The Local Germany

Will next Sunday's switch to winter time be the last?

Wed, 24 Oct 2018 17:25:02 +0200

The EU Commission is set to push through proposals to scrap seasonal time changes, or at least to let each EU state decide how it wants to run its own time. Could the result be a mixed patchwork of time zones?

Survey: Majority of Germans want to abolish clock changes

Mon, 22 Oct 2018 11:54:32 +0200

The clocks will go back one hour this weekend. But a new survey has found more than 80 percent of Germans are in favour of abolishing Daylight Saving Time (DST).

EU aims to scrap turning the clocks back for winter

Fri, 31 Aug 2018 14:30:04 +0200

The President of the EU Commission has announced his plan to abolish the changing of the clocks after an online survey showed that Europeans are in favour of staying permanently on "summer time".

Is turning clocks back all a waste of time?

Fri, 23 Oct 2015 12:54:24 +0200

On Sunday Germany turns its clocks back to mark the end of Central European Summer Time. It's a tradition that's been part of German calendars for the past 25 years - but does it do us any good?

Seehofer: I slept through Merkel phone call

Fri, 04 Apr 2014 12:12:00 +0200

The clocks moving forward on Sunday caught out one of Germany’s top politicians who slept through a telephone appointment with Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Clocks go forward: spring stays back

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 18:20:00 +0100

Summer is coming, but only in name. Clocks go forward an hour at 2 am on Sunday, depriving Germans of 60 minutes of sleep but also treating them to an extra hour of daylight to enjoy crunching through the unseasonable snow on Easter Day.

Cuckoo clocks: kitsch, colourful and cheerful

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:23:00 +0200

The sandstone cliffs surrounding Triberg should have holes in them from which large wooden birds spring each hour, for the town is the heart of Germany’s cuckoo clock industry. Kate Hairsine investigated.

Summer time begins amid safety warnings

Sat, 26 Mar 2011 15:53:00 +0100

The clocks will be moved forward an hour on Saturday night to mark the beginning of daylight saving time. Drivers are being warned to expect a higher chance of wildlife accidents on country roads.

Daylight saving time ends Saturday night

Sat, 30 Oct 2010 16:32:00 +0200

The nights will draw in sooner as of Sunday, as clocks get turned back by one hour at 3am Saturday night.

Clocks go back amid rising winter-time discontent

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:57:00 +0200

The clocks will be turned back one hour in the night from Saturday to Sunday, with more and more young people baffled about the purpose and annoyed by the consequences of daylight savings time. The Free Democrats have even made it a political issue.