Culture

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 marks the most important event in recent German history. The succeeding reunification of Germany not only reshaped the political, sociological and cultural…

Public holidays in Germany are particular days when employers are obliged to give their employees the day off to commemorate a certain religious or secular event. Businesses, banks and shops…

German Halloween? Today is October 31st and on this date in many English-speaking countries Halloween is celebrated. Children go trick-or-treating, people wear gruesome (or not so gruesome) costumes and haunted…

This event was a few days ago, but I still wanted to mention it, because I thought it’s a really cool idea. I took a few pictures for you. The…

The Alexa Ranking is a well-known ranking mechanism, which sorts websites according to their popularity. Popularity in this case means the average of daily visitors as well as their page…

Here is some more on population in Germany as promised. As of 2008, about 19% of the people living in Germany had an immigrant background – this means that either…

The world’s oldest sculpture, unearthed by archaeologists so far, is a quite recent find. It was only discovered in 2008 by a team of German archaeologists from the University of…

Easter is celebrated with great enthusiasm in Germany, and it involves a variety of traditions and customs. Here’s a closer look at how Easter is celebrated in Germany:

Here is some art trivia for you. Enjoy! Albrecht Dürer (b. 1471 – d. 1528) is widely considered to be one of Germany’s greatest Renaissance artists, most famous for his…