German Pop Culture & Landeskunde
What Germany assumes you already know: the people whose names come up in conversation, the lines everyone quotes, and the things, places and days nobody explains any more.
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Music
32 entriesWolfgang Petry · Helene Fischer · Nena · Rammstein · Herbert Grönemeyer · Udo Lindenberg
Film, TV & comedy
37 entriesKlaus Kinski · Loriot · Otto Waalkes · Hape Kerkeling · Til Schweiger · Dieter Bohlen
Literature
23 entriesJohann Wolfgang von Goethe · Friedrich Schiller · Gotthold Ephraim Lessing · Heinrich Heine · Brothers Grimm · Thomas Mann
Sport
24 entriesOliver Kahn · Franz Beckenbauer · Boris Becker · Steffi Graf · Michael Schumacher · Dirk Nowitzki
Politics
13 entriesKonrad Adenauer · Ludwig Erhard · Willy Brandt · Helmut Schmidt · Helmut Kohl · Gerhard Schröder
Famous quotes & ad slogans
32 entriesBalls, we need balls! · What was it down to? - Down to the Bild newspaper. · I have finished! · We are Pope! · There used to be more tinsel! · A piano, a piano!
Food & drink
24 entriesGerman bread · The pretzel · Currywurst · Döner kebab · Beer and the Reinheitsgebot · Abendbrot
Holidays & customs
24 entriesChristmas · The Christmas market · Advent and Saint Nicholas · New Year’s Eve and New Year · Carnival: Karneval, Fastnacht, Fasching · Easter
Inventions & brands
12 entriesJohannes Gutenberg and printing · Carl and Bertha Benz · Karl Drais and the running machine · Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen · Aspirin · Rudolf Diesel and the diesel engine
Places & landmarks
12 entriesThe Brandenburg Gate · Cologne Cathedral · Neuschwanstein Castle · The Reichstag · The Black Forest · The Lorelei and the Middle Rhine
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