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Berlin City Guide
Classified Advertisements
Local newspapers offer a wide range of classified sections on accommodation either to rent or to
buy. It may be useful to place an advertisement oneself. Below are some contacts to look for or
place advertisements:
Berliner Morgenpost
(www.morgenpost.de)– Saturday edition
Berliner Zeitung
– weekend edition
Tagesspiegel
(www.tagesspiegel.de) – Saturday edition
Immobilien Scout
(www.immobilienscout24.de)
Basic abbreviations used in classified ads
:
1-ZKB
1 Zimmer, Küche, Bad (1 room, kitchen, bathroom)
2-ZKBB
2 Zimmer, Küche, Bad, Balkon (2 rooms, kitchen, bathroom, balcony)
3-ZW
3-Zimmer Wohnung (3-room apartment)
Atelier
Studio Apartment
DG
Dachgeschoss (attic)
EB
Erstbezug (first letting)
EBK
Einbauküche (fitted kitchen)
EG
Erdgeschoss (ground floor)
KM
Kaltmiete (rent excl. heating or utilities
)
Lux.
Luxuswohnung (luxury apartment
)
Miete z.Z.
Miete zur Zeit (current rent – may be raised for new tenant)
Möbl.
Möbliert (furnished)
Nachm.
Nachmieter (new tenant)
NB
Neubau (new building)
NK
Nebenkosten (maintenance costs for heating, garbage etc.)
NR
Nichtraucher (non-smoker)
Souterrain
(basement apartment)
Teilmöbliert
(partly-furnished, usually with fitted kitchen and bathroom)
U/Kt.
Umlagen/Kaution (additional costs/security deposit)
Warm
heating, sometimes utilities included