The Local Germany 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 How a German ’racing pigeon’ went viral after speed camera snapshot The German town of Bocholt on the Dutch border has become unexpectedly famous all because of a speedy pigeon. https://www.thelocal.de/20190509/german-racing-pigeon-goes-viral-after-being-snapped-by-speed-camera Thu, 09 May 2019 11:54:46 +0200 german-racing-pigeon-goes-viral-after-being-snapped-by-speed-camera German observatory goes viral after Star Wars re-styling A German professor has brought international attention to Zweibrücken in the country’s southwest after repainting an observatory to look like Star Wars robot R2D2. https://www.thelocal.de/20190327/german-observatory-goes-viral-after-star-wars-re-styling Wed, 27 Mar 2019 11:56:22 +0100 german-observatory-goes-viral-after-star-wars-re-styling WATCH: Comic teaches about Ramadan on flying carpet A young comedian hopes his flying carpet stunt can help fight back against stereotypes - by becoming one. https://www.thelocal.de/20160701/watch-comic-uses-flying-carpet-ride-to-teach-about-ramadan Fri, 01 Jul 2016 13:14:58 +0200 watch-comic-uses-flying-carpet-ride-to-teach-about-ramadan Prince cover on Frankfurt train takes musicians viral Two German musicians were giving an impromptu concert in the Frankfurt S-Bahn. But what happened next has seen their video go viral. https://www.thelocal.de/20160418/german-musicians-go-viral-with-prince-cover-on-train Mon, 18 Apr 2016 13:35:07 +0200 german-musicians-go-viral-with-prince-cover-on-train Student's selfie horror short storms the internet A student in Cologne has created a viral sensation with her video about the dangers of taking a selfie in a dark room by yourself... https://www.thelocal.de/20150921/students-selfie-horror-short-storms-the-imternet Mon, 21 Sep 2015 14:13:13 +0200 students-selfie-horror-short-storms-the-imternet Man goes viral with story of girlfriend hating car The rambling musings of a father-to-be on an ad to sell his green Opel Tigra on Ebay (“because girlfriend said so”) have created a new star. Now Opel says they will send him a brand-new vehicle. https://www.thelocal.de/20150220/heartfelt-ebay-ad-makes-star-out-of-seller Fri, 20 Feb 2015 16:09:19 +0100 heartfelt-ebay-ad-makes-star-out-of-seller