Newlyweds on 43 kilometres
The Franconian Forest Hiking Marathon is one of the most popular fun runs in Upper Franconia – and is regularly sold out in seconds online
Three notches for the goddess
Ise is Japan’s holiest place. The pilgrimage route smells of smoked fish and fresh sake. The tradition is older than any building
Shichimi and the red tin from Nagano
Take 7 exquisite ingredients and put them in a fabulously beautiful tin. You don’t have to be a foodie to love shichimi from Yawataya Isogoro
Bananasprayer on a Lower Rhine tour
Thomas Baumgärtel has been marking cultural sites with his spray banana for 40 years. The Lower Rhine tour revolves around the number 40 Roman XL – in every respect
Monument to the fare dodgers
Cologne erected a monument to the accused – long before politicians began to argue about their impunity
All’s well that ends well!
A new novel tells the story of Hedwig Courths-Mahler’s life and reminds us what it cost women to want to write
The Ama – Women of the sea
Kimiyo Hayashi has been working as an ama for 56 years. She feels more comfortable in the water than on land. An encounter between diving and seafood
World of Onsen in Yunomine
Yunomine Onsen is a “hot spot” of onsen culture. People have been using the hot water here for bathing, heating – and cooking – for ages
The lucky pearl from Ise-Shima
Pearl picking in Japan: I have to choose one of 30 oysters. But which one? About the invention of the cultured pearl and a very special souvenir
The Cyberstar – A forgotten competition
In 1995, 88 teams from all over the world competed to sketch the television of the future. Some of them hit the mark. What emerged from their visions
Duisburg: On the road in the district
Duisburg has more bridges than Venice, the world’s largest inland harbour and invites you to a steel expedition in the Landschaftspark Nord
German National Library forgets nothing
Leipzig has been collecting the complete memory of the German language since 1913. The Book and Writing Museum recently asked the most uncomfortable question of all: Forget it?
