by Deutsch Centre | Sep 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
On September 26th 2021, Germans will go to the polls to elect a new Chancellor for one of Europe’s largest countries. Huge changes are ahead, since this is not totally common in Germany, where the wish for continuity and predictability is so strong that in the last 40... 
by Deutsch Centre | Jul 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
The medieval trade association that shaped Germany and modern Europe Welcome to a journey back into history and up to the very North of Germany, the realm of the “Hanseat”, a very special breed of German civic nobility. Hanseatic traditions are found along the coasts... 
by Deutsch Centre | Jan 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
Let’s jump right in: The term „Handy“ causes plenty of confusion between Germans and native English speakers. The German word for mobile phone sounds so very English that it’s hard to grasp that it actually isn’t. Germany’s biggest telecommunications corporation,... 
by Deutsch Centre | Sep 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
Nature might not be the first idea when thinking about Germany. Engineering, industry, car manufacturing, the Autobahn, densely populated cities spring to mind. But then there are, of course, other stereotypes: Castles, rivers, the Alps, Lederhosen and tidy streets…... 
by Deutsch Centre | Aug 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
Sometimes back in the philosophical revolutions of the early 19th century, German intellectuals coined the phrase of the “Land der Dichter und Denker”, the country of poets and thinkers, to describe not so much an understanding, but a goal for their newly emerging...
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