Wunderbar Together

In 2019 our team travelled over 25,000 miles all across the United States and brought the spirit of the German-American friendship to thousands of students at over 60 schools and universities in the U.S. In 2020, the Digital Wanderbus featured a 3D space where students could dive into a variety of topics, from politics to science, from German history to culture.

In the podcast series “The Big Pond,” radio journalists from the U.S. and Germany tell stories on a wide variety of topics – such as music, sports, history, religion, language, and society.

The digital kinderuniversity is a brand new, completely free, and entirely online-based program. Students will learn German while watching fun videos about science experiments. Enjoy!

TOP provides social studies and STEM educators throughout North America with classroom resources, study tours, and up-to-date information about contemporary Germany.

The German American Partnership Program (GAPP) supports partnerships and exchanges between schools in Germany and the United States. 

In this exciting contest, students can put their knowledge about soccer in Germany to the test. The grand prize is a trip to a Bundesliga match in Germany!

Every year, students compete for a grand prize by watching a video on a new aspect of German life and taking a quiz. A fantastic, three-week journey awaits our lucky winners: an all-expenses-paid, chaperoned trip to Germany!

In 2019, the Goethe-Institut celebrated 100 years of Bauhaus. In this online collection, you’ll find a timeline of Bauhaus history in the U.S., articles on Bauhaus members who immigrated to North America, and more.

Oktoberfest in your own neighborhood! Three mobile beer gardens toured the States for a year, celebrating Bavarian beer, pretzels, and transatlantic friendship.

For one year, we celebrated German film by offering a collection of 48 streamable German movies for free in the U.S. – including a wide range of genres and time periods, a colorful portrait of German film.

How do we want to live 20 years from now? At the Sustainability Summit 2019 in Chicago, experts discussed sustainability and its connection to STEM and German as a foreign language.

Within the scope of Wunderbar Together, the Goethe-Institut brought German-language literature and authors to the U.S. Publishers were encouraged to apply for translation grants to make their favorite German books accessible to English speakers.

The “Land of Inventors Germany” exhibition traveled across the U.S. in 2018 and 2019, showcasing German inventions that have improved our daily lives – and continue to do so.

The Pop Up in Houston coordinates and supports a variety of cultural events in Houston – with the aim of expanding and deepening the cultural ties between Germany and the USA.

The Pop Up in Kansas City organizes events on German culture and language: film screenings, art exhibitions, concerts, performances, readings, a language club, and teacher trainings.

The Pop Up in Seattle stages a variety of events – such as art exhibits, film screenings, lectures, and panel discussions revolving around culture, education, and business.