German speaking

[klause]

Hallo ;

in which area of Thailand there are more German speaking ( German;austrian; swiss ) visitors or expats more than other nations?(i do not mean sex tourists in pattaya ) i mean normal people man and woman ; pairs ;singles etc. ?

just example as i do a wild guess : in pattaya more british and us people

in samui more scandinavic and aussie people like that ...

now : whwre prefer to live or visit the german speaking people in thailand most ? any idea maybe?

Thanks

klaus

[Farma]

There is/was a village near the cambodian border east of Surin that had a very high percentage of villagers married to german/austrian/swiss. I remember reading a Bangkok post supplement many years ago that claimed every family in the village had a member married to someone from those countries.

[MJCM]

I guess you have never been to Naklua North Pattaya ? I think more Germans there then there are Thais.

[craigt3365]

Pattaya has a huge Scandanavian community. Big German/Swiss/etc community also. A real mix.

I think there are German communities in every major tourist city. Just need to figure out where.

[Seligne2]

Get a copy of Der Farang at a newsstand. Call or email them and ask where they sell the most copies.

http://der-farang.com/de

Edited December 23, 2015 by Seligne2

[MJCM]

Get a copy of Der Farang at a newsstand. Call or email them and ask where they sell the most copies.

http://der-farang.com/de

100% sound advice, but I think they will not disclose that information because that is also a question a competitor might ask. But you never know.

Good Luck.

[KhunBENQ]

In absolute numbers there is no doubt that Pattaya is leading.

Naklua is still a German stronghold although its on the decline/expulsion.

Countless meeting points with bars/restaurants in Soi 33, 31, 18/1, 18 and down to Soi 12.

German food, football etc. pp.

Meeting points: does not mean they all live in the area but are scattered over Naklua, Eastside and Jomtien.

But really not so many couples or younger people, mostly pensioners.

[manarak]

One more vote for Naklua in North Pattaya.

[Mitkof Island]

And did you read where they met their husbands boyfriends ? Want to take a guess ?

There is/was a village near the cambodian border east of Surin that had a very high percentage of villagers married to german/austrian/swiss. I remember reading a Bangkok post supplement many years ago that claimed every family in the village had a member married to someone from those countries.

[Bullie]

Get a copy of Der Farang at a newsstand. Call or email them and ask where they sell the most copies.

http://der-farang.com/de

You, Madam, were not born yesterday.

[grumpyoldman]

I think a lot of Germans like Khao Lak.

[Seligne2]

I think a lot of Germans like Khao Lak.

Having lived in KL I can second GOM's comment. But KL's population overall is minuscule, so that's not a lot of Germans in absolute numbers.

[grumpyoldman]

I think a lot of Germans like Khao Lak.

Having lived in KL I can second GOM's comment. But KL's population overall is minuscule, so that's not a lot of Germans in absolute numbers.

I agree, most of the year Khao Lak is pretty quiet. Did my best business there Christmas-end of February and then whoooosh, everybody gone.

Can't tell if the poster is after meeting with a lot of German speakers (partytime?), which I think other posters have mentioned would be parts of Pattaya, or just a few Germans whilst balancing that with a very nice part of Thailand which is Khao Lak. Unclear.

[KhunBENQ]

Just to be complete: of course there other places where German (speaking) expats are living e.g. in Isan.

But quite scattered and by no means in the number range of Pattaya.

"Expats": I assume the OP referred to those living on a long time basis not holiday makers.

Udon Thani has well established German restaurants, bakers, butchers.

In Khon Kaen there was (is?) a German speaking regulars' table ("Stammtisch").

Language barriers might arise as some German speakers use heavy accents (Bavarian, Austrian, Swiss German).

Edited December 26, 2015 by KhunBENQ