This year’s last blog is going to be a different one (compared to the last years). I don’t really want to repeat the cool people who passed away or how the German (automotive) industry is crashing. And everyone can read about Trump on a daily basis – no need to give him another stage. Not to mention the useless and unnecessary wars.
This last blog is about the country I was born in, the country I’m currently living in – Germany.
2026 is about hope. Hoping to bring this country in the right direction again. 2026 might become a year of decisions. Who knows! We will see.
Germany may not be a big country, but a great one. Germany is famous for world-class engineering, rich cultural heritage. Germany remains the largest economy in the European Union and is a global leader in sustainability, boasting the world’s highest recycling rate.
Germany is the birthplace of the modern automobile and home to prestigious brands known for precision and quality. Brands like Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, and Porsche are made in Germany. Speaking of which, the German Autobahn is famous for stretches with no general speed limit, attracting driving enthusiasts worldwide.
Inventions: Many everyday technologies originated here, including the printing press, the MP3 format, X-rays, and the Christmas tree 🎄
Germany is famous for its beer, home to over 1,500 breweries (plus the Turley Brew) and 5,000 brands. The 500-year-old Beer Purity Law (Reinheitsgebot) ensures quality by restricting ingredients to water, hops, barley, and yeast.
Bread & Sausages: Germany produces more than 3,000 types of bread and over 1,200 types of sausage (Wurst), including the popular Currywurst.
The Oktoberfest is held in Munich. It is the world’s largest beer festival, drawing nearly 7 million visitors annually 🍻
The country features diverse scenery ranging from the northern coasts to the southern Alps. There are over 20,000 castles, Neuschwanstein Castle 🏰 being the most famous, allegedly serving as the inspiration for Disney’s Sleeping Beauty Castle.
The Berlin Wall & Brandenburg Gate are symbols of the Cold War and German reunification located in the capital. The Black Forest (Schwarzwald), renowned for its dense evergreens, cuckoo clocks, and Black Forest gateau 🎂
And how about the Christmas Markets which are famous worldwide for their festive atmosphere, traditional crafts, and mulled wine (Glühwein).
Germany is known as the “Land of Poets and Thinkers”(Das Land der Dichter und Denker) and Classical Music: birthplace of legendary composers such as Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, and Wagner. We also know Philosophy & Science: home to influential figures like Albert Einstein, Immanuel Kant, and Friedrich Nietzsche.
Germany is not so bad in soccer either: A powerhouse in sports, with a national team that has won four World Cups and three European Championships.
But what is happening? Did we loose our pioneering mood? Our appetite thriving for the best? Thriving for anything? Our willingness to make decisions? Most of our politicians are old and their ideas, if there are any, are old and dusty, too! Managers don’t decide anymore or too late…
Germany, it’s time to wake up! I still believe we have everything it needs to bring the country up to speed again: great people, great minds, great ideas, great spirit, we got heroes, and we got the European Union.
What we don’t need is FIFA handing over peace prices (WTF). We don’t need this kind of living in crazy times in which everything is linked and connected: despite the wars in Ukraine and Gaza being local, the whole world is affected. The Russians falling over Ukraine, increasing the price for bread in Africa and at the same time the price for petrol in India is at its lowest?! Because Israel is attacking Gaza, anti-semitic attacks in Germany are increasing and the New York Columbia university has to pray for continues financing. The Chinese are stopping chip deliveries because of trouble in The Netherlands and that’s why the German OEMs like BMW, VW and Mercedes production lines are stopped. I mean, can the world 🌎 become more complex? More nuts? More fuxxed up?
Yes it can! Hello AI! Artificial intelligence started putting our world picture upside down. And it’s getting more powerful.
And guess what: all those problems are man made. Man made! The good news: if it was created by us humans we should be able to stop it! It needs some good decisions! It’s worth it. It’s about all or nothing.
Being hopeful and wishing for world peace, less power hungry politicians, wishing for people focusing reaching a clear goal to make the world a better place! 💫
We need courage, bravery, guts, and a lot of energy for 2026!
Have a wonderful New Year’s Eve – wishing you and me and us a lot of optimism for the new year!
2026, here we come! 🎆
Stuttgart547 