ZEIT Campus • 15th August 2024

Family Matters

Academics from abroad are balancing parenting and careers, for better or worse. University administrators are trying to help

ZEIT Campus • 15th August 2024

Subject matters

New to Germany? Start your education with a crash course in life and studies and impress your profs and peers along the way

Die Zeit • 18th July 2022

From Manila to Berlin

How a Filipina anthropologist seeks to decolonize knowledge and supports foreign students, too

Die Zeit • 18th July 2022

Please be late

The academic quarter is taken for granted on many German university campuses. But what exactly is it?

Die Zeit • 19th July 2021

Far From Home

What happens to a traveling master’s program when the world is in lockdown? Some students simply hit the the road digitally.

Reuters • 13th May 2021

Gymnastics: Body suits could help keep young gymnasts in the sport - Voss

Full-body suits could encourage teenage gymnasts put off by traditional leotards to stay in the sport, according to German Sarah Voss, who drew praise for wearing one at the recent European Championships.

BBC • 3rd February 2021

Lillördag: Sweden's workers destress with 'Little Saturday'

As the weeks drag on and individual days lose meaning, embracing a Nordic tradition may give us reason to celebrate, just because.

Babbel Magazine • 22nd January 2021

What’s a Tandem Partner And How Should I Get One?

Simply put, a tandem partner speaks the language you want to practice and seeks to practice the language you speak. Here’s my advice for finding one.

BBC • 6th January 2021

The German 'Quereinsteiger' ending career-changing stigma

A once-shunned German concept is helping people find their place in the world of work – and may even be the key to revitalising the country’s workforce.

The Local • 27th October 2020

Why not all Germans will embrace working from home post-pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic has pushed a record number of Germans into Home Office. But many are eager to get back into their productivity swing in a traditional workplace.

thrillist • 12th May 2020

How a Simple Scent Can Transport You Around the World

How fragrance can be a handy cure for travel withdrawal right now.

thrillist • 14th April 2020

These Finnish Artists Thrive in Total Isolation. Here’s How You Can Too.

Adjusting to life at home, Americans are taking a cue from snowy, secluded Finland.

The Guardian • 3rd April 2020

A new form of house music: Berlin clubs livestream DJ sets

With bars, nightclubs and restaurants closed to slow the spread of Covid-19, nightlife in Berlin was expected to come to a halt. But no, the beats are still thumping. The city’s premier “virtual club” is now in session.

Morning Calm • 1st November 2019

Threads of the Homeland

In old times, tracht could tell a person's story, from residence to social status. Today, it's become an expression of individuality and resurging cultural pride across Europe's German-speaking regions.

Scoot • 30th August 2019

Arranging Blossoms With a Floral Designer

September 2019 Cover Story – The significance of flowers in Thai Buddhist culture has allowed Mya Manooporn's flower-arranging business to flourish. Barbara Woolsey follows the boss around her modern botanical boutique in Bangkok.

Culture Trip • 30th August 2019

Experience Multicultural Berlin Through These Local Heroes

Meet the DJ hosting Moscow house parties in Berlin, the mind behind a legendary noodle house and the shop owner fighting censorship with books.

Scoot • 1st February 2019

Mic's the Word

A dynamic spoken word scene is boldly reverberating in Malaysia's capital. Barbara Woolsey takes a seat in the audience and tunes in to the melodic strains of Kuala Lumpur's poetic underground.

Handelsblatt Today • 15th June 2018

Schrebergarten culture's gnomes make way for Zen gardens

The centuries-old German lifestyle around allotment gardens, or schrebergarten, is in flux. Out: old guys with beer bellies and sandals. In: hipsters with high-tech grills.

Handelsblatt Today • 25th September 2017

To Hollywood and Back

The centennial of a legendary production company sheds light on Hollywood’s German roots. Today, it’s Hollywood that has found a new home on the outskirts of Berlin.

Vice Noisey • 8th March 2017

Meet Jeah, the Cambodian Rapper Who Came to Canada as a Refugee

"I think that not being born in Canada is why I always feel the need to express a taste of where I'm actually from. I have to showcase who I am culturally as much as I am also a Canadian."