German Newspapers

Sorry, I have searched for this but couldn't find anything. What's a good German newspaper to read, that's a bit left-wing....so the German equivalent of the Guardian? A link to their homepage would be brilliant!

Reply 1

Titaniyum

Ich würde Die Welt empfehlen :smile:

www.diewelt.de

Reply 2

hobnob

Titaniyum

Ich würde Die Welt empfehlen :smile:

www.diewelt.de

That one's hardly left-wing, though... I'd suggest Frankfurter Rundschau or Die Zeit.

Reply 3

friendsfanatic

die Welt, die Zeit, die Süddeutsche Zeitung

Reply 4

friendsfanatic

die Welt, die Zeit, die Süddeutsche Zeitung

I don't know if these are left-wing are what - but they're sort of well respected papers

Reply 5

Titaniyum

hobnob

That one's hardly left-wing, though... I'd suggest Frankfurter Rundschau or Die Zeit.

Meh, didn't really have a clue as to how you'd class it but I find it a good one to read from time to time.

Reply 6

rottcodd

Thanks very much everyone :smile:

Reply 7

hobnob

Titaniyum

Meh, didn't really have a clue as to how you'd class it but I find it a good one to read from time to time.

Sorry, I didn't mean to imply it wasn't worth reading. All papers mentioned so far are well-respected, actually - it's just that Die Welt in particular has a bit of a reputation for being conservative to right-wing. Süddeutsche isn't exactly left-wing, but I'd say it's still less conservative than Die Welt. The closest equivalent to the Guardian would probably be Die Zeit, though (although it isn't a daily newspaper).

Reply 8

LoveEng

I'd say try to read "Spiegel", "Zeit" and "TAZ" (Tageszeitung.)

Reply 9

james99

I recommend tageschau (tageschau.de) - it's not a newspaper but they have excellent video news on their website, including daily podcasts you can download.