Living in Frankfurt - Frankfurt's most popular Expat blog
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I am originally from the UK and have been living in Frankfurt since 2013. I am sure that you will also notice that the official information from the authorities are mainly in German and can often be more confusing than helpful. Which is why I started to write this blog. The aim is to catalogue my experiences and knowledge in Frankfurt and surrounding areas.
Living in Frankfurt - Frankfurt's most popular Expat blog
1w ago
Crazy how quickly the weather has changed! I just went from writing a blog post on rainy weather activities to planning for a hot Summer weekend in the Rheingau! The weather hit a beautiful 24ºC at the weekend so I took my visitors out to the vineyards for some early season winetasting. Whether you have ..read more
Living in Frankfurt - Frankfurt's most popular Expat blog
2w ago
The last two weekends have some crazy moments of heavy rains and strong winds and generally a bit of a wet Easter holiday. Pretty dramatic and didn’t last long, but generally a bit of a washout. For those of us who had visitors with kids, it can be a disaster though. I had the fun ..read more
Living in Frankfurt - Frankfurt's most popular Expat blog
1M ago
Did anyone else notice the increase in niche or ‘craft’ gins in the supermarkets? Apparantly this is becoming quite a thing in Germany, even to the extent that the Times wrote an article on the 11% increase in German gin imports to the UK last year. The last decade, and especially during and since the ..read more
Living in Frankfurt - Frankfurt's most popular Expat blog
1M ago
I discovered completely by accident today that there is a unique little spot in Frankfurt that lays claim to being the warmest place in Germany and a good 4-6°c warmer than the local area: the Nizza. I’m going back in the summer for a warmer looking photo though! March is still a bit chilly ..read more
Living in Frankfurt - Frankfurt's most popular Expat blog
2M ago
Moving to a new city, especially from another country, is a big deal. There is so much basic local knowledge that you won’t have and can’t always get just by having a look online. It doesn’t help that the property market in Frankfurt is so fast moving. On the one hand, its great that there ..read more
Living in Frankfurt - Frankfurt's most popular Expat blog
2M ago
I wrote about learning Salsa and Bachata over a year ago and fully intended to follow up quickly with a post on Ballroom dancing (Standard und Latein). Seems I was over ambitious! I have been dancing quite a few years now and really had the chance to bounce around and test every where. I have ..read more
Living in Frankfurt - Frankfurt's most popular Expat blog
2M ago
This is a rather niche topic but if you are looking for a new car, second hand makes a huge amount of sense. Firstly, we all know that brand new cars depreciate in value the moment you drive them off the forecourt, but also using a dealer carn add thousands of euros to the price ..read more
Living in Frankfurt - Frankfurt's most popular Expat blog
3M ago
As a kid in the UK, I used to love eating Apfelstrudel, delivered from the frozen section of the local supermarket. Little did I know how different a freshly made Austrian strudel could actually taste! We are still a few hours drive away from the traditional home of Apfelstrudel in Vienna, but I set out to ..read more
Living in Frankfurt - Frankfurt's most popular Expat blog
3M ago
Pretty much everyone has heard by now about the long awaited reforms to the German Nationality Act (Staatsangehörigkeitsgesetz or StAG). The changes were championed by the Greens at the last election and the law were seen as a long overdue liberalisation of the policy towards the naturalisation of longterm non-German residents. The central change being ..read more
Living in Frankfurt - Frankfurt's most popular Expat blog
3M ago
Did you just arrive in Frankfurt and you’re in the mood for a bit of local integration? Supporting Eintracht Frankfurt is a great way not just to meet new people (and practice some German) but also to have a talking point with people across Frankfurt. In fact, supporting Eintracht is a big deal here, and ..read more