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Vancouver Christmas Market celebrates 15 years at Jack Poole Plaza Nov 13-Dec 24. Authentic German village with food, drinks, gifts & entertainment.

Free screening of award-winning Swiss film Frieda's Case at UBC Oct 16. Historical drama + Q&A with experts. Pizza served. Register now!

Lufthansa celebrates 100 years with special crane livery on Boeing 787. Discover the airline's journey from 1926 to becoming a global aviation leader.

From Kennedy's "I am a Berliner" to bureaucratic blunder: How the Berlin Wall fell and sparked Germany's biggest construction transformation.

Discover Deutscher Platz, one of only 3 surviving Expo 86 cultural plazas. Explore Vancouver's German heritage & Grace McCarthy's multicultural vision.

Experience Vancouver's premier Oktoberfest at Harvest Haus PNE. Authentic German beer hall, traditional food, live music Sept 26-27 (Calgary) & Oct 3-4 (Vancouver).

German cinema shines at VIFF 2025 with Köln 75, Christian Petzold's Miroirs No. 3, and Late Shift. October 2-12 in Vancouver - discover now!