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I don't know if all the words in this list qualify. Some of them exist in other languages as specific words as well.

For example:

Fremdschämen To be embarrassed by something somebody else did German

Myötähäpeä in Finnish (alongshame when literally translated)


Great point! I've heard this from a few people so I'm debating adding a column for languages where that particular word does actually translate.


"Free" if you pay for the 499€ service tier.


0% tax on retained earnings.


OK, I can see how that would be a big draw for some companies. Doesn't help me personally though, since I take everything out.


So don't put in the money as share capital.


Finland has unlimited (without the quotation marks) data on prepaid SIMs from all carriers. Usually for about 1€ per day or 20€ per month. Depending on the plan it will also include unlimited texts and talk.


Scans do not need to be crazy expensive.

In Finland, unsubsidized, undiscounted and no questions asked, just pay prices for scans from a private health company are 258€.

Expensive, yes. Crazy expensive, no.


During the ACA runup a few years back, japanese neck MRI were quoted below $100.



That sounds miserable. Give me a good cold winter with snow rather than a miserable non-winter that is damp, wet and slushy. Dry cold is far better than than damp thaw weather.


Both Sweden and Finland have hotels in the capital city center which are former prisons. According to reviews they are well regarded.


> We have a program that grants a short (4 week) sabbatical every 5 years. You can add an additional 2 weeks of PTO to get to a 6 week break.

That's not a sabbatical, that's a normal summer vacation in Europe :)


Why always the focus on free Wifi? Germany, like most of Europe, has good 3G/4G coverage. Rates are reasonable, so you can provide your own connectivity. Far more cheaper than renting a space just to get free Wifi.

That doesn't mean that the German laws about liability for offering connectivity don't suck.


Cellular rates in Germany are pretty high. On a recent trip I was shocked to find out that prepaid mobile data is roughly 10x - 20x more expensive than in neighbouring countries.


I pay 15€/month for 4GB LTE with unlimited SMS and minutes and it's prepaid. I know it's not the best in Europe but it has gotten better.


In Taiwan, it's ~22€/month for prepaid phone service plus unlimited 3G. And by unlimited, I mean I used over 100gb for that price this March.


Unlimited 4G?


No 4GB monthly data cap. winsim.de


Germany has abysmal mobile contracts. Inam cheaper roaming on my Austrian premium sim in Germany than to get a German sim.


Not true. As someone else already noted, you can get 4G for 15-20€/month with reasonable traffic limits.


15-20€/month gets you 1-3GB of traffic from a cheaper operator like 1&1. "Premium" operators like Vodafone start at around 30€/month for 1GB. Whether you find that reasonable depends on what you compare it to (I'm used to 10€/month without traffic limits), but either way those traffic limits are nowhere near enough to replace free Wi-Fi for work purposes.


I pay 39 EUR/month for 40GB of data with free roaming in Europe and the US. Unused data carries over up to 80GB on top of the 40 included. So you can travel around with about 100GB of data which is significantly more than you get in Germany for that price.


Who is offering this deal? sound good.



3g/4g rates are a joke. i call robbery. ever been outside germany?


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