Salon für Grundsatzfragen: Stadt vs. Land - Über ein schwieriges Verhältnis

In the organizer's words:

In the countryside, everything is harmonious and close to nature like Heidi? And in the city there is a daily battle on the streets and fine dust replaces the air we breathe? Or to put it another way: outside the city there is only boredom, inside there is always something going on?

Most of us go around with these or similar clichés, no matter where we live. But how well do city and country dwellers in Germany actually get on? Are we more similar than we think, or does our living space influence our thoughts more than we would like to admit? And why are more people in western Germany moving back to the countryside, while rural exodus still prevails in eastern Germany?

Our guests look for possible answers to these questions in the Salon für Grundsatzfragen and provide insights into the often complicated relationship between city and countryside.

With: Marc Redepenning (cultural geographer) and Juliane Stückrad (ethnologist)