{"id":3131,"date":"2021-11-03T12:21:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T13:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/bremen\/?p=3131"},"modified":"2022-06-22T12:46:48","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T13:46:48","slug":"the-wg-search-by-brendan-harlan-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/bremen\/2021\/11\/03\/the-wg-search-by-brendan-harlan-22\/","title":{"rendered":"The WG Search"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Brendan Harlan ’22<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ever since I started planning to study abroad in Bremen, I wanted to live in a Wohngemeinschaft (WG). WG\u2019s are shared apartments. From info sessions, professors, and conversations with other students who had or were studying in Bremen, I heard about the benefits to living in a WG. Mainly, your roommates can help you with learning German and immersing yourself in the local Bremen and Uni communities (if you choose to live with fellow students).<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re a student interested in studying abroad in Bremen, you will receive resources in the lead up to your time here to help you find a WG. However, another great resource in the meantime is another post here by Liam Pauli \u201921<\/a>. I hadn\u2019t actually read Liam\u2019s blog post before coming to Germany, yet somehow I actually found myself living on the same street that he did during his time in Bremen. I also used wg-gesucht<\/a> to find a WG with a specific focus on finding a WG with a furnished room and fellow students living there.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know if it was just the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic or the fact that I\u2019m only here for a semester or if it\u2019s just normal, but I had a challenging time finding a WG. I applied to roughly 20-25 WG\u2019s, received 8 responses, was invited to interview twice, and was finally offered a room in one of the WG\u2019s who I interviewed with. It was an admittedly frustrating and time-consuming process, but I am quite happy with the WG I found and glad I put the effort into finding it.<\/p>\n

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Located in the Studentenwohnheim on Vorstra\u00dfe, I\u2019m just a 15 minute walk from the Uni campus and 5-10 minutes away from two different tram stops that can get me into the city center. I\u2019m subletting from a Uni Bremen student that is currently on their own study abroad trip and I have three flatmates that are also students. Our current \u201cthing\u201d is watching the German TV show Tatort every Sunday.<\/p>\n

Echoing what Liam wrote in his post and what other past Dickinson-in-Bremen students have said, I would wholeheartedly recommend living in a WG here. The search can be frustrating, but the results are worth it.<\/p>\n

Photo credit: Durden Dickinson Bremen Program<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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