by HF | Mar 22, 2013
Money Matters in Germany and Europe Germany has a vital banking tradition that dates back to the great Fugger money-lending empire in the 15th and 16th centuries, and before that, the limited banking practices required by the Hanseatic League (Hansa) of northern...
by HF | Mar 22, 2013
Daily Life in the USA vs. Germany • Part 2 History & Culture > Cultural Comparisons 1 > Cultural Comparisons 2 > Cultural Comparisons 3 Shopping • Credit Cards • Banking • Postal Matters • Alcohol In the charts below you’ll find a simplified comparison of...
by HF | Mar 21, 2013
A Guide to Christmas Customs in Austria, Germany and Switzerland Whether you live in North America, in German-speaking Europe, or almost anywhere else in the western world, the way Christmas is celebrated has been influenced in large measure by Austria and Germany....
by HF | Mar 21, 2013
Christmas Traditions in Austria, Germany, Switzerland Although we often take today’s Christmas celebration customs for granted, most of the so-called “traditional” Christmas practices only date back to the 19th century. Many of these customs originated in Germany and...
by HF | Mar 20, 2013
Ranking Universities in the German-speaking World AUSTRIA | GERMANY | SWITZERLAND The annual Times Higher Education (THE) survey of over 1,250 universities is a good barometer for seeing how universities around the globe compare to each other. In the rankings below,...
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