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Just in time for German Week, the Antwerp Tourist Office (TOPA) is now offering audio walks in several languages, including German, under the title ‘Flemish Masters from the Shadows’. The aim is to familiarise tourists with Antwerp’s rich art history. The focus is on the painters Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck and Jacques Jordaens, whose lives and work are brought to life with the help of a lively audio guide.
The walking maps with instructions and QR codes can be found at various locations in the city, for example in the Cathedral of Our Lady or St James’ Church. An activity booklet is also available for children to involve them in the magical world of Rubens and Co. The map can also be downloaded online via the website and the audio fragments can be listened to again.
Vlaamse Meesters uit de Schaduw | TOPA
On Wednesday, October 8, the German Department of the University of Namur will present the box-office success Honig im Kopf by Til Schweiger. The film tells, in a humorous yet moving way, the story of a grandfather suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and his granddaughter, while taking a gentle look at themes such as dementia, family, and memories.
The evening will open with an introduction by Prof. Dr. Jeroen Darquennes (University of Namur), who will offer a brief cultural reflection on the theme of aging.
The film will be shown in the original German version with English subtitles and will also mark the launch of the new “Cinéclub Germa”, which this year runs under the theme Life Lines.
For a cozy atmosphere, guests are welcome to bring along their own drinks and snacks.
This event is part of the “Woche für Deutsch” and is open to all. Admission is free. No registration required.
We look forward to seeing you there!
The gritty, kinetic, and visionary film style of Roland Klick is ready to be rediscovered. After working with international stars such as Mario Adorf and Dennis Hopper, Klick achieved international success and became a cult figure. Yet, after directing only six feature films, he mysteriously vanished from the scene. The story of an uncompromising filmmaker.
Little Emil has his bicycle stolen by a traveler wearing a bowler hat. Together with a gang of friends, he sets out to chase the crook, who turns out to be a dangerous bandit. Based on a screenplay by Billy Wilder, this is the most beautiful adaptation of this classic of German children’s literature.
Gerhard Lamprecht, Germany 1931, Rolf Wenkhaus, Käthe Haack, Fritz Rasp ⁄ b/w ⁄ 72′ ⁄ with French and Dutch subtitles
Contact person : CINEMATEK – Cinémathèque royale de Belgique
Roland Klick’s first feature film is a critique of bourgeois postwar German society, offering a subtle approach to political criticism through feelings and emotions. It is free of the influences of the moderate or radical left that shaped the work of other young German filmmakers of the time, who approached political critique in the form of message-driven films or explicitly subversive and radical works. An essential film in articulating another idea of political critique in cinema.
Restored version (DCP).
Roland Klick, FRG 1968, Alexander Kekulé, Sieghardt Rupp, Edith Volkmann ⁄ color ⁄ 86′ ⁄ subtitles: English
Weihnacht
The magic of Christmas seen through the eyes of a child (Weihnacht).
A neorealistic miniature about a young man whose bicycle is stolen (Ludwig).
The intersecting lives of an office worker and an older striptease dancer who briefly touch. Loneliness and the transience of human encounters.
Roland Klick, FRG 1963 ⁄ b/w ⁄ 10′ ⁄ without subtitles
Ludwig
Roland Klick, FRG 1964 ⁄ b/w ⁄ 16′ ⁄ subtitles: English
Zwei
A dockworker in search of love and meaning. A poetic, raw film blending nouvelle vague with existentialism. A modern Orpheus in a city full of shadows and desire (Jimmy Orpheus).
Restored versions (DCP).
Roland Klick, FRG 1965 ⁄ b/w ⁄ 26′ ⁄ subtitles: English
Jimmy Orpheus
Roland Klick, FRG 1966, Klaus Schichan, Ortrud Beginnen ⁄ b/w ⁄ 52′ ⁄ subtitles: English
The edgy, kinetic, and visionary cinema of Roland Klick is ready to be rediscovered. After working with international stars such as Mario Adorf and Dennis Hopper, Klick achieved international success and gained cult status. Yet, after directing only six feature films, he mysteriously disappeared from the scene. The story of an uncompromising filmmaker.
For more information: info@cinematek.be
“Only Flowers” is full of questions about play and fun, about death and transience, about universes that exist or those that do not yet exist. Young people from East Belgium are the ones asking these questions. Questions that often remain unanswered.
This children’s theatre piece is a playful and dance-like performance revolving around the boundless questions of young people. Two performers energetically search for answers beyond languages and ask themselves: Do we need to know everything? Understand everything?
A hopeful and humorous performance that also dares to approach taboos.
Tickets: €11 / €9 / €6
Registration: ticket@agora-theater.net
In the music-theatre performance “SPLASH!”, everything revolves around water. Water as the source of life, which we associate with primal power, beauty, and fascination – but also with joy and fun. Yet, the careless use of this precious resource is also part of the story of water – a story inseparably linked to our own.
