Top 5 Reasons We Moved to Leipzig, Germany | American Family in Germany

You asked, and we answered! So many people have asked us why, out of all of the amazing cities in Germany, we chose to move to Leipzig. Well, in this video, we share the top 5 reasons we came to this beautiful city we now call home.

Have you been to Leipzig before? What do you think of the city, and how does it compare to other German cities that you know? Drop a comment and let us know!

00:00 Intro
00:25 The Size of the City
01:42 Cost of Living
02:16 Green Space
03:38 Schools
05:05 Young Population
06:03 Conclusion

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About us: At the end of July, after a long time of hoping, dreaming, and planning, we sold or gave away almost everything we owned and left the United States to begin our journey with four children as an expat family. We moved to Leipzig, Germany, a beautiful city in the state of Saxony. This is our story.

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Germany is full of amazing cities and towns, and while we love Leipzig, we know that other cities also have a lot to offer. What's your favorite city to live in and why? Let us know in the comments! 👇😃👍

[FranzKaernBiederstedt]

Hey there and welcome to Leipzig. I've been living here for 21 years now. I'm both a German and an US-American citizen, though I was born in Germany, my mother was an American from Detroit/MI who moved to Germany shortly before my birth. In Detroit she met and married my father, who originally was from Germany but moved to the US in the Fifties. Originally from Baden-Württemberg I moved here to Leipzig in a difficult time of my life when I needed a restart somewhere else, and I've never regretted to have come here. It's such a beautiful city with lots of opportunities that gave my life a totally new direction with which I'm very happy now. I'm kind of addicted to all these Americans in Germany-videos and always thought, it's a pity that they all seem to be from Munich somehow, although I'm hearing American English more often in Leipzig in the recent years. So, it's amazing that you found your way to Leipzig and chose this wonderful city as your new center of life. I wish you all the best and can assure you, that you're choice was excellent!

[berlindude]

Well stated. Seems like you guys made a good choice for yourselves. Leipzig is indeed often overlooked even though it is a beautiful city with a lot of history. Big airport as well (largest DHL hub in Europe). And it's not far from Berlin, Potsdam, Dresden, Chemnitz, Erfurt, Halle, or Magdeburg by train or car, either. The lower cost of living is a nice extra, especially these days.

[maxobino]

My wife and I have moved to Leipzig from Brazil last year. We love the city and its atmosphere. I hope you and your family enjoy it as much as we do.

[Jane_Sevigne]

I live in Leipzig since 2010. In my opinion the absolutely number one city!! Have lived in a lot different German cities before.

[DieAlteistwiederda]

Leipzig is just big enough that you have a lot of opportunities but it also still kind of has the small town feeling sometimes. Hard to explain but it feels like you know the people here and your neighbors more than in other cities.

[nonnoyobisnis]

I have lived for fifty years near the not so spectacular city of Peine (between Hannover and Braunschweig).
Just before the first lockdown I bought an e-bike. What I have discovered since then, excessively biking in a radius of 40 km, is just spectacular!
So many forests, rivers, hills and beautiful villages that had been hidden from me behind the thinnest of veils - the car window - for five decades.
Obviously the same will be true for pretty much any other region.
I want to encourage everyone to explore their surroundings to the max.
To me it is a great source of thankfulness and enjoyment.

[beatrixpastoors]

Danke für die Erklärungen. Ich kann eure Argumente gut verstehen.Alles Gute für eure Zukunft in Leipzig!

[SoloTravelStory]

Leipzig is an amazing place with a high life quality and low costs. I particularly like that it is still developing and striving, yet preserves its charm. Other cities in Germany are actually very run-down and less focused on the quality of living. Leipzig is not a typical "work and grind" city. Lifestyle plays a huge part of everyday life. I'm surprised it scored so low with the green space, given that you have an entire nature reserve cutting straight through the city.

[deutschlander]

Very nice to hear. I am from Leipzig myself and I am happy that u decided to move to one of the lesser know but in my opinion better citys of Germany. I would say that the lower greenspace percentage is mitigated by the fact that a lot of the greenspace is sprinkelt throughout the city and that the Clara-Zetkin-Park and the Rosental reach pretty deep into the city itself. The schools in Leipzig are pretty exceptional aswell and if your children show a lot of interest in one area like science/maths, language, art or music you can find specialised secondary schools that greatly further these interests. For science we have the Wilhelm-Ostwald-Gymnasium for language we have the Reclam Gymnasium for arts there is the Kant Schule and for Music there is the Bach Schule and the Thomasschule with its world famous choir. Aside from that I would recommend visiting and trying different restaurants in Leipzig especially in culturally diverse areas like the Karl-Liebknecht Straße or the Karl-Heine Straße. I would definitely say that you get the best Döner (one of the favourite dishes of Germans) in Olive Tree on the Karl-Liebknecht Straße and the best Pizza at 60 seconds to napoli. Aside from that I would also recommend the Casablanca on the Karl-Heine-Straße and the Backstein backery in the Grassistraße.

[fenstagangsta]

Nice video. I love Leipzig too, but my favourite city is Halle. Not far from Leipzig, not that big, but for me its the perfect size. Also if i want to go to a bigger city, i can to Leipzig in just 20 minutes from Halle. Halle is very green and has so much culture for a city that size. What I love most about Halle, that theres so much to do and that there are so many little shops, restaurants and cafés, that aren't from the big chains, theres just so much diversity.

[joha]

If I had to chose a place to stay for a longer time, for me as a Saxon it probably would have been Leipzig too. It is indeed a fast growing, youngish city. I remember Leipzig 20 or 15 years ago when parts of the city were still laying in post-war and post-communist ruins. At this time i. e. driving or walking through districts like Reudnitz was indeed an unpleasant experience … But today this is different, Leipzig is vibrant, modern, more open-minded than my very provincial hometown Dresden, and it still has space to grow. Plenty of clubs and culture, and it hosts the world’s largest annual Gothic festival, the Wave-Gotik-Treffen.

So yes, I think you have made a very decent and very reasonable decision you will not regret. Btw. will or do your kids attend English lessons at school?

[teotik]

You have to like Leipzig. No one else. So no explanation necessary. Every city got its own vibe.
I like Leipzig same as I like the big cities in Germany. Some are not in my personal top ten. 😁

[jaikee]

Bach, Wagner and Mendelssohn once moved to Leipzig as well, and Mozart regularly visited the city
so you're in good company I guess. Also, some say Leipzig is the new (better) Berlin.

[jwox]

Idk but the vibe you're creating is like a big smile, just makes you happy :)

[gulliverthegullible]

I envy you. I am German and studied in Leipzig. I would love to live there again, but I could never find a decent job in Leipzig. Now I am stuck here in Melbourne, Australia, for live. I guess that is my punishment for not studying hard enough. I miss Leipzig so much!

[YukiTheOkami]

I mean we have a forest literially cutting through the city
Its not only the green space its the quality of the green space
Sure ubcsn have a lot off grass fields but thsts not quality greenspace

[IndieUpbeats]

Let's connect! I'm looking at several cities for my move to Germany, and Leipzig is in my top 5!

[MarcoTorrance]

In 2015 we celebrated 1000 years of Leipzig. Can you imagine? 
If you compare the age of the USA. Even the Thomanerchor boys choir is 850 years old. Once managed and conducted by Johann-Sebstian Bach for 27 years.
You probably know that already but this is the most important fact about our city. Leipzig is a cultural hotspot!

[Why-D]

Someone who does not want to go to Berlin or Munich.
Leipzig is really beautiful.