Living in Hamburg

Hi Celine!

We have been living in Hamburg for eight years. I have added my two pence in below, maybe they are helpful:

What is the average cost of living In hamburg? (Rent, electricity, transport etc)
electricity - about 60 Euro a month for a three person household, but we use less than is estimated for this size household. Rent has gone up in Hamburg considerably in the last 5 years. We paid approx 1200 ('warm' which means including facilities costs, but excluding electricity) for approx 80 square meters, which was three rooms at the time. Now you would probably pay at least 1500 for this. It also varies strongly on where you are. Anywhere in Ottensen, Blankenese, Othmarschen, Winterhude, Uhlenhorst, Eimsbüttel, Eppendorf, to name some of the more popular areas, which also and very much so includes Hafencity, the square meter is significantly over 10 Euros. Hafencity, even eight years ago was already expensive (~2000 Euros for 80 to 100 square meters) and is probably more so now.

Where can I research salaries for marketing professionals? the manager magazine has overviews sometimes and might be useful. it obviously depends on what level you are entering at and whether you are working at a big company or a small agency. unfortunately we are both in unrelated areas.

What are the average costs for furnished apartments close too or in Hafencity? there isn't much close to hafencity as the centre of town does not have loads of living space - more offices. hafencity, as mentioned is expensive. and furnished apartments are rare here, mostly used by individuals , whose accommodation is company-funded. Unless you are not planning on staying longer than a few months i would recommend getting some reasonable furniture from IKEA rather than relying on finding a nice reasonable furnished place.

cheers,
cary