In “SPLASH!”, the performing musicians create different soundscapes and invite both children and adults to an interactive play with the personal and cultural memory of water.
SPLASH is a co-production of Theater Marabu, the Beethovenfest Bonn and the Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen, in cooperation with the University of Music and Dance Cologne and the Ruhr University Bochum.
It is funded by the program Jupiter – Performing Arts for Young Audiences of the German Federal Cultural Foundation, and supported by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.
Tickets: €11 / €9 / €6
Registration: ticket@agora-theater.net
Note: After the performance, young visitors are invited to take part in a one-hour workshop for active exchange.
A speechless late-night host, an annoyed interpreter, a lightning-fast live illustrator – and you in the audience. The star of the evening: the German language. But it keeps everyone waiting. So the show team and the audience must figure out together what kind of personality German really has. Between games, interviews and hidden-picture action, a turbulent evening unfolds – full of misunderstandings, monstrous words and surprising insights.
A show that breaks down language barriers – funny, interactive, international. A show with (linguistic) class.
5:30 p.m.: doors open, welcome drink.
Registration : Anmeldung zur Veranstaltung am 7. Oktober / “Kennen Sie Deutsch?” / Brachland-Ensemble
info@bgdv.be
A week for German event, organised by the BGDV in cooperation with the German Embassy in Brussels, the Goethe-Institut Belgium and many other partners, from 06 to 12 October 2025 across Belgium.
Fairy tale fans, listen up! Experience a magical hour at the library of Chênée in Liège on Wednesday, 8 October 2025 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. as part of the ‘Woche für Deutsch – Week for German’ programme. To mark the 50th anniversary of the Deutsche Märchenstrasse (German Fairy Tale Route), the German Embassy in Brussels, together with the German national Tourist Board (DZT – Deutsche Zentrale für Tourismus) and the City of Liège, is inviting all fairy tale fans aged 4 and above, together with their parents, to discover the wonderful and mysterious places along the German Fairy Tale Route from Hanau to Bremen.
An hour of fairy tales in the library: we will listen to some of the Brothers Grimm’s fairy tales and do fairy tale crafts with the children. Parents will receive lots of information about the German Fairy Tale Route (Deutsche Märchenstrasse). The library will display its treasure trove of fairy tale books, which are just waiting to be borrowed and read.
Participation is free of charge, but the number of participants is limited. Registration is possible via chenee.lecture@liege.be
The event will be held in French.
The German Department of the Université de Namur invites you to the second edition of its city rally on the theme “German Language and Culture in Namur.” After the success of the first edition in 2024, we have prepared a brand-new set of riddles and tricky questions for you this year!
Embark on a journey of discovery through the streets of Namur and solve exciting questions about German culture. Our city rally will guide you to different places where you will find clues that bring you step by step closer to victory. At the end of the rally, you can look forward to great prizes and a cozy reception.
The event is bilingual (German/French) and therefore open to everyone without prior knowledge of German required.
Participation is free, but registration is required. If you are interested, please send us an email: emma.joveneau@unamur.be
We are looking forward to discovering Namur with you – and perhaps uncovering one or two secrets along the way…
When?
16:00: Start of the rally (Meeting point: Rue Grafé 1, 5000 Namur)
from 18:00: Award ceremony & reception
Together with Les Grignoux, we are presenting Christian Petzold’s new film Miroirs No. 3, which had its world premiere this year in the “Quinzaine des Cinéastes” section at the Cannes Film Festival, where it was met with great enthusiasm.
Christian Petzold is regarded as one of the most prominent auteur filmmakers of our time and is considered a co-founder of the so-called Berlin School. His work consistently explores themes such as identity, loss, memory, love, and death, and is characterized by a realistic yet strikingly stylized cinematic language.
Following his acclaimed reinterpretation of the myth of Undine (Undine, 2020) and the multiple award-winning relationship drama Afire (Roter Himmel, 2023), Petzold returns in Miroirs No. 3 to the theme of the loss of a child—a subject he has already explored with unsettling precision in Wolfsburg (2003) and Ghosts (Gespenster, 2005).
Les Grignoux and the press write about it:
„Le réalisateur allemand Christian Petzold (Barbara, Le Ciel rouge) propose un conte sur le deuil et la renaissance dont la grande subtilité formelle installe une ambiance énigmatique qui fascine et séduit fortement. Lors d’un week-end à la campagne, Laura, étudiante à Berlin, survit miraculeusement à un accident de voiture. Physiquement épargnée mais profondément secouée, elle est recueillie chez Betty, qui a été témoin de l’accident et s’occupe d’elle avec affection. Peu à peu, le mari et le fils de Betty surmontent leur réticence, et une quiétude quasi familiale s’installe. Mais bientôt, ils ne peuvent plus ignorer leur passé, et Laura doit affronter sa propre vie.“
Les Grignoux, Journal n°321, du 3 septembre au 14 octobre 2025
„Un sommet de mise en scène“, Mathieu Macheret, Le Monde, Miroirs No. 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOmEcYcQeEo&t=56s (Trailer)
This film is presented with the kind support of the German Embassy in Brussels.
