Reporters Without Borders Germany Brilliantly Bypasses Government Censorship
Despite a large amount of criticism over “fake news” and American journalism, things could be worse when you look at the extreme censorship of news media that exists across the world. For the billions of people deprived of this right, getting around government enforced ce...
Berlin’s HelloFresh Proves Its U.S. Meal Kit Dominance Is As Fresh As Ever
With busy lifestyles and the desire to eat healthy becoming the norm, there has been a fast rise in startups looking to solve that problem with healthy and easy to assemble meal kits delivered to the door. When Germany’s HelloFresh entered into the lucrative US market in ...
How to Watch the Eurovision 2018 Grand Final in the US
The 63rd annual Eurovision Song Contest is set to crown this year’s winning nation on Saturday (May 12) in Lisbon, Portugal, and if you’re itching to see all 26 finalists sing their hearts out as it happens without using a bootleg stream or VPN in the US, you’re in luck. ...
11 New German Music Videos: Die Toten Hosen, Cro, and more
Finding the latest German music videos, let alone new German music in general, can be a royal pain in the ass. We know! But we have made it one of our missions to end that nonsense and as a result, we are bearing the pain for you so you can ... Read Story →
Can Germans Make Up For Subway’s American Decline?
For several years, Subway was at the top of its game, opening up locations across the US like they were Starbucks. But all good things must come to an end, and that is a hard reality that the American fast food sandwich chain has had to face in the past ... Read Story →
Karl Lagerfeld Ready to Return His German Citizenship, Blames Merkel
Famed fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld is quite furious over the political state of his home country Germany, so much so that in an interview on Thursday with France’s Le Point, he went so far as threatening to give up his German citizenship. Why? Lagerfeld’s anger is aime...
Aldi German Week… Is It Really That German?
For all of us lovers of all things German, Aldi’s German week is essentially a holiday, but have we stopped and asked ourselves how accurate the German grocery chain is at portraying its own home food culture? We all know that certain German stereotypes have been ingraine...
Are American Crayfish This Year’s Berlin Delicacy?
In the American south, crayfish are prized for their appetizing qualities, but when the red swamp crustaceans began invading new and unfamiliar turf in Berlin over the past year, they were anything but popular in the German city. It is believed the North American crawfish...
9 New German Music Videos: Madsen, Jannik Brunke, and more
Finding the latest German music videos, let alone new German music in general, can be a royal pain in the ass. We know! But we have made it one of our missions to end that nonsense and as a result, we are bearing the pain for you so you can ... Read Story →
And the Top German Baby Names of 2017 Were…
Each year, the Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache e. V. (Society for German Language) [GfdS] issues a comprehensive list of names given to newborn babies in Germany. There’s usually not a lot of change in the top baby names from one year to the next, but aside from the ad...
Our Bangin’ New Music Playlist Will Have You Reliving 1980’s Germany
The 1980’s was one of the most iconic and culturally redefining decades in German music history. With West Germany pumping out some of the most recognizable 80’s songs and taking the “Neue Deutsche Welle” genre mainstream, we couldn’t resist going back in time to bring yo...
Good News ‘You Are Wanted’ Fans, Season 2 Has a US Release Date
In early April we speculated on when the second season of You Are Wanted, Amazon’s German original series, would be available to stream in the US. At the time the answer was quite vague, but I am happy to announce we finally have an official release date! Amazon Germany h...