Make Berlin your Home

Living in Berlin

If you ask Google, how expensive it is to live in Berlin, it will answer that the prices are rising, especially for housing. But if we compare Berlin to other cities in Germany, some things are much cheaper. 

Germany is considered one of the cheapest countries in the world for grocery shopping. The monthly fee could be anywhere between 100 to 200 euros. But if you’re not much of a cook yourself and prefer eating out, be prepared to spend up to 300 euros.

Transportation and mobile phone fees are also quite cheap if you’re a student, rent prices range from 400 to 800 euros. The cost of rent depends on how big you want your apartment to be, as well as location. Sharing an apartment will cost you at least 400 euros and for bigger flats, the payment would be about 1500 euros. 

Where to rent?

Wondering where to rent in Berlin? We got you covered! Berlin is so diverse that it can make anyone feel at home. Whether you’re a free spirit, hipster, party animal or prefer a quiet life to the party, Berlin can satisfy all your needs. 

If you like to be close to clubs, street food markets, and outdoor cinemas, Friedrichshain is a good choice. It’s also great if you lead a vegan lifestyle and like dining outdoors. Kreuzberg also has good places for eating out, it’s full of affordable street food, coffee shops, and squats. Neukölln too has quite a lot to offer, from cozy, dim-lit bars to independent shops, tattoo studios, and arthouse cinemas. 

If you’d like to find out more about other districts and which one is most suited for you, our housing Advisor Vincent from Berlin and Ignacio from Barcelona would be more than happy to help you. Find out more about them!

You can also visit Wunderflats and choose which furnished apartment to rent based on location, price range, and a number of rooms. More options to find apartments furnished or unfurnished are wg-gesucht.de, immonet.de, immobilienscout24.de, GLOBALS Homes, and eBay Kleinanzeigen. Do not forget to consider some Housing Companies like immobilo.de and Deutsche Wohnen.

Once you choose the location and are ready to move in, it’s time to cozy up the place. For interior design solutions, Houzz is an excellent platform to provide you with the best professionals for interior designs. However, product providers and different kinds of professionals related to finding and making your perfect home. 

When it comes to furniture, you’ll find the most affordable and stylish pieces at Ikea. For sure, you would like to give your house your personal touch in colors, walls, or even make it more friendly and accessible. All that you need you can find it in Aroundhome and hagebau.de.

Electronic supplies are best bought from Mediamarkt, Saturn, Amazon, or Ebay.

Where to buy?

When planning on buying a flat in Berlin, be sure to check out ImmoScout24. They offer different types of real estate properties, from flats and houses to office spaces and garages. 

We would also suggest checking out our GLOBALS Homes. Here you can find a variety of available properties. Also, request or list a property that you’re trying to rent or sell. One of our previous blogs could give you useful information about buying decision: What to consider when buying an apartment in Berlin  

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Housing insurances

Housing insurance is also an important aspect to keep in mind. Generally in Berlin and Germany , every object you have in your apartment is considered a household good. Therefore is covered by house insurance. And, it covers damages from fire, water, storm, burglary, and vandalism. We would like to recommend you Arag.de and Tarifcheck.de  where you can find a variety of insurances not exclusive for the property.

Berlin event

Be sure not to miss out on our Globals event: The Future of Housing and Living on the 20th of August. The panel discussions will cover an introduction to what you need to know about the real estate in Berlin. You’ll learn about the current trends in real estate and innovation in post-corona times. 

See you there!

On 20th August 2020, Club GLOBALS hosted its first event of the year 2020 on “The Future of Housing and Living – Fourth Ed.”. The webinar was chaired by our founder and CEO, Mario Paladini, who welcomed the participants, speakers and partners.