Introduction in French and German
Jeremy Hamers, Service de Cinéma documentaire et littératie médiatique
Claus Telge, Service de langue et littérature allemandes
Centre d’ Études Allemandes, Université de Liège
The film will be shown in German with French subtitles (Ger. OV, Fr. subs).
Registration is open until October 9. Admission is free, but registration is required at: claus.telge@uliege.be.
Have you always wanted to chat with an ambassador? Now is your chance! At our diplomatic speed dating event, you can meet representatives from Germany, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein and Switzerland – in person, face to face. Come along, ask your questions and discover the German-speaking world at first hand!
Our diplomats look forward to open discussions with you. Whether it’s about politics, culture or career: it’s the exchange that counts.
They will be waiting for you:
– H.E. Martin Kotthaus, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany
– H.E. Pascal Schafhauser, Ambassador of the Principality of Liechtenstein
– H.E. Jean-Louis Thill, Ambassador of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
– H.E. Jürgen Meindl, Ambassador of the Republic of Austria
– Mr. Leonard Graf, Counselor and Deputy Head of Mission of the Swiss Embassy (tbc)
– Ms. Liesa Scholzen, Senator, Member of the Parliament of the German-speaking Community of Belgium
Admission is free.
Please register, stating the title of the activity and your first name and surname, at the following address: fp-wochefuerdeutsch@brue.auswaertiges-amt.de
Contact person: Sarah Diffels: ku-101-di@brue.auswaertiges-amt.de
As part of the Week of German, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation presents the film Die Ermittlung, based on the play of the same name by Peter Weiss. The feature film sheds light on the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials (1963–1965) and powerfully brings to life witness testimonies and historical facts. Like the stage play, the film highlights two central issues in how the crimes of the National Socialists in Auschwitz and other concentration and extermination camps were addressed at the time.
This year, we are especially delighted that actor Tristan Seith will be joining us as our guest. To ensure enough time for the subsequent discussion with him, we will not screen the complete version of the film, but instead present a selection of approximately two hours. After the screening, Tristan Seith will engage with us in a conversation about his artistic approach to the play and share valuable insights. This gives the event an additional dimension, opening space for dialogue and reflection.
The release of the film was supported by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation as part of its thematic focus on “Liberal Democracy and Open Society.”
Refreshments will be provided – a selection of snacks will be available.
Registration link https://www.eventbrite.com/e/film-screening-die-ermittlung-tickets-1586137492939?aff=oddtdtcreator
Contact person: Jana Moritz, Friedrich Naumann Stiftung
Half a century has passed since the German Fairy Tale Route was created. This unique holiday journey takes visitors on the trail of the Brothers Grimm through idyllic towns and landscapes from Hanau to Bremen. As part of the “Woche für Deutsch – German Language Week”, the German Embassy of Brussels and the City of Liège invite you to learn more about the Fairy Tale Route and the Brothers Grimm during an informative and enchanting event with German author Eberhard Michael Iba. He will read from his book “Deutsche Märchenstraße: Ein Reise- & Lesebuch mit Märchen, Sagen und Legenden” (German Fairy Tale Route: A Travel and Reading Book with Fairy Tales, Myths and Legends). Immerse yourself in the magical world of the Brothers Grimm’s fairy tales in Liège on the 8th of October!
Participation is free of charge, but the number of participants is limited. Please register by email to brigitte.dedeyne@liege.be by 1 October 2025.
Attention fairy tale fans: As part of the ‘Week for German’ at the library Het Predikheren in Mechelen on Friday, October 10, 2025 from 4.00 to 5.00 p.m., you will be offered a merry fairy tale hour. To mark the 50th anniversary of the “Märchenstrasse”, the German Embassy of Brussels and the German National Tourist Board DZT are inviting all fairy tale fans aged 4 and over, together with their parents, to discover the wonderful and mysterious places along the German Fairy Tale Route from Hanau to Bremen. One hour of fairy-tale time in the library, where we will listen to some fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, give the grown-ups great travel tips for magical family experiences along the 600 km fairy tale route and make fairy tale crafts with the children. The library has a treasure trove of fairy tale books just waiting to be borrowed and read. Participation is free, you can register via the library’s website : https://hetpredikheren.mechelen.be/50-jaar-duitse-sprookjesroute
The Boy Is Gone: East Belgium in the 1940s
A little boy dreams of soaring through the skies as a pilot. He joins a gliding club where he spends his free time, while all around him in Europe, a war rages whose full scope he can hardly comprehend.
As a child, director Christoph Bohn finds a photo of his father in uniform in a cardboard box.
As an adult, he sets out to uncover the dark story behind that image; he creates an original film weaving archival footage, animation, and eyewitness testimonies into an extraordinary documentary.
