For me, there are time limits to living in Berlin. I cannot find peace there; literally everywhere you go in the city it is loud. I simply need to experience nature quite regularly for the sake of my mental health. It’s possible, I think, to exit Berlin for a week to Iceland, Greece, etc. and refresh myself but it’s very inconvenient to do that.

I lived in Berlin for 2 years and had to leave, didn’t choose to. I am from Sydney.

Berlin is my second home; I feel culturally at home there. However, in Australia I live at a beach with whales and so forth and go to numerous large national parks within 1-2hr drive. I feed native birds and possums from my balcony.

I think at most I can do 2 years at a time in Berlin. I miss the parties and people whenever I am not there but after 2 years it becomes difficult to endure the metro area.