After a year in Afghanistan, Karl Ofracek, a specialist in public international law, returns to Europe and washes up at the Hotel Beau Rivage in Geneva, where he is to report to the International Red Cross. But the former would-be world-improver feels like a stranger in his own life: his family has become estranged from […]

Four Girls, One Farm, One Hundred Years: Mascha Schilinski’s Acclaimed Century-Spanning Mosaic A farm in the Altmark region. Four girls grow up there in four different periods: the 1910s, the 1940s, the 1980s in East Germany and the present day. They never meet, yet their lives mirror one another. Mascha Schilinski recounts these hundred years […]

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 […]

Born in 1984 in Eupen, Belgium, Stephan Haas studied modern German literature, German philology and history in Aachen. He then began a teaching career while completing a further degree in business studies in Liège. Today he works in human resources at a large industrial company and lives with his wife and children in the German-speaking […]

Would you like to get to know Germany better as one of Europe’s most diverse travel destinations? Lisa Berendsen, Head of the German National Tourist Board (DZT) office in Brussels, warmly invites you to join her for a cup of coffee in her office! In a relaxed and personal atmosphere, let her insider tips inspire […]