The first kick-off presentation was made by Zoe Zhou, project manager for GLOBALS Homes at Club GLOBALS. Zoe introduced the newly-launched GLOBALS Homes project to the audience, and Vincent Weiland closed off by answering any doubts on buying or renting in Berlin.
Next up was a crash course on growth-hacking by Kyrill Krystallis, Founder at Inside Insight. We learnt a few tricks on how to get more traffic to websites, as well as how to use the software to do so.
Thomas von Muenster gave an insightful presentation on real estate investment, and why Berlin is the city to start investing in with attractive loan and mortgage options.
Then, Carsten Heinrich presented a step-by-step scenario in which foreign investors can buy property in Berlin, as well as the different costs and fees to be taken into account. He answered a critical question on whether foreign investors are able to buy property without actually being on-site or even in the country, and also the importance of having a property manager.
The next speaker, Arkadi Jampolski from Wunderflats, talked about the furnished apartments market. Although impacted by the pandemic, Wunderflats saw an exponential growth in demand for internationals who now see Germany as the country to be in in post-pandemic times, especially due to its efficient crisis management.
The last on stage was Esther Bahne from Quarters Co-Living. Esther explained how the pandemic had triggered a trend in individuals looking to share spaces with others, and that the niche-market they previously targeted had now become their main market. Esther believes with great passion that co-living will play a great role in the future.

Once the speakers concluded their presentations, it was time for pitches.
Louisa Madders started the first round by presenting AiRelo, the world’s first smart city registration assistant whose sole mission is to make international life easier. The second round was followed by Tierry Ondet, who explained the rapid growth of Room, a company focused on creating modular office spaces ranging from phone booths to flexible offices. The last to pitch was Gabriela Postole, an interior designer at Home Design Packages. Gabriela expressed the passion she exhibits for design as well as her dedication to transforming any place into a true home, with all the talent she has to offer.

Dirk Jacobs from 52° NorthStudio entertained us with live music throughout the event, thereby ensuring a smooth transition between presenters, and bringing a lively atmosphere during the networking part of the event.

You can check out everything related to the event on Instagram and Twitter with the hashtag #GHFHL20. Club GLOBALS would like to thank the speakers, the partners, the audience, and those who made this event possible in the first place.

Stay tuned for our upcoming events! And do not miss our latest blog post on Make Berlin your Home.

Mario Paladini & GLOBALS Team 8)

Arkadi Jampolski – CoFounder & CEO – Wunderflats

Carsten Heinrich – MD of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Rubina Real Estate

Esther Bahne – Co-CEO & CMO Quarters Co-Living

Kyrill Krystallis – Co-Founder of WeAreGrowthHackers

Thomas von Muenster – Head of Investment Unit Sales – STRATEGIS AG

Vincent Weiland – Housing Advisor GLOBALS Homes

Zoe Zhou – Project Manager GLOBALS Homes

Mario Paladini – Founder & CEO – Club GLOBALS

Dirk Jacobs – Music Artist, Producer, Creative Technologist – 52° NorthStudio

AirTeam – Cecilia Caire

One Last Switch – Jasmin Kamann

Obob – Moritz Schroeder

Your Startup? 

Event areas

Reasons to come to the Berlin Welcome Day

• Meet a welcoming community
• Learn about settling in Berlin (Find an apartment, Insurance, Bank…)
• Boost your career (Further Education, Languages…)
• Find a job at our fair for international talent
• Start your business in Berlin (Incubators, Accelerators, Co-Working)
• Discover Berlin (Lifestyle, Attractions, Things to do)
• Networking and activities

More information to be announced!

Verena Büttner – WolfSystem

Raymond Naseem – Co-Founder of Housy

Eliza Liepina – Vivali

Tobias Wittich – Founder of The Place Berlin

Daniel Levelev – Growth Acceleration

Omer Kucukdere – Founder & CEO of Nestpick

AirTeam – Cecilia Caire

One Last Switch – Jasmin Kamann

Obob – Moritz Schroeder

Your Startup? 

