Ask HN: Leaving Germany – where to find quality of life as experienced engineer?

Re:Ask HN: Leaving Germany – where to find quality of life a... by bartminton on Monday July 25, 2022 @02:41PM (#32229020)

We still consider a place outside Berlin / Brandenburg. Still that does not change the fact, that the current state of affairs here is hard to digest. We also and especially look for a "warmer" and "brighter" region. German winters tend to be hard, not because of the temperatures, but because of the hours of sunlight. However, thank you for the suggestion, we'll definitely check them.

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Re:Ask HN: Leaving Germany – where to find quality of life a... by bjoli on Monday July 25, 2022 @04:38PM (#32230588)

I grew up in the north of Sweden but studied in Mannheim, Germany. Winters in Germany are miserable. If you get snow in winter you will perceive a 2.5-hour day as a lot brighter than it is. Mannheim was like a dystopian crime novel from a 1970s Britain in comparison to my home town, despite almost 4x the actual sunlight in January.

I am not saying "move to north Sweden". Just that amount of daylight is not everything.

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Re:Ask HN: Leaving Germany – where to find quality of life a... by enviclash on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @07:03AM (#32236695)

Then you must try Freibug: more sun, more happy faces, relatively well connected, and other good subjective feelings.

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