Berlin’s most desirable neighborhoods to live in

Ah, to live in Berlin. The capital of Germany is a bustling metropolis welcoming any and all who dare to call her home. Known for an open mentality, a top-notch nightlife scene, and home to a thriving start-up atmosphere, Berlin is an enticing choice to settle down in.

One of the key steps in doing so? Finding a place to live. The housing shortage in Berlin combined with the intricacies of German bureaucracy can make house hunting a headache. In an attempt to alleviate some of the stress, GLOBALS Homes features some of the best apartments in the city.

Choosing just where to live in Berlin is an important choice! The charm of Berlin is the different worlds that can be found depending on the neighborhood you happen to be in. Read on as we highlight three of Berlin’s most desirable neighborhoods – and the apartments that will let you call them home!

Lichtenberg

Just East of Mitte lies the quiet district of Lichtenberg. At first glance it can seem far removed from the vibrant and historic center of Berlin but don’t let that fool you!

In just 15 minutes you can arrive at Alexanderplatz. Strolling through this quiet suburb, its free from the broken glass and hipsters that crowd Kreuzberg and Neukölln’s busy streets.

Within 20 minutes from the Lichtenburg S+U station you can travel back in time and visit the historic former Stasi Headquarters, or travel to Vietnam and step inside the Dong Xuan Center, an Asian market with over 150 stalls. You can also visit one of East Berlin’s most famous attractions, Tierpark, a large zoo where animals have free roam and gives residents an amazing green space in the center of the district. Lichtenberg is a trending gem in Berlin, get here fast!

Mitte

Mitte means “center” or “middle” in German and you can bet that if you live in Mitte you can reach anywhere in Berlin’s city limits very easily. Not only are you well connected with transit, but the multiple bars, restaurants and cafes are not just there for the tourists.

Grab a craft beer around Torstrasse, visit the Berlin Wall Memorial or catch a show at Babylon Berlin or the Volksbühne and discover that thriving Mitte is the heartbeat of the city and one of the best districts to live in.

Schöneberg

Discover all the colours of Berlin within one district. Famous since the 1920s for its vibrant LGBTQ+ scene, Schöneberg really has something for everyone.

You can browse the latest trends at the famous KaDeWe (Kaufhaus Des Westens), one of the largest department stores in Europe. For nature lovers there is the protected biological park Schöneberger Südgelände, a nature reclaimed WWII rail yard and just in the district limits is Templehofer Field, the airport-turned-public-park, where you can catch the best sunsets in the city.

After successfully hosting the Berlin Welcome Day, a one-day event to set up life and business in Berlin GLOBALS is back with the ‘After Welcome Day Party’.

It’s the party to meet like-minded people in Berlin. We have DJ YSM behind the decks and free drinks, the perfect combination to get the party started! ??

What can you expect?

? Free Beer powered by 4scotty

?Free Shots powered by Mexilove

?Free wine powered by Le Labo

Goody Bag with presents!

GLOBALS 5 year Anniversary: new milestone & new glassesv

Wow, 5 years have flown by since we started GLOBALS! Our passionate journey to make international life easy has been quite the rollercoaster, but despite our many ups and downs, we are thrilled to announce our next milestone.

This past month has been rather quiet for us, but don’t worry, we have a good reason. We have been focusing on launching our latest product, AiRelo – a smart chatbot that assists you with your city registration through Facebook messenger!

Pretty cool right? But first, I would like to thank my wife Anne and all of our family and friends for their relentless support during this endeavor. You were there for us during the good times and the bad, and we cannot thank you enough for your help. We are also honored to welcome our latest investor Michael Brehm, as well as our tech partner Dirk! It’s an exciting time to join us and we are blessed to have your knowledge and experience during the development of this product.

As you may know, with every milestone we complete here at GLOBALS, we have a pair of glasses to match! Check out this brief video celebrating the occasion.

Introducing AiRelo! It’s a Chatbot on Facebook messenger to assist you with filling out your city registration form. After spending many years personally helping newcomers get settled in the city, I learned that the bureaucracy of registering a new address is the first challenge before you can actually enjoy it. With AiRelo, all you have to do is pick a language, city, scan your passport, answer some simple questions, hand in the form AiRelo filled out for you and that’s it. No need to answer all the questions on the form or struggle with the office worker when you don’t speak the same language. If everyone uses AiRelo, there will no longer be hours of waiting in line, which will ultimately save many hours of valuable productivity time!

We would like to thank the hundreds of people in the community who tested the bot, gave the team useful feedback and helped us pick out the name. We would greatly appreciate you continuing to help us by liking our FB page, following on Twitter and Instagram sharing this article, giving us feedback and spreading the word with your friends! #AiReloMe

We can’t wait to see what you think of AiRelo.

Bye for now! 8)

When you start moving from places to places, keeping an open mind each time and enjoying discovering new cultures. I guess you can call yourself a global citizen!

How can you become a Global Citizen?

