Which German city is best for you?

[@amuginho7535]

Been living in Köln/Germany for 5 years, from what I have experienced: - Yes, people in Köln are more friendly compared to other cities in Germany. But keep in mind that it is still Germany. Don't expect a southern europe level friendliness. - Many people live in Köln and work in Düsseldorf, Bonn or unfortunately in Ruhr area (Duisburg, Essen, Bochum) aka Isengard. -Winters are depressing as Köln is not super full of events like Berlin. Summers are nice (except this one). Many people who work remote leave in winter and come back in summer, subletting room/wohnung 😅 -For university students, especially in summer, finding friends are relatively easy. But if you are coming to work only you might find it hard to create friendships. (Join a Verein) Hope this helps for future Kölner!

[@simplegermany]

Thanks for sharing! 😊

[@shalalala4875]

that is useful to know, thank you for sharing. I am past college age so it sounds like it may be difficult to make friends there. I like living in a city that has a lot going on.

[@amuginho7535]

@@shalalala4875 I would say that other than Berlin most German cities are similar in that aspect. I cannot stress enough the importance of going out in summer to play games, dance or whatever to meet people. And some sort of hobby/sports club for the whole year round. Otherwise you might get mentally checked out easily in german winter.

[@Visitkarte]

I know one thing: Köln has the most unfriendly taxi drivers in Germany. I was there for medical conferences and the taxi drivers are horrible.

[@nachoripoli]

I think the rain is calculated by the amount of mm that rains on average each year, which can be misleading because in Dusseldorf or Hamburg the rain is more frequent but not as intense as in southern germany where it rains less days but on bigger amounts. Anyways great video! 🙌🏻

[@sheilaquialaferrer3040]

I live in Frankfurt and I love it 🤗

[@usmanahmad8995]

Koblenz is a very small city but very beautiful. I am living in Koblenz since 2018

[@PP82]

I have visited 4 German cities and now live in Munich. I found Munich very clean and very safe. Few or almost no homeless. Very friendly people and plenty of jobs in the IT area. It is the perfect city to grow a family. The climate is similar to the other German cities, but being close to the Alps it snows a lot in winter. There is also much more sunshine than in the northern cities. The public transportation is also very clean although sometimes there are delays. I think that if you are looking for tranquility Munich and Bavaria in general is the place to live despite the high cost of living, it is worth it.

[@simplegermany]

Thanks for sharing your experience! ☺️

[@Bianca-zd5jn]

How about opportunities in buying an apartment with 2 bedrooms in a decent area? Is it something possible to do?

[@MrGwinze]

No trash and Homeless people in Munich!? Stop joking.

[@PP82]

@@MrGwinze if you call 2 homeless every three month and some garbage in HBf a dirty and dangerous city, then go to South America or New York...

[@PP82]

@@Bianca-zd5jn buying?

[@jeanfarmacia]

I just moved from Munich to Frankfurt and couldnt be happier. Finally back to a modern city.

[@derlaurenz]

Nice idea ... one could also do a listicle with the most livable smaller/medium-sized cities such as Lübeck, Münster, Heidelberg, Augsburg, etc. Maybe an idea for a next video :-)

[@simplegermany]

We have a video touching on smaller cities: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKXbimeEisuaiLMsi=CCQyWjOLzvaKdCIm 😊

[@jeffjeziorowski8612]

I’ve lived in Würzburg and Stuttgart. I love Würzburg and consider it my second home and favorite place in Europe.

[@enverkayandan9757]

Really helpful video! Adding an overall comparison chart can make it even more helpful!

