https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed From late spring, Germany will see the launch of new direct trains from Dresden, Berlin and Hamburg to the Danish capital. https://www.thelocal.de/20260420/new-direct-trains-from-germany-to-copenhagen-to-launch-this-spring Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:52:00 +0200 new-direct-trains-from-germany-to-copenhagen-to-launch-this-spring These dominos aren't meant to be played with, but rather enjoyed as a Christmas sweet. https://www.thelocal.de/20191203/german-advent-word-of-the-day-der-dominostein Tue, 03 Dec 2019 06:54:46 +0100 german-advent-word-of-the-day-der-dominostein An upgraded historic railroad set to open in December will shorten the time it takes to reach BER airport from central Berlin, and provide more links to Dresden. https://www.thelocal.de/20250819/dresdner-bahn-new-rail-connection-to-cut-travel-time-to-berlin-airport Tue, 19 Aug 2025 18:56:58 +0200 dresdner-bahn-new-rail-connection-to-cut-travel-time-to-berlin-airport Large parts of Dresden's old town were evacuated on Wednesday as experts sought to defuse an unexploded World War II bomb found during clearance work for a collapsed bridge. https://www.thelocal.de/20250806/thousands-evacuated-from-dresdens-city-centre-for-wwii-bomb-defusal Wed, 06 Aug 2025 15:20:15 +0200 thousands-evacuated-from-dresdens-city-centre-for-wwii-bomb-defusal Many foreigners in Germany may think of Dresden primarily as a hub for far-right politics, or for its bombing during World War II, but there’s more to the Saxon capital. https://www.thelocal.de/20250728/five-surprising-things-about-dresden-a-gem-on-the-elbe-river Mon, 28 Jul 2025 18:17:58 +0200 five-surprising-things-about-dresden-a-gem-on-the-elbe-river Residents within a kilometre radius were evacuated Thursday morning after a large undetonated bomb was found in the centre of Dresden during construction work on a bridge. https://www.thelocal.de/20250109/thousands-evacuated-in-dresden-after-wwii-bomb-discovered Thu, 09 Jan 2025 10:53:40 +0100 thousands-evacuated-in-dresden-after-wwii-bomb-discovered After a bridge collapsed in the eastern German city of Dresden, experts say it's a wake-up call to sort out the county's ailing infrastructure. How bad is the situation? https://www.thelocal.de/20240912/how-safe-are-bridges-in-germany Thu, 12 Sep 2024 12:46:48 +0200 how-safe-are-bridges-in-germany A bridge partially collapsed in the eastern German city of Dresden early on Wednesday, with authorities saying no one was injured but that there was a risk of further sections crumbling. https://www.thelocal.de/20240911/bridge-partially-collapses-in-germanys-dresden Wed, 11 Sep 2024 10:01:17 +0200 bridge-partially-collapses-in-germanys-dresden German police said Tuesday they have arrested one of two fugitive twin brothers from the so-called Remmo clan wanted over their suspected role in snatching priceless jewels from a museum in the city of Dresden. https://www.thelocal.de/20201215/german-police-arrest-fugitive-twin-over-museum-heist Tue, 15 Dec 2020 12:11:33 +0100 german-police-arrest-fugitive-twin-over-museum-heist German police on Tuesday arrested three suspects over a spectacular heist a year ago in which more than a dozen diamond-encrusted items were snatched from a state museum in Dresden. https://www.thelocal.de/20201117/three-arrested-for-spectacular-dresden-museum-heist-police Tue, 17 Nov 2020 09:53:57 +0100 three-arrested-for-spectacular-dresden-museum-heist-police Alleged supporters of a far-right militant group went on trial in Germany on Monday accused of taking part in attacks against officials, refugees and anti-fascist activists. https://www.thelocal.de/20200907/alleged-anti-refugee-militants-go-on-trial-in-germany Mon, 07 Sep 2020 19:32:45 +0200 alleged-anti-refugee-militants-go-on-trial-in-germany A visit to Dresden is to constantly be amazed at what glorious things are there — and also looking around in near constant disbelief that so many elegant buildings could have been built so recently. https://www.thelocal.de/20190913/weekend-wanderlust-dresden-enchants-with-old-and-new Fri, 13 Sep 2019 16:41:39 +0200 weekend-wanderlust-dresden-enchants-with-old-and-new President Frank-Walter Steinmeier urged Germans to "defend democracy" on the 75th anniversary of the destruction of Dresden in World War II on Thursday, as the emboldened far right rattles the political establishment. https://www.thelocal.de/20200213/germans-urged-to-defend-democracy-75-years-after-dresdens-wwii-bombing Thu, 13 Feb 2020 17:34:01 +0100 germans-urged-to-defend-democracy-75-years-after-dresdens-wwii-bombing The destruction of Dresden in 1945 is still deeply rooted in Germany's memory. Even 75 years later, the struggle for neutral interpretation remains, and Neo-Nazis want to turn guilt to innocence. https://www.thelocal.de/20200211/germany-ruminates-75-years-after-dresdens-destruction Tue, 11 Feb 2020 16:17:21 +0100 germany-ruminates-75-years-after-dresdens-destruction The bombing of Dresden in 1945 was widely seen as retaliation for what happened in Coventry in the UK five years earlier. Since then, close links have been forged between the two. https://www.thelocal.de/20200213/heal-the-wounds-of-history-dresden-and-twin-city-remember-75-years-since-bombing Thu, 13 Feb 2020 10:24:31 +0100 heal-the-wounds-of-history-dresden-and-twin-city-remember-75-years-since-bombing Foreign Minister Heiko Maas warned on Sunday that Jews could leave Germany on a "massive" scale if urgent action was not taken to stem rising anti-Semitism. https://www.thelocal.de/20200126/germany-fears-mass-exit-of-jews-if-hatred-persists Sun, 26 Jan 2020 19:41:06 +0100 germany-fears-mass-exit-of-jews-if-hatred-persists A bus driver in Dresden sparked outrage after placing a sign on the door of his vehicle that said: “This bus is driven by a German driver." https://www.thelocal.de/20191217/this-bus-is-driven-by-a-german-outrage-over-anti-foreigner-sign-in-dresden Tue, 17 Dec 2019 13:19:18 +0100 this-bus-is-driven-by-a-german-outrage-over-anti-foreigner-sign-in-dresden Police have received 516 tip-offs following the burglary at the Green Vault in Dresden on November 25th, amid calls for greater security in the art world. https://www.thelocal.de/20191203/dresden-police-receive-over-500-hints-for-stolen-jewellery Tue, 03 Dec 2019 17:29:17 +0100 dresden-police-receive-over-500-hints-for-stolen-jewellery Investigators in Germany on Thursday offered a half-a-million-euro reward for information about the spectacular heist in which robbers snatched priceless diamonds from a state museum in Dresden. https://www.thelocal.de/20191128/dresden-museum-heist-police-offer-500k-reward-for-stolen-jewels Thu, 28 Nov 2019 18:14:25 +0100 dresden-museum-heist-police-offer-500k-reward-for-stolen-jewels A 49-carat diamond which analysts estimate to be worth up to $12 million was among over a dozen jewel-encrusted items snatched from a German state museum in a spectacular heist, the museum confirmed Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20191127/german-museum-confirms-49-carat-diamond-among-heist-haul Wed, 27 Nov 2019 18:49:34 +0100 german-museum-confirms-49-carat-diamond-among-heist-haul