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Das Auswärtige Amt
The Auswärtiges Amt is a term that is used to refer to the German Foreign office. It is a term that is often heard in films and news items, the proper name being Außenministerium. Currently it has offices in both Berlin and Bonn and is responsible ...
Das Bauamt
The term Bauamt is the name given to a set of offices in local and area governments which have a wide variety of responsibilities. One part is responsible for the maintenance of public buildings, but the part that most people will come into contact w...
Das Finanzamt
The Finanzamt is the German tax office. Normally, you only contact with the Finanzamt will be your annual tax return - the Einkommenssteuererklärung. However, if you are self-employed then you will come into close contact with it as you are involved...
Queueing and Blogging
I went to the DIY supermarket at the weekend to buy a set of metal shelves for our cellar. The shelves, along with their metal supports, were packaged into polythene as a set. The whole thing was quite a weight to carry, so I made a direct line f...
Das Arbeitsamt
Das Arbeitsamt is a name given to the Bundesagentur für Arbeit - the German unemployment agency. It is responsible for helping unemployed people find jobs and processing their claims for unemployment benefit (Arbeitslosengeld). It is also possible...