[@rubyred186]

Got into Goethe Uni this Winter Semester, Super excited to be in the city of Frankfurt 🤩

[@susannedorzbach4809]

Mag eure Videos😊finde euch sehr sympathisch ❤

[@HDougMatsuoka]

Thanks for this video! Hamburg also has a brand new (well, 2017) concert hall. The absolutely weird wild crazy Elbphilharmonie hall. They took a red brick warehouse and put a glass "iceberg" on top of it, hollowed out the inside and created a seating-in-the-round concert hall where there are no bad seats. The acoustics are perfect although a little difficult for musicians because it's not as "live" and is rather reverb-free so you can hear little details of the music itself. I heard the Tchaikovsky Symphony 5 there last month. You can get tickets for concerts that are just one major work for cheap. If you have the Euros you can stay in the Elbphilharmonie itself since part of it is a hotel. I visited this summer and had to order a hamburger in Hamburg. It was really excellent, but it was an expensive restaurant. Haven't been to Frankfurt yet... And--not to criticize--if you had gone one city more, you would have gotten to Leipzig. It's home to 4 "orchestras of cultural significance" including the largest symphony orchestra in Germany, the Leipzig Gewandhaus orchestra with a roster of 185 full-time musicians. Many great works of German classical music were premiered and performed there. Every summer is the Bachfest, a 10 day, 160 performance celebration of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. If you are into classical music, especially German classical music, Leipzig is a city you must consider. Since it's part of the former East Germany, the cost of living is still relatively inexpensive. A lot of the transportation and infrastructure is new and it's very walkable. If I had to choose a place to live in Germany, this is where I'd be.

[@simplegermany]

Wow, super cool. Thanks for sharing ☺️

[@elliek5350]

Being in the process of settling (or trying to) in Germany, I can't thank you enough for your content that indeed helps to do it more smoothly...(I just hope that one day it will be possible to do it completely smoothly ))))) Vielen Dank!!

[@randindragonheart4558]

I couldn't agree more. We stayed in Düsseldorf for a few months and it was clean, but it was boring. We got lucky and found a flat in Köln and couldn't be happier.

[@psymooon]

Nice content. I only had Berlin on my experience, looking forward to see the vibe of other German cities.

[@Bianca-zd5jn]

Very useful on point realistic video

[@manuelpujol8355]

Great video guys! Only one thing I would have changed. When talking about weather I think is better to look at average days of sunshine in a year and average hours of sunshine in winters shortest days. I think Cologne and Düsseldorf feel more rainy because, although it doesn't rain that much, it’s way more cloudy. While in Munich it rains more but there’s also more sunshine days and longer days in winters. Hamburg is the worse when it comes to short days in winter.

[@aniketkapdule]

You would have also added public transport comparison, it is one of the main deciding factor to move, e.g. Berlin has the best public transport in whole Germany. I don't know if you guys have already made such video

[@simplegermany]

We have a general video on public transportation but not comparing cities. We would say every big city in Germany has a good public transportation system 😊

[@Spycast0]

I was just about to move to Germany but unsure about which city to live in, because i'll be working remotely. I was also thinking about joining Smoothlers club. Thank you very much for this video 🙂

[@simplegermany]

And which city is most appealing after watching the video? Don’t forget there are also tons of cool smaller cities in Germany 😊 you’ll be more than welcome in The Smoothler Club 🤩

[@Spycast0]

@@simplegermany After started to watch you ladies, i started to consider Dusseldorf and now with this video, Cologne is one of my options now. After research i had to remove Hamburg because i can't handle bad weather that much. I'm not into small cities because i like crowd and variety. I'm going back and forth in between Cologne and Dusseldorf. To be a bit flex, i'll research small cities around these two probably. Once my moving is settled, i'll see you in the Club 😃

[@julianalexander2449]

Warning to all expats who want to move to munich: it is very very hard to find an apartment or a room in a shared apartment. And if you are very lucky and find one, you have to pay at least 1000€ per month for a tiny 1-room apartment or 800€ for a tiny WG-Zimmer. Most new people in munich manage to find something temporary only and have to move every few months to the next room/apartment.

[@cinizm-protasov]

And what about Hannover?

