hier&there - British-German relations: It´s more than official

hier & there is an initiative designed to celebrate British-German relations. It is about all the people who, in a very personal way, are putting down our new shared roots. Of course there are famous figures among them. But in all walks of life, there are Germans and Britons right now creating living links between us.

Annette and Daniela Felder

hier&there short films

The German Embassy recently worked with Crane.tv, to commission a series of short films focussing on three personalities who represent the hier&there idea.

The winners Andreas Wolff and Nicholas Potter (left to right)

hier&there Journalism Award

Beyond official relations Britons and Germans from all walks of life are creating living links between Britain and Germany. The hier&there Journalism Award highlights these relations.

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Mission statement

Through language, products and people, you could say that Germany is in Britain and Britain is in Germany. The hier&there initiative celebrates British-German relations and shows just how close they can be.

Alex Boyd

hier&there Faces

In all walks of life, there are Germans and Britons right now creating living links between us. Read their stories here. Could you be our next face? We would love to hear from you!

Facts and figures

Facts and figures

How many Germans work in Britain? How much does Britain export to Germany? How many Brits study in Germany? Find out more about the British-German relationship, in numbers!

Online resources

Online resources

There are many websites providing information on different aspects of British-German co-operation. We have collected a few of them for you.

Gummi bears at the Haribo factory

Your view

We asked our German Embassy London Facebook Fans what German products, brands or people they thought had made it big in the UK. These were some of their ideas!

'See Britain through my eyes'

'See Britain through my eyes' is the title of a new video by the FCO.  Claudia Bausewein, a German Consultant in Palliative Medicine,  talks about her experiences living and working in the UK. 

Germany and Britain closer than you think

Alison Murdoch, Director of the Foundation for Developing Compassion and Wisdom, talks about obsolete labels in the light of the new study suggesting that Brits and Germans have common ancestry in Prayer for the Day on BBC Radio 4 on 14 July 2011.