If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my Daily Newsletter. Thanks for visiting!According to statistics 71.3 million cell phones in Germany are in operation.  If you assume that each person only has one mobile phone, a staggering 98 percent of Germans own and operate cell phones.
Of course we’ve all heard of […]

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The one thing I miss when in the USA is German TV. One great solution to being able to watch German TV in the USA (and worldwide) is a German VPN. Using a VPN located in Germany you’ll be able to use Zattoo, a program that allows free access to German TV.
Banana VPN
I’ve […]

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I’ve written time after time that watching German TV Online is one of the best ways to learn the German language. After searching the internet for German Channels, I’ve come up with a list of my favorite german TV channels online:
3Sat News and Stuff
DafTV finacial
Massive Mag Tv lots of sports
PETN Movie Channel
PETN Music […]

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So you’re in Germany need to use a phone… Sounds easy, and it is, but there are a few things to keep in mind so you don’t make the phone mistakes I’ve made…
Dial 0 then the number… not the 49 first!  (I’ve had interesting conversations this way)
When calling…
Tell the receiving party exactly who’s calling.  The […]

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Watching German movies are a great way to improve your German and get a glimpe of German history. You might have even noticed that most German movies have a lot to do with world war 2. The period from World War 2 until the time of the reunification of Germany has had a […]

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Germany television is almost always in German, of course except for two channels, BBC World and CNN. Keep in mind that if you don’t know German, you are going to be more than lost. Germany is large enough where it translates everything into German. This includes television shows from America, movies from around […]

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The best way to improve your German is through hearing German being spoken by actual native speakers. So we don’t all have native Germany speakers readily available, that’s ok, because there are plenty of ways to watch German TV Online.
1. Shift.tvGet German tv prerecorded for you. You choose what you want to watch […]

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In Germany, even though TV shows can be picked up via Antennae and via a cable running into every apartment and house, you need a license to watch it. Failure to report your TV or radio could result fines and feeds. A way around it? Buy a TV card and watch TV […]

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It seems every time I listen to the German news its either about a train strike or their wonderful vacation spots. Does everyone have only one thing in mind, vacation?
Well this post is titled watch news in German and this is exactly what I’m writing about. Everyday about about 5pm I log on […]

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One of the best ways to learn German and get a feel for the language is watching German Tv. One easy way to do that is with Shift.Tv which offers for free the ability to watch streaming German tv online.
How Does it Work?Shift.Tv offers two options paid and unpaid service. With the unpaid […]

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