What brings good (or bad) luck in Japan? GermanyJapanPeopleTopics of the World January 27, 2011 1 Test your cultural expertise with our weekly quiz question. Last week we asked about Weltverbesserungswahn in Germany. [...]
The meaning of Weltverbesserungswahn GermanyLanguagesPocketCulturesTopics of the World January 20, 2011 2 Test your cultural expertise with our weekly quiz question. Last week we talked about how to address [...]
Berlin, here and there Blogs of the WorldGermany September 28, 2010 1 Finding Berlin is the brainchild of Sara and Marcus, two twentysomethings living in Berlin. It is a [...]
Slow travel's Berlin chapter GermanyTopics of the WorldTravel August 4, 2010 3 Advocates of slow travel argue that all too often the potential pleasure of the journey is lost [...]
The value of (European) art GermanyIrelandMusic, Art & CinemaTopics of the World June 2, 2010 When it comes to the valuation of art, I’m a pessimist. Especially after the experiences I made [...]
'The Awful German Language' GermanyLanguagesTopics of the World March 15, 2010 21 As anyone who has learnt a foreign language will know, it is one thing learning the language [...]
Law and order in Germany Blogs of the WorldGermany February 10, 2010 1 A really interesting, bilingual blog that I stumbled upon recently is the Transblawg. In this blog Margaret [...]
Meet Liz and Uwe GermanyPeople of the WorldUSA January 14, 2010 1 Where are you from? My name is Liz and I’m American, my husband is German and named [...]
Christkind or Weihnachtsmann? Christmas in Germany CelebrationsFoodGermanyPeopleReligionTopics of the World December 24, 2009 2 Christmas traditions in Germany vary a lot, depending on the area you live in, and also if [...]
Is there a German way? Blogs of the WorldGermany December 2, 2009 The German Way Expat Blog is a really usefull source of information for English-speaking expats (and those [...]
Better taste than …sorry Blogs of the WorldGermany October 28, 2009 Better taste than sorry is one of the few German lifestyle-blogs written in English. Markus Reuter a.k.a. [...]
Chilli peppers in Germany FoodGermanyTopics of the World August 21, 2009 Dirk took this photo of chilli peppers growing in Dortmund, Germany. Thanks Dirk! The photo is called [...]