culture - Page 2

Travel black: Leipzig’s Wave-Gotik-Treffen

//

As more and more goths begin to descend from the unseasonably darkening skies above Leipzig airport, anticipation in the city rises to a level that may actually be tactile. Leipzig is about to be rocked once again by alternative music’s most famous summer holiday.

More

Chemnitz at 875: history, industry, culture

/

Known not only for its big Karl Marx head (the “Nischel” in Saxonian), Chemnitz now has around 240,000 inhabitants and a quite important technical university, where 25% of students (!) are international. The city happens to be celebrating its 875th jubilee and is vying to become a European Capital of Culture.

More

On the lovely people of Japan

/

Before you know it, they spot your helplessness, adopt you and run your life.

More