You are born somewhere, where first you learn the language your parents teach you. Then you enter a school that  your parents chose. You get involved in a society, where you actually start learning how to behave inside one. But at that time is your “pink bubble” as I like to call it. Because at an early age  you don´t have idea how many other cultures and customs are outside that bubble.

Getting out from that “pink bubble” is the first step becoming a global citizen. Trying to make any place you also feel like home becomes a better place, changing the economic, political and social situations.

I like to say that being a global citizen comes from the heart. It is a kind of a process that starts being interested in learning different cultures including the history, language, gastronomy, and wanting to be part of it.

Once you are a part of it, is when you know you belong to the world, cause also you know that there is not better country than other, each one has their own charming something you will not find in the other one, is then when you take it everywhere and start learning to coexist with other nationalities and cultures.

Are you a global citizen?

Feeling like a global citizen is basically someone who is able to make a home any place in the way, someone that adapts in any new culture and take it with the heart,also is someone that takes all the good things learned and apply them in other places trying to achieve peace in the world, these is something that hasn’t been achieve but as long there’s people wishing and working for it, at least there will be people that can survive with a little bit of help.

There already exists a big community of global citizen around the world!!! Where it doesn´t matter where you come from, but what we can learn from each other!!

Author: Renata Aguilar.

We are proud to share with you that the 3rd Start Up Connect Berlin was a great success! Our goal was connecting International Startups with Investors and Institutions. With speakers from Germany and abroad, we shared the content and knowledge about Startups.

We want to thank everybody who joined the 3rd Startup Connect Berlin and special thanks to our partners and investors. At first, we started with the speeches from Yannis and Mario and later the first panel started. Later we continued with Ben Bauer (CO-Founder at Foodpanda), the second panel and after that, the Startup Competition started.

? 1st place – BreakAphasia

? 2nd place – 3YOURMIND

? 3rd place – Fu2re

After the Competition with these winning Startups, the buffet was open and Networking was started! Later we moved to Club Maxxim and end this successful day with some drinks! 

Check all the pictures here!

Among past speakers: Dr. Steffen Von Blumröder, Director, Financial Services Bitkom, Joachim Homeister, Partner Dentons, Sebastian Markowski, Vice President, GP Bulhound (Investment Bank in ICT Sector), Senior Rep from Big ICT Players, Senior Rep from VCs, Business Angels, Startups at Growth Stage, Senior Rep from IHK Berlin, Berlin Partner, Land Berlin, BMWI, and many others.

Program:

• 15:30: Welcome
• 16:15: Europe’s hottest Startup Capital
• 16:45: Bots are the new apps
• 17:00: Investors- Startup Relations
  
• 18:00: 2 to 40 Countries
• 18:20: Raising Startup Ecosystem
• 19:15: Startup Competition
• 20:00: Networking with Buffet

Goals:

? CONNECT International Startups with International Investors and Institutions

? B2B & B2G Matchmaking between selected Startups and Investors and Institutions.

? KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER From Senior high-level International Speakers (Investors, Serial Entrepreneurs, Institutional Representatives, Policy Makers)

The Christmas event in Berlin.

At the 26th of November there was a big party in Haubentaucher. We started with a very nice and cosy christmas market, and after that the networking could start!

We introduced are newest CG-Bot, an amazing Facebook messenger Bot who will help you with your registration form!

After all the networking and all the people who tried the bot, we had an amazing and great party!

We wish you a merry christmas and we hope to see you on our next event!

Cover Charge:

Includes Christmas Market, Glühwein und Weihnachtsgebäck, Virtual Reality Games and After-Party with DJ

The Barcelona Christmas event 2016

On the first of December was the big party in Hyde club! We started with nice networking, a little drink and a delicious buffet.

There was a great party after all the networking to celebrate all our ideas of the past year and of course to celebrate christmas time!

It was a great way to meet new arrived people in Barcelona who are here for business, it was a good event to talk about Club Globals and many other companies and experiences for the new ones and the experts in Barcelona. The party was on! With an amazing catwalk and a lot of friendly, kind and amazing people we had a wonderful time. We do love to organise this kinds of party’s for you!

We hope you enjoyed this party as much as we did, and we hope to see you on our next event! Keep in touch with our social media and the website to check the latest updates!

Happy Holidays!

Event Report:

Thank you everyone for being there and making GLOBALS first event such a success! We’ve a wonderful evening with all of you, looking forward to meeting you again, sign up to receive direct invitations and don’t miss our next event in Barcelona.

Here you’ve got some pictures from our Christmas Event last night @Luxury & Co.

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Club GLOBALS Cozy Christmas Event will take place on Thursday, December 10th at 19.00, in the stylish location of Luxury & Co Showroom.

Come by and celebrate with us the upcoming holidays and our first Christmas Event in Barcelona! It will be a great occasion to our expat community to gather in an exclusive and cozy atmosphere.

Important Note: Places are limited! RSVP now!

Looking forward to welcoming you and your friends!

This event is great for:

• Newly arrived people looking for English-speaking help while settling in Barcelona
• Connecting to other like-minded internationals in Barcelona
• Professionals/Companies who have their own solution and social deal to offer. LIST YOUR SOLUTION

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