Cuckoo Clock Reimagined by Guido Zimmermann

German Cuckoo Clock Gets A Modern Makeover

By Stephen Fuchs on Email @StephenWFuchs

Not much has changed in the look of German cuckoo clocks over the years, and perhaps that helps maintain its status as an icon, but for Guido Zimmermann, a Frankfurt-based artist, it was time to make a change to reflect the modern architecture of today. While the classic cuckoo clock …

Sources: Guido Zimmermann

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Stephen founded German Pulse and LGBT Germany out of a passion to introduce Americans to a Germany that goes beyond beer and polka (although with enough beer he has been known to polka it up a bit). He's a coffee addict, lover of wine and good times, a hit in the kitchen and editor of TV commercials. You can follow him on Twitter (@StephenWFuchs) to find out a lot more.
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Bewegtes Land - Train Shark

Did Germany Create One of the Most Entertaining Train Rides?

By Stephen Fuchs on Email @StephenWFuchs

On today’s trains, passengers are most likely looking down at their phones while the beautiful landscapes rush by outside their windows, so when an artist in Germany thought of what it could take to peel their eyes away from their devices, “Bewegtes Land” was born and it might just go down in …

Sources: Bewegtes Land, DW

Photo: Datenstrudel

Stephen Fuchs
Stephen founded German Pulse and LGBT Germany out of a passion to introduce Americans to a Germany that goes beyond beer and polka (although with enough beer he has been known to polka it up a bit). He's a coffee addict, lover of wine and good times, a hit in the kitchen and editor of TV commercials. You can follow him on Twitter (@StephenWFuchs) to find out a lot more.
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Linear2017 Desert Art

Two Germans + One Big Ass Pen = 400 Miles of Desert Art

By Stephen Fuchs on Email @StephenWFuchs

The desert heat is known to produce some wacky hallucinations, but if you see two men dressed to impress while dragging along a gigantic pen from behind, it’s no mind game. Munich artists Wolfgang Aichner (51) and Thomas Huber (52), set off on a 400 mile journey across the desert landscapes of Utah, Wyoming and Colorado on …

Sources: Linear2017, UB Media, Salt Lake Tribune

Photo: Linear2017

Stephen Fuchs
Stephen founded German Pulse and LGBT Germany out of a passion to introduce Americans to a Germany that goes beyond beer and polka (although with enough beer he has been known to polka it up a bit). He's a coffee addict, lover of wine and good times, a hit in the kitchen and editor of TV commercials. You can follow him on Twitter (@StephenWFuchs) to find out a lot more.
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Parthenon of Books

Parthenon of Books Tells Important Story in German Town of Kassel

By Stephen Fuchs on Email @StephenWFuchs

An art exhibit in the German town of Kassel is making quite an impact as a towering recreation of the Greek Parthenon sits to tell the story of free speech and the banning of books as it also finds itself planted in a spot that knows the effects of its statement all …

Photo: Mathias Völzke

Stephen Fuchs
Stephen founded German Pulse and LGBT Germany out of a passion to introduce Americans to a Germany that goes beyond beer and polka (although with enough beer he has been known to polka it up a bit). He's a coffee addict, lover of wine and good times, a hit in the kitchen and editor of TV commercials. You can follow him on Twitter (@StephenWFuchs) to find out a lot more.
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Merkellooks Instagram Account Effectively Humanizes Angela Merkel

By Stephen Fuchs on Email @StephenWFuchs

German Chancellor Angela Merkel isn’t the most photogenic politician. Most photos captured by the press feature the her classic blank expression or look of boredom, but is there another side of Germany’s leader that shows she’s no less of a human than us regular folk? That is what one Instagram …

Sources: merkellooks

Stephen Fuchs
Stephen founded German Pulse and LGBT Germany out of a passion to introduce Americans to a Germany that goes beyond beer and polka (although with enough beer he has been known to polka it up a bit). He's a coffee addict, lover of wine and good times, a hit in the kitchen and editor of TV commercials. You can follow him on Twitter (@StephenWFuchs) to find out a lot more.
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Rosa Parks on Bus

