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June 3rd is the World Day of the Bicycle. With this the UN pay tribute to the "uniqueness, longevity and versatility of the bicycle". For two centuries it has been a „simple, affordable, reliable, clean and environmentally fit sustainable means of transportation“.
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He is the most famous and successful living mountaineer in the world. He is also an author, adventurer, philosopher, museum founder and masterful marketer of himself: Reinhold Messner. The South Tyrolean celebrates his 80th birthday on 17 September 2024.
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The Olympic Games are the biggest sporting event in the world - more precisely: the Summer Olympics. Every four years, athletes from all over the world come together for prestigious competitions. On 26 July 2024, it will be time again: the 33rd Olympics of the modern era (since 1896) will begin in Paris.
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The European Football Championship starts on 11 June. It is a special tournament: it was supposed to take place in 2020, but had to be postponed because of the pandemic. For the first time, it will not take place in one or two host countries, but in eleven cities across the continent.
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Unfortunately, the Strandkorb still is the beach holiday gadget of the season. Because if you sit in it on the beach, you can be sure to keep the minimum distance required by Corona saftey regulations. Recently, the beach chair has also come into fashion as Covid-compliant concert seating. And it is undergoing constant technical development.
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Sledges have been known as a means of transport for thousands of years, especially in snowy regions. In the 19th century, „rodeln“ was discovered as a leisure activity as part of the emerging Alpine tourism. As its popularity grew, more and more new variants of sledges emerged.
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Without him, we would not know today that the ball is round and that a match lasts 90 minutes: Josef "Sepp" Herberger. The 125th anniversary of the football philosopher's birth is on 28 March.
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Not only in this hot early summer 2019 we started to sweat a lot. For example, sporting activities are also sweaty matters with which a little desired body odour can be associated. Deodorants, or "antiperspirants and deodorants", have become an integral part of the repertoire of our personal care products. Perhaps less known: Even though the odour problems associated with sweating have been known for thousands of years, deodorant is still being developed and patented.
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It is now 50 years since Munich hosted the Summer Olympics. The buildings for this major event still leave their mark on the city today. Several congenial contributions turned the site of the 1972 Olympics into a unique synthesis of the arts.
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Last updated: 28 May 2025
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