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The countdown has begun for the world’s biggest music show, and the performance of defending champion Lena. Now Germany and the whole of Europe are eagerly awaiting the 56th Eurovision Song Contest. On May 14, Düsseldorf is staging the finals of Europe’s spectacular music competition. The capital of North Rhine-Westphalia is looking forward to a total of three shows, contest participants from 43 countries and up to 35,000 spectators at the Düsseldorf Arena, which has been transformed from a football stadium into a gigantic music stage.
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It’s one of the highlights in this year’s celebrations for the anniversary of the car: the Automobile Summer in Baden-Wurttemberg.
Automobile Summer takes off
A magnificent sea of flowers between the Deutsche Eck (German Corner), the Electoral Palace and Ehrenbreitstein fortress: the Federal Horticultural Show (BUGA) in Koblenz is currently a popular excursion destination for lovers of nature and gardens both from Germany and abroad.
Koblenz in blossom
Fifty years ago the Berlin Wall was erected between East and West, dividing the country and the people. Countless lives were affected by the construction of the Wall. [...] Little by little, people are starting to forget how much pain and suffering was caused by the division of Germany, how the division was overcome, and what elation was felt when the Wall fell.
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Germany is a country usually associated with poets, thinkers and composers – and with the sort of top-notch high-tech products manufactured there. Such products are in demand the world over and German technology has even been used to clean the stone sculpture featuring the heads of former US presidents at Mount Rushmore.
Germany: Leader in Technology
Single cylinder, about 0.9 hp and a top speed of 12 km per hour: the German engineer Carl Benz revolutionized mobility 125 years ago with his patent automobile (photograph). His invention of 1886 is regarded as the world’s first car, and is very reminiscent of a coach without the horse. At that time, this strange looking three-wheeler with a petrol engine certainly raised a few doubtful eyebrows.
German inventive genius that changed the world
Developing cycle paths, improving public transport, putting more electric vehicles on the roads, modernizing houses, designating areas for new biotopes and using waste for energy production are just some of the environmentally friendly ideas with which Hamburg aims to make a mark as European Green Capital in 2011. Germany’s second largest city, which has 1.7 million inhabitants, was awarded the honour by the European Commission and beat 35 European competitors in the process. Hamburg is now the second city – after the Swedish capital Stockholm – to receive this title for an exemplary commitment to environmental protection and nature conservation.
Hamburg: Green Role Model for Europe
