By Pia Reutter What was invented in the small workshops of inventors would revolutionize the world in the next 125 years: the automobile. The patent application filed by Carl Benz on January […]
The unforgettable Peter Alexander , born June 30th 1926 in Vienna, has died on February 12th, 2011. Countless movies and sketches like this parody of the “Golden Girls” have made him a beloved icon. From […]
German producer Bernd Eichinger, the man behind such Oscar-nominated films like “The Downfall” and “The Baader Meinhof Complex” died suddenly of a heart attack during a dinner at his home in Los Angeles on January […]
A brand conquers the world Augustus the Strong, the legendary elector of Saxony, openly confessed that he suffered from the “porcelain malady.” Symptoms of this illness are a weakness for the fine, white material coupled […]
Find out where insiders go for best skiing in Switzerland Switzerland’s idyllic location in the heart of the Alps makes it a mecca for winter sports. Nowhere else in Europe are the winter sport resorts […]
Trader Joe’s is one of the grocery chains that help Germans keep in touch with their basic culinary roots. TJ’s is the store of choice when it comes to get Westphalian smoked ham if you […]
Mediamogulmother, mother and German World Covermodel Heidi Klum is not only as we say in German: “Fit wie ein Turnschuh” Fit like a sneaker, now she produces her own on cooperation with “New Balance” for […]
California girls meets Bavarian girls and voila Dirndls, Beer and good times. Kathy Perry Kim Kardashian and her mother
In case you are not following David Hasselhoff on Twitter, you might have missed that he went to Austria and Germany. The two countries, where he is popular with a certain viewership, that showed him […]
In 1885 German-Austrian pediatrician and university professor Theodor Escherich discovered the bacterium Escherichia coli, in short e.coli. He was awarded the doctorate in medicine in 1881 and only four years later made his major discovery. […]
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