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Water sports are very popular in Germany, also since this kind of activity does not necessarily require a fortune. For a few bucks, inflatable boats can be purchased. They are good enough to cross small lakes. Sure, a good boat, which won't deflate at the wrong moment, is a little more expensive. And boat owners who want to make an impression at…

Put two electrodes, an anode, a cathode and some chemistry into some kind of plastic box, and you have what it takes to make things run. It is a so-called…

The German Social Democrats (SPD), who are Chancellor Angela Merkel's junior partner in her current grand coalition, have already pressed home rent control…

An attack on 'Schalom', a kosher restaurant in Chemnitz, took place almost two weeks ago, on August 27th, 2018. The information surfaced only now. The incident was considered serious. Germany's antisemitism commissioner Felix Klein said "the most terrible memories from the 1930-s are being awoken." On August 27th, Nazis in Chemnitz hunted…

Note: The content of this article just became part of a new, longer piece you can find here. The largest cruise ship of all time, in terms of capacity, is…

Since a majority of British voters supported leaving the European Union in the Brexit Referendum on June 23rd, 2016, more and more Britons living in Germany…

In Germany, German is the main language used in many migrant households. The Federal Office of Statistics released data, according to which German is predominantly being spoken in 56 percent of all households which include at least one person with an immigrant background. A person is part of that that category, if either he or she, or one of the…

In spring, 'Forbes' published its annual list of the richest people in the world. The American magazine came to the conclusion that there are 2,208…

What do we expect from buses? Do we want to be taken from A to B to C and back to A? Sure. Do we want the noise of its engine contribute to the noise level in…

The world is asking itself what is going on in Germany. Germany itself is asking itself the same thing. Photos of Nazis giving the Hitler salute appeared all over the place, along with reports about a radical mob hunting down people it identified as foreigners. In Chemnitz, the latest events are worrisome indeed. A young man gets stabbed and…