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• Food trucks – meals on wheels
  Small mobile restaurants are starting to catch on in Germany and they are often far more than your average snack wagons with Currywurst and Pommes.
• “Preserve the proven, shape the new” – the International Bach Academy in Stuttgart
  For more than thirty years, Helmuth Rilling shaped the international Bach Academy; now he is succeeded by Hans-Christoph Rademann.
• ‘Open Mike’ – Fireworks with the Buddha
  The Berlin ‘Open Mike’ entered this year its twentieth edition.
• On the Stage, the Spoken Word Prevails
  In January 2013 the annual meeting of the Dramaturgical Society took place in Munich; its theme: “Speaking on Stage – and about Theatre”...
• The Magician of Images – Klaus Ensikat
  With the technique of an Old Master and subtle humour, the award-winning graphic designer and illustrator Klaus Ensikat has for fifty years produced ingenious illustrations for literary classics and children’s books....

• So You Want to Be an Artist
  The tradition of hands-on training in the arts is alive and well in Germany. Interested in studying visual, performance, or sound arts? Keen to pursue graphic and product design, textiles, or typography? Germany is home to many exceptional art schools as well as a rich history of excellence in and support for the arts.
• Frankfurt's Skyscrapers: A Guide
  Frankfurt is known for banks and skyscrapers. So what is behind the colossal glass, steel, and stone facades of the city’s buildings? Meet Frankfurt’s tallest.
• Conference - Pioneers on Dual Training Abroad
  Germany‘s system of dual training is one of the foundations of its economic strength.
• The all-German final in Wembley
  Bayern München and Borussia Dortmund are playing in the final of the Champions League at London’s Wembley Stadium.
• German first feature film in Cannes
  A directorial debut from Germany makes it to the competition “Un Certain Regard” at the famous film festival on the Côte d’Azur.

• Theatre festival between the Saar and the Mosel
  The Festival Perspectives in the German-French region around Saarbrücken is staging European theatre, dance and music productions.
• The European Year of Citizens
  2013 is the European Year of Citizens.
• Europe Day, Robert Schuman and Class 4a
  Enthusiasm for the idea of Europe – in the 60th European Competition, schoolchildren from Germany show what this could look like.
• Relief organizations
  The portals presented here provide information on the help programs offered by different organizations.