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A Cross-Cultural Digital Media Dialogue between Hamburg and Chicago

The Goethe-Institut has teamed up with Chicago’s Free Spirit Media and the Hamburg radio and television station TIDE to get high school students from both sides of the Atlantic dialoging about the issues young adults see themselves facing, and how to address them constructively.More ...
Hörpol station “Courage” in no. 39 Rosenthaler Street, in front of the Otto Weidt’s Workshop for the Blind Museum. Photo: Verena Hütter

History from Headphones – “Hörpol”, an Audio Tour through the Streets of Berlin

Equipped with a map and a Walkman, young people can experience Jewish history on the spot in the centre of Berlin.More ...
Neuschwanstein Castle; Copyright: Touristik-Arbeitsgemeinschaft Romantische Straße

A Delight to the Eye and the Soul – The Romantic Road

The oldest and best-known holiday route in Germany stretches from Würzburg via Rothenburg ob der Tauber to Füssen – past half-timbered villages, houses built by the Fuggers, pilgrimage churches and dream castles, all framed by ever-changing backdrops of vineyards, lowland forests and the Alps.More ...
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Friends In High Places - The Deutscher Alpenverein (German Alpine Club)

Every year 120 million tourists travel to the Alps to get into one of the many types of mountain sports, to kick back and relax and to discover a unique expanse of unspoilt nature with its huge biological diversity. According to the WWF-Germany this makes the Alps "the most popular mountains in the world" – this means that the Deutscher Alpenverein/DAV (German Alpine Club) really has its work cut out.More ...
Hornberg Castle; Copyright: Burgenstraße e.V.

Along Germany's romantic Castle Road

The fascination of days of old

Germany's romantic Castle Road between Mannheim and Prague winds its way through the picturesque scenery of the Neckar valley, Bavaria's Franconian Switzerland and the Fichtelgebirge mountains – and the route is simply teeming with castles and palaces.More ...