Berlinale is one of the largest film festival, a mega cultural event, one of the most important dates in the international film's industry. More than 19,000 film professionals from 120 countries, including 3,800 journalists, are accredited for the Berlin International Film Festival every year. For two weeks, art, glamour, parties and business meet … [Read more...]
Who Invented Kindergarten?
For many people a kindergarten is associated with • a nursery school equipped with toys, building blocks, book puzzles, art supplies, and an outdoor playground; • day care attendance for the children of working parents; • an institution for early childhood development at the same time. Its aim is to bring up self-confident and social personalities … [Read more...]
The Amber Room Reconstruction
In the early 1980s, serious work on recreating the Amber Room based on old photographs and reminiscences was undertaken in the Catherine Palace, but the lack of funds threatened to put an end to the works. The process was left to the fate, but it seemed to be merciful to the Amber Room's re-creators. Ruhrgas AG, Essen, Germany, made it possible to … [Read more...]
The Amber Room: History of the Creation
The history of the Amber Room dates back to the very beginning of the 18th century, when Andreas Schluter, the chief architect of the Prussian royal court, had the idea of using amber, a material never before used for interior decoration, to complete one of the rooms of the Great Royal Palace in Berlin during the reconstruction under Frederick I. … [Read more...]
Intrigue and Mystery of the Amber Room
In the pantheon of the world's greatest unsolved mysteries, few capture the imagination quite like the Amber Room - that legendary chamber whose walls literally glowed with the warm, honeyed light of six tons of amber panels, gold leaf, and precious mirrors. Often called the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this masterpiece of baroque artistry … [Read more...]
5 Myths About Germany: The Ultimate Truth
Myth 1: Germans don’t have any speed limits on the roads There are speed limits on most of the roads. It’s only the Autobahn (the equivalent to the U.S.), Interstate highway system, and the Motorways in the U.K. – that eschew speed limits, and only on the parts of those that are well away from busy areas. There are enforced with randomly placed … [Read more...]
Myths about Germans
Germans: Myths and reality Germans have an opinion, that life is divided in two parts – public (work, politics, business) and private (family, friends, hobbies, rest). These two spheres should be strictly differentiated. What are they? Main national features … [Read more...]
Wedding Traditions in Germany
In Germany parents start thinking about the daughter's wedding quite far in advance. When a baby girl is born, the parents, and later on the little girl herself, will save pennies used to buy the wedding shoes in future. According to German wedding traditions, when a baby girl is born in Germany, several trees are planted in honor of her … [Read more...]
Prussia 2001
On January 18, 1701 Friedrich III, Elector of Brandenburg (11.07.1657 - 25.02.1713), crowned himself as King in Prussia. Today, exactly 300 years after this outstanding event, the government heads of Berlin and Brandenburg, Mr. Diepgen and Mr. Stolpe, officially opened the celebrations on the occasion in the Berlin theater on Gendarmenmarkt. During … [Read more...]
Real Germans and Religion
By guest author WEISSDORN A Real German is either Catholic or Protestant, unless he/she is not. AMEN. How do you find this out? At the very latest, when you apply for your Tax Card. In Germany you get taxed for being a Christian, a Jew or a Moslem. But this doesn't bother Real Germans, because it's better to be a Christian than being an "Other". … [Read more...]
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