[@julianalexander2449]

@@cinizm-protasov easier than Munich, but I don't know how easy.

[@nael_tm]

Great video!! Thank you so much for this!

[@hekra6784]

You are real "Düsseldorfer". Concerning tourism in Cologne you have to acknowledge that the Cologne Cathedral is the most visited building in Germany (4,3M visitors in 2022). 😀

[@EllenFelicity]

I have no plans to move but love to visit, and enjoyed this video. You're so right that personal taste and gut feeling make a place. My friend moved from Munich to Düsseldorf, stayed only one year, hated it and moved back to Munich. I visited her in both places and didnt get it at all, I would rather live in Düsseldorf for sure, more laid back.

[@kathrinlancelle3304]

Hamburg any day. It's just so super cool.

[@dirkgenehagelstein1851]

I'm from Rhine-Main-Area and would never change. Open minded and just modern. Love it...

[@joannunemaker6332]

I enjoyed this video. This helps give travelers ideas for some cities to visit.😊❤

[@publicminx]

many stereotypes are outdated or misleading. Berlin is the fashion capital, not Duesseldorf (that was a thing of the past when Germany was still divided. After that Berlin became step by step stronger). Berlin is not just the 'artist capital'. It is the with Brussels THE political heavy weight capital in Europe (with all kind of Organisations/Verbaenden etc.), simply because Germany is the dominant economy and most populated country right in the center/heart of Europe. Berlin is also the Media capital of Germany, not Cologne (Berlin also has with Babelsberg the biggest Movie spot in Europe). While Frankfurt is the Banking capital, Berlin is the IT/Fintech Finance capital (over 80% of investment into Startups flow to Berlin - and it is after London Nr. 2 in Europe). Berlin is also the Medical-Healthcare capital (and one of the biggest hubs in Europe). Berlin also has by far the biggest GDP of all German cities (and the GDP/capita is in difference to some also outdated stereotypes already since a longer time over the German average). All those topics are not black and white. All big cities in Germany and Europe/US etc. have IT, certain media, fashion and so on. In Germany many big cities are strong in different fields - but Berlin took more and more the lead in many aspects. People who dont know that are generally not informed about anything - just copy-paste stereotypes.

[@sachinmainkar]

I have heard a lot about Berlin, Munich and many others cities and I am sure they have their attractions. But I have only lived in your city Duessldorf, in Holthausen. So for me that is the best city. It has been my home, in my third home country, that is Germany. I am a big city boy ( man ), having borne and brought up in Bombay ( Mumbai ), and now living in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. So for me it is the Rhein Ruhr Metro area, the biggest metro area in Germany. The next choice would be Koeln or Frankfurt ( for the airport ). But NRW is my home state. I like that name. Maharashtra, California and NRW are my home states in my three nations.

[@simplegermany]

Thanks for sharing 😊

[@sachinmainkar]

Always a pleasure. If I come there again, can we meet ?

[@nicolemartinez398]

Could you do a video about less tradicional big cities ? Nos wird remote working options, I would like to consider moving from Munich to less tourist or big cities and save money on rent thanks! I visited Erfuhrt and it seems small but active

[@simplegermany]

We talk about smaller cities in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKXbimeEisuaiLM 😊

[@meropale]

My dream city is Frankfurt, as I love the skyline.

[@PropertyOfK]

Can you tell us anything about Dresden when it comes to work and living? It seems super chill at the first glance..

[@simplegermany]

It's a gorgeous city! We have never lived and worked there - only visited.

[@PropertyOfK]

@@simplegermany I have visited too, loved it also : D but I would assume the work situation is not as "peachy" as in the western bloc, but it should also lower the cost of living. Not that I am looking for a job in Germany yet : D Just browsing hah, thank you for all your vidoes and hard work you put into them!!

[@PeterSlazy]

Why would anyone recommend foreigners to live in saxonia, a place full of haters and supporters of right wing extremists?

