The Cultural Section
Our team:
Head of Section: Stefano Weinberger
Deputy Head: Florian Seitz
Desk Officer: Sarah Hegenbart
Department Secretary: Melanie Meinköhn-Zingarelli
Culture and Creativity
Adidas, Ballack, Becks Beer, Berlin(ale), BMW, Goodbye Lenin, Graft Architects, Jonathan Meese, Joop, Michalsky, Oktoberfest, Pina Bausch, Dieter Rams, Neo Rauch, Riesling, Ruhr 2010, Schlingensief, Bernhard Schlink, Tokyo Hotel, Unrath & Strano, Sebastian Vettel, Zeitgeist …
We love to be seen as the country of “Dichter und Denker” (poets and thinkers), but Germany is so much more than just Goethe and Schiller, Kant, Bach and Beethoven. Politically, economically and culturally, Germany is a modern, forward-looking, innovative and attractive European country which has learned the lessons from its extremely difficult past and plays a positive and constructive role in Europe.
We want to convey the exciting face of today's Germany and its wide-ranging cultural activities which include the special charm of its capital Berlin, its manifold regional and local traditions as well as an active sports life. We want to invite the British public to go and see for themselves. We are sure you will like it.
Language
“Hand” means hand, “Finger” means finger, “Butter” means butter, but let’s be fair and admit that learning German – like any other foreign language – requires some dedication and hard work.
But once you know some German, you have access to so many fascinating facets of modern Europe – life in Germany, Austria and Switzerland as well as several German-speaking regions, bilateral and international business, science, history, music, art, literature, film and much more. And surveys confirm that British employers see German as a key qualification in today’s tough and highly competitive labour market.
For all information about learning German, please contact the Goethe-Institut based in London, Manchester or Glasgow.
Academic programmes
We also promote Germany to British students as an attractive place to study with excellent universities, very low tuition or no fees and often lower living costs than in Britain, and a very wide range of courses, many of them in English. We are also keen to encourage links and exchange programmes between universities.
If you are interested in studying or in doing research in Germany and/or want to learn more about scholarships and grants the German Academic Exchange Service’s London office is there to assist you.
Youth programmes and schools
We strongly believe in the value of youth and school links and want to encourage contact and friendship between young people of our countries from all walks of life.
If you have any questions about British-German youth exchange or would just like to know more, visit UK-German Connection the official gateway to Germany for young Britons, their parents and teachers.
Since the 1970s the German School London in Richmond has provided a first-class education leading to the German Abitur and access to both German and British universities.
