Today’s Google Doodle celebrates German scientist Robert Wilhelm Bunsen. Born March 30th or 31st 1811 in Göttingen, he made essential discoveries, discovered Caesium and Rubidium and developed the “Bunsen Burner”.
While Wal-Mart revives its plans to get into New York City, a giant German retailer has slipped in relatively unnoticed. In February, with virtually no opposition — a Queens politician even showed up at the […]
Werner Herzog’s short film: O Soave Fanciulla (Oh you vision of beauty) from Puccini’s iconic La Bohème for Sky Arts Opera Shorts: The complete movie: and our all time favorite: plastic bag
Another clip to brush up your German or to simply enjoy: Til Schweiger acts with his daughter Emma in Kleinohrhasen. – Can you tie shoes? Of course Come here, sit down, so. What should I […]
Knut Berlin’s beloved Polar Bear who rose to stardom as an icon to fight global warming is dead. Born December 2006 and raised in captivity at the Berlin Zoological Garden he was the first polar […]
Spirit of an Age: Drawings from the Germanic World, 1770-1900 At the J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Center March 29-June 19, 2011 LOS ANGELES-In the past few years, the Getty Museum has focused on building […]
In the US every TV Station has one or maybe even two genius entertainers, in Germany that kind of talent and space for the talent to develop is harder to come by. But we have […]
It was 1314 in Cologne. The first fools or “jecken” in German celebrated a parade through the city. How? We don’t know exactly the details, just the date. 200 years later a noble man named […]
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