Some university students in Germany thought it would be funny to take the winning song from the German winner of Eurovision and make it into an unofficial World Cup anthem. After posting their video on YouTube, it became an overnight success, bringing in over half a million views in under a week. EMI, the company that owns the rights to the original composition, ordered [...] Read more »
A stuffed animal tiger caused quite a scare when it was found “sleeping” in front of a man’s car in Aachen, Germany, according to a report by Der Spiegel. Police spokesman, Paul Kemen, told Der Spiegel that, “He had left his house and was walking up to his car when he saw this tiger. He took a step closer and was gripped by [...] Read more »
This past week, Audi began showing off it’s new Travolution technology near its Ingolstadt, Germany headquarters. Travolution is a vehicle to infrastructure communications system which improves efficiency and safety on the road. Did I lose you yet? Read more after the break.
Here’s an interesting bit of news for you. Bike helmets can save your life, or at least some pain, if you take a nasty fall. However, the more hits the helmet takes the less effective it is in protecting your noggin. Well, researchers at Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute have developed a special helmet that releases a nasty oder when it needs to be replaced due [...] Read more »
This is just too crazy! A 39-year old man near Dresden, Germany, exchanged wedding vows with his ill cat Cecilia. His 15 year old cat is asthmatic and quite obese and he wanted to tie the knot before the cat passed away. While the marriage isn’t “official”, that didn’t stop Uwe Mitzscherlich from hiring a TV actress to officiate the marriage and his twin brother to [...] Read more »
DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) will be holding a special Live chat online this Wednesday (April 21, 2010) to discuss Introductory and Preparatory Courses at German Universities. Below is the description of the chat from the host website, www.study-in.de :
“The house looked imposing and the eyes of the attic windows gazed down at me as we approached. The glass had broken away from the windows long ago, leaving nothing but space between us and whatever it was that was watching us…”
“Style Your Garage” is a company in Germany that makes amazing garage door covers that are sure to make people take a second look as they pass by.
The principle is simple: the garage billboards, as they are known, are printed with motifs that show exactly what every car owner would like to have in his garage – be it a racing car, horses, [...] Read more »