A culture trip to Germany
Germany’s vibrant culture scene has been working overtime during the past few weeks. A great variety of exciting projects were born in lockdown captivity and have since then spread their wings in the world wide web.
To encourage you to stay connected with Germany and all things German, we will post virtual offerings in this dedicated space. Embracing the new motto “staying in is the new going out”, we hope that these cultural offers and projects will keep you entertained, stimulated, inspired and above all connected.
Stream away the music
Without leaving the comforts of your home, dive into German music with these thrilling online offers, catering to music and opera lovers of all ages.
- Staatsoper Berlin offers a digital schedule that changes every 24 hours giving you a chance to listen to recordings by your favourite artists from the Staatsoper Unter den Linden.
- Explore the music scene of Hamburg with Quarantunes offering a variety of live-stream and on-demand programmes. You can support the artists by making donations, too.
- Why not make Staatsoper.TV your new favourite bookmark - Bayerische Staatsoper presents free live streams and video-on-demand offers. Don’t miss out on their Monday concerts. Who said Mondays are all about the blues?
- Are you ready to join the biggest virtual club in the world? Here’s your ticket — for United We Stream with over 250 clubs in Berlin live-streaming from empty clubs directly to your living room. It’s party time for couch potatoes.
- ARTE — the European Cultural Channel — is now coming to your living room with LivingRoomConcerto. Get ready to transform your living room into a concert hall and listen to the best international classic music, ballets and operas. My home is my concert hall.
- And while you are there, join violinist Daniel Hope as he performs chamber concerts from his living room in Berlin with special invited guests. Musical idols like Sir Simon Rattle, Vladimir Jurowski and many more have already visited Hope@Home.
Tours, architecture and a digitorial
Here are some stunning tours through Germany from the comfort of your own home:
- 17 December 2020 will mark the 250th birth anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven who was born in Bonn. So celebrate this anniversary by visiting the Digitale Kunsthalle and learn more about the musical genius with this extraordinary exhibition (in German only).
- Travelling over 250 miles up north, let’s get to know the stunning architecture of Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie aka Elphi which is one of the world’s largest music halls.
- Let’s discover Frankfurt’s new old town with this 360-degree tour. Yes, Frankfurt is not all skyscrapers
- And while we are stopping over in Frankfurt, let’s enter the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt and join their digitorial — yes, that’s right — about the exhibition “Fantastic Women”.
- For the explorers, time-travellers and scientist among you, have a look at a new Google Arts and Culture project Once Upon A Try — A journey of invention and discovery with over 120 museums and partner organisations including the Deutsches Museum, Deutsches Technik Museum, Leibniz Association and many more…
Time for a bite
Culture without food is like food without salt (unless it’s a dessert). Discover German cuisine with Deutsche Welle’s Germany bite by bite series. Choose from Bavarian Bread Dumplings or Black Forest Gateau. aprons and forks at the ready!
Don’t miss out on other reads and treats
- Use your time at home to improve your German language skills by watching these German TV series.
- Goethe-Institut’s kulturama.digital brings international culture to your living room. It’s an online platform where artists and cultural institutions worldwide can upload their digital cultural offers and thus make them accessible to an international audience. Choose from a variety of live-stream and on-demand events.
- #DiscoverGermanyFromHome as the German National Tourist Board takes you on a 360 degree tour of German arts, culture, architecture, news and more… Who has time to miss travel?!
- A selection of coronavirus support measures for artists and creative professionals from Germany and the UK
- What’s on(line) — Culture goes digital