Following the screening, there will be a Q&A session with director Christoph Bohn.
Spoken in German
Duration: 68 minutes
A film by Christoph Bohn
An Off World Production
Contact person: Fatma Girretz – fatma.girretz@dgov.be
The Week for German will be officially opened on Monday, 6 October 2025, under the sign of humour by the German piano cabaret artist Anne Folger. Songs on the piano, stories, music, no tap dancing. Anne Folger performs piano cabaret with a clear backdrop, profound, eloquent humour and great, deep music. Her motto: No matter the stage where life takes place, it wants to be played. Her joie de vivre starts where bad mood feels most comfortable and she consistently separates herself from it. Whether it’s about an idiot test, frustration on a dating site or a hotel room fiasco: there’s always a punchline hidden somewhere and she always saves it! Anyone who has ever seen the award-winning entertainer with her keen powers of observation live on stage knows that her evenings are always a varied mix of cabaret, stories, her own songs, stand-up comedy and great compositions. Lightning clever, charming, cheeky and profound. With her having art in the heart, music fire in the belly, a real teaser’s mischievous and sharp tongue, this evening will be one thing for sure: playfully promising! Please register by 26 September by e-mail to ku-101-di@brue.auswaertiges-amt.de As the number of places is limited, the principle of ‘first come first served’ applies.
Contactperson: Sarah Diffels: ku-101-di@brue.auswaertiges-amt.de
The maximum number of participants has been reached for this event. If you would like to participate, we will gladly put you on the waiting list.
From A like Amy Macdonald and Adèle to Z like Zarah Leander or Zaz, the interactive vinyl record exhibition offers an exciting and varied overview and fascinating insights into music history since the founding of BRF 80 years ago.
Contact person: Sylke Tegtmeier
After a brief overview of the Belgian Broadcasting Corporation’s development and range of services, we will tour the radio studios, the television studio, and the TV control room.
Prior registration is recommended.
Contact person: Sylke Tegtmeier, s.tegtmeier@brf.be
On 9 October 2025, the German Embassy of Brussels and the Deutsche Zentrale für Tourismus (DZT*) invite you to an entertaining and informative evening about Germany as a travel destination. Lisa Berendsen, the head of the Representation Office of the German Centre for Tourism in Belgium will give exciting insights into the travel destination ‘Germany’: from nature and culture to UNESCO World Heritage Sites, sustainable travel routes and exciting city breaks. With over 3 million overnight stays in 2024, Germany is a favourite destination for Belgian guests. Would you like to know more about Germany as a travel destination? We look forward to welcome you on October 9th! The presentation will be held in four languages (German, French, Dutch and English).
*The German National Tourist Board DZT promotes inbound tourism and develops strategies and marketing campaigns to enhance the positive image of German travel destinations abroad.
Sign up via: wochefuerdeutsch@brue.auswaertiges-amt.de
Doors open at 6:30 PM.
Fanny, a seventeen-year-old French high school student, travels to Germany as part of a language exchange program. In Leipzig, she meets her pen pal Lena, who is the same age and dreams of becoming politically active. To impress Lena, the rather shy and introverted Fanny invents a different life for herself but soon becomes trapped in her lies.
After C’est ça l’amour, a sensitive drama about fatherhood with Bouli Lanners, Claire Burger tells in Foreign Language the story of the political and romantic awakening of two teenage girls, navigating between passion, wonder, and radicalism.
https://grignoux.be//fr/film/2436/langue-etrangere
Upcoming Screenings
Tue. October 15, 2024 12:10 PM
Tue. October 15, 2024 1:45 PM
Fanny, a seventeen-year-old French high school student, travels to Germany as part of a language exchange program. In Leipzig, she meets her pen pal Lena, who is the same age and dreams of becoming politically active. To impress Lena, the rather shy and introverted Fanny invents a different life for herself but soon becomes trapped in her lies.
After C’est ça l’amour, a sensitive drama about fatherhood with Bouli Lanners, Claire Burger tells in Foreign Language the story of the political and romantic awakening of two teenage girls, navigating between passion, wonder, and radicalism.
https://grignoux.be//fr/film/2436/langue-etrangere
Upcoming Screenings
Mon. October 14, 2024 4:15 PM_Where? Cinéma Churchill, 20, rue du Mouton Blanc B-4000 Liège
Mon. October 14, 2024 4:30 PM_Where? Cinéma Caméo, Rue des Carmes 49, B-5000 Namur
Tue. October 15, 2024 12:10 PM_Where?Cinéma Churchill, 20, rue du Mouton Blanc B-4000 Liège
Tue. October 15, 2024 1:45 PM_Where? Cinéma Caméo, Rue des Carmes 49, B-5000 Namur
After some information about the development and product range of Belgian Broadcasting, we will visit the radio studios, the television studio, and the TV control room.
