The final part of our series on the federal states focuses on Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, which is one of the most popular domestic vacation destinations in Germany. Why is that? You can find out in this video with Alina and Ms. Klimper.

Here's the August news round-up in slow German. Topics include inflation and the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

How do people in German cities get from one place to the next? Eylin looks at the possibilities in Hamburg, where she has found owning a car to be quite impractical.

30 degrees Celsius instead of 40: The campaign "Wir drehen runter" ("We're turning it down") from the environmental foundation WWF and detergent brand Ariel aims to convince people to wash their clothes at lower temperatures. This not only protects the climate, but also saves energy and, therefore, money.

Alina shows us how to prepare a potato casserole like they would in the city of Bremen, which is also a federal state.

In this video, Paula introduces us to Germany's smallest federal state, which is located in the north of the country and has a few distinguishing features.

At the end of this mini-series on how to play chess, there are a few tips for improving your tactics.

In the second part of this series, Eylins presents more examples sentences of personal pronouns in the nominative, dative, and accusative case.

In the first part of this series, Eylin introduces the personal pronouns in the nominative case and briefly explains what the cases are all about.

The fourth part of this series focuses on being able to recognize and apply chess tactics. A game in which both sides follow the golden opening rules may be safe, but it will also be boring!

Helene Fischer fans were horrified to see her being carried off stage bleeding after her accident back in June. Now she has recovered and, after a summer break, she's back on tour again.

The most effective way to learn new words and phrases is in context. In this video, Eylin uses many examples to show how this works.

It won't be long now before fall. As summer draws to a close, it's time to take stock: How satisfied have people been with the summer?

Eylin tells us about some of her friends and acquaintances. In doing so, she introduces us to some really useful vocabulary for describing people's character.

This part focuses on chess strategy and the different phases of the game. What should you pay attention to in the opening? What mistakes should you avoid?