David Hasselhoff. He isn’t German but yes, famous in Germany.

It’s true – working in journalism allows you to sometimes meet celebrities. But in Germany, many of the stars are known only within the borders of this country. Aside from your typical German stars which you may already know, like Heidi Klum, Karl Lagerfeld, Dieter Bohlen who hosts ‚Germany Seeks a Superstar,‘ comedian Stefan Raab or even Natalie Horler (a Bonn singer who represented Germany at the 2013 Eurovision competition with pop band Cascada), here are a few of the German celebrities I have met since arriving in Berlin, working as a journalist.

Klaus Wowereit. Mayor of Berlin.

Guido Maria Kretschmer. Fashion designer.

Daniel Richter. Artist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v_ZAtc06Jk

Some German media have English versions of their websites (like Spiegel International, for example). But if you want to catch up on the daily news in Deutsch, here is what to bookmark, download their apps, listen to, read or stream live.

German TV stations

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_Germany

German newspapers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Germany

German radio

http://www.listenlive.eu/germany.html

German magazines

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_magazines_in_Germany

Let’s face it – you only get better at learning German by listening to the pronunciation of words (as well as practicing what you’ve learned, too). Here are a variety of German learning podcasts which will help you improve your ‘aussprache,’ by tuning into their weekly lessons. It usually takes only a few minutes out of your day, and is totally worth it to help build your vocabulary, exercise those grammatical muscles or just listen in to conversation.

One Minute German
http://radiolingua.com/shows/german/one-minute-german/

Learn German with Podcasts
http://www.dw.de/learn-german-with-podcasts/a-2917951

Survival Phrases
http://www.survivalphrases.com

GermanPod 101
http://www.germanpod101.com

German Ling Q
http://germanlingq.com/

The DeutschAkademie app offers over 22,000 vocabulary and grammar exercises

Learn German 6,000 Words categorizes words by 15 topics and 140 sub-topics

Der Die Das has an archive of 17,000 words to get you memorizing the German vocabulary

King of German Article has an endless gender quiz

AnkiDroid flash cards

Yapping Puppy offers German learning games

German Verb Trainer offers customizable tests

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioNFowSM5ko

Who says Germans have no sense of humor? Fritten zum Mittag is a German comedy show with closed captioning in German. It is a great way to watch, follow and listen to common German conversations — outside of the typical textbooks and daily news. You might get a laugh out of this episode, where the „Fritten Frau“ turns the tables on her customers.

To keep you motivated during frustrating times.

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