Registration is recommended but not mandatory: pr@brf.be.
Contact person: Sylke Tegtmeier
Wim Wenders, a filmmaker of wandering and space, which he films like a photographer, presents an existential and contemplative road movie that foreshadows his cult work Paris, Texas.
A young German journalist, reporting from the USA, is stranded at a strike-bound airport. A woman in the same situation entrusts him with her little daughter Alice. They are supposed to meet in Amsterdam. However, at the meeting point, the young woman is nowhere to be found…
With an introduction and presentation by Dick Tomasovic, Professor of Film Studies at the University of Liège.
https://www.grignoux.be//fr/evenement/2366/alice-dans-les-villes
The adult education school, CVO Semper in Brussels, located on the northern outskirts of the city, invites you to an exciting reading with an EU staff member.
The theme of the reading is Europe.
Film by Matthias Glasner
https://www.grignoux.be/fr/evenement/2363/sterben
Berliner Ballade (Robert A. Stemmle,1948) – 85′
Faust (Murnau, 1926) – 118’
Silent film with subtitled German intertitles, accompanied live on piano
Berliner Ballade (Robert A. Stemmle,1948) – 85′
Kameradschaft (G.W. Pabst, 1931) – 87′
Faust (Murnau, 1926) – 118’
Silent film with subtitled German intertitles, accompanied live on piano.
Gegen die Wand (Fatih Akin, 2003) – 121′
Registration: torsten.leuschner@ugent.be
An elitist Viennese boarding school, housed in the former summer residence of the Habsburgs, the class teacher an antiquated and despotic man. What can one learn from life there? Till Kokorda can’t do much with either the canon or the snobbish environment. His passion is gaming, specifically the real-time strategy game Age of Empires 2. After the death of his father, this hobby becomes a necessity. Unbeknownst to anyone around him, Till is an online celebrity at the age of fifteen for being the youngest top 10 player in the world. But how real is his happiness? In 2020, Till’s final year of school, things take a turn he didn’t expect – both at school as in life.
Tonio Schachinger, born in New Dehli in 1992, grew up in Nicaragua and Vienna. He studied German language and literature at the University of Vienna and language and arts at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. In 2023, he received the German Book Prize for his novel “Echtzeitalter”.
Link: https://forms.gle/rAygRKQLKaqSaUrAA
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Franz Kafka’s death, the Goethe-Institut Belgium, as part of its Europanetzwerk Deutsch program and its educational cooperation initiative, invites you to an exhibition featuring the comic biography Komplett Kafka, created in collaboration with the artist Nicolas Mahler and the Literaturhaus Stuttgart.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a literary conversation with Nicolas Mahler, during which he will present his book and discuss his work on this biography. In his inimitably witty and pointed style, Mahler brings Kafka’s life and work to the stage, incorporating the great unknowns of Kafka’s life and oeuvre into his own work. Registrations for the event can be made here: bildungskooperation-bruessel@goethe.de
Doors open: from 6:30 p.m.
Start: 7:00 p.m.
Culture from East Belgium
Nebensache – secondary matter
A theatre play – for all, ages 6 and up
A Secondary matter. A commonplace story. A story without headline.
Every night, Cornelius sleeps in a different place. Today he wakes up in a corner of a room. It could perhaps be a class room. He is just passing through. He is always on a journey. He is roaming the land, as he has no home made of stone or wood or concrete or ice. His home is the being-on-the-move and the people he encounters.
He possesses nothing, except for a miserable pram. That was not always the case. But now, he stores his few poor possessions and his story in this pram. It is this story that he tells every one who wants to hear it. It is a story about luck and about what you need to be happy. About possession and loss. About debts and guilt. About farmers and banks. About hopelessness and the courage to make a fresh start.
After he has told his story, he hits the road again. Tomorrow, Cornelius will wake up in another room. Maybe it is a theatre.
Nebensache is a production of the AGORA Theatre (Sankt Vith, Belgium) based on the play Nebensache by Jakob Mendel & Gitte Kath, translated by Volker Quandt (1994) and published by Harlekin Theaterverlag (Tübingen). The play is directed by Kurt Pothen and performed by Roland Schumacher.
Please register via email at dg.bruessel@dgov.be until 9 October.
The German departments of the University of Namur and of the Haute-École de la Province de Namur would like to invite you to their treasure hunt on the theme of “German culture in Namur”. Embark with us on a journey of discovery through Namur and solve exciting riddles about German culture. Our treasure hunt will take you to various locations where you can collect clues to help you answer those questions and learn more about German culture and traditions. At the end of the treasure hunt, great prizes await you as well as a cosy reception with German delicatessen.
The event is bilingual (German/French), and therefore accessible to all! Participation is free, but advance registration is required.
If you are interested, please send us an e-mail at the following address: emma.joveneau@unamur.be. We look forward to your participation!
When?
