Walking through Leipzig’s Winter Wonderland

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"You decide... today you will look directly at the sights around you for what they are: frozen." No two winters - or even two seconds - are totally alike. Here's an invitation to pause and take in the moment.

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Serving music from a different perspective

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"I was blessed with two very good jobs, which paid my rent and gave me a decent life again. [But] realizing that this was what my life was going to be, I totally freaked out and started thinking what I could do that could be even more creative than making music."

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Changes to The Leipzig Glocal website

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We look a bit different now. Let us know if you dig it.

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Riding the red dragon: German startups in Shanghai

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Germany is sending startup founders to Shanghai four weeks at a time, to learn Chinese business culture and approaches to innovation and versatility. The DC-Hub accelerator program is developed between Shanghai and Leipzig, with Basislager Coworking as local partner.

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Open letter to Leipzig Mayor: problem hiring foreigners

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"Years ago, we dismissed these experiences as isolated cases; however, we now have to admit that integrating qualified foreigners into the German labor market is undermined and sometimes even torpedoed by public authorities and lack of regulations."

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A Kenyan’s search for Afro-German connections

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"I like to see this journey as a form of reverse voluntourism. Instead of waiting for the white saviour, I opted to ease the burden by learning how to be my own saviour. Simple reciprocity, really." New column: Leipzig and "Africa in Germany" through the eyes of a Kenyan female PhD candidate.

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