How does it feel to pack up your old life entirely and move to Germany to be with the person you love? The Local spoke to couples who've done exactly that and heard about their struggles, successes and determination to make it work.
When Charlotte Hall first moved to Berlin, she thought her partner back in the UK would come soon after. But Covid-19 regulations and new post-Brexit laws have led to a more complicated situation.
While Berlin’s clubs, bars and restaurants are currently closed due to the national shutdown, the pandemic may have also forced other aspects of life to close, including open relationships.
Whether spending much more time together, or more time apart, Frankfurt-based relationships counselor Daniëlle van de Kemenade gives tips for couples in Germany to cope during the corona crisis.
Language is a barrier and Berlin is “Never Never Land” – but our readers say there are also positive parts to meeting people in Germany, including the fact non-romantic love often blossoms.
Are you single and loving it, coupled up, casually dating or looking for love? We want to hear about your experiences of dating and relationships in Germany for upcoming articles.
A Berlin condom company found out the hard way on Tuesday that there may be such a thing as too many orgasms – when it lost a legal battle over the number it promises customers.
A court in Berlin has ordered a teenager to pay €500 in damages to his 13-year-old ex-girlfriend after sharing intimate pictures of her over WhatsApp, the girl's lawyer has revealed.
Figures released on Thursday showed that fewer couples sought divorce last year and German marriages are lasting longer on average. But what is keeping more bonds from breaking?
A recent story about a messy breakup ending in a man sawing his wife's possessions in half and putting them on Ebay took the internet by storm. It turns out none of it was real, as a German legal magazine set up the whole thing as an advertising ploy.
No half measures: A German man reacted to the breakup of his 12-year relationship in atypical fashion by sawing everything he bought with his ex-wife in half, filming the process and putting his halves up for sale on Ebay.
For the last in our Valentine's Day series, The Local speaks to relationship counsellor and author Eric Hegmann for some top tips about finding - and keeping - a Teutonic partner.
A German scientist who found that the “cuddle hormone” oxytocin keeps men faithful by creating a drug-like effect has moved on to testing its effect on moral decision making – and women did not do well.
Bavarian police have arrested a man who set his apartment on fire after his girlfriend broke up with him. He jumped straight into a taxi to the airport after the blaze began.
Being happy is important for everyone. For some it's a ray of sunshine falling on the petals of a spring flower, for others it's a fancy yacht. For this week's The Local list we looked at a recent survey of what puts a smile on German faces.
Germans are more than happy to mix work with pleasure – more than half say they have had an office romance, according to recent survey. Getting amorous in the actual office was still a no-no, though.
Germany is in the midst of sexual evolution, according to futurologists who say ideas about relationships are being rethought – and the internet is helping people to design their sex lives as they like.
German couples fight not over sex or money but untidiness, a new survey has revealed. Nearly a third of people asked listed mess as their number one point of conflict.
A new study by an online dating site has fuelled the popular belief that those with academic ambitions are more likely to hit the books than slip under the sheets.
More than half of Germans believe in love at first sight – many of them through their own experience, a poll for the German edition of Reader’s Digest revealed on Thursday.
Not put off by the bad luck omens, 60 German singles gathered on Friday the 13th on platform 13 in Berlin's Potsdamer Platz station for a Valentine's Eve speed-dating party with a difference, AFP's Richard Carter reports.
