Live, Work & Travel in Germany
Top Sites
Young Germany - Career services, information and insider tips for your life in Germany.
Employment
Employers, Agencies & Placement Services
Au-Pair Agency Anette B. Wandres - Live in Germany as an au pair.
Au-Pair Agency Angela Greis - Places boys and girls in au pair jobs with families across Germany. You must be between 18 and 24 years old, and must have experience with working with children. There are no fees for au pairs and wages are between 205 and 250 Euro.
Aupair Worldwide - An international German Aupair Agency placing foreign girls and boys as au pairs all over Germany. Free registration for au pairs.
Europa Park - Theme park with 1,860 seasonal employees. There is no information for potential employees on the site but their clientele is predominantly German, French and Swiss. An ability to communicate to these races in their own language would be an advantage.
Fiddlers Irish Pub Bonn - There is no recruitment information but as the catchy song on the website suggests 'whether you sing or pull a point you'll always have a job as wherever you go around the world you'll find an Irish pub.'
Link2gether Au-Pair Agency - An agency that places girls and boys between 18 and 24 years from every part of the world into host families in Germany. If you have any questions about the rights and duties for au pairs in Germany or if you need more information about the au-pair program in Germany, do not hesitate to contact them. Site is in German.
PerfectPartners - Au pair agency.
Robert Walters - Temp and permanent vacancies in banking and finance, accountancy, secretarial and call centres. Offices also in Australia, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, Holland, the UK and the USA.
Employment Resources
Advice & Useful Sites for Finding Work
Ada Abroad: Living and Working in Germany - An online journal recording two years spent as a Fulbright/Pedagogical Exchange Service Teaching Assistant at secondary schools in Germany.
The German Wine Page - Though this site is for wine drinkers rather than fruit pickers, it does include a guide and map to the German wine regions.
Munich Found Online - Travel and job information in Munich is available at We found TEFL and childcare jobs posted when we last looked.
TaxBack.com - Organises tax back for people of all ages and sectors who have worked in Germany
Young Germany - Career services, information and insider tips for your life in Germany.
Gap Year & Voluntary Work
Unpaid Positions & Adventure
Bundestag Internship Program - A fully funded fellowship for an academic year during which participants spend one semester studying at the Humboldt University in Berlin and one semester as an intern in the office of a member of the German Parliament. Internships available to the French, East Europeans and Americans.
Council on International Educational Exchange - Exchange programmes.
Euro Practice - Internships, language courses, work and study programmes and au pair positions for European students. Offices in France, England, Germany and Spain.
IBG - German workcamps.
Open Houses Network - Though there are other projects, for most the Castle Camps programme will be the highlight. The work will involve lifting, gardening, digging and other manual tasks. The camps run for two weeks from June to September.
Pro International - International workcamps arranged in Europe and Africa between March and November for volunteers aged 16 to 26.
Working Holidays - Jobs available all the year round in Germany. Enjoy life in the country, on farms or in country hotels, living with the family, looking after children and/or horses, farm animals. The project Happy Hands is suitable for gap year students from England, and all students from EU countries wishing to perfect their knowledge of the German language and help the families. However they do not accept unemployed people receiving unemployment benefits or stays for less than two months. Preferably 3-6 months is ideal. Accomodation, meals and pocket money provided.
Youth For Understanding (YFU) - A non-profit educational organization which offers opportunities for young people around the world to spend a summer, semester or year with a host family in another culture.
WWOOF Germany - Explore Germany on the cheap by working on organic farms and projects around the country.
Living in Germany
Real Estate and Resources for Staying Long Term
How to Germany - An information resource for expatriates in Germany:
The German Way - Daily life and customs in German speaking Europe.
Travelling in Germany
Accommodation & Getting Around
Deutsche Bahn - German Railways.
Germany Online - Lots of useful information for travellers and students provided by the German Embassy and the German Information Center.
Germany Travel - Online Germany travel guide including hotels, museums, shopping, nightlife, where to eat, transportation, real estate and German courses.
Other
Culture, News...
Fireball - Search engine.
German Embassy - Addresses for German embassies worldwide.
German Language Course - Cactus Language offers a wide range of destinations to take up German Language Courses in Germany. Courses are available for all levels and all ages.
German News Magazine - Quarterly guide to travel in Germany.
German Resources - From German universities, German schools, German art, German culture to travel and tourism.
The Goethe Institut - A worldwide, non-profit, organization promoting the German language and culture. There are 135 Goethe-Institutes in 76 countries.
GuideGermany - A guide to hotels, restaurants, property, living and holidays in Germany.
Koeln.de - Tourist information for Cologne.
KolmTourismus - Official tourist guide to Cologne.
RTL Deutschland - TV station. In German.
Sprachcaffe - Learn German in Germany.
TANDEM Munich - German language courses in Munich.
THESALCON - Study German in Vienna. Beside theory and communication training in class you will experience Vienna by various interactive learning actions.
Travel Smart Abroad - Free online German language and culture lessons for travellers.
94,3 r.s.2 - Berlin radio station.
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