Laundry, Shopping, After Work: An Everyday Guide for Workers in Augsburg

After ten hours on site, nobody wants to spend ages looking for a launderette or stand helplessly outside a closed supermarket. This guide shows how workers in Augsburg can organise laundry, shopping and their time after work in a practical way – and what the accommodation can do to help.

Laundry: what the accommodation provides

If you book bed linen and towels, you only need to take care of your own clothes. For a stay of several weeks, a washing machine in the accommodation is far more convenient than a launderette – no waiting, no coins, no trips.

Washing workwear properly

Workwear is often very dirty – oil, grease, cement, dust. A few rules protect both the fabric and the machine:

1. Shake out and brush off the worst before the clothes go into the machine. Cement dust and sand don't belong in the drum.
2. Wash separately: don't wash workwear together with towels or casual clothes.
3. Pre-treat stains: soak oil and grease stains with ox-gall soap ("Gallseife") or stain remover spray.
4. Check the care label: high-visibility clothing loses its brightness at the wrong temperature and the reflective strips can be damaged.
5. Empty your pockets: screws, bits and pencils damage the drum.

Tip: For longer stays, bring detergent pods with you or buy detergent in the first week at a chemist's/drugstore ("Drogeriemarkt").

Shopping: opening hours and planning

Bavaria applies the federal Shop Closing Act ("Ladenschlussgesetz"): shops may open Monday to Saturday from 6 am to 8 pm, and supermarkets stay closed on Sundays and public holidays. There are exceptions for some outlets at railway stations and petrol stations, but they have a small range and higher prices.

You will find discount stores and supermarkets in every district of Augsburg, and there are shops near our accommodation too. Here's how to handle shopping when you're working away:

• Do the weekly shop on Saturday – and think ahead to Sunday and Monday morning.
• Share a shopping list within the team so not everyone drives there separately.
• Build up basic supplies: pasta, rice, tinned food, coffee, spices, oil.
• Prepare your packed lunch ("Brotzeit") for the site the evening before to save time in the morning.

Cook for yourself instead of eating out every day

All Monteurzimmer Augsburg accommodation has a fully equipped kitchen with a hob, oven, microwave, fridge and crockery. On longer jobs, that makes a big difference.

Example calculation: If self-catering saves you just €10 a day compared with snack bars and restaurants, you will have around €280 more in your pocket after four weeks – per person. For a team of six workers, that is over €1,600 a month.

Simple dishes that work well during a working week:

• Stews and chilli in large batches – enough for two or three evenings
• Pasta and rice pan dishes with vegetables and meat
• Oven dishes such as bakes that cook without supervision
• Packed-lunch classics for the lunch break

In a workers' apartment, only your team shares the kitchen – ideal for cooking together and splitting the costs.

After work and at the weekend in Augsburg

Augsburg is over 2,000 years old and has plenty to offer after work:

• Old Town and Rathausplatz with the town hall and the Golden Hall ("Goldener Saal")
• Fuggerei – the oldest social housing complex in the world still in existence, founded in 1521
• Augsburger Puppenkiste – the famous marionette theatre
• Siebentischwald and Augsburg Zoo in the south of the city
• Kuhsee – a lake for swimming and walking in summer
• Beer gardens in the warmer months

If you want to balance things out with sport, you'll find tips in our guide Gyms, swimming pools and sport for workers.

Mobile phone and internet

For workers from other EU countries, "Roam like at home" applies: within the EU you can usually call and use data on the terms of your home tariff, subject to fair use. For longer stays, a German prepaid SIM card can make sense. All Monteurzimmer Augsburg accommodation has free high-speed Wi-Fi – for video calls home, streaming or work reports.

Checklist for the first week

1. Buy detergent and basic supplies
2. Find the nearest supermarket and chemist's/drugstore
3. Ask the landlord for a tumble dryer if needed
4. Agree a cooking plan within the team
5. On Saturday, think about Sunday

More practical tips: Parking with a company vehicle and Checklist for installation teams. Your accommodation: Monteurzimmer Augsburg from €12 per person per night – enquire now.