The Local Germany

Viral half-baked breakup story faked

Tue, 23 Jun 2015 13:52:28 +0200

A recent story about a messy breakup ending in a man sawing his wife's possessions in half and putting them on Ebay took the internet by storm. It turns out none of it was real, as a German legal magazine set up the whole thing as an advertising ploy.

'Sex Atlas' reveals Germany's hottest states

Tue, 16 Jun 2015 13:49:30 +0200

People in Hamburg and Lower Saxony are having more sex than anyone else in Germany, according to a survey released by dating website Elite Partner.

Germans look for love on the 'Flirt Express' speed dating train

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:00:00 +0100

Not put off by the bad luck omens, 60 German singles gathered on Friday the 13th on platform 13 in Berlin's Potsdamer Platz station for a Valentine's Eve speed-dating party with a difference, AFP's Richard Carter reports.

German men are more romantic than their lady friends

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:09:00 +0100

German men are more romantic and say "I love you" more often than their female counterparts, according to a poll released by Reader’s Digest on Tuesday.