Historical Rosa Parks Home Deported to Germany

By Stephen Fuchs on Email @StephenWFuchs

After refusing to give up her seat to a white person in December 1955, Rosa Parks went straight to the history books as a central figure in the civil rights movement. While her name will continue to live on, her historic home in Detroit has been left to degrade. Efforts to …

Sources: The Guardian

Stephen Fuchs
Stephen founded German Pulse and LGBT Germany out of a passion to introduce Americans to a Germany that goes beyond beer and polka (although with enough beer he has been known to polka it up a bit). He's a coffee addict, lover of wine and good times, a hit in the kitchen and editor of TV commercials. You can follow him on Twitter (@StephenWFuchs) to find out a lot more.
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This Artist Found A Creative Way to Deal With Swastika Graffiti in Berlin

By Stephen Fuchs on Email @StephenWFuchs

It’s a shame that there are still people living in Germany that want to continue the Nazi legacy by defacing property with the now horrific swastika symbol, and while it can carry a feeling of fear, one graffiti artist in Berlin has taken it upon himself to combat the issue …

Sources: The Verge

Photo: #Paintblack

Stephen Fuchs
Stephen founded German Pulse and LGBT Germany out of a passion to introduce Americans to a Germany that goes beyond beer and polka (although with enough beer he has been known to polka it up a bit). He's a coffee addict, lover of wine and good times, a hit in the kitchen and editor of TV commercials. You can follow him on Twitter (@StephenWFuchs) to find out a lot more.
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See Star Wars As A Moving Expressionist Painting

By Stephen Fuchs on Email @StephenWFuchs

Have you ever wondered what Star Wars would look like as an expressionist painting? No? Well a group of German researchers from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Freiburg did and the result is stunning. Manuel Ruder, Alexey Dosovitskiy and Thomas Brox came up with the idea after …

Sources: The Stack

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Stephen founded German Pulse and LGBT Germany out of a passion to introduce Americans to a Germany that goes beyond beer and polka (although with enough beer he has been known to polka it up a bit). He's a coffee addict, lover of wine and good times, a hit in the kitchen and editor of TV commercials. You can follow him on Twitter (@StephenWFuchs) to find out a lot more.
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German Student Recreates Michelangelo Masterpiece From 98,304 Legos in 10 Days

By Stephen Fuchs on Email @StephenWFuchs

Its not unusual to take on odd jobs when making it through college, but what one student in the German town of Duisburg has decided to do could be considered crazy by some. Mehdi Ghiassi is tasked with recreating artistic masterpieces out of Lego bricks under the pressure of a very …

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Stephen founded German Pulse and LGBT Germany out of a passion to introduce Americans to a Germany that goes beyond beer and polka (although with enough beer he has been known to polka it up a bit). He's a coffee addict, lover of wine and good times, a hit in the kitchen and editor of TV commercials. You can follow him on Twitter (@StephenWFuchs) to find out a lot more.
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Reproduction of Vincent van Gogh’s Severed Ear On Display in German Museum

By Stephen Fuchs on Email @StephenWFuchs

Through the use of cells from Lieuwe van Gogh, the great-great-grandson of Vincent van Gogh’s brother Theo, and the aid of a 3D printer, a living replica of the famous artist’s ear that he himself cut off in 1888 has been put on display at The Center for Art and Media in …

Stephen Fuchs
Stephen founded German Pulse and LGBT Germany out of a passion to introduce Americans to a Germany that goes beyond beer and polka (although with enough beer he has been known to polka it up a bit). He's a coffee addict, lover of wine and good times, a hit in the kitchen and editor of TV commercials. You can follow him on Twitter (@StephenWFuchs) to find out a lot more.
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