The best way to let people around the world know about your country is to use mass media. Thus, you can get the latest news on Germany and its life from newspapers, radio and TV. It would be great to explore each source separately, but let's be wise and reasonable, and use the wide possibilities offered by the Internet. Start your media journey … [Read more...]
Gays and Lesbians in Germany
According to Freud, our social behavior, thoughts and actions most of all go by our sexual instinct. Persons of the opposite sexes are drawn to each other with some supernatural force, and all the rest is done to impress, get recognition, win and possess that other one (don't tell me I am wrong). Indeed, this is the most exciting side of the human … [Read more...]
German Wines
You will probably be surprised to see an article about German wine, why not beer, right? Indeed, being the most popular drink among the Germans, beer has captured attention of the whole country and become the German national drink. Still wine is also an object to overall popularity. There is an anonymous German advice to beer and wine drinkers: … [Read more...]
German Shepherd – The Ultimate Service Dog
"The most striking features of the correctly bred German Shepherd are firmness of nerves, attentiveness, unshockability, tractability, watchfulness, reliability and incorruptibility together with courage, fighting tenacity and hardness." - Max von Stephanitz, Father of the German Shepherd Dog The German Shepherd Dog (GSD) is a versatile … [Read more...]
Happy Birthday, Beetle!
In the middle of the 1930s Adolf Hitler - leader of the Nazi Germany - ordered Ferdinand Porsche to create a new "car for the people". Thus the history of Volkswagen started. Porsche began to construct the prototypes of the car. There were some main ideas - the conceptions of the future vehicle - that Porsche had to stick to while developing the … [Read more...]
Importing Cars to Germany
There are no general rules for the procedure of importing cars to Germany. Irrespective of their age, all vehicles are treated equally as far as duties, taxes or technical inspections are concerned. One must have: - Driver’s license (Führerschein) German Driver's License If one stays in Germany for more than 12 months he will need a … [Read more...]
German Cars
The cars are used so extensively nowadays, that they tend to turn into a separate cultural subcategory, especially where the German culture is concerned. The exteriors always define the first impression. That is why people purchase expensive vehicles, committing money rather to the brand image of a car than to the perfect technical devices, or … [Read more...]
German Beer Steins
The origins of beer steins date back to the 14th century. As a result of the bubonic plague and several invasions of flies throughout Europe, Germany established several laws in the early 16th century requiring that all food and beverage containers be covered to protect their contents. By combining a lid, hinge, and thumblift, these 'German' … [Read more...]
Terrorism in Germany – Baader-Meinhof Gang
During the years of 1968-1977 Germany lived in fear. Three terrorist groups - the Red Army Faction (RAF), Movement 2 June, and the Revolutionary Cells (RZ) - gathered about a hundred Germans as their members. The Baader-Meinhof Gang, who called themselves the Red Army Faction, and two other terrorist groups went killing dozens of people. In 1968 … [Read more...]
The Day of Euro – the European Currency
January 1, 1999, the New Year's day, coincided with the day when eleven European nations officially launched the euro as their shared currency. The name of the new European currency was decided upon at the summit of the European Ministers of Finance, December 15 and 16, 1995 in Madrid. Information about the euro had been spreading since the … [Read more...]