Franz Beckenbauer explains how it was a slap in the face which lead him to FC Bayern after beginning his career as a schoolboy in his hometown of Giesing. He enjoys food, but cooking is not for him, he says.

If you would like to attend the Oktoberfest, you will need to know a bit of Bavarian dialect. Here is a little crash course from

The rivalry between the cities Frankfurt and Offenbach is quite well-known in Germany. As a native of Hessia and half of the comedy duo "Badesalz," Henni Nachtsheim is an expert when it comes to the jokes that have resulted from the feud.

Ayliva is a young singer who released her first album in March 2021. The song "Butterflies" is about a bad break-up and wishing one didn't have to go through it.

Ayliva is a German musician with Turkish roots. The song "Deine Schuld" ("Your Fault") is a power ballad that addresses the topic of abusive relationships.

The ballad "Lieb mich" ("Love me") by AYLIVA is about the longing for love and forgiveness, about vulnerability and the fear of losing someone.

Germany, ever a leader in automotive technology, will have to wait until 2025 before fully-automated vehicles are allowed on the autobahn. Continental may be ahead of the curve in Europe, but unless the EU makes a new law, the Google driverless car will stay hot on their heels. (video copyright dpa)

Germany is known for the lack of an enforced speed limit on their highways. However, driving fast means driving extra carefully, and requires a lot of experience.

The 63rd International Automobile Exhibition (IAA) in Frankfurt proves a success despite the surrounding financial crisis. With a total of 100 world premiers, the car industry took the opportunity to show off their new innovations on the world stage, focusing especially on electric and hybrid vehicles.

Since 1960, the drive-in cinema has been luring young and old to Gravenbruch near Frankfurt/Main with its unusual concept.

Reporters from the German magazine Auto Bild are visiting the annual International Auto Show in Frankfurt. Here, they show us which cars were the tops and the flops - and tell us why. Schaut mal rein!

The UNESCO World Heritage site Messel Pit is one of the excavation sites that yields the largest number of fossils worldwide. Professors as well as students split the slate in order to find well preserved fossils.

Ausbilder Schmidt is a character played by comedian Holger Müller, who is known for his satire. Here we get Schmidt's take on environmentalism.

Flaunting, not scrimping, is the order of the day: at the Tendence consumer goods trade fair it's all about "deception." This is what the customers want, at least according to designers who introduce ever more pseudo-luxury goods. Copyright: Deutsche Presse Agentur [The German Press Agency]

A string of Murders in the first decade of the 2000s by the Neo-nazi terrorist group NSU has left Germany reeling in a scandal which has yet to be resolved: Why did the constitutional authorities stop an investigation by Hessian police into the murders, and why were clues as to the racist motivation for the murders covered up?