When Matthew Gott first came to Dresden, he knew the city only from picturesque shots of historic buildings. 18 month later he spends many evening walking through those pictured streets. Every time Matthew Gott goes for an evening stroll, it feels to him like going back in time as well. No wonder ...[Read more]
As a Finn in Germany Nina Huittinen always understood what people were saying but, initially, she could not answer because she did not speak the language. The resulting frustration became a great motivator to learn German – even though she thought she would never ever use it, when she was ...[Read more]
When Sara Deville and Treewut Rassamegevanon moved to Dresden, they just expected to find excellent conditions for their PhD projects. Eventually, they found much more – they found each other. “The laboratories are open at weekends.” To many people Sara Deville’s answer to the question ‘What’s ...[Read more]
Salar Azizi has been working on his PhD in Dresden since 2013. At the moment the young Iranian researcher is on parental leave – but even in his spare time he notices fluid dynamical processes all around him. The heavy hoot turns many heads around. Only the ducks and swans, swimming at the shore ...[Read more]
Kati Laakso thinks that it’s good to have a goal – no matter if it’s the finishing line of a marathon or the improvement of sustainable methods to detect minerals. The Finnish researcher shows the necessary persistence for both. 42.195 kilometers – that’s the official distance of a marathon. ...[Read more]
Yordan Georgiev lived in Dresden for the first time shortly after the reunification. In the Bulgarian’s opinion the city has developed for the better since then. Rays of sunlight illuminate the trees in a lush green, birds chirp in the background, the forest glade radiates a mellow tranquility – ...[Read more]
When Alina Maria Deac was younger, she wanted to study international relations. She became a physicist instead. As leader of a Helmholtz Young Investigators Group at HZDR she’s now virtually working in both fields. English, French, German, Japanese and, of course, Romanian – Alina Maria Deac can ...[Read more]
After one and a half years in Germany, Garima Singh noticed that there’s only one aspect in her chosen place of residence that’s erratic. “I love that people actually stop, when the traffic lights are red – pedestrians as well as car drivers”, Garima Singh recounts. "In India it’s a bit different ...[Read more]
In Aniruddh Das’s opinion there are certain places that can one make feel special. For the young Indian researcher such an area is Dresden’s Altstadt-district. 540.000 inhabitants instead of 16.3 million – compared to a major metropolis like New Delhi Dresden seems almost provincial. However, ...[Read more]
When Elizabeth and Bert Green moved to Dresden, they were just a young couple. Now their already two-year old son is learning German at the day-care. “One of our biggest surprises after arriving in Germany was that the stores are not open on Sundays”, Elizabeth Green, who goes by Liz, recounts. ...[Read more]
