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<p>DS unable to find a job (hiring freezes) and is now accompanying his last internship’s mentor as a research assistant and gofer. (The mentor has a visiting lecturing professor gig in U of Potsdam.)</p>

<p>DS is looking for Room for Rent, 2 months.
Anybody you know?</p>

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<p>Student housing might be a good option. Look here for starters:
[Studentenwerk</a> Berlin - Student Housing](<a href=“http://www.studentenwerk-berlin.de/en/wohnen/]Studentenwerk”>http://www.studentenwerk-berlin.de/en/wohnen/)</p>

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<p>No specific suggestions, but friends from Berlin tell me that real estate is very reasonable there. Jobs, on the other hand are apparently a different story.</p>

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<p>DS will be on stipend. He will be doing same thing he was doing in Redmond, and with the same mentor, only it will be in Berlin. How far the stipend will go is unknown since he does not know the housing cost. </p>

<p>thx binx, bela.</p>

<p>MORE?</p>

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<p>Here are some sites I have bookmarked, from when we lived in Germany. Perhaps some of them will prove helpful.</p>

<p>General site about living in Germany as an Expat; includes some housing info, classifieds, etc:
[Housing</a> in Germany - Expatica](<a href=“http://www.expatica.com/de/housing.html]Housing”>http://www.expatica.com/de/housing.html)</p>

<p>Info about renting in Germany:
[Guest</a> Information: Renting private accomodation](<a href=“http://domino.mpi-inf.mpg.de/internet/news.nsf/0/00dbd4e3affa5476c1256aaf00472216?OpenDocument&ExpandSection=1]Guest”>Latest)</p>

<p>A similar site:
[Germany</a> Guide: Moving in, Houshold management & utilities When you move into a new flat, you often have to tak](<a href=“http://www.justlanded.com/english/Germany/Tools/Just-Landed-Guide/Housing-Rentals/Moving-in]Germany”>Germany Guide: Moving in, Houshold management & utilities: When you move into a new flat, you often have to)</p>

<p>Legal overview about renting:
[Germany[/url</a>]</p>

<p>Discussion board for expats - lots of good info. There is a section for Berlin, where you could post to ask questions to English-speaking folks who are actually living there:
[url=<a href=“http://www.toytowngermany.com/]Toytown”>http://www.toytowngermany.com/]Toytown</a> Germany - English language news and chat](<a href=“http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:KXPiMEkVnUQJ:www.iue.it/LAW/ResearchTeaching/EuropeanPrivateLaw/Projects/TenancyLawGermany.pdf+rental+laws+germany+apartment&hl=en]Germany[/url”>http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:KXPiMEkVnUQJ:www.iue.it/LAW/ResearchTeaching/EuropeanPrivateLaw/Projects/TenancyLawGermany.pdf+rental+laws+germany+apartment&hl=en)</p>

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<p>once again thx, binx.</p>

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<p>he just found temp quarters at hostel. 18euros/nite. His prof and another intern sharing a studio. The hunt for better quarters will begin on his arrival Wednesday.</p>