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The meaning of home

Was Heimat bedeutet
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Kunstaktion „Offenbacher Seefestpiele“
Re-urbanization – small towns are back again
They don’t have the glamour of metropolises, but they do have quite a few good ideas: three little-known cities and their appeal.
Andreas Teichmann: Deutschland zu Fuß
Understanding people and where they come from
A keen eye: Andreas Teichmann is a photographer who has hiked across Germany from west to east. He observed surprising things on his walk.
Frankfurter Skyline
Urban versus rural living
Big cities are thriving and villages are dying out? The situation is not quite that simple. Here are some facts and trends about urban and rural living in Germany.
Wo junge Deutsche am liebsten leben
Where young Germans would most like to live
Young people want to live in cities – don’t they? We asked young Germans and received some surprising replies.
Walter J. Lindner ist deutscher Botschafter in Indien. Home as a gut feeling
What is home, where is home? We asked three people who moved out into the world from Germany.
Ali Faramarzi kam aus Iran nach Deutschland “Home is where I feel at ease”
What is home, where is home? We have asked three people who weren’t born in Germany.
Soziologin Jutta Allmendinger
The value of home
The sociologist Jutta Allmendinger explains which values are shared by people in Germany, and what “home” means to them.
Heimat ist Natur und Kultur, Bindung und Beziehung
Why we need to talk about home
What does home mean in an age of globalization? A philosophical approach.
Walter J. Lindner, deutscher Botschafter in Indien
Overland towards the rising sun
How Walter J. Lindner, German Ambassador to India, discovered the subcontinent for himself in the 1970s.
Yehuda Swed hat in Berlin eine Fotoagentur gegründet.
Berlin awakens feelings of home
Many Israelis find their second home in Berlin – as photographers, journalists, musicians or bakers. Discover what it is about Germany’s capital that inspires them.
Laut einer aktuellen Studie liegen Klein- und Mittelstädte im Trend.
Where do we want to live?
According to a recent study, small and medium-sized towns are in vogue.
Wohnzimmer Society
Society
Housing in Germany
What is German Gemütlichkeit? Find out what a typical living room looks like and which piece of furniture is a must.
“Arrival City” Offenbach
Offenbach is presented as an arrival city at the Venice Biennale of Architecture.
The home of 
Edgar Reitz
A film director made the Hunsrück region famous. A voyage of discovery.
Angekommen: Nour hat in Deutschland eine neue Heimat gefunden.
Living together with new arrivals
Integrating refugees: This is how German towns and cities are succeeding.
100 gute Bücher - Der Russe ist einer, der Birken liebt von Olga Grjasnowa
Olga Grjasnowa: ‘All Russians Love Birch Trees’
Mascha is planning a career as a UN interpreter. But the sudden death of her boyfriend throws her completely off track. Olga Grjasnowa tells the story of a generation that knows no borders, but has no home either.
What does home mean?
Young Germans and Israelis reflect on their experience of homeland and home – in short films. The project was organised in collaboration with the German Film Institute.