How Germany ticks
Work and travel in Germany
Traveling through Germany one year long and replenishing the holiday fund with summer jobs: we present the Working Holiday Programme.
Invitation to a little trip around the world
Why travel around the globe? We show you where Germany is as beautiful as Venice, southern France or Florida.
We show you our favourite places
Away from the tourist routes: the editors of deutschland.de reveal insider tips for your next trip to Germany.
Germany’s most popular travel destinations
Every year, Germany attracts around 37 million tourists from all over the world. What do they like best? The most popular destination of international guests was a surprise.
Tourism as an economic factor
The German travel industry is bigger than mechanical engineering. Important facts about the tourism industry.
Quick facts
37
million
tourists from all over the world come to Germany every year.
84
million
accommodations for international tourists were counted by the German National Tourist Board (GNTB) in 2017.
290
billion euro
is the annual turnover for tourism in Germany.
3
million
people work in services or manufacturing for tourism.
121.5
million
overnight stays for international guests in 2030 – the forecast for tourism in Germany.
Discover “DE”
Exciting cities and a variety of countryside as different as the North Sea coast and the Alps never cease to fascinate its many visitors.
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Creating values together
Cooperatives are a successful economic model in Germany and throughout the world. What’s behind their success? We explain.
Finding new narratives
How is Germany dealing with its past? International visitors trace German 20th-century history.
Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue 2018
So what brings 2,000 conference participants from over 90 countries, some 180 journalists, 30 ministers and state secretaries and over 100 high-level speakers to the German Federal Foreign Office for two days in the middle of April?
Time to grind the wheels
Amusa Victor from Vicfold Recyclers, the winner of our #youforG20 contest, about the arrival of the startup’s new machines and its success at the African Entrepreneurship Award.
How important are Documentaries at this year’s Berlinale?
Nimmt die Bedeutung von Dokumentarfilmen in Krisenzeiten zu, und wenn ja, wie macht sich das auf der Berlinale bemerkbar?
What links us all
Germany and the world
People who are committed to international exchange and initiatives that link countries.
The Jogi Löw of Myanmar
Antoine Hey who once played football for the German Bundesliga is the new national trainer of Myanmar. What does he have in common with Jogi Löw, coach of Germany’s national team?
“Visit Poland!”
As cabaret artist Steffen Möller lives part of the year in Germany and part in Poland he is familiar with relations between the two countries and the influence the weather has on them.
Moritz Wagner: With “Magic Johnson” in the NBA
Berlin basketball player Moritz Wagner was a college star in Michigan. And now he’s on court for the world-famous Los Angeles Lakers.
A new start in Berlin
Founded by George Soros, the Open Society Foundations are moving their Hungarian office to Berlin. How it came about and what it means.
70 years of social market economy
Economic growth and prosperity for all – the social market economy has proved to be a model for success in Germany. This is how the system works.
Four for the transatlantic exchange
These are the first scholarship holders to move into the Thomas Mann House in Los Angeles.
“A truly open building”
The historical building housing the Goethe-Institut in Myanmar was elaborately renovated and has now been officially opened.
Heroes not required
At the 10th Berlin Biennale, South African curator Gabi Ngcobo plans to tell new stories. What does that mean?
The miracle of change
Israel is celebrating the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the Jewish state. To mark the occasion, seven committed people take a look at interaction between Germany and Israel.
Many views of Europe
What does Europe’s future look like – and will we see more or less solidarity? We visit experts in Frankfurt/Main.
Social start-ups work for integration
A support programme is transforming social enterprises into employment engines. They have already created over 400 jobs and traineeships for refugees.
From conflict to classroom
They were experienced teachers in Syria or other crisis countries, but then they had to flee. They would like to teach again in Germany. But that isn’t easy.
The long road to inclusion
Intuition for pressure points: How the blind physiotherapist and ifa CrossCuture fellow Yassine Rihani promotes human rights in Tunisia.
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