Daylight saving time – summertime
Daylight saving time in Germany is the practice of setting the clock forward by one hour during the warmer part of the year, so that evenings have more daylight and mornings have less.
Daylights saving time starts on the 27th of March this year, with the time changes taking place at 2:00 a.m. In springtime the clocks are moved forward from 2:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m.
New Citizens Club: Guided tour city library
You are new in Stuttgart and the region, and you would like to get know people? The New Citizens Club will give you a warm welcome and the opportunity to meet new people, get information and gain new insights in Stuttgart and the region.
The next meeting will take place at the new Stuttgart libary! Thr library is a real architectural sighjt, bu talso a great location to meet other people and get connected. There you can learn German, attend interesting events, or simply read a book.
The tour is free of charge, please register
Meeting place: 6.15 p. m. in front of the library. Mailänder Platz, (via U5, U6, U7, U12 “Stadtbibliothek)
Consultation hour of Stuttgart’s Welcome Service
Since October of 2015 WSRS (Welcome Service Rigion Stuttgart) offers a regulary consultaton for international specialists or professionals of the region of Böblingen, Esslingen, Göppingen, Ludwigsburg and Rems-Murr.
If you and your family are living in one of these areas we will have the possibility the get a contultation free of charge.
Next consultation of WSRS will be in Göppingen 9th of March 2016 from 8 a.m to 12 a.m.
Hello Visitors, today I would like to present SWR, the local radio and tv-broadcaster. SWR has an international team. However, we have even SWR International.
Stuttgart is a real international town. We have more than 44% inhabitants with migrant background. That means almost every second person comes from abroad or has foreign roots somehow. In our region Baden-Wuerttemberg the rate is 28%. People like to live and work in Stuttgart. We are the capital of the land Baden-Wuerttemberg and we have almost no unemployment. There is lot of automotive industries here, but also bio-technology, informatic and other industrial cluster. The high standards of living and location itself (not far from Austria, France, Switzerland, Italy and other places like Munich and Frankfurt) make Stuttgart a very nice place to live and work.
Stuttgart has a very open integration policy. Everybody who comes is a Stuttgarter. Come to Stuttgart! Be one of us!
Stuttgarter television tower “Fernsehturm” reopening
After three years of reconstruction and renovating the television tower “Fernsehturm” is celebrating its reopening.
The television tower of Stuttgart was built in 1956, it was the first television tower of the world. It is about 217 meters high. At the 5th of February, 2016 its 60 B-day will be celebrated. In 2012 is was closed for major refurbishments, but now visitors can go up to the plattform and enjoy the wonderful view again.
Condition for Blue Card EU since first of January:
Working in Germany as a highly qualified person you can ask for a Blue Card EU.
Here are the main condition you have to fulfill:
New law of residence registration (“Meldegesetz”) in Germany starting 1st of November 2015 . It applies nationwide in Germany.
Landlords have to hand over a “Wohnungsgeberbescheinigung” to their new tenants
If you rent an apartment or flat and move in you have to go to the registration office (Meldebehörde, Bürgergeramt) to get registered within two weeks. Since the 1st of November you need besides registration form (filled in) another form called “Wohnungsgeberbescheinigung”. This form must be filled in and signed by your landlord or his representative. The form includes information about the tenants, date of moving in etc. This form is valid only if it is signed by your landlord or his representative.
You will find the form on the gohelpy platform for online relocation.