Culture and Life in Germany
Cultural life in Germany is varied and exciting. The following cultural internet websites make it possible for you to discover it for yourself.
Cartographer, philosopher and mathematician Gerhard Mercator, who lived and died in the German city of Duisburg, was born 500 years ago. It was a time of optimism, of departure. Seafarers discovered new continents, Copernicus discovered that the planets circled around the sun, and a renegade monk by the name of Martin Luther rebelled openly against the Roman Catholic Church.
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Portal to Germany
The Deutschland Portal is the central, non-commercial access to Germany on the Internet.
Deutschland Portal
The Kleist Memorial Year 2011 was officially opened on 4 March in the Kleist’s native city of Frankfurt/Oder under the patronage of Federal President Christian Wulff. It featured exhibitions, film and theatrical productions, concerts and reading contests paying tribute to Heinrich von Kleist’s work. One of the main cities hosting events, besides Frankfurt/Oder, was the Spree metropolis Berlin, where Kleist took his own life on 21 November 1811.
Heinrich von Kleist Memorial Year 2011
Cycling holidays in Germany are becoming increasingly popular
It is healthy pursuit, kind to the climate and – at least compared with long-haul holidays to exotic destinations – relatively cheap. Cycle touring is becoming increasingly popular in Germany, according to the German Cycling Association (ADFC). Germany certainly has the proper infrastructure and the country boasts more than 75,000 kilometres of well-marked cycle paths. They are popular too and ADFC figures show that in 2007 around 5.6 million Germans went on a cycling holiday lasting several days with overnight stays, while 35 million explored the countryside from the saddle of a bicycle for at least two hours at a stretch.
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Deutsche Kultur International
Information on German language and literature worldwide including a summary of student, academic and artist exchanges. The website also provides an overview of addresses of relevant libraries, multimedia services and documentation centres for German culture and international cultural relations overseas.
Deutsche Kultur International
Sign and Sight
A lively and informative kaleidoscope of cultural and intellectual life in Germany. Signandsight.com offers English translations of German feuilleton articles with cultural highlights of the major German language newspapers.
http://www.signandsight.com/
Kulturportal
General items of cultural interest (in German).
Kulturportal
Further Links
The website of the Goethe Institut offers a selection of further links, including the topics Arts, Society, Media and Information, Material for Teachers and Learners of German etc.
Further Links