Program:

• 18:00 Registration & Warming Up (Snacks & Drinks)
• 18:30 Welcome & Intro
• 18:40 Keynote “Startup Barometer Germany & Europe, most recent and most important trends and issues” Peter Lennartz, Partner, EY
• 19:00 Startups Short Intros and Q&A
  • Startup Heat Map, Thomas Kösters, Co-Founder
  • AiRelo, Mario Paladini, Founder & CEO
  • Everlean, Yannick Müller, Founder & CEO
  • Minespider, Nathan Williams, Founder & CEO
• 19:45 Interactive Sessions
• 20.15 Networking

CONNECTING  Entrepreneurs with Business Partners – B2B Matchmaking

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER From Senior High-Level International Speakers

ENJOY an evening with like-minded guests

Let’s meet at Personal Nord, 25th of April around 14:45 we will talk about ‘ How Chatbots and AI support Mobile Workers’. We are very glad and honored to be here and to talk about our City registration Chatbot.

The registration form for Berlin is only available in German. To simplify your life and make your arrival a little more pleasant, we at Club GLOBALS created an amazing idea. The CG Bot because Chatbots are the future. A messenger bot on Facebook who helps you to create your own digital registration form that you will have to bring to the “Anmeldung” in Berlin.

Just search in your messenger list for Club GLOBALS and you will find the nice and friendly bot, who will help you with all the questions. There is a possibility that you might not understand everything. No worries! We have our ‘ Free Anmeldung Support’, just come by to our office and we help you filling out the bot.

About Personal Nord:

• More than 275 top exhibitors
• Perfect Networking Platform
• The event of HR Industry
• With 5 Keynote-Speakers

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Happy new year! Let us celebrate a new year with you during our New Year’s Reception!

First of all, Happy New Year. It was a great afternoon with some good networking and shot speeches! Our reception was a great success so check out the pictures below!

Do not forget to check our upcoming events and stay tuned for new developments during 2017.

EVENT PARTNERS: REGUS & CCG

The amazing event ‘ Europe’s hottest startup capital – Why Berlin?’ on the 6th of January was a great success!

A lot of people where interested in the pitches of the CEO’s of the 4 companies. We had:
– CAPITALS Circle Group
– 12 Grapes
– NowDiscover
– Club GLOBALS

After a small warm up and a welcome intro, we started with the pitches. After that we had an great interactive session, where the CEO’s gave a problem to the startups and 15 minutes to find a solution!

Some networking at the end and the event ‘Europe’s hottest startup capital -Why Berlin?’ at WeWork Sony Center was an amazing success!

Check the pictures below!

CAPITALS Circle Group GmbH (www.capitalscriclegroup.com)
cordially invites you to CCG Dialogue & Networking Christmas Event

Impact + Politics + Prevent + Innovate + Grow.

What‘s the connection & the perspectives in 2017?

SPEAKERS

• Yannis Salavopoulos, Founder & Managing Director, CCG GmbH, Lecturer, SRH Berlin University of Applied Sciences
• Prof. Dr. Michael Hartmann,Vice President, SRH Berlin University of Applied Sciences
• Sebastian Fairhurst, Head of Public Policy, Santander Bank Germany
• Doru Frantescu, Co-founder & CEO, VoteWatch Europe
• Jochen Wermuth, Founder & CIO, Wermuth Asset Management

EVENT PARTNERS

• Global Sustain
• VoteWatch.eu
• SRH Berlin University of Applied Sciences
• Club GLOBALS
• art’otel berlin mitte, by park plaza

PROGRAM

18.00 – 18.20
Introducing CCG GmbH & the Network of Partners + Associates

18.20 – 19.00
An open dialogue on “Impact + Politics + Prevent + Innovate + Grow. What’s the connection & the perspectives in 2017?”

19.00 – 20.00
Networking Get Together & Party

CONNECTING  Entrepreneurs with Business Partners – B2B Matchmaking

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER From Senior High-Level International Speakers

ENJOY an evening with like-minded guests

Cover Charge:

Includes Program, Snacks & Drinks

• GOLD/Silver SOLUTIONERS & Premium Members: FREE → UPGRADE
• Basic Members: Free (Become member for FREE)
• Non-members: Free (Happy Christmas ;))