PODCAST: How bad is the housing situation in Germany?

In the latest episode of our Germany in Focus podcast, host Rachel Loxton is joined by panelists Aaron Burnett and Rachel Stern. Our sound engineer is Rhys Edwards.

We discuss:

Hot weather coming up, public holidays and why June is a great month in Germany.

• Summer to arrive early in Germany with temperatures up to 30C

What's going on with German transport strikes?

• Deutsche Bahn to resume talks with Germany's largest rail union
• Could Deutsche Bahn still see more rail disruption after cancelled 'megastrike'?

What the results of Bremen's city-state elections mean, and why we should all visit Bremen.

How bad is the housing situation in Germany? We also hear from real estate expert Thomas Beyerle and Kathleen Parker from Red Tape Translation.

• How Berlin rent and property prices soared in 2022
• Why Germany's housing crisis could drag on

German words with funny literal meanings.

• 10 German words with hilarious literal translations

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