[@cashahmed]

Yes I agree and am ready to move to any part of Germany once I get the job but initially to land in Germany without a job following are the parameters I am looking for: 1. Affordable accommodation 2. Easy to find a Part time job. 3. Expat friendly and English speaking environment.

[@Androiid16]

Only seen cologne they have a nice vibe beautyfull church ofc... The city itself is not that special the buildings are boring the library is outdated but around the shopping you have nice houses the field near university is nice to chill. I think they organise alot of events which make the city nicer and I liked the vibe ther. Next visit will be Dusseldorf and Bonn.

[@hikingviking859]

Stuttgart or Munich, definitely

[@ReinholdOtto]

You don't seem to be interested much in modern art - this is something that makes both Köln and Düsseldorf attractive to tourists.

[@Cintillo]

Nice benchmark!

[@Taldanmus]

I lived in Düsseldorf a couple years and never understood how it's called a fashion capital!

[@simplegermany]

Not because of fashion on the street but mainly because lots of fashion companies are based here and have their showrooms and such.

[@PushpaRj23]

Thanks ...❤both of you ❤.. from India 🙏🤗

[@sajjadkia7861]

Im from iran planning to come to Düsseldorf and this video kinda made me be a bit more sure of my choice

[@iuliachehova5607]

Thank you for the great video!!!🎉😊😊😊😊

[@MahmudulHasan-pg5vn]

Love from Köln ❤

[@edherkless3812]

I will be visiting Dusseldorf, Cologne, and Munich, among some other cities. This trip is to both experience Germany some more and to explore moving there. When researching costs for restaurants and breweries in Dusseldorf I found several that only accept cash. Is this the norm or is it ok to use a card? Did I only find tourist locations?

[@simplegermany]

No it is quite common that some restaurants in Germany only accept cash. The city where you will experience this most is Berlin 😉

[@sash69420]

Great video. I was hoping that you would include Leipzig. Maybe in a future video? 😅

[@jhgreen14]

Also Hannover.

[@paolanieto595]

Also Bremen!

[@Khakasa]

I now know why I came to the comments😅 Leipzig has been on my mind excessively...

[@PeterSlazy]

Why would anyone recommend foreigners to live in saxonia, a place full of haters and supporters of right wing extremists?

[@honeybadger4245]

Also Jena. 😊

[@ConlangKrishna]

Great video! Except for Stuttgart, I have visited all the cities you mentioned. I live in Berlin, which can become a bit of a challenge, when you grow older ;-) As you asked about the queer scene in Frankfurt: There definitely is an LGBTQ scene, with many associations from choirs, sporting groups, to fetish meetings. But the scene in total is not that big, considering that is situated in the middle of the Rhine-Neckar area, with several bigger cities close to each other. On the other hand, I felt quite safe in Frankfurt as a queer person.

[@simplegermany]

Thanks for sharing your experience!

[@AfricanTalesByRosa]

Braunschweig is a city which should be really known.. very Clean ❤ not so big but really clean

[@ChristinaMotzer]

Ihr habt dad deutsche Museum in München vergessen, sehr interessant

[@IrishChristopher]

I love how informative your videos are. I'm looking to move my family of 5 to Europe (aiming for Germany) and 2 of my 3 kiddos are LGBT so I'm glad you included that in the rankings! Also, sorry but the discord landing page basically saying "everyone is welcome!...we aren't currently accepting new members!" made me laugh, but I'm sure with the US election you guys are getting flooded haha

[@bkb23plus]

Freiburg, no doubt ❤

[@FirasHanafi]

I am definitely loving Wuppertal! hahahaha

[@ihsanshah6907]

I was expecting Hannover too 🥹

[@GeorgeSchenker]

I was living in Berlin until November 2022. I live in Düsseldorf and I love Cologne.

