I think it is the will to prove something, internationally, by the young generation in Germany.
From my ears living in Germany, there is a difference young and not-young.
They now all have all the opportunity in the world. And Berlin is a great city with loads of life and opportunities.

Move here :)

My theory:
It’s the economically unsuccessfulcapital of an economically sucesful country.
Thus, the city is fairly cheap while wages are low and the number of unemployed and the number of students is relatively high.
But it’s not poor.
Because the government pumps in money to keep it’s infrastructure running and provide facilities for the civil servants etc.
And it’s history is so damn interesting it attracts relatively well educated people.

What you end up with is a big capital city with cheap, smart and thus relatively unpretentious but interesting people.

Check out the average bar in Berlin: beer’s up to 3 euros for 0.5l, no high heels and suits, everyone’s interested in…well everything.

But that’s just my theory.

it’s more a EU / global capital city then just “Berlin”. People from all over the world are visiting the city, feel home, stay here or move here later on. I’ve worked with people with so many different nationalities and life-stories – all have one in common: they where not satisfied with what they had and they wanted to go for more.

I think this is what drives this city: never rest, never be satisfied – always on the move.

it’s been almost 10 years for me here and it feels better every day.

feel free to join us here, Morten :-)

move here, stay here