UNESCO's Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage includes more than 100 traditions that are practiced in Germany. From forest huts to an Easter-wheel-run, we look at some of the quirky cultural practices that you just might want to experience for yourself.
Long a token aspect of culture in the capital city, Berlin's techno scene is one of six new entries on an ‘UNESCO list of intangible cultural heritage in Germany.
The German city of Frankfurt
switched on festive lights Sunday to celebrate the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in what local media said was a nationwide first.
Friday, March 8th marks International Women’s Day, a global event calling for equality and celebrating achievements of women. 'Frauentag' is also a public holiday in Berlin and for the second time in the eastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pommerania.
Spring is (almost) in the air. From giant carnivals to music festivals and book fairs, there are ample opportunities in Germany to get out and enjoy it in March.
An Iranian love story by a dissident director couple and a chilling Austrian historical horror movie led contenders at the Berlin film festival ahead of awards night Saturday.
This week's Berlin international film festival is wrestling on and off screen with the weight of the Nazi past and the menace of a resurgent far right.
Thursday will see the opening of the 74th rendition of Berlin's legendary film festival, the Berlinale. From hard-hitting cinema to the off-beat picks, here are some of the films to watch out for.
The revelation that AfD politicians had been invited to Berlinale’s opening sparked international criticism. Now the film festival leadership has disinvited the party representatives.
German-born Hollywood actor Christian Oliver was killed along with his two young daughters as their small plane plummeted into the Caribbean Sea moments after takeoff, local police said.
You've heard of Pretzels and Laugenstangen, but German inventors have brought a lot more into the world than novelty bread shapes. Here are nine life-changing inventions you might not realise came from Germany.
Germany's culture pass for teens could be extended - and used for books, concerts and other cultural activities in neighbouring France in future, Germany Culture Minister Claudia Roth has announced.
In Germany, where politicians have voiced steadfast backing for Israel following Hamas' devastating attack in October, a wave of cultural events and prize ceremonies have been axed after participants expressed views considered too anti-Israel.
Dan The Stranger had to flee Russia after criticising the war in Ukraine. Now the stand-up comedian is winning over audiences in Germany, where he pokes fun at local bureaucracy.
Thieves have stolen parts of a lead sculpture by German contemporary artist Anselm Kiefer from a warehouse in France, representing a loss of more than $1 million, a prosecutor said on Friday.
During the festive season, Germans of all ages go wild for a 50-year-old film that retells the story of Cinderella in a unique way. As a new exhibition opens, we explore how a children's film produced in the GDR become such a cultural phenomenon.
French-German TV channel Arte is best known for covering cultural events and producing sophisticated dramas and documentaries, but over the past decade it has also been building a reputation in an entirely different arena: video games.
One of Berlin's top tourist attractions, the Pergamon Museum and its world-class collection of antiquities, will close this month for a top-to-bottom restoration not due to be completed before 2037.
Due to concerns over animal welfare, Germany's Roncalli circus stopped using lions and elephants in its shows in 1991. But it went further in 2018 and completely removed live animals from its programme.
Berlin's Tacheles art squat, a symbol of the anything-goes vibe of the city after the fall of the Wall, is completing a disputed transformation into offices, shops and luxury flats.
Ten-year-old Nathaniel squeezes his eyes shut, straightens his back and sucks in his breath as he plunges backward from the reinforced steel roof of a stunt car.
Celebrated Argentina-born pianist Martha Argerich has cancelled concerts in Germany and Switzerland in the coming days due to illness, organisers of the shows said Wednesday.
Skull fragments, presumed to be from composer Ludwig van Beethoven, have returned to Vienna, where the legendary 19th century German composer was buried, experts said Thursday.
