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  • The Bastei: a German rock formation worth visiting

    If you’re looking for a travel destination with jaw-dropping views, add The Bastei to your bucket list. This rock formation stands 636 feet above the Elbe River in the Elbe…

  • Word of the Week: Plattenbau

    If you’ve ever visited East Germany during the Cold War, you probably saw a lot of grey, cheaply-built apartment buildings that might have made you feel depressed. This sort of…

  • Word of the Week: Bratkartoffelverhältnis

    A Bratkartoffelverhältnis,  which literally means “fried potato relationship,” is not about how much Germans love fried potatoes, but it is about finding a meal ticket, or at the very least…

  • Word of the Week: Schneidersitz

    When you’re sitting cross-legged, what do you call that position? In English, you might say you are “sitting Indian style”, but in German, that is the so-called Schneidersitz (“tailor’s sitting…

  • Word of the Week: Sauregurkenzeit

    With four or more weeks of vacation per year, many German workers are out of the office during the summer months – especially in July and August, when schools are…

  • Word of the Week: Sonnenwendfeier

    Many Germans – like the Scandinavians – celebrate the Sonnendwendfeier, an annual midsummer festival marking the summer solstice, or longest day of the year (on June 20 this year). The…

  • Word of the Week: Sommerloch

    Although it may at first sound like a reference to a refreshing riverside swimming hole, a Sommerloch (“summer hole”) actually refers to something entirely different – the dearth of “real…

  • Word of the Week: Katzengold

    Ever gone panning for gold? Probably not, but if you have, be careful not too get too excited when you find Katzengold! Literally translated, Katzengold means “cat’s gold”, but it…

  • International cooperation on green finance: a virtual event

    Financial markets will be needed to channel private funding in a volume of several trillion dollars to finance the transition to a zero carbon economy in the coming years. Climate…

  • Word of the Week: Hüftgold

    Many of us may be  carrying a few extra pounds around the middle, and in German there’s a nice word it: Hüftgold! Directly translated, Hüftgold means “hip gold”, and it…