Sometimes cynical, usually critical, and generally the intellectual weekly of record, .
The Berlin and national leftist daily, DieTAZ, is here, as is Berlin's "paper of record" (though not necessarily its best paper), . Click here for other Berlin papers and media outlets.

 For those of you who like their news "lite," there's always , the USA Today of German mags.
And lighter still, but also more sensationalist and right-wing (and therefore important to keep an eye on) is the .Makes the National Inquirer look like responsible journalism, but still, it is among the most popular periodicals in Germany. Find out why.

These and more European periodicals can be found at Newspaper Services on the Internet. For a smaller, but sometimes different link, click on Newspapers from Alberta, Canada.

Are "women's" magazines all about clothes, make up, and recipes?  Well, a lot of them are.  Brigitte is, too, but not only.  This very popular German women's magazine has enough interesting similarities and differences to its American counterparts to make it worth a look.  And, yes, you can find a recipe for Apfelstrudel if you really want to.

See the most-watched German TV news programs, Tagesschau and Tagesthemen.

Deutsche Welle news , good for daily exposure to national news.

A German satellite network's site, the site for a German sci-fi show has download able wav and realplayer files.

A Site for Bayerisch Rundfunk German TV news, with more download able realplayer files.

A site with some german chat rooms (good for that intersemester non-german class taking time.)

Germany's most popular soap opera,  has its own web page.  Take a look, and don't forget your hankie!

The X-Files is an international success.  Here's proof of how culture crosses borders, and an opportunity for you sci-fi types to practice your German, at the German X-Files site.

 The Berlin Film Festival, the Berlinale, has its own web site for this event each February.

Locally, many interesting films, some of which are from German-speaking countries, can be seen at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.  Click here for the schedule.

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