The pandemic helped fuel an interest in homegrown products â and has resulted in hundreds of chili farmers across Berlin. Now a new festival is shining a light on locally-sourced products and the chili revolution.
Germanyâs Karneval season is in full swing. We spoke to DĂźsseldorfers ahead of Rosenmontag to find out about political statements, bad music, kissing and how to survive the festivities.
Europe's first major film festival of the year, the Berlinale, kicked off Thursday making a statement against entertainment industry sexism by welcoming an unprecedented line-up of female directors.
Everything is ready. For weeks, Angela Hopper has been doing special fitness training, including private lessons in carrying beer steins. This is how much preparation the waitress needs in order to survive the 16 days of Oktoberfest.
Three decades ago, three friends pitched a tent in a field in the hope of offering an alternative music scene in conservative Munich. That dream has now grown into a festival that spreads over 30,000 square metres of park. A visit to the Tollwood festival.
From slurping down sauce the colour green to grappling with the impacts of digitalization in a park, the month of May is sure to keep you entertained (and well-fed).
Berlin will be the first German city to hold an African Literature Festival from April 26th-28th, highlighting many of the problems faced by African immigrants in Germany and abroad.
Hundreds of neo-Nazis were expected to congregate on Friday, which marks Adolf Hitler's birthday, for a two-day festival in a small eastern German town where anti-fascist groups have vowed
counter-protests.
The Berlin film festival, Europe's first major cinema showcase since the Harvey Weinstein sex abuse scandal roiled the industry, starts Thursday with 400 new movies slated and a controversy of its own brewing.
This month's Berlin film festival, Europe's first major cinema showcase in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein revelations, will shine a light on sexual misconduct in the industry, its director said on
Tuesday.
New movies starring Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara and Isabelle Huppert will join the race for the Golden Bear top prize at the Berlin film festival in February, organisers said Monday.
Leading directors have called for a ânew beginningâ for the Berlinale - Germanyâs most prestigious film festival - in a letter published by Spiegel on Friday.
Tech giant Google has partnered with startup Pavegen to create a colourful, interactive installation that is believed to be the biggest ever energy harvesting pathway, on display until Sunday in Berlin.
At the largest pumpkin festival in the world on Sunday, a Bavarian team became this yearâs German champions with a pumpkin that was heavier than them all at 792.5 kilograms.
While the opening of Germanyâs largest festival in Munich has been dominating the headlines over the past week, hereâs a knees-up in Stuttgart which kicks off on Friday thatâs smaller, cheaper and more laid back.
What makes the DĂźsseldorf Festival so special? The fact that it is not bound by a single concept. Fiona Leonard gives insider tips on how to make the most of this most eclectic of events.
More than 40 crimes were recorded at a far-right music festival in Thuringia over the weekend, including participants giving the Hitler salute. The state's left-wing leader now wants such festivals banned.
