Traveling abroad: there’s nothing quite like it for relaxing and practicing a language other than your own. But it’s also an opportunity to familiarize yourself with a country’s culture—and, as part of that culture, with its media. Today, as part of your language study trip to Germany, LEC invites you to take a closer look at one of the most well-known newspapers across the Rhine: Die Welt.
The German equivalent of the newspaper Le Monde
If the name *Die Welt* sounds vaguely familiar to you, it’s because it’s the literal German translation of the name of one of France’s most renowned daily newspapers: *Le Monde*. During your language study trip to Germany, LEC invites you to browse through this daily newspaper, which was founded in Hamburg in 1946.
A language study trip to Germany to improve your skills with *Die Welt*
In the aftermath of World War II, this conservative newspaper was controlled by the British government through its occupation forces. In 1948, the newspaper launched its Sunday edition, called *Welt am Sonntag* —if you can’t figure out how to translate that, then LEC definitely recommends a language study trip to Germany !
A newspaper distributed in more than 130 countries around the world
Die Welt has been owned by the Axel Springer Group since 1953 and moved to Bonn in 1972. Along with the Süddeutsche Zeitung and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Die Welt is one of Germany’s three largest daily newspapers. Read in more than 130 countries, the newspaper has a circulation of some 209,000 copies: it’s hard to miss during your language study trip to Germany…