Orientation and First Steps

Information or consulting about the following topics:

 

Finance and insurances:

  • Information on Germany’s social security system, heath insurance, unemployment insurance and social aid, pension plans
  • Information on recommendable insurances (personal liability insurance, home insurance, car insurances,…)
  • How does payroll work?

Organizing home and household:

  • Shopping facilities, including where to buy furniture and household goods
  • How to find qualified tradesmen
  • How to find a household help

Medicine:

  • Doctors 
  • Emergency numbers
  • Hospitals
  • Pediatric care
  • Payment of medical services
  • Pharmacies

City information and leisure time:

  • Public transport system
  • Shopping and nutrition
  • Churches and religious communities
  • Sports
  • Cultural facilities and activities
  • Sightseeing and excursions
  • Meeting points, clubs and associations for expats
  • Where to buy products from your home country
  • Language courses