🔪“Anyone know where to get kitchen knives sharpened in Berlin?”
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:
“My cozy little nest in a 3-person female WG will soon be available starting January 15th”
“I’m renting out a room in my flat in wedding close to U-Pankstraße for 6 months starting immediately to the end of June.”
“One year sublet, apartment in Mitte with Anmeldung.”
“Mid size room - From January - Only for 3 months”
“I will be renting my lovely flat from the 18-19 of december (days can flexible) 2024 for 2-3 months.”
“Bright and Cozy Room Available for Sublet”
“My old flat is looking for flatmate”
“I’m reaching out as I’m looking for a new flatmate to share my 3 room flat in Wedding.”
“2x rooms in WG in P Berg from 16.01-31.08 (with possibility of Extension) with Anmeldung”
“I’m subletting my beautiful, furnished 30m² room in an old-style building for three months”
“My 1-room flat will be free from 26th of DECEMBER to MARCH or 1st of APRIL (Flexible dates).”
“My room in Mitte is available to sublet from January until April 2025.”
“There are two rooms: one for me and one for you, with your room being a bright and spacious”
“I am looking for a new tenant for my room in a 3-bed flat share from 1 January (or from 18 December)”
“Subletting fully furnished private apartment (for girls) near Schonhauser allee from 25.Dec until March 31st (Flexible).”
“With my partner we are moving, so we sublet our room from 01/01 to 31/03.”
“Sublet: Cozy 2-room apartment with Balcony in Friedrichshai”
“Sublet from January - April // 3 rooms, 87 sqm, balcony // Neukölln-Rixdorf”
👉 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:
Communications Manager, Reference Studios
Working Student Marketing, Carhartt Work In Progress
Assistant Project Manager, Persona
No-Code Developer (Webflow), 02100 Digital
Senior Backend Engineer, TextCortex AI
Digital Account Manager, Launching Point
Project Manager, Optimus Search
(Technical) SEO Project Manager, Berlin Brands Group
AI & Data Scientist Intern, Refonte Infini - Infiniment Grand
Java Software Development - Backend, Plunet GmbH
Software Engineer, PowerUs
Data Engineer, Vay
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Check out what our IWB team is reading, or find it interesting and wants to share with you:
❓Is this country the best place to be a woman?
📚 For all the girlies who like to read.
🛀 I'm just girl who loves bathrooms
❤️🩹 Interesting article about adults being diagnosed with ADHD
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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