Amazon may be enemy number one for most brick-and-mortar retail shops, threatening the entire way we do our shopping, but for the company that almost solely lives online, Germany’s retail landscape has Amazon looking to step beyond the screen and into their own physical stores in the country. In an interview with the …
German Hip-Hop Artist Ace Tee Breaks into US with Fashion Line at H&M
When Germany’s Ace Tee released her first single “Bist du Down” at the end of last December, it became an instant hit and skyrocket the new hip-hop artist to stardom. And while she may still be an unknown name here in the US, she is beginning to gain some recognition stateside for something …
Sources: H&M
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The German Love Life Exposed
German polling group YouGov is out with a new study on the love and sex lives of the average German, covering a range of topics from the basics to the intimate details most people would prefer to keep private, and while the results were vast enough that the group was able to …
Sources: YouGov
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Did Germany Create One of the Most Entertaining Train Rides?
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
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Two Germans + One Big Ass Pen = 400 Miles of Desert Art
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
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Parthenon of Books Tells Important Story in German Town of Kassel
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
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Adidas Just Made the Perfect Oktoberfest Shoe
So you’ve picked out your best and maybe only pair of lederhosen for the kickoff of Oktoberfest season, but what have you decided for your shoes? Sure you could rock the classic sandal shoe to show off those socks in all of their wool glory, or you could kick it …
Sources: Adidas, DesignTAXI
Photo: 43einhalb
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Airberlin Files for Bankruptcy as Key Shareholder Stops Funding
After making several attempts to turn the airline around, German budget airline airberlin announced on Tuesday that it would be filing for bankruptcy after its largest shareholder and key financier, Etihad Airways, said it would no longer help finance the company. Etihad, based in Abu Dhabi, has served as the lifeline for airberlin …
Sources: Financial Times, AP
Photo: airberlin
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What’s not appetizing about the idea of adding a few parasitic worms to your diet? No… really!? Because that very question could soon become a reality in Germany once the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety decides on whether or not the pig whipworm (Trichuris suis) parasite is approved for sale in health …
Sources: Science Alert
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Airberlin Shares the Sky with JetBlue in New U.S. Partnership
Germany’s budget-friendly Airberlin announced on Friday that it is entering into a new partnership with one of America’s leading cost-saving airlines, JetBlue, to make traveling to the US less complicated for passengers who need to travel past one of the limited airports the German carrier flies into. Beginning September 12, 2017, travelers will be …
Sources: Airberlin