Ten killed, dozens injured in train crash
Ten people were killed in a horror rail smash Saturday night in Saxony-Anhalt when a goods train and passenger train collided head-on.
Parking tattletale faces fine after making 15,000 citations
Over the last six years a man in Germany's Harz region earned the dislike of his fellow residents by tattling to authorities about some 15,000 parking violations – but this week “parking ticket Horst” had to answer for a citation of his own.
Harz canal system honoured by UNESCO
A medieval water management system in the picturesque Harz region in eastern Germany was made a UNESCO cultural heritage site on Sunday.
Combing through Quedlinburg's charms
As UNESCO cultural heritage sites go, charming Quedlinburg in Germany’s Harz region is more cheese cake and mediaeval feminism than baroque masterpieces – and that suits Hannah Cleaver just fine.
Mountain biker missing for four days found alive
A mountain biker from the small town of Schwiegershausen in Lower Saxony, who lay injured in woods for four nights, was found alive by police on Saturday.
Lynxes clawing back a bit of German wilderness
Go for a walk in the wooded Harz region and you could end up face-to-face with a wild lynx. <b>Hannah Cleaver</b> reports on the efforts to reintroduce the tuft-eared cats to German forests.
Once upon a time in Goslar
The fairytale town of Goslar makes a great base for exploring northern Germany’s Harz region. <b>Campbell Jefferys</b> visits the popular UNESCO World Heritage site in Lower Saxony.
Thieves steal road salt as harsh winter depletes supply
The exceptionally harsh winter this year has spurred enterprising criminals in Lower Saxony to steal a tonne of road salt, a police spokesperson told The Local on Monday.
Harz region to open first German hiking trail for nudists
Germans are widely known for the ease with which they shed clothing, so it comes as little surprise the country’s first route for hiking naked could soon open in the hilly Harz region.