[@simplegermany]

Can you share more about how you perceive those 3 cities to give other viewers more insights? 😊

[@GeorgeSchenker]

@@simplegermany Berlin is relaxed city with all kinds of people. Düsseldorf is the little but fine good for jobs in accounting and finance. Cologne is the NRW version of Berlin but more serious.

[@EmmanuelMuthomi]

In anything you do, avoid former DDR states (East Germany) if you are black. Anything else comes second.

[@paulchibamba]

Care to share your experience?

[@name_it]

Stuttgart and Munich, in my own experience, are very "cold" and super expensive compared to where do I live now - Hamburg. However, the automobile industry is located there. North part of Germany aerospace, marine, and train industry's. Additionally, the culture and behaviour of native germans in the pointed cities are totally different. Even the bank holidays differ.

[@julianalexander2449]

I agree, only Berlin is an exception. I would extend this warning to all non-white people and LGBTQ+

[@benediktdecker1491]

Okay but why you go to a country you are not wanted in ? There is a lot of countries that are more welcoming to black people ? I don’t really understand that

[@radoslavaslaveva]

Unfortunately, that appears to be awfully true.

[@AquilaCat]

Haha the bad weather places sound like paradise to me. Tons of rain and overcast skies with snow being very rare? Perfection. Thank you for this comparison of those cities. Weather and LGBT+ openness are definitely things for me to factor in when I look at potential places to go to university.

[@rishiraj2548]

Thanks

[@scarba]

Cleanliness is actually pronounced clenliness (no ee sound).

[@FabiWe91]

Drizzledorf 😂 I'd love to see your take on aesthetically pleasing, beautiful cities. Lübeck, Monschau, Regensburg, places like this...

[@simplegermany]

Oh we love Lübeck and Monschau! We haven't been to Regensburg.

[@johndaly9472]

@@simplegermany I live in Regensburg and love it. We have a huge medieval old town, a lot of bars, pubs, restaurants... And you are about 1 and a half hour from Munich and an hour from Nürnberg. There was a city rating by ARD (or ZDF?) a couple years ago and we where the 13th best city to live in Germany.

[@musiclevel]

Interesting Video but I disagree with your opinion about tourist attractions in Düsseldorf: There is the media harbour, the beautiful Promenade, Old Town (it's bars), the modern architecture around the city, the museums and the Japanese Quarter and Japanese Culture in general, lots of people are coming especially for that, maybe not many of them staying overnight. ✅

[@umeume-tv7qk]

Freiburg ?

[@ImNotQualifiedEnoughBuuuuuut]

Hey great video! One correction though: I believe you misread the population in Munich. You read out Hamburg’s population for Munich (which is more like 1.4 not 1.9 million).

[@simplegermany]

Oh really? Ups 🙈

[@ImNotQualifiedEnoughBuuuuuut]

All good 😊

[@ThomasMunich-f1k]

@@simplegermany Maybe I can help you out: population is 1.595 million in Munich.

[@suevialania]

🇵🇹👍Berlin, wunderbar 🇩🇪

[@PeterChristiaens-m2r]

Love this video, but as someone who lives in the south I would put a big asterisk by "Conservative" in Munich. In terms of global politics, Bavaria is more centrist than conservative and Munich is less conservative than outside the city. As a gay man I can say Munich has a lot things that would be considered "liberal" in other places. Munich has the oldest gay sauna (Deutsche Eiche) in all of Germany and the largest gay fetish club in all of Germany (MLC Münchner Löwen Club e.V.). Also a number of gay bars. Compared to Berlin, yes Munich would be conservative and Berlin would be liberal, but compared globally I would not really use the word "Conservative" to describe Munich. I came from a city in the US of 5 million and Munich is much more liberal than that city.

[@simplegermany]

Thanks for sharing! We agree, it always depends on perspective 😉

[@iska788]

Great Video. I lived in Munich, Bonn/Cologne, Berlin & Hamburg. But by far the worst experience I had is in Hamburg. They have a nauseating level local-patriotism ("Hamburg meine Perle") and take themselves way way WAAAAAY too seriously. They really think they are as pretty as Venice or as cosmopolitan as London. I regret every minute I lived there. But I am also more warm and southern-european in mentality.

