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The year 2013 marks the bicentenary of the birth of Richard Wagner, one of Germany's most famous composers and music dramatists. 2013 marks the bicentenary of his birth. The German National Tourist Board (GNTB) is using this anniversary as an opportunity to highlight a host of events in towns and cities associated with him. "Anniversaries of world ...

Starring Canadian tenor Michael Schade, returns to COC stage after more than 20 years Johann Strauss II’s popular operetta, Die Fledermaus, returns to the Canadian Opera Company after an absence of more than 20 years with a new production this fall. Strauss II outdid his own reputation as the “waltz king” of Vienna with Die Fledermaus by composing ...

Toronto, 9 March 2012 – dOCUMENTA: a pivotal feature of the international art scene, a mirror on society and a showcase for contemporary art, dOCUMENTA in Kassel has rapidly become one of the world's foremost recurring exhibitions of its kind. It takes place this year for the 13th time. Held every five years and lasting for 100 days, it is also ref ...

With over 20 year's of experience in the market place:  What do we still hear about products from "Germany, Switzerland and Austria" .... They are always so expensive. Interesting after year's of listening and watching this as I either introduced clients to potential Canadian business partners or was selling to prominent buyers in Canada. Is ...

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The Belgian artist Henry van de Velde was an exponent of Classical Modernism who paved the way for the Bauhaus movement. His repertoire ranged from the architectural design of buildings and interiors to the design of jewellery and everyday objects. Numerous commissions brought van de Velde to Germany in 1900, where he left behind an impressive lega ...

Great beer, food and leafy surroundings Summer is here and Germany's beer gardens are open for business! This 200-year-old Bavarian tradition has now spread to all parts of Germany. "According to the latest Quality Monitor survey of the German tourism industry, 60 per cent of international visitors come to Germany for the country's unique flair an ...

Easter Traditions Make for a Lively March and Early April The Easter celebrations are among the oldest, most traditional and unique celebrations in Germany. A myriad of differing regional traditions, Easter markets and special celebrations start weeks before the four day Easter weekend from April 5 to April 9, 2012. Many of the North American East ...

Die Nationalparkroute Kanadas ist mit Abstand die beliebteste Reiseroute durch die sechs schönsten National Parks von Alberta und British Columbia. Der ausführliche Routenreiseführer erscheint in diesem Frühjahr in der 5. Auflage, in neuer Optik, mit vielen Aktualisierungen, zusätzlichen Orientierungshilfen, brandneuem Bildmaterial und neuer und op ...

As with so many legends, only one thing seems certain in the story of the Pied Piper: in the Middle Ages, more than 130 children mysteriously disappeared from Hamelin, a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, on the river Weser. Today’s theories as to why and how they disappeared range from a plague, to a ruse out of revenge, to a small exodus to populate ...

Ein Jahr aussteigen aus dem Alltags- und Berufsleben, ohne Sicherheitsnetz für die weitere Zukunft – das erfordert Mut. Beate und Olaf Hofmann haben diesen Mut aufgebracht und sind zusammen mit ihrer zehnjährigen Tochter nach Kanada aufgebrochen. Sie erfüllten sich damit einen Traum: als Familie ohne Zeitdruck in der Weite des kanadischen Westens z ...

Wild, intensiv und authentisch – so erlebt Gudrun Pflüger die Natur. Eine atemberaubende Begegnung – Auge in Auge mit wilden Wölfen in der kanadischen Wildnis – wird zu ihrem persönlichen Überlebensimpuls. In Wolfspirit. Meine Geschichte von Wölfen und Wundern. (Patmos Verlag) beschreibt die Autorin ihre bewegende und spannende Lebensgeschichte. D ...

Kanada ist groß – zwischen atlantischem, pazifischem und arktischem Ozean erstreckt sich das zweitgrößte Land der Welt mit einer Kultur, die bis heute durch die vielfältigen Einflüsse der Einwanderer bestimmt wird. Aber auch in einem solchen kulturellen Schmelztiegel stellt sich dem unbedarften Reisenden das ein oder andere Fettnäpfchen in den Weg. ...

In addition for their cooking performance that's vastly superior to that of traditional electric stove, our good old gas stoves are much easy to cook and repair. Usually the problem which in grabs them are only in spillovers and combustion byproducts that clogs the tiny ports and other parts supplying the burners. Also a modern gas stove comes up w ...

das Bundesverfassungsgericht hat eine weitere Verbesserung der Wahlteilnahme für im Ausland lebende Deutsche beschlossen. Diese mussten bislang mindestens drei Monate ununterbrochen in der Bundesrepublik gewohnt haben, um an der Bundestagswahl teilzunehmen zu dürfen. Diese Regelung hat das Bundesverfassungsgericht für ungültig erklärt. Dies entschi ...

You are the people, we are the directory. The GermanCanadian Directory web site directs you to where you want to be. Connecting Canadians with Austrian, German, and Swiss backgrounds and Canadians living in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. germancanadian.com is a directory to help you find the right specialist and expert on Germanic Can ...

Top 100 is the name of the new app launched by the German National Tourist Board (GNTB), which visitors to Germany can use to find out about the country’s top 100 tourist sights. At the beginning of the year, the GNTB conducted a survey among travellers in Destination Germany to find out what they considered to be their personal highlights. Tourist ...

Inbound travel to Germany increased significantly again in the first nine months of 2012. According to figures from the Federal Statistical Office, the number of overnight stays by Canadian visitors from January to September 2012 rose by 3.1 per cent compared to the same period last year. During this period, a total of 486,138 overnight stays by Ca ...

My Canadian tour 2003 with our visit in Mississauga our trip to Toronto and Niagara my journey to the Rocky Mountains with Calgary, Banff, Jasper, Edmonton our visit in Ottawa and in the northern part of the U. S. A. Look at my last 3 Canadian You Tube videos June 2003 Canada part 4 - Baseball im SkyDome Toronto http://www.youtube.com/watch? ...

People from all over the world who are fans of the German National Tourist Board (GNTB) have the opportunity until the end of August to compete for their very own dream tour of Germany. The ‘Dream Tour of Germany’ competition is part of a new social media campaign through which the GNTB is promoting the outstanding value for money offered by holida ...

Toronto, 23 April 2012 – Heidelberg Castle is the favourite among international visitors to Destination Germany. This was the finding of a survey undertaken to find out Germany’s top 100 attractions. Number two on the list is Neuschwanstein Castle, followed at number three by Cologne Cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Germany’s top 100 touris ...

Creative Germany is the slogan for a new, young and creative side to Germany as a travel destination. "Germany is traditionally known as the country of poets and philosophers", says Petra Hedorfer, Chief Executive Officer of the German National Tourist Board (GNTB). But even now, people in our country are still setting trends every day, coming up w ...

Nachfolgenden Vortrag habe ich anlässlich eines Treffens des Deutsch-Kanadischen Wirtschaftsklubs in Stuttgart im Oktober 2008 gehalten. Die Präsentation gibt einen kurzen Überblick über die folgenden Themen: Organe einer kanadischen Ltd., Kauf von Anteilen an einer Kapitalgesellschaft, Kauf von Assets, Besonderheiten beim Kauf von Immob ...

Der nachfolgende im Rahmen des Investment-Seminars  Dornbirn/Wels im Jahr 2009 gehaltene Vortrag bietet  einen kurzen Überblick über folgende Themen: die verschiedenen Gesellschaftsformen des kanadischen Rechts sowie der Organe der Gesellschaften, Kauf einer Immobilie nach dem Recht der Provinz Ontar ...