4:00 pm: Start of the treasure hunt (Meeting point: Rue Grafé 1)
From 6:00 pm: Presentation of the prizes and reception
An elitist Viennese boarding school, housed in the former summer residence of the Habsburgs, the class teacher an antiquated and despotic man. What can one learn from life there? Till Kokorda can’t do much with either the canon or the snobbish environment. His passion is gaming, specifically the real-time strategy game Age of Empires 2. After the death of his father, this hobby becomes a necessity. Unbeknownst to anyone around him, Till is an online celebrity at the age of fifteen for being the youngest top 10 player in the world. But how real is his happiness? In 2020, Till’s final year of school, things take a turn he didn’t expect – both at school as in life.
Tonio Schachinger, born in New Dehli in 1992, grew up in Nicaragua and Vienna. He studied German language and literature at the University of Vienna and language and arts at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. In 2023, he received the German Book Prize for his novel “Echtzeitalter”.
Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfmwgtkQxia08Tn35CuJIp7CCymhiNzmiIY6yfx-CijFL04sg/viewform
In her poetry and prose as well as in her theatre plays, libretti and radio plays, the Vienna-based freelance writer Margret Kreidl weaves richly associative tapestries of sound, reactivating a variety of lyrical forms and traditions. Memories and dreams, references to texts from world literature and iconic works of art are interwoven with trivial elements such as headlines and weather reports in a playful way that leaves room for further thoughts and allusions.
Kreidl writes radio plays (e.g. ‘Eine Schwalbe falten’, composition: António Breitenfeld Sá Dantas, ORF 2017) and performances (e.g. ‘EINLEUCHTEND WEISS’, compositions by Sanziana Dobrovicescu, Clemens Nachtmann and Antonis Rouvelas, KULTUM, Graz 2021). She has also published numerous books, including Ich bin eine Königin. Performances, Wieser Verlag 1996; In allen Einzelheiten. Catalogue, Ritter Verlag 1998; Hier schläft das Tier mit Zöpfen. Gedichte mit Fußnoten, Berger Verlag 2018. In the Edition Korrespondenzen: Laute Paare. Szenen Bilder Listen, 2002; Mitten ins Herz, 2005; Eine Schwalbe falten, 2009; Einfache Erklärung. Alphabet der Träume, 2014; Zitat, Zikade. Zu den Sätzen, 2017; Schlüssel zum Offenen. Gedichte, 2021; Mehr Frauen als Antworten. Gedichte mit Fußnoten, 2023. The volume Wien, Schwedenplatz polyphon, arranged by her together with Lucas Cejpek, has just been published by Sonderzahl-Verlag. She has been teaching aesthetics and creative writing at the Max Reinhardt Seminar since 2015.
The Week for German will be officially opened by Bas Böttcher, a German writer and poetry slammer, on Monday, 14 October 2024, at 6.30 pm.
Bas Böttcher is one of the co-founders of the German-language spoken word scene. His texts are regarded as classics of contemporary stage poetry. They appear in textbooks and important collections of German poetry (Der Neue Conrady, Lyrikstimmen and others). Together with Wolf Hogekamp, he published the first poetry clip DVD in 2005. (Voland & Quist/Lingua Video). He has also published the poetry collections “Dies ist kein Konzert” (2006), “Neonomade” (2009) and “Vorübergehende Schönheit” (2012) with Voland & Quist.
His performance will mix both German and English words.
Please register by 30 September by e-mail to ku-101-di@brue.auswaertiges-amt.de
Admission is free.
The following day, Bas Böttcher will be holding workshops at the German Embassy to introduce German language learners to the techniques of slam poetry.
A wonderful opportunity to discover slam and meet a German slammer, but also a great chance to practice the German language!
On Wednesday, October 16th, the German poetry slammer Paul Bank will once again come to Liège for a workshop. He will work on German spoken-word texts with pupils and students. Creative fun guaranteed!
Languages: German and French (translation and interpreting will be provided to allow beginners to participate).
This event is open to everyone, with special attention to students.
Free, but registration required cletawe@uliege.be
The films that will be discussed are: Greetings from Fukushima by Doris Dörrie, Sonnenallee by Leander Haußmann and Rien à déclarer by Dany Boon.
Socialise, exchange languages and toast together: That sounds like a cultural cocktail not to be missed! At our online meeting, we bring German speakers together with Dutch-speaking German learners. The aim of the evening: informal conversations in a relaxed atmosphere.
Are you a German speaker and would like to meet German learners and practise your Dutch at the same time? Or are you learning German and looking forward to conversations with German native speakers? Then sign up for our online speed dating!
Register here if you are learning German.
Register here if you are learning Dutch.
Two days before the event you will receive an email with the zoom link and further information.
Austria 2022, Goiginger
Germany 1982, Herzog
Germany 2023, Petzold
Switzerland 2017, Volpe
Are you a German speaker and would like to meet German learners and practise some Dutch at the same time? Or are you learning German and looking forward to talking to German native speakers? Then sign up for our online speed dating!