[@datnguyen4960]

where are you guys living at ?

[@ahmetalvar8870]

Does anyone have a suggestion for a chemical engineer? Which cities are the best in terms of job oportunities for a chemical engineer?

[@kirle5455]

Most of chemical companies are in small cities, not big ones. So be ready to move. Probably you should start your search with Ludwigshafen and Manheim .

[@ahmetalvar8870]

@@kirle5455 Danke schön

[@brendanfarthing]

One of the biggest chemical companies in the world, Linde, is in Munich. The main Linde campus is about 20-30 mins south of the city centre, but we have plants all over the country and the rest of the world.

[@ahmetalvar8870]

@@brendanfarthing Than you 😊👍

[@shinodinhaa]

I was living in a little city at BW called Singen (until I got a divorce), and it was very charming, chill, with everything that you would need, city! Unfortunatelly there was no LGBT life there. ... I mean there was LGBT people, but no places. Unfortunatelly like all German, the rent prices were crazy. But it was very good to be a 2h30 train from Stuttgart, 1h from Zurich, 1h30 from Basel.

[@zakariaassa7355]

I'm an international student coming to Munich this September, I wanted to ask if you have information about Wasserwirtschaft job opportunities in the german job market

[@siddharthanaskar5919]

Hello madam. I'm from India, coming to Germany to seek job. I want to know what is ideal time for job openings and opportunity to get a job.

[@simplegermany]

You can find jobs all the time. You can check out our playlist on the topic here: kzbin.info/aero/PLnp3hGZLHcOWdFqddbduUQMC_y_CbP2QV&si=5akwKOz892f2GF_C

[@ThomasMunich-f1k]

If you look for a job in Germany, then I recommend that before you come to Germany you make sure that your qualification (university degree or whatever) is approved in Germany. Many job applications by foreigners fail because they do not get their qualification recognized. That is not unfriendly purpose, but it is due to our federalistic government structure (I could spend hours ranting about it) making virtually every administrative decision impossible.

[@frusen_sol]

I'd choose Freiburg im Breisgau

[@marinaKdiscovers]

I have visited Bonn ,Cologne and Düsseldorf. Yes i agree , Düsseldorf may be more pleasing to the eyes ...oh but Cologne ❤what a feeling 🥰🥰🥰

[@Edward-yoo]

OMG............. The way you guys looked at each other @ 16:14,16:15 and 16:16🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@hammad6852]

Its really nice that you are comparing how LGBTQ friendly the cities are, because it is definitely a reason for a lot of us foreigners to escape to an LGBTQ friendly country or specifically city. My experience has been great, Germany is overall very friendly, I live in Dresden, its an average sized city but very open and safe.

[@simplegermany]

Thanks for sharing your experience 😊

[@afrz4454]

Is Bremerhaven that bad for it not to be mentioned? hehe My husband wants us to move there from Vancouver Canada

[@murados2972]

I live in Bremerhaven almost 5 years. It’s gray, rainy and cold most of the time. The weather impo is almost unpredictable. The sea is close, but rarely getting a chance to enjoy it, because of the weather.

[@afrz4454]

@@murados2972 so the weather already sounds way sunnier and brighter than Vancouver Here we only have two seasons: Rain & July

[@murados2972]

It’s quiet and very peaceful. The air quality is great.

[@afrz4454]

@@murados2972 I went there to visit, I really liked that. I also like that there are not a lot of people so you can get to enjoy the parks.

[@murados2972]

@@afrz4454 Vancouver looks sunnier imo, at least what I see now in my weather app. In Bremerhaven most of the time of the year barely getting any sunlight.

