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Beginning January 29, 2010, the true story of two alpinists pressured by Nazi propaganda, attempting ascent of the North Face of the Eiger, will be playing at select venues throughout the U.S. For details and tour dates, visit the film’s official site.
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In Germany bicycles are subject to the same street laws as motor vehicles, so when Christopher-Felix Hahn, a college student in Gießen, was pulled over on his bicycle for blowing three times the legal drinking limit he should not have been surprised that there would be consequences. Now, around the… Read the rest

If this doesn’t make your day, I don’t know what will. The best part about it is that I’m pretty sure this vid is not a spoof… in other words, these German bike loving rappers are the real deal. At least I hope so!… Read the rest

Check out this footage of a guy flying down the mountain in his kayak and catching some big air.… Read the rest

This week your dose of the sublime comes all the way from the land of wiener schnitzels and beer. And what better way to gear up for another long week of office mundanity than by watching German unicyclist Lutz Eichholz ride his one-wheel along the top of a rail made… Read the rest

During World War II the Nazis did not invade Switzerland. But recently residents of the Swiss alpine region of Appenzell Innerhoden have found themselves threatened by German invaders cut from an entirely different mold: nudists. And the assault was deemed so serious that officials have passed a law making it … Read the rest