German Social Norms I Neither Get Nor Particularly Like If you’re in Germany in the summer, you won’t get around to seeing at least a few Germans barbecue outside. As soon as barbecue season starts, Germans tend to get crazy, there are portable barbecues in almost every supermarket, with sausages, pork, chicken and other meat […]
Vanessa’s student experience in Rostock – Day 2
What I forgot to mention in my last entry is that Vanessa already graduated last year and therefore made her own student life experiences, just not in good old Rostock… So after our glorious night out, the next day started off with me hitting the A&E of the eye clinic, which is conveniently situated around […]
Vanessa’s student experience in Rostock – Day 1
Using the bank holidays as a perfect excuse to have a proper catch up, Vanessa, a friend of mine for many years, decided to visit over Christi Himmelfahrt. For those of you who are not originally from Germany, this bank holiday is generally used by men to celebrate father’s day; however, there’s a strong […]
Glashagen – Back To Nature
Since the internet is swamped with people, who needs to show how happy they are all the time, and how down to earth they are (while taking a sip from their over-priced-Starbucks-coffee-to-go-cup), finding peace in nature and meditations, I thought, there must be people who will love it in Glashagen. Glashagen is not far from […]
Rostocker Artnight in the Old Town
On May, 25th the Rostocker Artnight took place in the Old Town (by klicking on the link you find recent acitvities and events in the Old Town) where you could walk along the small cobblestoned streets and also into the Nikolai-and Petrichurch to look at new and old art from various local artists. The blue […]
The perfect Sunday: bike tour, picking strawberries, Karls Erlebnis-Dorf and Hohe Düne
Last Sunday, we got a visit from my best friend and her dog. Since the weather was sunny with a little wind, we were looking for an outdoor activity to which we could take her dog with us. Besides the typical suggestions like Warnemünde or the Harbour, which she has seen a hundred times, we […]
How I Got a Boating License as a Student
If you come to Rostock and think that you can easily ride on the Baltic Sea by boat, you should be warned: In general, boats with a power of more than 15 HP require a sports boat licence in Germany. If you would like to stay in our beautiful city for a longer period of […]
Why You Should Walk Along the Beach Naked at least Once in Rostock
If you read this title, some of you will think: “Naked on the beach?! That’s outrageous. Forbidden! Report this post now! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE” Wait a minute, my little embarrassed keyboard warrior. Cause you’re right. In almost all areas of Germany walking around naked is forbidden and can be punished with high fines. Yet, some Germans are […]
How to Separate Trash Properly in Germany
Let’s start off with a little anecdote from my life: When I had an exchange student from China as a roommate, I said to her that she had to threw the plastic garbage into the bag in the right corner, leftover food into the green bin on the balcony and paper garbage into the bag […]
How To Find Affordable Apartments in Rostock and Germany
You have decided that you want to live in Rostock? Maybe for a semester, maybe even for the rest of your days? Then you will definitely be confronted with the following problem: Affordable housing in the cities of Germany is becoming increasingly difficult to find. Price increases of up to 35%-60% are not uncommon in […]
How to Find Good Furniture on a Tight Budget in Rostock
Every student, job seeker, refugee or pensioner with low income has probably faced the following problem at least once in Germany: “Damn, I would really like to have some new furniture, but unfortunately it is hardly affordable here.” There are three well known possibilities to find furniture in Rostock: You buy it from standardized large […]
The exhausting life of a student
When you travel to a new city and you are maybe a student yourself, it is always interesting to know how the daily life of students in the city you visit is. Of course, you can even use this knowledge to copy their behavior and feel like a local yourself and maybe get the chance […]