There's another element of German-originated 'cultural' influence that can certainly be said to have spread pretty much throught the world - bottom-fermented, cool-fermented 'lager' beer, which is the most commonly consumed from of 'beer' in the world (although most of it is no longer produced to German standards of purity and so on!). That originated in Germany, and the term 'lager' is, as I understand it, derived from a German word for 'to store'.
Man, where do you find these weird videos! You know what, it sounds alien to modern Turks, too! But yeah, It's part of our history, nothing wrong about that. But not that we are listening to it on daily basis. By the way, I don't think Turkish music is that popular in Germany, unless some orientalist Germans find it interesting.
Anobsitar Would you tell me how big is the difference between German language spoken on TV and Bavarian language spoken, say, in Munchen? Is there a difference and does it hinder people from other regions to clearly understand what Bavarians say?
Depends - in Munich and Vienna this will ne normally no problem but in general you will get some problems in Austria and Bavaria. http://youtu.be/wo25DG5HZ-I
I've never been to Frankfurt, but it looks kind of crappy when compared with Berlin! Berlin is awesome, e.g. Berlin Badeschiff Also, Berlin is a role-model of effeciency, the S-bahn, the U-bahn, the tram, etc. It's pretty awesome. I also like certain segments of the city with Nazi-architecture (e.g. Tempelhof) and Stalinistic-architecture, e.g. Karl-Marx-Allee: 1° Tempelhof: One time I went with my friend to Berlin who's mother is "Chef-de-Cabin" -- she drove us to the aeroport and went to the lounge with all the other stewards and stewardesses and notefied we were on the Berlin-flight, so we were upgraded to business class and first my friend was invited by the pilots into the cockpit for the landing in Berlin-Tempelhof, but it was suggested that I went 'cuz I never did something like that (my friend did). So I was in the freaking cockpit during the landing -- had my own seat and headphones (with a microphone). It was totally awesome!!! 2° Karl-Marx Allee:
Oh, now I get it. They asked him first to quote the poem and he did not do it. Then this woman who asked him quoted it. She looked somehow Southern, but many people do. With this background information it's more like I interpreted too much into it.
Although, I need to agree this picture of Franfurt seems kind of nice. There is nothing nicer than summer in the city. Everyone know the song? "Teteuteu, summer in the city"
Techno? This is like saying Germany influenced the international music by introducing Ballermann songs. I agree with this one.
I also want to say, Junobet, seems that you have a pretty bad view upon youngsters or young adults these days... Everyone I know that goes or went to Berlin, isn't going to Berlin "to party their socks off". Because, first off, we can do that at home and secondly, it's pretty lame that you pay your aeroplane-ticket, your hotel/hostel/... just to crash in your bad because you were so waisted the night before... You can't even pick someone up...
Steel and glass is modern. The mix of of old basic structure of a building and modern elements is not always easy, but it can work. In this case it worked. It actually looks like it was meant this way from the beginning.
Why? Czech republic and Slovakia both joined European Union. Why should I eat a bandana? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerchief
Yes, this beer could be stored longer than the other sorts of beer back then. It has been produced at the time when the Reinheitsgebot was still in effect, but it was traditionally more spreaded in Southern Germany, especially the Southwest and Bavaria. Germans biggest brewery group, Radeberger group, has it's roots in Binding brewery, which was known for making Lager beer. They made promotion with mentioning international cities back then, like Chicago or Sydney. They changed the name to Radeberger later, because Radeberger is widely known in Germany. Radeberger is a Pilsner, which is rather typical for Germany today.
So since we already had a picture of Sony Center here, I think I should mention the German architect Helmut Jahn in this thread. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut_Jahn
The Adler Planetarium America's First Planetarium was founded in 1930 by Chicago business leader Max Adler. It was not until 1923, however, that Dr. Walther Bauersfeld, the scientific director of the firm of Carl Zeiss in Jena, Germany, designed an optical projection device that effectively created the illusion of a night sky. Using light produced by an intricate machine at the center of a hemispherical room, he could project images of celestial objects onto the inner surface of a dome. With this innovation the modern planetarium was born. In 1928, Max Adler, a senior officer and early stockholder in Sears, Roebuck and Company, decided to invest part of his fortune in a public facility that would benefit future generations of Chicagoans. He learned of the mechanism that could dramatically replicate the night sky that was being demonstrated in Europe and was intrigued enough to personally investigate this instrument. Accompanied by his wife and architect Ernest Grunsfeld, he went to Germany and was so impressed that he donated the funds to construct the first modern planetarium in the Western Hemisphere. http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/about/history
I'd like to add Kafka who wrote in German. And Freud who said: "My language is German. My culture, my attainments are German. I considered myself German intellectually" ...
Yes, this one is for sure. This was a good time for German literature. While Classicism was mainly influenced by Greek and Roman culture, Romanticism looked beyond it for more inspiration. These inspirations could be found in different cultures, but in own history, too. Romanticism was very creative and more free, which probably made it one of the most productive times in German culture. Jacob Grimm was a friend of Vuk Stefanović Karadić, he translated his book "Pismenica srpskoga jezika", which probably was the first Serbian grammar, and he wrote the preface of a collection of Serbian fairytales.
Swabians were Germans too ! But they aren't anymore, have been completely driven out by serbs(from Vojvodina) - by the members of a nation from whom originates Vuk Karadzic ! As one German used to say : " Am I German by paper or by blood " Pity, many of them lost pride and identity !!!
German literature is great. Many of my favorite writers are German. I forgot to name Heinrich von Kleist and E. T. A. Hoffmann. I also love Frank Wedekind.
Swabians are still Germans. They live in Swabia, this is a landscape in Southwest Germany. As to Swabians from Vojvodina, they live somewhere in Germany now, because they left Yugoslavia long ago. We have blood groups A or B or AB or 0, none of it is especially German.
Correction, they (Swabians) have been driven out from Vojvodina (by serbs) - a land which belonged to Hungary(mostly) ! Denying reality wont help you ! Are you a German ? and you must have Rh- factor ?!?