Register here if you are learning German.
Register here if you are learning Dutch.
Two days before the event you will receive an email with the zoom link and further information.
Germany 1999, Haußman
Germany 1924, Murnau
Austria 2022, Goiginger
Spoken Word Workshop with a Ghent poetry slammer and a German poetry slammer, supported by the DAAD”.
Presentation of the results of the workshop from 18.10.
Germany 2023, Petzold
05:45 pm admission
06:00 pm welcoming address by
Carmen Johannsen, Head of the EU-Office of the State of Saxony-Anhalt to the EU
06:05 pm presentation of the Luther cities of Wittenberg and Eisleben by
Nina Mütze, Directorate Communication and Marketing of the foundation ‘Stiftung Luthergedenkstätten in Sachsen-Anhalt’
06:15 pm “Von realen Klosterstürmern und angeblichen Kommunisten – Der deutsche Bauernkrieg von 1525 als europäisches Phänomen”
(About real monastery attackers and alleged communists – The German Peasants’ War of 1525 as a European phenomenon) by
Dr. Thomas T. Müller, Director of the foundation ‘Stiftung Luthergedenkstätten Sachsen-Anhalt’
06:45 pm musical interlude by the vocal ensemble KeinChor (www.keinchor.de)
07:00 pm panel discussion with Frederik Koßmann, pastor of the Emmaus Church
Dr. Thomas T. Müller, Director of the foundation ‘Stiftung Luthergedenkstätten’
Bastian Brombach, State Chancellery and Ministry of Culture of the State of Saxony-Anhalt (moderator)
07:20 pm musical offering by KeinChor
07:45 pm stand-up reception and “World heritage-Wheel of Fortune”
09:00 pm end of the event
Contact: If interested, please contact Ms. Kerstin Pagel at: events@stk.sachsen-anhalt.de; 0032 2 741 09 31
Website : https://europa.sachsen-anhalt.de/europapolitik/landesvertretung-in-bruessel/veranstaltungen
Switzerland 2017, Volpe
Germany 1924, Murnau
On October 16, 2023 at 6.30 p.m. on the premises of the German Embassy in Brussels, the Terzett HFH music ensemble will officially open the German language week Woche für Deutsch / Week van het Duits / Semaine de l’allemand.
The three singers Anna Schote, Katharina Veit and Elise Malcher are the founding members of the vocal ensemble Terzett HFH. Together, they all three won the First Prize at the 2023 German Choir Competition.
On October 16, we will have the honour of experiencing them in a live performance.
After this feast for the ears, we will round off the evening with culinary specialities from the German-speaking countries.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Admission is free.
If interested, please register before 9 October 2023 via e-mail at pr-hosp1-di@brue.auswaertiges-amt.de by 9 October 2023.
Contact : Ms. Florence Lamand: ku-1-di@brue.auswaertiges-amt.de
Germany 2023, Petzold
Der letzte Mann_Filmwoche@Cinema ZED
What career opportunities do you have with German? How international and multilingual is the port of Antwerp? Communicating spontaneously with customers in German – is that possible? Immerse yourself in the professional practice of different speakers and learn how multilingualism can become a key to success.
This event is organised by the Business & Languages, Supply Chain Management, Internationaal Ondernemen and KMO Management programmes of the Karel de Grote Hogeschool.
Contact : Margret.Oberhofer@kdg.be
Spoken Word Workshop with a poetry slammer from Ghent and a German poetry slammer. This workshop is supported by the DAAD”.
Workshop for students of German at UGent, led by Paul Bank (Stolberg) and Loeke Van Houtteghem (Ghent).
Performance on the evening of Thursday 19 October.
registration: Prof. Dr. Torsten Leuschner: torsten.leuschner@ugent.be
For all publics
Day: Tuesday, 17th October 2023
Time: 7 p.m.
In his book, Spiegel-magazine’s bestselling author Roland Kaehlbrandt uses ten likeable and tangible assets to show how well-built the German language really is and how accessible it therefore is.
Practical examples and a lot of humour accompany us on this knowledgeable foray through the endearing and useful qualities of an old and at the same time highly lively, beautiful language.
Prof. Dr. Roland Kaehlbrandt teaches linguistics with a focus on language and society at the Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences (North Rhine-Westphalia). He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung (German Academy for Language and Poetry).
© Philip Kaehlbrandt
The reading is the result of a cooperation between Deutschcafé Antwerp and the German Embassy in Brussels. Participation is free of charge, but we kindly ask you to register via the [LINK] Deutschcafé website. The evening will conclude with a reception.
CONTACT : Deutschcafé Antwerpen
www.uantwerpen.be/deutschcafe
In the week for German, the German department of the Université de Namur offers an activity on the topic of the film “Rumspringa – An Amish in Berlin”. This will take place on Monday 16.10.2023 from 1 to 4 pm.
