Culture

Tschaikowsky-Ballett in der Staatsoper Berlin Enlarge image (© picture-alliance/ dpa) Germany is a modern, cosmopolitan country with about 82 million inhabitants. Its society is shaped by a plurality of lifestyles and truly different ethnocultural diversity, a high standard of living, and freedom of choice.

Nation Brands Index

How is Germany seen around the world?

Germany comes 2nd in international image survey  In the Nation Brands Index, a global survey ranking 50 countries in terms of their attractiveness, Germany has once again taken second place. The Unit...

Wismar

40 years of unique cultural diversity

It is one of the world’s most successful programmes for cultural exchange: in 2012 UNESCO is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention. That’s why people around the globe will be focusing this year on the significance of the convention for cultural cooperation.

Sonnenuntergang in der Hauptstadt

Summer in Berlin

Germany long had a reputation for being staid, sedate and provincial. Being cool and “in” was not the main quality Germans were credited with. Berlin, though, is a different matter: for years now, the Spree metropolis has seen a constant influx of creative workers, artists, scientists and academics from across the globe. Especially in summer, hosts of young people flock to Berlin from all over the world.

Joe Lovano beim JazzBaltica 2005

Music

From Classical to pop, Germany has one of the most dynamic music scenes in the world.

Modenschau, Fashion Week Berlin

Fashion in Germany

The Germans enjoy fashion and the style found on German streets has completely changed in recent decades. Fashion from Germany shows character and identity.

Händelproduktion Radamisto

Culture in Germany

Goethe, Bach and Beethoven – the cultural life of Germany has a long and rich tradition. Nowadays, however, names like the painter, Gerhard Richter and the director, Fatih Akin, and German hip-hop, al...

Laptops im Hoersaal

The World of Media

Social networks are here to stay in the lives of most children and youth.  But the manner in which youth carelessly handle their personal data on the Internet is often criticized. 

Weißwurst

Food and Drink

Germany is a country full of culinary delights. From sophisticated confections and delicate baked goods, to the textured flavours of its many meat and vegetable dishes, German cuisine treats the palate to a broad spectrum of tastes....

Friedrich von Schiller

Literature in Germany

Germany is a book country: With around 95,000 titles published or re-published annually, it is one of the world’s leading book nations. There are more than 4,000 book stores and 7,500 libraries in Ger...

Culture

2013 Desk Calendar Now Also Available as App

Kalender App des AA

The 2013 desk calendar on the subject "Young in Germany" is now also available free of charge in English and German as an app from the iTunes Store and the Android Market.

Video Archive Germany

Flash player is not installed The process of globalization has thrown up a long list of challenges. At the top of the list: how to protect the rule of law and democracy.That’s of particular relevance now for the countries that experienced the Arab Spring. The question asked at the 32nd Forum on Global Issues at the German Foreign Ministry in May 2013: how can Germany provide effective assistance as nations attempt to establish their own democracies? (© AA)

The Forum on Global Issues

Flash player is not installed Germany's system of dual training is one of the foundations of its economic strength. It's possible to export some elements of dual training to other countries, with positive effects for everybody involved. The German government supports this knowledge transfer. (© AA)

Conference - Pioneers on Dual Training Abroad

Flash player is not installed 2013 is the European Year of Citizens. They're invited to contribute their ideas for the EU, and to discover more about their rights as EU citizens. An example: labour mobility. (© AA)

The European Year of Citizens

Flash player is not installed The Hannover Messe, the big industrial trade fair, has once again attracted hundreds of thousands of people, with companies from across the globe unveiling their latest products. Green energy is a given, now the buzzword is integration for industry 4.0. (© FFO)

Hannover Messe 2013

Flash player is not installed Smartphones, tablets - or "phablets": anybody hunting down the latest innovations in the IT sector, comes to Hanover each spring. (© FFO)

CeBIT 2013

Flash player is not installed The International Tourism Fair, the ITB Berlin, is the global travel industry’s most important annual get-together. Tourism trends are born here and contracts worth billions of euros are signed. The halls of the trade fair centre are regularly booked out. (© FFO)

International Tourism Fair ITB Berlin

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Membership of the UN Human Rights Council 2013 - 2015

Flash player is not installed Studying in Germany makes more and more sense. Teaching and research have a long tradition. German Universities have a very good reputation, especially when it comes to technical subjects. And with the introduction of bachelors and masters degrees, as well as more courses and lectures being held in English, Germany can finally compete to attract the world’s brightest. (© AA)

Studying in Germany

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Berlinale 2013

Flash player is not installed Berlin – fashion city? That hasn't always been the case. But more and more shows at Fashionweek and trade events like Bread & Butter mean an ever increasing influx of fashion aficionados in Berlin. For them, Berlin is still a city where anything goes. (© FFO)

Berlin's Fashion Scene

Flash player is not installed The Élysée Treaty is a major milestone in the history of Franco-German relations. It was a new beginning after the Second World War. So 50 years after the document was signed, how is that relationship? Well here's an example of German-French cooperation and of how much work that cooperation can mean. A joint masters degree in German and French politics at Berlin's Freie Universität. (© FFO)

50th anniversary of Élysée-Treaty

Flash player is not installed Climate change is going to means changes to our environment. That, most scientists agree. But what impact will global warming, floods and food shortages have on security around the world? The implications of climate change for global security have become a major focus of German foreign policy. (© FFO)

Climate Change and Security

Flash player is not installed Germany’s energy revolution is going ahead, but the country’s decision to turn its back on nuclear power in favour of renewables means big changes . And those changes will also impact its European neighbours. (© FFO)

Germany’s Energy Revolution and its European Neighbours

Flash player is not installed Youth unemployment is low in Germany compared to the rest of Europe. Many experts say that's due to Germanys system of dual training system, which allows young people to get work experience and study at the same time. (© FFO)

Dual Training in Germany

Flash player is not installed Landminen sind heute in vielen Ländern der Welt geächtet. (© AA)

The 20th Anniversary of the Campaign to Ban Landmines

Flash player is not installed Medica, the world's leading trade fair for the medical technology, drew 2500 exhibitors to Düsseldorf in 2012. Many of them were showing off innovative mobile IT devices. (© FFO)

Medica 2012