Timothy James Callow from the UK and Bartosz Brzoza from Poland have come to Görlitz to conduct research at the Center for Advanced Systems Understanding (CASUS). In this interview, the two scientists explain how they came to Görlitz and what they like about working and living in the European city.
Read moreIn 2023, Thomas van Schalkwyk came to Görlitz and became Head of Production at BIRKENSTOCK. Born in South Africa, he had previously lived in Dubai and Paris. What began with a job offer in the European City quickly became one of the fundamental decisions of his life. In this interview, he explains why this step was worth it.
Read moreWhen Mehmet Taylan Kahraman from Turkey found out about a job at SKAN Deutschland GmbH in Görlitz via LinkedIn and successfully applied for it, it was still a long way to go. In this interview, Taylan and his colleague Rico Hubrich (Talent Acquisition Manager at SKAN) share their experiences and explain why their determination has paid off.
Read moreThe tables are set, the kitchen is being prepared and the first hungry customers are already coming through the doors of the “Horschel” restaurant. Today, for a change, they are being greeted by the two men who run the house. It quickly becomes clear to the guests that the European city ideal is actually lived here! Bas Dankers, co-owner and co-manager of the restaurant comes from Amsterdam and Dawid Wo...
Read moreDanuta Termin has lived in Görlitz since 1994. When she talks about her story, it sounds like the perfect script for a happy life. She sums up her journey from Upper Silesia in Poland to Görlitz: “Görlitz offered us a new perspective and many opportunities and we seized them. Where there’s a will, many things are possible.”
Read moreIvana Petrovska has only been living in Görlitz since November last year. She was drawn to the border city by the prospect of attractive employment. “I found the opportunities offered by the upcoming structural change in the region unique and exciting.” In addition to the chance to meet many highly qualified and committed people, the young Macedonian was especially curious to learn about German culture...
Read moreWhat do you do when you’ve finally arrived in Darmstadt with your family, everyone has a well-paid job and even the house is completely renovated after a few years? Exactly: you turn around and sell it, to return to where you left 14 years earlier: your home town.
Read moreTessa Enright moved to Dresden several years ago. She left Arizona, where she met her husband during her business marketing studies. After two challenging years in Saxony’s capital city, she initially moved back. She completed her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in German studies. But the desire to live a life in Germany remained.
Read more“I lost my job because of Brexit, so it was time to leave.” With this one sentence, begun in fluent English and ended in slightly rusty German, Bartek Truch sums up what is a long story. He has just had his furniture brought to Görlitz from Great Britain, where he and his wife Anna lived contentedly for many years and where they raised their two daughters.
Read moreIzabela Jucha has been living in England and Canada for a long time. Now the Polish woman is back. Family and Brexit were the reasons.
Read moreResearchers at the CASUS Institute develop data-intensive computer models to study the complex interconnections of the effects of global change. The institute will provide forecasts to ecosystems for the next 50 to 100 years. We spoke with two CASUS representatives about how they have settled in the European town.
Read moreFor 13 years, Grzegorz Owsian has been living near the Thames. Prior to the Brexit referendum, He returned, and will now be a cook in Görlitz.
Read moreAgnieszka and Philipp Bormann found each other in Görlitz. They are a German-Polish couple, and that is nothing special for them. Or is it?
Read moreDamian Kuck-Doszko has the appearance of a happy bouncing ball, oozing good mood. Guests who visit the popular restaurant “Jakobs” in Görlitz must act quick if they want to catch him for a chat. When asked about his life, the energy-filled host answers while working the impressively steaming Italian coffee machine, taking orders from guests in German, Polish or English, as well as collecting cash at th...
Read moreIt was in 2003, as Dr. Dominika Zalewska well remembers, when she decided with her husband to try a new start. Two incomes as medical doctors, she as a gynecologist, he as an accident surgent, were not enough in their experience to properly take care of their family. They became a couple during their medicine studies in Wroclaw, two of their three children were already around by then. Hence, the decision to...
Read moreA soon as we are greeted by Jaroslaw Kuczynski, we see: This man is happy. The 43-year old has started to work in the Quality Management of BIRKENSTOCK in Görlitz. “My first application immediately worked out”, the former basketball player says. He applied from Manchester. In April 2005, Kuczynski and his wife took their first trip from Warsaw to Great Britain, at first only three months. The trained e...
Read moreThis project has received funding from tax resources on the basis of the budget adopted by the members of the Parliament of the Free State of Saxony.
