Germany
Munich
Three Munich climates: an IB Schloss on the Starnberg lake, another north in Haimhausen, and a Type 1 European School in Fasangarten and Neuperlach. Category I is not a tour of a castle.
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Munich schools, two castles and a European School
Munich is not one IB Schloss. It is two fee-paying IB campuses that share a city and not a commute, and a Type 1 European School in the south-east. Name the paper, then time the bus.
15 minIB, A-Levels, Bac, Abitur: a friendly decoder
The letters on the leaver’s certificate matter. They are not the whole child. Here is how to tell them apart without a headache, and without pretending every door stays open.
16 minHow to choose a school without losing the plot
You do not need a perfect algorithm. You need a few true things about your child, a boring list on the fridge, and the courage to ignore a beautiful campus that does not fit.
15 minHow to read a European school fee PDF without being sold
Tuition is the number on the homepage. The PDF is the number that arrives in March. Here is how to read the second one, without inventing a euro, a krona, or a deadline.
Other cities nearby
Berlin
Three Berlin climates: a public German-American campus in Zehlendorf, an IB house in Kleinmachnow, and a Jesuit Gymnasium by the Tiergarten. Time all three roads. They share a posting and almost no Monday.
Frankfurt
Two Frankfurt climates: IB in the Taunus and Wiesbaden, and a Type 1 European School in Praunheim. Category I is not a tour of Oberursel.
Hamburg
Two Hamburg climates: an older IB house in Groß Flottbek, and a bilingual Abitur campus on Wendenstrasse. Time both streets. They share a city and almost no Monday.
Düsseldorf
An English IB campus on Niederrheinstrasse, not Hamburg and not Kleinmachnow. The 2026–27 page prints euros. Time that Rhine Tuesday.