Once a haven for pilgrims and nobles, temple stays now allow tourists to escape Japan's bustling cities and experience life like a monk with Buddhist cuisine and meditation
Palme d'Or-winning "Triangle of Sadness" is among the works vying for the 35th European Film Awards. Here are the European Film Academy's nominations
The East German regime nurtured an educated and well-read society — but literature was heavily censored. A look at the bookshelves of the GDR
Obituaries, funeral services, grave maintenance fees: Germany has an array of laws and traditions when it comes to death and burial. But new trends are bringing change
Attacks on priceless artworks and a tragic cycling accident has the public debating whether, and how, more extreme climate protests should be punished
In this episode of DW Festival Concert with Cristina Burack, we listen to pieces composed during the Romantic era – the second half of the 19th century
France's most prestigious literary prize — the Prix Goncourt 2022 — goes to Brigitte Giraud for her book "Vivre vite"
At the "Recreatrales" festival in Burkina Faso, numerous plays stimulate debate on the terrorism and violence the country struggles with while also making theater accessible for all
The park dives into the universe of Studio Ghibli's successful animated films like "Spirited Away" and "Howl's Moving Castle." When it opened its doors on November 1, DW was there to take it all in
Gunter Demnig has laid down almost 95,000 brass-plated stumbling stones in 31 countries so that the victims of the Holocaust are never forgotten