Germans.
Often suspicious, edgy and reserved, urban Germans can be hard to meet, except perhaps at work. Avoiding eye contact in the street and on the tram and rushing straight home after work often to an empty flat, perhaps unsurprisingly, some 40% of Germans live in single-person households.
Unlike the Japanese, say, they rarely socialize with their colleagues after work hours, and barring a pipe burst, generally have little to do with their neighbours.
How, then, do people manage to connect, make friends and even get married in this city? Amazing Dusseldorf’s tip on breaking the ice? In all the bistros, cafés and bars around town just ignore first impressions and connect. Nearly everyone speaks English.
Habits.
When in Rome…, as they say. Every culture has its own code of conduct and so has Germany. Being in every day contact with Germans quickly reveals simple rituals, manners towards others and their attitude on the environment...
Famous Dead - Influencing today's world.
Several individuals have made notable contributions to German culture or played an important role not only in German history. Musicians and scientists are represented as well as politicians and other professions...
The Living Famous – Internationally Popular.
We know it’s not exactly like America but Germany does have its stars and chances are good that you know quite a few of them. Miss Runaway Heidi Klum who recently made German ‘klopse’, meatballs, at Ellen Degeneres’ show...
Humor.
Many foreigners still wonder if Germans have any sense of humour at all. The country of poets and thinkers, Dichter und Denker, as they are know, with its mixture of Bavarian down-to-earthiness, Prussian obedience...
