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Wolfgang Wulf is seen during the harvest of reed in Barth, Northern Germany, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009. Reed is used in northern Germany as an traditional roofing material.This Indian long-eared goat could be excused for being less than happy with the icy temperatures at its current home at the Friedrichsfelde animal park in Berlin. Coming from warmer climes, no one would blame the goat for dreaming of home. But as the icy snap bites even harder in the German capital, this cheerful animal seems quite content. Mind you, if you had 20 centimeter long, hairy ears which act as a built-in hat and scarf, you might be just as comfortable in sub-zero temperatures.A handmade paper boat sits frozen in a river in Germany on Tuesday, January 6, 2009. Temperatures in the east of the country were reportedly as low as minus 20 degrees centigrade in the early hours of the day. The cold snap is expected to spread west across Europe in the coming days.Heavy snow fall throughout Germany led to chaos on the <i> Autobahnen </i> on Monday, Jan. 5. So much for those high speed limits.With the Bavarian mountains as a backdrop, horse breeders run their working horses in a rural sleigh racing competition at Elbach, southern Germany, on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009. Klaus Dieter Lenz and his four Siberian huskies take part in a dog-sled race near Hasselfelde, central Germany, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. While Germans in most parts of the country were disappointed if they hoped for a white Christmas, they just had to wait a week or so for a chance to wander through a real winter wonderland. Snow is covering many parts of the country as cold weather has descended, often bringing the white stuff with it. Here, strollers make their way through the Black Forest on Friday, Jan. 2, 2009. The mist has frozen and covered the trees. Beginning next week, temperatures as low as -20 degrees C (-4 degrees F) are predicted for northern and eastern Germany. Fireworks lit the sky above the Quadriga at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin shortly after midnight, greeting the New Year on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. One million people braved sub-zero temperatures to celebrate the start of the New Year at the historical landmark in the German capital. Security was tight at the event, which was the 20th New Year celebration since the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall reunited the once-divided city. A broad avenue ending at the Brandenburg Gate, a triumphal arch built by the Kings of Prussia, was cordoned off and the revellers were barred from bringing their own bottles of wine or fireworks. Instead they were treated to a 10-minute-long public fireworks show with rockets and flares filling the sky, while musicians who had earlier warmed up the crowd in the freezing cold gathered on stage to lead the cheers.The Chinese might be ringing in the year of the ox in a few weeks time, but pigs -- even cute Chinese Meishan piglets like these two at Berlin's Tierpark zoo -- are always a symbol of good luck in Germany. <p> <b>The DW-WORLD.DE team wishes you a peaceful New Year's Eve and a happy and prosperous New Year 2009!Leon, the little guy peeking through the giant pretzel at his father's bakery in the southwestern German town of Freiburg on Tuesday, Dec. 30, still has to wait a day before he gets to dig his teeth in: The so-called New Year's Pretzel, a southern German tradition, is usually eaten at the start of the new year in the hope that it will make things The last few days of the year are a time for many places to check their inventory -- including Hamburg's Zoo Hagenbeck, which had divers enter a giant fish tank on Monday, Dec. 29, to attempt to measure this rather impressive shark.You might recall this picture of the world's leaders getting cozy in what's likely the world's largest beach chair during the G8 summit in the German Baltic Sea resort of Heiligendamm on June 7, 2008. While there's clearly no need for beach chairs along Germany's coastline any time soon, lovers of the uniquely German piece of furniture will be sad to hear that the company that produced the chair, Heringsdorfer Korb, is bankrupt, according to news reports on Monday, Dec. 29. The firm employs some 40 people and claims to be the oldest beach chair producer -- unfortunately for not much longer.
 

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