The Two German Academy Award Winners for Best Actor

The Very First Academy Awards Ceremony Only two Germans have ever won an Academy Award for Best Actor or Actress in a Leading Role. One of them did so at the very first Academy Awards ceremony in 1929. Since then many other German-speakers have also won or been...

About Germany’s 9-Euro Monthly Public Transport Ticket

Why the 9-Euro Ticket? In an effort to deal with increasing energy costs caused by the war in Ukraine, and to encourage Germans to use their cars less, and public transport more, the German government introduced a special discounted flat-rate monthly rail ticket valid...

Weimar, Thuringia

Weimar: A Lot of German Culture and History in One Place The name alone simply oozes German history! The Weimar Republic, Goethe and Schiller, the Bauhaus school of architecture, and much more. This page serves as a brief introduction to all that Weimar represents in...