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 German researchers hope to one day help bring the devastated Syrian city back to life by creating a super-detailed map of the old city and its treasures, long listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. https://www.thelocal.de/20170526/german-map-project-to-aid-future-rebirth-of-aleppo Fri, 26 May 2017 19:28:41 +0200 german-map-project-to-aid-future-rebirth-of-aleppo You might want to avoid Bavaria if snoring bothers you, and beware that your Hamburg roommate may prefer to snooze in the buff. This report shows you where Germans sleep the best. https://www.thelocal.de/20170523/map-shows-where-to-get-the-best-nights-sleep-in-germany Tue, 23 May 2017 16:29:41 +0200 map-shows-where-to-get-the-best-nights-sleep-in-germany A Berlin web developer has come up with a creative way of helping people understand the extent of the destruction that has hit the city of Aleppo in the ongoing Syrian civil war. https://www.thelocal.de/20170424/this-map-of-berlin-will-show-you-how-badly-aleppo-has-been-destroyed Mon, 24 Apr 2017 18:59:55 +0200 this-map-of-berlin-will-show-you-how-badly-aleppo-has-been-destroyed The German government agreed on new rules on Wednesday to speed up deportations of rejected asylum seekers. This map shows that over a quarter of failed asylum seekers who haven't been sent home live in one state. https://www.thelocal.de/20170222/these-are-the-german-states-with-most-people-waiting-to-be-deported Wed, 22 Feb 2017 14:14:33 +0100 these-are-the-german-states-with-most-people-waiting-to-be-deported A new interactive map allows users to travel back in time to 1953 and get a glimpse of the German capital still without a wall, and still devastated by the Second World War. https://www.thelocal.de/20161129/what-did-your-berlin-home-look-like-after-wwii Tue, 29 Nov 2016 15:23:39 +0100 what-did-your-berlin-home-look-like-after-wwii