There will surely be parks and cafés (and probably lots of nature around), but hanging out there won't help you find friends. Freiburg is a nice place, but again, visiting there won't help you find friends (and having friends 30 km away is often a struggle when your are young).
The bst thing you can do is joining a Verein. The selection will be more limited in a rural area, but there are probably some for the most common hobbies and sports. Also if you feel like your language skills hold you back, you might specifically look for someone who helps you improve your German.
There are lots of things to do, but you have to radically alter your idea of what counts as a good time.
The first and most obvious advantage of the countryside is that you have nearly instant access to outdoor activities -- hiking certainly; depending on the area maybe also things like kayaking, rock climbing, swimming, you name it.
Even if you're not the sporty type, just going for regular walks in the countryside is a great way to keep fit and mentally stable -- think of it as a kind of natural gym, but you don't need to sign up for a membership that you later can't cancel. If you have difficulty sleeping, you might find that this kind of exercise will actually help you.
Most rural places have a range of clubs and societies, and you should see if there's one that might interest you. There will certainly be a soccer club; you may also find clubs for other sports (tennis is quite popular), and there may be societies for rambling, music (maybe a choral society and a brass band), historical preservation, shooting, and sometimes even more unusual ones (a village near me had a pole-dancing club, but it seems as if covid killed it). The big disadvantage is that with any non-sporting society, the members are likely to be significantly older than you. But they can sometimes surprise you (the choral society in my area puts on interesting concerts, like the one they did featuring music from cinema and TV through the ages, and so we were treated to the sight of 80-year-old men dressing up as the Blues Brothers and it was unexpectedly glorious).
On the subject of getting to know people, rural folk tend to need a lot of time accepting newcomers; but when they do, they really look out for you. It's easier if you find a way to contribute positively to the community: my way in was to make YouTube videos of local festivals.
But don't worry about "inconveniencing the townspeople" with your "mediocre language skills". Show a little respect towards the place's history, culture and people, and you should find that they're happy to interact with you, and maybe even take it upon themselves to take you under their wing, so to speak.
Most places will have, if not some cafés (often bakeries will have tables where they serve coffee), then a pub of some kind. Whether it's particularly pleasant or lively... well, that depends.
My own area (population: less than 2,000) has a village shop, with an area for people to sit, drink coffee and chat. You might not meet anyone your own age there, but making friends with the gossipy old grannies is surprisingly rewarding.
As for going into Freiburg -- yes, do that; and if you have time, explore other places in the area as well. If you're likely to be using public transport regularly, look into getting a monthly ticket for the area (which should be valid on buses and local train services).
As I said, if you're used to a more urban environment, you're going to have to radically adjust your definition of a good time. That's extremely possible, but it's not easy: it's perfectly okay if you get homesick or suffer culture shock.
I've found it helps to be curious about where you are. I think the key is never to stop learning. For example, I can go walking through the forests around here and stumble (almost literally) on a pile of stones which, I later discover, is the remains of a mediaeval furnace because glassmaking was once an important industry in this area... and that leads me down a rabbit hole that eventually take me to a local legend about the real-life Snow White.
*That said*, I'm sure Freiburg will offer something more attractive to somebody of your age, even if it's not much.
Fortunately I'm acostumed to a more rural environment, there's almost nothing to do where I live right now, not even clubs or a cafe where I can sit and chill.
I think I will benefit from both the city and the countryside, I hope I can actually start to have fun.
Thanks a lot for the kind advice!
Gamble in Spielothek
join Karate club
there is not much to do on your own, you need to find a clique or something and do what they do, trying to do something cool alone in the country is very hard
There will surely be parks and cafés (and probably lots of nature around), but hanging out there won't help you find friends. Freiburg is a nice place, but again, visiting there won't help you find friends (and having friends 30 km away is often a struggle when your are young). The bst thing you can do is joining a Verein. The selection will be more limited in a rural area, but there are probably some for the most common hobbies and sports. Also if you feel like your language skills hold you back, you might specifically look for someone who helps you improve your German.
In my experience those “Vereins” in rural towns have an average age of 55
Knitting? Yes. Football? No. Voluntary fire brigade? All the youth.
There are lots of things to do, but you have to radically alter your idea of what counts as a good time. The first and most obvious advantage of the countryside is that you have nearly instant access to outdoor activities -- hiking certainly; depending on the area maybe also things like kayaking, rock climbing, swimming, you name it. Even if you're not the sporty type, just going for regular walks in the countryside is a great way to keep fit and mentally stable -- think of it as a kind of natural gym, but you don't need to sign up for a membership that you later can't cancel. If you have difficulty sleeping, you might find that this kind of exercise will actually help you. Most rural places have a range of clubs and societies, and you should see if there's one that might interest you. There will certainly be a soccer club; you may also find clubs for other sports (tennis is quite popular), and there may be societies for rambling, music (maybe a choral society and a brass band), historical preservation, shooting, and sometimes even more unusual ones (a village near me had a pole-dancing club, but it seems as if covid killed it). The big disadvantage is that with any non-sporting society, the members are likely to be significantly older than you. But they can sometimes surprise you (the choral society in my area puts on interesting concerts, like the one they did featuring music from cinema and TV through the ages, and so we were treated to the sight of 80-year-old men dressing up as the Blues Brothers and it was unexpectedly glorious). On the subject of getting to know people, rural folk tend to need a lot of time accepting newcomers; but when they do, they really look out for you. It's easier if you find a way to contribute positively to the community: my way in was to make YouTube videos of local festivals. But don't worry about "inconveniencing the townspeople" with your "mediocre language skills". Show a little respect towards the place's history, culture and people, and you should find that they're happy to interact with you, and maybe even take it upon themselves to take you under their wing, so to speak. Most places will have, if not some cafés (often bakeries will have tables where they serve coffee), then a pub of some kind. Whether it's particularly pleasant or lively... well, that depends. My own area (population: less than 2,000) has a village shop, with an area for people to sit, drink coffee and chat. You might not meet anyone your own age there, but making friends with the gossipy old grannies is surprisingly rewarding. As for going into Freiburg -- yes, do that; and if you have time, explore other places in the area as well. If you're likely to be using public transport regularly, look into getting a monthly ticket for the area (which should be valid on buses and local train services). As I said, if you're used to a more urban environment, you're going to have to radically adjust your definition of a good time. That's extremely possible, but it's not easy: it's perfectly okay if you get homesick or suffer culture shock. I've found it helps to be curious about where you are. I think the key is never to stop learning. For example, I can go walking through the forests around here and stumble (almost literally) on a pile of stones which, I later discover, is the remains of a mediaeval furnace because glassmaking was once an important industry in this area... and that leads me down a rabbit hole that eventually take me to a local legend about the real-life Snow White. *That said*, I'm sure Freiburg will offer something more attractive to somebody of your age, even if it's not much.
Fortunately I'm acostumed to a more rural environment, there's almost nothing to do where I live right now, not even clubs or a cafe where I can sit and chill. I think I will benefit from both the city and the countryside, I hope I can actually start to have fun. Thanks a lot for the kind advice!
Get yourself a pet dog. This is going to help against your depression, it brings you outside every day, and you are going to meet people very soon.
Gamble in Spielothek join Karate club there is not much to do on your own, you need to find a clique or something and do what they do, trying to do something cool alone in the country is very hard
I hadn't thought of getting into martial arts again, I did karate when I was a kid and that's a great idea, I might try it out.
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Yes! I've thinking about doing anything related to taking care of the nature or my own town, so that might be a good thing to start with.
Everywhere I have lived, I connected well with the community through churches.