Welcome to Hamburg!
Hello traveler, or how you would say in
Hamburg: “Moin, Reisender”. We are happy that you got an internship place in
Hamburg. IAESTE Hamburg wants to help you as much as possible for a pleasant
stay in the city. In the following, we would like to give you some “Good-to-know”-Information
for your stay. For any questions, write us at info@iaeste-hamburg.de or on Instagram.
Before departure:
First, you don’t need to worry about an
apartment. We’ll take care of it. Second, for a warm welcome in the city, one
of us will pick you up from the Airport. As well, we’ll help you with a
Mobile-Phone Sim Card, Public Transport Ticket etc..
Please bring enough money to cover
the first month, since the company pays you at the end of each month. As
insurance, you usually get the DAAD internship insurance which includes a combination of
health-insurance, accident-insurance and a private liability-insurance before
coming to Germany. We will hand you out the insurance documents when you
arrive. Last but not
least, be aware that in Germany might have different types of sockets than your
home country.
Daily Life in Hamburg:
In Hamburg a lot of people speak English, so don’t worry, you can easily get through
without speaking German. The salary will always cover the minimum cost of living, and it will hand to you in cash by us.
To navigate yourself in the city, Google Maps or the HVV-APP (Public Transport App, but not in English) are the right choice.
For travelling in Germany you might use the trains (exp. Deutsche Bahn, Flixtrain), the Busses (exp. Flixbus) or Ride sharing Services (exp. BlaBlaCar).
Important telephone numbers are the one from the Police (Nb: 110) and from the Ambulance/Firefighters (Nb:112).