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Damned if they do, damned if they don’t

The opening of a massive youth hostel in a Nazi-designed building has raised more than a few eyebrows around the world.

Tales from the fast trains

Writer Tom Chesshyre finds that German train travel is about speed, punctuality – and junkies and applewine.

From the Hamburg Brit to the Berlin gob

Let’s face it, every nation has its stereotypes.

Women’s football has come a long way since 1989, when the European Champions were rewarded with – a crockery set! The FIFA Women’s World Cup is under way in Germany, and it started with a real flourish in Berlin, as an emotional Susanne Pleines reports.

We’re all in this together!

Britain is aghast at the news that we’re ’50 percent German’. Or is it?

Stuttgart goes off the rails

What’s going on in the quiet, posh and uber-clean capital of Baden-Württemberg? Daniela Faulhaber, a Stuttgarter who organises and writes about cultural travels, fills us in on ‘Stuttgart 21’.

Words, Words, Words

From angst to blitz, dachshund to doppelgänger, and ersatz to hinterland, there’s lots of German in English. And there’s plenty which is untranslateable, too.

Where biking becomes part of the Kur

E-biking in the Black Forest, the perfect cure for Londoners used to dust and grime

Germany’s Tourism Bounces Back

Germany has just released some very encouraging tourism statistics from last year, and this year is likely to be good, too.

Will Lena do it again?

Lenamania rools, says Susanne Pleines. But has the 18-year-old schoolgirl gone from underdog to overkill when it comes to this Saturday’s Eurovision finals in Düsseldorf?

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Damned if they do, damned if they don’t

Tales from the fast trains

From the Hamburg Brit to the Berlin gob

The beautiful game

We’re all in this together!

Stuttgart goes off the rails

Words, Words, Words

Where biking becomes part of the Kur

Germany’s Tourism Bounces Back

Will Lena do it again?