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Parks

Parks are found around everywhere and oftentimes offer insight into society. But how do we use them? How do they differ from one place to another, from the United States to Germany? We invite you to join us on a multimedia journey through parks!

City contours: Frankfurt
From soaring skyline to down-to-earth graffiti

Our author Eva-Maria Verfürth goes beyond the clichés to show what makes Germany’s financial hub so liveable and lovable.

Granny Trude
Everything the forest can do!

A walk in the woods is the best anti-stress therapy, in Granny Trude’s opinion. And according to science, she’s right.

Granny Trude
Having a clear-out cheers you up

Do I still need that or can I throw it out? Granny Trude makes use of all the days she’s spending at home and has a good old tidy. It’s liberating – in a big way!

Frankly ... integrated
Whispers from Billboards

The pandemic has spread a wave of silence and isolation around the world. But the age-old curiosity and thirst for knowledge and information is being satisfied in simple and familiar ways, as Dominic Otiang’a explains.

City contours Dresden
Pomp to prefab

Dresden has a reputation for being a bit too baroque, stuffy, and reserved. But the Saxon capital has another different side that is modern, alternative, and surprising. Our author Kaddi Cutz reveals the multiple facets of the Florence on the Elbe and overhauls a cliché or two.

Frankly ... Berlin
Beyoncé and Babypo: Many greetings from the other side of feminism

Do Beyoncé and Netflix feminism really liberate us? And if so, who is this "we"? Our Berlin columnist Margarita Tsomou has written a feminist manifesto in the seclusion of the lockdown. Because everything is closed outside, she takes us into her world of thoughts today

Frankly … posthuman
“Tech for Good” but make it female

The German economy is still heavily male-dominated. But work is being done at many levels to increase the presence of women.

Frankly … social
Society isn’t happening

People can only meet in very limited ways at the moment. Which means there’s not much for Maximilian Buddenbohm to write about in this column about society. So he takes a look at what’s going on in his own home.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Driven by curiosity and the lust for life

He was a poet and a lawyer, theatre director and naturalist, politician and traveller – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was an all-rounder and his interests varied greatly. His aim was always – to make the best of life.

Frankly ... social
Something more than expected

Our columnist Maximilian Buddenbohm is in the queue at the butcher’s – and amid all the pre-Christmas stress he witnesses a touching scene between a customer and the butcher’s assistant.

The Corona Pandemic
A Globalisation of Solidarity

Dealing with the pandemic demands quite a lot from us. Two questions are crucial right now: How ready are we to learn from it? And what lessons will we learn? Which is why EU countries in particular should now move closer together to become a Europe of solidarity.

City contours Göttingen
The knowledge city with an innovative spirit

“The city that creates knowledge” : The Göttingen University sets the pace and rhythm of the city. Our author Stefan Keitel takes us on a tour of places full of academic free spirit, industrious research and political resistance.

Frankly … social
Early evening in the city

Our author Maximilian Buddenbohm strolls through the streets and observes two scenes. What do these scenes have in common?

Granny Trude
Books that travel – Trude’s tips for bookworms

Winter weather and covid restrictions? Not a problem for Granny Trude! After all, she’s got her books. And she’ll never run out of reading materials, because she knows where she can replenish her stocks – cheaply and sustainably.

Granny Trude
A different kind of New Year’s Eve celebration

Granny Trude has had enough of 2020. But despite everything she wants to see out the year in a dignified, environmentally friendly manner, and welcome 2021 with hope in her heart. For that she needs pots, pans and plenty of candle ends.

Granny Trude
The personal touch – paper of the finest kind

Why not write a letter again? And why not make the paper for it yourself? Granny Trude is using the quiet pre-Christmas period to get creative – with the help of a picture frame, blender and clothesline.

Granny Trude
Sugar-free, that’s for me!

Life with less sugar is healthier! Grandma Trude knows that too and is about to try something new. The apples that she grows in her garden play a major role in this.

Granny Trude
Attractive fashion

Granny Trude buys sustainable fashion from fair trade sources. Less is more here. And she has some additional tips for protecting the environment and giving your clothes a new lease of life.

Granny Trude
Fermentation – happy bubbles for good health

Food preservation is quite the thing these days. Just like so much from the old days. And if you fill up your store cupboards, you don’t have to visit the supermarket as often – Granny Trude’s pleased about that, and not just in corona times.

Frankly ... Berlin
Nothing learnt?!

Our Berlin columnist Margarita Tsomou writes every month about the capital from a feminist perspective. Today it is - of course - about what the new lockdown regulations mean for feminism.

Frankly ... integrated
The banality of freedom

To avoid culture shock we must appreciate one basic fact: different countries, different customs. But maybe that is easier said than done, as Kenyan author Dominic Otiang’a points out.

Frankly ... integrated
Culture in Lockdown

The cultural sector has been among the hardest hit by the pandemic. The impact is more than just economic. Cancelled festivals have left their ardent followers with a feeling of loss of their own raison d’être, according to Kenyan writer Dominic Otiang'a.

Spring '90
"Suddenly everyone is here again“

One year after Berliners danced on the wall, Germany is one country again. But how did the reunification feel for a former inmate of Hohenschönhausen? A story about Argentinean steak at the Stasi headquarters, unexpected reunions and Berlin clubs.

Frankly ... Berlin
Summer in Berlin: how the pandemic is changing physicality and feminism

Our new columnist Magrita Tsomou views Berlin from a queer feminist perspective. Her latest observation is the emancipatory power that comes when normality ends.

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