Culture Online

Experience German culture online with our digital services. Discover exciting books and videos, entertaining podcasts or browse our online magazines for inspiration.

Books and Films

  • Onleihe

    Digital Library

    The 'Onleihe' is free of charge. Registered users can download e-books and digital media for a limited period of time.

    A woman listens to digital media from the Onleihe service and runs past people waiting at the bus stop in the rain. Illustration: Maria Tran Larsen © Goethe-Institut Illustration: Maria Tran Larsen © Goethe-Institut

  • Goethe on Demand

    Watch films online

    The Goethe-Institut presents a carefully curated collection of German films, available to stream for free. Discover award-winning festival hits, exciting new voices in German cinema and legendary film classics – and find your own personal favourites. Sit back, make yourself comfortable and… action!

    Scene from the film “Kiss my Wounds” Photo (detail): © Markus Zucker / 2022 Schiwago Film, DOMAR Film Photo (detail): © Markus Zucker / 2022 Schiwago Film, DOMAR Film

Podcasts

Tipp Talk

Poetry slam, humour training, sustainability or interactive radio plays - Rumbie's guests will show you their world.

Tipp Talk © Goethe-Institut © Goethe-Institut

Podcasts around the world

Goethe-Instituts around the world produce podcasts on various topics and in different languages. Have fun tuning in!

Podcast © Goethe-Institut / Shutterstock © Goethe-Institut / Shutterstock

Magazine

  • Social discourse

    Zeitgeister

    Which topics and discourses are we dealing with worldwide? The online magazine Zeitgeister invites experts, artists and authors to a joint exchange. It offers local and global perspectives - on postcolonialism, sustainability, post-digital cultures, feminism and current affairs.

    Zeitgeister Keyvisual Illustration: © El Boum Illustration: © El Boum

  • Travelling around Germany

    #DeutschlandNoFilter

    The diversity of Germany in one magazine. #DeutschlandNoFilter presents dialects and book trends, series tips and insights into everyday working life, sports and music, sustainable ideas, and special places that you should get to know. A magazine for everyone who is interested in Germany and loves the German language.

    Deutschland #nofilter © Goethe-Institut © Goethe-Institut

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