[@Photoboy1948]

The biggest disappointment every time I visit Germany when it comes to cleanliness is the amount of graffiti tagging and cigarette butts everywhere. If I was King of Germany I would create a task force to stop this and create harsh fines and jail terms.

[@MsMinoula]

They for sure have bigger problems.

[@cashahmed]

Danke Schön. 😊

[@rishi_rajani]

I don't know if I missed it in the video, but it would be great to see a technical definition of the term 'young' when we speak of population, because I'm not sure if that means under 24 or something else

[@simplegermany]

Yeah, we mention in the video that 'young' refers to humans between 20 - 40 years old :)

[@rishi_rajani]

@@simplegermany I'm sorry I missed that and thanks for clarifying 😄 Love from Stuttgart ❤️

[@aikinskonadu3919]

I'm watching from Dubai UAE ❤❤❤

[@GlenVats]

12:22 - Stuttgart resident here. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY GAY MEN HERE! Absolutely NONE. I am the only gay in this village.

[@simplegermany]

We wouldn't call Stuttgart a village and we know other gay men living there 😊 But like we say in the video, there are other cities in Germany with a much bigger LGBTQ+ community.

[@mgcuniverse9037]

Looking for a city in Germany to get my PHD in Japanese Minor in film making 🎥 Start a rock/metal band And help my girlfriend’s little brother with his guitar building business(big fan of Thomann music in Germany) I’m looking to rent a house 🏠 with a yard for our dog breeding business(my girlfriend runs a dog breeding business) We also run a cat breeding business (we breed lambkin Selkirk Rex cats) Considering both Hamburg and Cologne Love that hamburger is rainy and cold because we currently live in the desert of Southern California where the summers are in the 100 degree f + Although I’m considering Dresden and Leipzig

[@ThomasMunich-f1k]

When it comes to Japanese, your choice might be Düsseldorf. Düsseldorf has by far the largest Japanese community in Germany.

[@pascal9280]

The biggest shame is to miss out on cities in the east. There are so many lovely cities like Dresden, Leipzig and more

[@PeterSlazy]

Why would anyone recommend foreigners to live in saxonia, a place full of haters and supporters of right wing extremists?

[@MsMinoula]

If you are blonde with blue eyes and speak german without an accent, then maybe :)

[@hassanzorome7497]

Please make a video about wish city black Americans or people of color are welcome.

[@Jombozeus]

Your Americaness is going to vastly overpower your blackness in terms of how you are treated here. In which case, Germans will treat you like you are an alien.

[@FabiWe91]

My guess would be to go with their LGBTQ+ scale here. Different groups, similar experiences.

[@hassanzorome7497]

@@FabiWe91 Thank

[@rudimussrodeln]

You only picked big German cities. For me none of these cities are interesting to live in. I like smaller towns like Erfurt for example.

[@simplegermany]

Yes, because these are the most popular cities for internationals. We also did a video on smaller more underrated cities where our community members live: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKXbimeEisuaiLMsi=4fplriWzn3BsfFdJ

[@shalalala4875]

I love this video, thanks for the breakdown and encouragement to be open to more areas. I would love it if you two also made more videos that include LGBTQ experience in different areas. Germany has such a resilient queer history that has persevered against all odds, it makes me so touched and proud ❤ LGBTQ friendliness is a huge factor, as I have definitely been places in the USA where people regard me with disgust, make me feel unsafe, and yell at me for being visibly queer or holding hands with my girlfriend. Would you two be willing to make a video or share resources about finding fellow LGBTQ community in Germany, connecting with queer culture, or LGBTQ organizations/meet up groups you would recommend?

