Sat.1 is a privately owned German television broadcasting station. Sat.1 was the first privately owned television broadcasting station in Germany, having started one day before RTL. Sat.1 airs a variety of programmes, including those focused on entertainment, information, scripted reality, series, sport, and talk.

The most widely-read design magazine in Europe. Focuses on architecture, interior design and decorating ideas. A visually pleasing and interesting way to build your vocabulary on this topic.

Der Spiegel is one of the foremost news magazines in the world, reporting on affairs of national and global significance and featuring strong investigative journalism. It is like a German blend of Time and Newsweek so German learners will pick up high-level analytical language, political terminology and a broad-based awareness of current events. Suitable for intermediate and advanced students.

Sport1 is a privately owned commercial German television channel. Programming focuses on football, basketball, and handball - alongside some other sports and some non-sport shows.

German news magazine. Stern offers plenty of human interest pieces, cultural coverage and profiles of prominent people, generally accompanied by high-quality photo spreads. The language won’t be as challenging as the average article in Focus, but it can be a great publication for learning about significant figures in German society and is often entertaining as the overall tone is lighter than most of its news magazine competitors. For intermediate learners.

A German language search engine, an alternative to Google.

South German newspaper - one of the largest daily newspapers in Germany.

The Südwestrundfunk ( SWR ) is a country-wide broadcaster. SWR1 primarily plays oldies and softer pop music, SWR2 offers the cultural program, SWR3 popradio, and SWR4 mainly pop music.

An introduction to the German language.

Daily newspaper based in Berlin concerned with politics and social issues. taz is an alternative newspaper founded in West Berlin in 1978. Far more than any other newspaper listed here, they are concerned with societal injustice – whether it’s environmental, feminist, hetero-normative, or economic. Their Ausland section focuses on the inhumane conditions that prevail in many parts of the world today.

Helping German learners learn German. A wide range of materials for speaking, listening, grammar, vocabulary, and a range of resources for the teaching of German. Also available: a German grammar guide, German Cultural information, quizzes and other resources.

The Goethe-Institut is the Federal Republic of Germany’s cultural institute, active worldwide. The Goethe-Institut promotes the study of German abroad and encourages international cultural exchange.

A website devoted to raising the profile of the German language among speakers of English through a series of events and projects. To promote the German language and the culture of German-speaking countries the Think German Network (TGN) initiative has been established by German Departments at universities across the United Kingdom in collaboration with the German, Austrian and Swiss Embassies and numerous British and German as well as Austrian and Swiss institutions.

Live 1 (WDR) plays mainly mainstream titles during the day; German newcomers are given special attention. 1 Live also organizes various parties and concerts including the Music Prize 1 Live Krone for German artists, as well as the Newcomer Festival.

Welt is a television news channel and website based in Germany. Welt previously broadcast a variety of programming, with more than seven hours of live programming per business day. Correspondents report live from the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, the LSE and the NYSE throughout the day. Welt also publishes Die Welt, a conservative leaning newspaper. As no programme lasts more than 15 minutes, this is a great resource for short periods of study.

Stand-up comedian, Henning Wehn, takes a humorous look at the German language in ten short videos. A fun, interactive way to learn the language basics.

A very useful German - English, English - German online dictionary.

German lan­guage search en­gine, an al­ter­na­tive to Google. Easy ac­cess link for when you are search­ing for in­for­ma­tion spe­cific to the coun­try of Germany.

Yahoo! Sports in German. Offering information on soccer, the bundesliga, formula 1, tennis, handball, cycling, and a variety of periodical events. Videos and up-to-date news available in the German language.

German weekly newspaper offering a review of the week in politics and public affairs as they affect Europe and especially Germany. Die Zeit includes a weekly news magazine that gives extended treatment to major economic, political, and cultural topics beyond the coverage of related subjects in the newspaper itself. The site also includes a user friendly archives section.