Things to take/bring from India to Germany

Things to take/bring from India to Germany: Before Leaving India

Either it is first trip or one of many trip, we always forget some or the other item to carry from India. 

What is important? What is not?

What we should do before coming to Germany?

Lots of questions... I hope I have tried to answer as much as possible...

Bank:

·        Make sure you carry debit/credit cards from your Indian accounts. This will help you to use internet banking and shopping option from Germany.

·        Make sure you register all your required receiver accounts, which will be useful for doing online money transfer in India. If you forget, it is difficult to add after coming to Germany, since you cannot access your mobile for confirmation code. For NRI/normal accounts which receive confirmation code thru email this point is not a must.

·        Keep your passwords/PIN in reach, you may forget after some months.

·        Talk with your bank manager regarding payment of Loan thru online transfers and online approval.

                  Things to Bring from India: Below table is self explanatory

                  Reader can decide what is required and not required? based on purchasing cost and shipping cost.

Sl. no	Item	Must Bring	Available in Germany with equivalent or little High price	Available in Germany with High price	Remarks
1	Rice Cooker	Yes	Yes	-	ALDI/LIDL/ Rossmann
2	Electric Mixer	Yes	-
3	Umbrella	Yes	-	Yes
4	Steel Plates	Yes	-		Only if required
5	Universal socket adaptor	Yes	-	Yes	Required for Indian Mixer/Cooker/Laptop
6	Laptop	Yes	Yes	Yes
7	Winter Jackets	-	Yes	-
8	Winter Shoes	-	Yes	-
9	Winter caps/gloves etc	-	Yes	-
10	Ready to eat	Yes		Yes	For Short term travellers
11	Maggi	Yes		Yes	For Short term travellers
12	Spices	Yes		Yes
13	Home made masala powders	Yes
14	Tea powder	Yes		Yes
15	Cashew/Elachi	Yes		Yes
16	Almond/Grapes (dry fruits)		Yes
17	Medicines ( Tablets, Cough syrup etc)	Yes			You need Doctor’s prescription to buy medicine
18	Water bottle	Yes		Yes
19	Tiffin Boxes (microwave safe9	Yes	Yes
20	Hair oil	Yes
21	Needle/Threads etc	Yes	Yes		1Euro shops
22	Detergent powder/ washing soaps etc		Yes		Use German brands for German Water
23	Nail cutter	Yes	Yes
25	Cold cream / Lotions/moisturizers	Yes	Yes	Yes
26	Sunscreen Lotion	Yes	Yes		Good to buy in Germany
27	Shopping bags	Yes
28	Chauki/belan/tawa (roll, base,pan) for Chapathi /Roti	Yes		Yes	You get for Piza
29	General Clothes Jeans/T Shirts/ Formals	Yes	Yes	Yes	You get everything in Germany
30	Ethnic dress like Saree / Sherwani/ Dothi etc	Yes
31	Cotton Towel	Yes			For travelling
32	Inner wears/ Night wears	Yes
33	Tooth paste/ brush /soap/Lip balm etc	Yes	Yes		For Short term visitors
34	Thermal Wear	Yes	Yes
35	Shaving Set	Yes	Yes		For initial period better to bring from India
36	Extension Box	Yes
37	Camera	Yes	Yes
38	Chargers for all your electronic gadgets	Yes
39	Iron Box		Yes
40	Torch	Yes
41	Belt	Yes
42	Pooja items	Yes
43	Coconut oil/Navarathana Oil	Yes
44	Dettol & Band aids	Yes
45	Rice/Veg Oil		Yes		Available in Indian Stores at almost same prie
46	Dalls/Flours/Pulses/ Puffed  Rice/ Poha/ Gasgasa/  Jeera/ Ground Nuts/ Garlic-Ginger paste/ Ghee	Yes		Yes	Cheaper in India Eg: Rice flour India :20Rs/kg 2-3€/kg
47	Atta		Yes
48	Amruthanjan/Volini gel/ pain killers	Yes
49	MTR/Priya/other items (pickle, powders etc)	Yes			Cheaper in India Eg: Turmeric Powder
50	Coconut powder or Dry coconut	Yes	Yes

                 


 Others:

•  Make sure passport is valid for your entire stay + at least 1month.
•  Make sure you have enough pages in Passport.
•  Make sure you have visa valid for your entire stay.
• Make use Travel/Overseas Health insurance and air tickets are purchased.
• Medical records of travelers (if any).
• Your company ID card and Invitation letter from Germany.
• Euros and travel card.
• INR(some 5000Rs) for your use when you return to India (Eg: for paying Taxi in India) 
• Accommodation or Hotel booking details