[@simplegermany]

Hey! Thanks for your suggestion :) The more we learn about life in Germany, the more we realize that each city has their LGBTQ+ scene and clubs. You can easily do a web search for LGBTQ+ and the name of the city you're interested in and I'm sure you will find some cool things. We did a video on how we have felt as a queer couple in Düsseldorf (where we live). If you haven't watched it yet, you can do so here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqrUdIh8pp2gn8Usi=YhuS2Orzb_vqWSi3

[@ThomasMunich-f1k]

I think that here in Munich it is not such a bad life for queer people either. There is just not so much talking about it. We have a lot of homosexual people around here, but it is not considered as something that needs to be discussed. It is just Mr. X and Mr. Y living together door to door with Mr. A and Mrs. B. Everybody as he/she wishes to. Hardly anybody cares anymore. But if you want LGBTQ+ to be a topic then you are definitively bad off in Munich.

[@exentrikk]

Keine Stadt aus Ostdeutschland? Zumindest Leipzig hätte es ins Video schaffen sollen

[@simplegermany]

We follow the data and Leipzig is not among the popular cities for internationals according to our survey.

[@PeterSlazy]

Why would anyone recommend foreigners to live in saxonia, a place full of haters and supporters of right wing extremists?

[@JonTodt775]

Which city has the least racial discrimination?

[@ThomasMunich-f1k]

I think that you can make similar experiences all over Germany. 90% have no problems with other races at all, 10% are idiots, whereever you are. However (I am very sorry to say this) in East Germany there seems to be a tendency to more reservations against people from other countries. Maybe East Germans could explain more acurately than me.

[@gdf_6c]

I wonder if the open-mindness towards us LGBTQ+ follows a similar trend with an antiracist bias in these cities

[@saggitt]

Unfortunately, no numbers for rental costs, tourists visited or attractiveness for LGBTQ+. Munich could have rents 3 times as expensive or only 10% more expensive: it would still be the first. Of course, one can google, but then what is this video for?

[@simplegermany]

For that we have other videos where we talk in more detail about rental prices - like this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6Scl4R4lMd_isksi=u8H4IbgiFJcjSsg2 or this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHirmqGJnsuIe8ksi=r1QC7D4RaepXEB9I

[@saggitt]

@@simplegermany Thank you!

[@jdd5886]

Berlin is dirty because of tourists 😂

[@Rayseagate]

Is it safe to visit Germany if you're not white?

[@Taldanmus]

Generally yes; like much of western Europe, it's relatively safe in general, in my opinion.. .. and the large cities have good numbers of immigrants and people of color.

[@ThomasMunich-f1k]

Where in the world is it safe to be if you are not white? My grandson is half Nigerian. We do not half encountered any problems so far. But one day there will be one idiot. You could as well ask: is it safe to visit Germany if you ARE white? I guess Germany is not different from any other countries in Europe.

[@MrGwinze]

Berlin is expensive!?😂

[@Magda-nz4cy]

Visited all the cities in the ranking and can say: skip the rest go live in Hamburg or Munich. Unless you stay home and have no social life then pick the cheapest 😅

[@m.turkmen]

Is Yvonne from Cologne? 🫦 16:12

[@simplegermany]

from Bonn 😉

[@oritafilms]

Ffm is a Toilet

[@yaseminylmaz6291]

Don't come to Stuttgart unless you seek a job, family life, quiet boring life, or retirement :) And have German knowledge. As an international student, the city is like an expensive comfort zone that you hate and cannot escape until you graduate and seek new adventures. At least I have some friends (mostly other internationals) due to where I am. 🥲 However, I think if I had a job instead of studying here it would be okay to live actually. Oh also it has the shittest Auslanderbehörde and because of the Stuttgart 21 we still don't have a Hauptbahnhof and we walk to stations for around 6-7 minutes. Due to war most of the big buildings are newer than in other German cities and it makes me feel a bit comfortable interestingly. I like the order of transportation in this city but there are time-to-time constructions and delays, especially at s-bahns. In general, I have a bit of mixed feelings about Stuttgart.

[@ThomasMunich-f1k]

It is a famous saying that with German knowledge you don't get far in Stuttgart. You have to learn Suebian.