by robin | Jul 20, 2015 | art & culture, stories
By David Liu The iconic Trabant, the most common car in East Germany, was manufactured by VEB Sachsenring from 1957 to 1991, Two years after the Berlin Wall fell, the company made the last “Trabi,” marking an end to its 3-million-strong production. Equipped with a...
by robin | Jul 18, 2015 | stories
By Ng Man Kit Harry In 2010, a cross-eyed opossum named Heidi became an international star after a German tabloid featured of photo of the creature. With more than 180,000 Facebook followers and a song named after her, the beloved creature lived until the ripe old...
by robin | Jul 18, 2015 | art & culture, stories
by Steven Wang Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach, who lived in Leipzig, Germany for 27 years and died there, has become the calling card for the city. But 2 kilometers southeast of the Bach Museum and St Thomas Church, where Bach worked, is an inconspicuous...
