The International Tourism Exchange (ITB) is fully booked with more exhibitors than ever before and opens on Wednesday...
Maria Riesch beat Lindsey Vonn in her home town downhill on Wednesday 10 March to keep the women's skiing World Cup...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday 10 March that the establishment of a "European Monetary...
The German International School in Cape Town (DSK) is one of four German overseas schools in South Africa. Around 730...
A new site has been launched by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). www.study-in.de is intended to help guide...
News, information and updates on Germany and its role and relations with South Asia, covering...
The German Information Centre Pretoria aims to be the first contact point for up-to-date...
The German Information Center USA (GIC) makes it easy for you to find information about...
Five museums, 6000 years of cultural history: the Museum Island is not just part of the world cultural heritage, it is an aesthetic force – the vision of a Prussian cultural revolution. And to implement it, Berlin will be...
SPK – three letters stand for one of the world’s greatest treasure troves, a lively research institution and Germany’s undeclared national heritage foundation
For almost 60 years it was a huge ruin, having been badly damaged in the Second World War. Now the New Museum on Berlin’s Museum Island radiates its old splendour once again. After almost ten years of planning and restoration...
The archaeologist Hermann Parzinger has headed the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation since March 2008. He wants to strengthen science and improve networking among the institutions
Each institution belonging to the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has its highlights. Making a choice is a tough decision. Nevertheless, we’re taking the plunge with a focus on the museums
Berlin is currently one of the world’s most exciting capital cities. Past and future come together in the capital as in no other city in Germany
The Federal Foreign Office and some 140 diplomatic missions from all over the world make Berlin an important centre of German foreign policy
Berlin breathes history. It is unmatched in the way it concentrates the momentous events of the 20th century as if through a magnifying glass
Whether motorbikes, solar cells, power plant turbines or heart pacemakers, there is hardly a high-tech product that is not produced in the Berlin-Brandenburg region around the German capital. This business location is one of the...
In Berlin the so-called “creative industries” are already making a considerable contribution to overall economic output. Software development is registering the strongest growth
Over 200,000 people from all over the world are researching, working and studying in Berlin. Their creativity and curiosity make the German capital one of the most diverse research regions on the European continent
175 museums and 150 stages, sophisticated culture of international standing and creativity of the moment: it is the juxtaposition of contrasts that makes Berlin such an exciting city. Its diversity is united by one basic...
The capital’s art scene is thriving: almost 5,000 artists live and work in Berlin, while 380 galleries market their works to collectors. This guarantees the city a high ranking in Europe
Only a few kilometres south-west of Berlin, in Potsdam-Babelsberg, is one of the most important German media locations. The famous film studios are the main attraction
Potsdamer Platz, Kurfürstendamm, Friedrichstrasse, Unter den Linden: Berlin’s top-notch addresses for leisurely shopping trips or visits to the coffee house
Milan, Paris, London – Berlin. Established star designers, the avant-garde, fashion design schools and fashion fairs are transforming Berlin into a fashion focus. Berlin Style is blazing new trails
Berlin is multicultural: people from the most diverse cultures turn the city into an international metropolis. We introduce five of these people