In this week's Expat Dispatches, Tessa Sinclair Scott examines her Francophile grandmother's disappointment that she was moving to Germany. Did she choose the wrong language?
A quick and uncomplicated conversation between a recently engaged couple concluded that the husband-to-be would take on his fiancee's surname. However, no one was more surprised by people's reactions than Australian expat Liv Hambrett.
Since publishing a blog post on The Local seven weeks ago about how Germans in the north of the country only need three words to communicate, Australian writer Liv Hambrett has been basking in praise from the subjects of her study.
This week's Expat Dispatches is gathering a lengthy list of everything we love about Germany. Blogger and writer Liv Hambrett starts with her reasons why she loves the country.
In this week's Expat Dispatches, history teacher Mike Stuchbery gives us a lesson in the Medieval fear and loathing unleashed by the Black Death in the German lands.
You need to understand three key words to communicate properly with northern Germans, according to Australian writer Liv Hambrett who has fallen for one of them. She takes us on a linguistic tour.
With temperatures set to hit highs of 34C in Germany this weekend, food writer Nadia Hassani looks at how to make a very special ice cream and the man it was named after - a womanizing 19th Century nobleman.
Germans consume more coffee each year than beer or mineral water and outdrink the French when it comes to caffeine. Food writer Nadia Hassani explains how to enjoy the drink with a German kick.
Strolling, like single-handedly dismantling a queue by utterly failing to grasp its function, is a great German past time. Writer Liv Hambrett goes for a walk in this week's Expat Dispatches.
Concerned that not enough strangers are talking to you in Germany? Writer Jacinta Nandi has the answer - have a baby and you will be inundated with advice from grandmothers on the street.
In this week's Expat Dispatches, teacher Mike Stuchbery looks at the role played by one of Germany's great trading families, the Fuggers, and the lessons they hold for us today.
There are few better ways to say goodbye (or hello) to a German town than with an eating tour. Liv Hambrett takes on giant schnitzels and gyros in Bavaria.
Hate the system? Think you could run things better? Jan van Leiden did. He took over Münster in the 16th century to create a new kingdom for God. But things did not go as planned.
Food writer Nadia Hassani takes The Local through one of her more regal recipes - a lemon mousse rumoured to have comforted controversial King Frederick the Great.
It is the most glorious weather. Fifteen degrees (sixteen some days!) sunny, blue skies. The park’s grass is green and gold and purple and white, all the bulbs arriving early after a mild winter and what seems like an early spring.
Germany is a land infested with saints. Travel more than a few miles in any direction and you're liable to trip over a shrine to some ascetic or hermit with the reputation for performing miracles.
Food writer Nadia Hassani takes The Local through one of her best recipes just in time for Karneval - delicious, deep-fried pastries and shares her experiences of the German party season.
It’s a peculiar thing, going home, when you no longer live there. Much like most of the landmarks, your history remains intact and untouched. So do, give or take one or two as the years pass by, the people who preserve it.
