From: sevenload on Wed, Sep 08 2010 2:12 PM

The pharmaceutical industry leaves little to chance when it comes to marketing. The drug lobby sends out some 16,000 sales reps to doctors' practices every year. The estimated 25 million visits carry a price tag 2.5 billion euros. The companies hope the campaigning will encourage the doctors...

From: sevenload on Wed, Sep 08 2010 2:12 PM

IFA, which is billed as the biggest consumer electronics trade fair in the world, is currently underway in Berlin. Deutsche Welle visited the trade fair to check out some of the latest electronic gadgets.

From: sevenload on Sat, Sep 04 2010 5:20 AM

As a teenager Tina Berning discovered she could demand money for her drawings and turn her passion into her profession. Her career as an illustrator has taken off internationally, despite the fact that she prefers to work with paper, brush and ink and rarely uses digital effects.

From: sevenload on Tue, Aug 24 2010 9:44 PM

Dutch wine is not exactly a household term in Europe, but that may change in the future. One enterprising Dutch farmer has decided to prove once and for all that there is more to the Netherlands than cheese, tulips and windmills.

From: sevenload on Sun, Aug 22 2010 9:40 PM

Germany’s only archipelago in international waters - Heligoland in the middle of the North Sea - is in deep economic trouble. Tourists are conspicuous only by their absence and now even the residents are leaving the islands in droves.

From: sevenload on Fri, Aug 20 2010 7:31 PM

Good ideas will always attract money, says one of Germany’s most experienced Business Angels, Friedrich von Diest. He provides start-ups with capital, know-how and contacts to get the new business up and running. In return, he gets a nominal yield.

From: sevenload on Wed, Aug 18 2010 7:23 PM

Oktoberfest draws millions of tourists to Germany each year. But some visitors have other things in mind: a tour of Germany’s famous car museums, dedicated to Porsche and Mercedes.

From: sevenload on Wed, Aug 18 2010 7:22 PM

There are plenty of natural wonders on Iceland. DW paid a visit to one very special spot where the energetic power of geology can be dramatically seen: the Geyser Strokker. The ground water gathers in a long tube underground and heats up to more than 100 degrees Celsius until it eventually erupts...

From: sevenload on Wed, Aug 18 2010 7:21 PM

From a factory owner’s villa to a late 19th-century quarter to a modern housing estate, the Housing Culture Trail takes visitors through homes as diverse as the Ruhr Valley itself. The trail is part of the Ruhr 2010 European Capital of Culture events.

From: sevenload on Wed, Aug 18 2010 7:20 PM

British sculptor Antony Gormley’s latest project involves 100 iron figures dotted around over 150 square kilometres (58 square miles) of the Austrian Alps. "Horizon Field" has taken five years to prepare, and now all the figures are in place.

From: sevenload on Wed, Aug 18 2010 7:19 PM

Animal rights activists are celebrating the ban on bullfighting in Catalonia, the first place in mainland Spain to ban the event. They say it’s just the beginning, but fans and some conservative politicians beg to differ.

From: sevenload on Wed, Aug 18 2010 7:18 PM

"Selters" is synonymous with mineral or seltzer water in Germany. The name comes from a village in the Taunus Mountains, north of Frankfurt, which started exporting water in the late 16th century.

From: sevenload on Wed, Aug 18 2010 7:17 PM

Beekeeping isn’t just a rural pastime - it's also a growing trend in urban centers. The German capital Berlin is home to an estimated 2,500 bee colonies. From city rooftops to garden plots, honeybees are right at home in the heart of the city. And honey "made in Berlin" is gaining quite a r...

From: sevenload on Wed, Aug 18 2010 7:16 PM

Real gelato is an art form, and many are eager to learn the craft. Ice cream machine maker Carpigiani has launched a Gelato University at its headquarters in Bologna, to teach would-be owners of ice cream parlors the secrets of the trade.

From: sevenload on Wed, Aug 18 2010 7:15 PM

Dresden’s art collections and architecture, both baroque and Mediterranean in style, continue to draw visitors to this eastern German city.

From: sevenload on Wed, Aug 18 2010 7:14 PM

French free diver Guillaume Nery’s latest underwater journey has gone viral. A four-minute film on YouTube, in which the 28-year-old plunges into Dean's Blue Hole in the Bahamas, has more than 5.4 million views.

From: sevenload on Wed, Aug 18 2010 7:13 PM

Many Britons are couch potatoes – obesity is a growing problem. The government is encouraging participation in dance classes to help people drop the pounds.

From: sevenload on Wed, Aug 18 2010 7:12 PM

Two young musicians, a Serb and a Kosovar Albanian, overcome the traumatic experiences of the Kosovo conflict with a musical cooperation, resulting in a joint concert in Berlin.

From: sevenload on Wed, Aug 18 2010 7:11 PM

Michael Court is a fashion student in Germany but he’s already won a coveted prize - the 2010 European design award. Court's designs, which are reminiscent of Japanese calligraphy, are now being featured at a Hamburg theater as part of a dance production.

From: sevenload on Wed, Aug 18 2010 7:10 PM

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