
The Eerie Origins of Halloween
Second to Christmas, Halloween is one of the most anticipated holidays in many countries around the ...

How To Talk About Tech And The Internet In Dutch
When you’re learning a new language, the dream is usually to interact with people in person. F...

The Top 5 Reasons To Learn Polish
There are languages one learns because it makes geographical sense, connecting you to your neighbors...

The 7 Best Films For Learning Portuguese
When people talk about learning a language, they far too often focus entirely on the rote memorizati...

How To Talk About Family In German
Family is a huge part of, really, every culture in the world. But if you’re learning to talk a...

The 8 Foreign-Language Songs That Have Topped The US Charts
If you go to another country and turn on the radio, you’ll stumble on an English song pretty quick...

The Top 5 Reasons To Learn Norwegian
Admittedly, the case for learning Norwegian is hardly a numbers game. Norway is the only country whe...

Should You Engage In PDA In Other Countries?
A smooch is just a smooch — until, of course, it lands you in jail. No, this isn’t going to ...

4 Reasons Why 10 Million People Chose To Learn A New Language With Babbel
The Babbel language learning app finished out 2020 with a bang, and for once this year, the news was...

What Are Fossil Words, And What Are Some Examples?
Words, like any living things, are born and can die. Well, “die” might not be the most a...

The 8 Best Films For Learning Norwegian
It might seem too easy to say that watching a movie in your learning language counts as studying, bu...

Un Día En Español 5: Surprise At The CN Tower
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Un Día En Español 6: Fake Wedding In Montevideo
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“Sie” And “Du”: How To Use Them And Avoid A German Faux Pas
A few years ago, on the eve of a trip from Berlin to Bavaria to meet my boyfriend’s four grandpare...

How To Talk About Family In Norwegian
Norwegian culture is like pretty much every other culture in the sense that family is a pretty big d...

The Top 5 Reasons To Learn Turkish
Turkish is a fascinating language, even though it’s not necessarily an obvious choice for seco...

Un Día En Español 7: ‘Taking’ The Subway In Buenos Aires
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Hospitality Customs Around The World
Receiving guests is a time-honored tradition in virtually every part of the world. Many cultures hav...

How To Talk About Family In Indonesian
If you’re studying the language in any capacity, it certainly wouldn’t hurt to learn ho...

The Story Of How International Women’s Day Reached Global Proportions
In March, we celebrate International Women’s Day. This is one of those routine observances tha...

The History Of The Grammy Award For Best Global Music Album
The Grammys are the pre-eminent awards for recording artists in the United States. Each year, they r...

How Many People Speak English, And Where Is It Spoken?
English is the most-spoken language in the world, and it can be found spread far and wide. While the...

How To Say Goodbye In Polish
There’s a saying in Polish that means “Never greet someone across a threshold” —...

Why The Swedish ‘Mys’ Is A Must In Your Vocabulary
Assuming you caught wind of the hygge craze in the English-speaking world, then it probably didnR...

Vintage Spanish Words For Passionate Readers
If you’ve ever decided to read a few “classic” Spanish books in your free time, you mi...

Book Boats: How Floating Libraries Make Language More Accessible
As writers at Babbel, we love to read and accentuate the importance of books being accessible to ev...

How I Learned Teeline Shorthand
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a notepad, pen and a spare pair of underwear are the thr...

8 German Phrases Native Speakers Never Actually Use
You might already know that the English language is related to German. This may have led you to thin...

What Are The 10 Most Spoken Languages In Europe?
Europe can be a tricky thing to define. According to the Ancient Greeks, Europa was the beautiful pr...

20 Swiss French Expressions To Know Before Visiting Switzerland
Did you know that around two million people in Switzerland are French speakers? For the most part, t...