At 1pm, the comedy “Rumspringa – An Amish in Berlin” will be screened (in German with French subtitles):
A young Amish man travels to Berlin to return to his roots. Alternative lifestyles, love and a big decision await him. (Netflix)
After the screening, a quiz on the film will be organised, including the topic of German emigration to America. May the best one win!
Rue de Bruxelles 61 B-5000 Namur
Contact: Emma Joveneau: emma.joveneau@unamur.be
Annette Müllender and Robert Maaswinkel have taken a masterful look at politics in East Belgium in their drawings. The exhibition shows a selection of over 50 drawings from the numerous pictures that the two caricaturists made available to the Parliament. In 50 years of parliamentary work, there were many opportunities to take up the pen and tackle issues. Election campaigns, financial issues, the fourth region or the relocation of the Parliament offered the opportunity to deal with East Belgian politics in a humorous way, but also to raise an admonitory finger. On Wednesday 18th of October, the exhibition will close with a finissage. The programme will include excerpts from the programme of the cabaret group “Jedermann”Sylke Tegtmeier:
Contact person : s.tegtmeier@brf.be
Website: https://pdg.be/
During the Week for German, Cinema ZED in Leuven presents gems from the German, Austrian and Swiss film world. From classics to current award-winning films: there is something for everyone!
We are happy to announce the programme on our website! Tickets go on sale at the end of September on the wensite of Cinema ZED: Woche für Deutsch | Cinema ZED
Fireworks at the Annakirmes in Düren. A mysterious message lures 88-year-old Alexander Rütters into the ghost train. The ride ends fatally and Aachen inspector Fett, together with his assistant Schmelzer, takes on the investigation. The search for clues leads the detective duo not only to the Rur Lake and the Jülich nuclear research facility, but also to Liège, more specifically: to Outremeuse and right into the city’s town hall. What is the enigmatic word “Rurschatten” about? Has Rütters belatedly caught up with his wartime past? In the end, even the Belgian secret service comes into play…
A thrilling crime novel, written by an ardent admirer of Liège master Georges Simenon, will be heard in excerpts this evening. The author will read in German, while individual passages will be read in French in a translation made by students of the Université de Liège. During the subsequent discussion with the author, interpretation into French will be provided if necessary.
Olaf Müller was born in 1959 in Düren, but considers the border area between Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands his home. Trained as a bookseller, he studied German and comparative literature at the RWTH in Aachen. Since 2007, he has been head of cultural affairs for the city of Aachen. He has since written seven crime novels in which the Euroregion with its cross-border culture and history always plays a central role.
Link : www.cea.uliege.be http://www.cea.uliege.be
Strong words, speaking pictures – A cultural evening with 2 artists from East Belgium
Jessy James LaFleur – Spoken Word Artist
Joshua Cremer – musician and filmmaker
She: left “home” when still a young person and went out into the world.
He: still feels at home where he has always lived.
She: creates linguistic imagery, gripping pleas, tenderly, powerful and touching poetry to listen to.
He: creates strong imagery, dispenses with the spoken word, relies on the vibration of undertones.
What made the two of them the people, the artists they are today?
Is visual language also a mother tongue? How much mother tongue is there in pictures?
Do you have to go far away to find the right words? How to report on one’s homeland?
We cordially invite you to this exciting cultural evening with texts by Jessy James LaFleur and film excerpts by Joshua Cremer, who will both tell us a little more about themselves and their art in the course of the evening.
When? Wednesday, 18 October at 6:30pm (admission from 6pm).
Please register via dg.bruessel@dgov.be by 11 October.
During the German language week, the Centre d’Études Allemandes of the Université de Liège invites you to an afternoon of board games. Only German will be spoken during the games! But don’t be afraid! We have selected games for all levels. Even those who have had few German lessons can join in!
- “Concept“: Players have to guess terms using pictograms.
- “Dixit“: Players have to choose picture cards that match a given term and try to convince the others. try to convince the others that their card best represents the term. the term.
- “Ride along. Reisen in Deutschland” (Travels in Germany): A geography game whose aim is to discover the the federal states of Germany.
- “Who am I?“: Players have to ask questions to guess their assigned identity.
- “Time’s up“: A game in which the aim is to describe and guess as many terms as possible. guess as many terms as possible.
After the event, there will be an opportunity to have a drink and find out more about the study of modern languages in Liège, especially German. Registration is requested.
In cooperation with the Université de Liège, Centre d’Études Allemandes
Contact and registration: d.schwall@uliege.be
Grazia Berger and Vera Höltschi are lecturers at USL-B, they are originally from Switzerland and would like to talk to the participants about the special features of the country. Quiz and puzzles are also planned.
The exhibition of the bilingual comic by German comic artist, author and cartoonist Flix* Spirou in Berlin / Spirou à Berlin travels to Louvain-La-Neuve and leads visitors through an exciting adventure in Berlin at the time of the Wall.
