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A second life for ATLAS #04
Making intuition pay
Roots, openness, leadership with attitude: a memorable conversation with Heidi Senger-Weiss… View now
A second life for ATLAS #11
Keeping the spirit alive
Said back then, still relevant today: Wolfram Senger-Weiss's thoughts on borders and social coexistence… View now
Second chances for things, people and ideas
We should remember everything
We talk to Austrian writer and storyteller Michael Köhlmeier about second chances… View now
Our project partners share their adventures
Future Talk: From Greenland to Mars
Since 2021, Gebrüder Weiss has been committed to the future of mobility. We work closely with start-ups, organizations and… View now
Frank Haas gives a tour through the history of Gebrüder Weiss
No future without the past – the long journey from Lindau Courier to Mars
With roots going back more than 500 years, Gebrüder Weiss is the oldest transport and logistics company in the world. In his… View now
Dr. Anika Mehlis talks about her work as an analog astronaut
Mobility is key – on Earth and in space
Experts believe that the first person to set foot on Mars could already be in kindergarten. That's why preparations for future… View now
Niklas Marc Heinecke reports on “The Greenland Project“
Unlocking data from ice
Together with an international team of researchers, photographer and adventurer Niklas Marc Heinecke crossed one of the world's… View now
Fun Facts and Curiosities
Living and researching in extreme conditions
What are living conditions like on a space mission? How best to deal with polar bear attack risk? What is the main source of food… View now
The invention of the standard container
Malcom McLean had an unremarkable start to his career. Born a farmer’s son in 1913, after finishing high school… View now
How a small bird inspired Japan’s superfast train
Japan’s Shinkansen bullet trains are a technological marvel – safe, punctual and, of course, very fast. But in the early model… View now
When nature provides
Everyone knows that distinctive ripping sound. It’s the noise you hear when a blood pressure cuff is taken off your arm, when… View now
What has the Just-in-Time principle got to do with a supermarket?
Nothing should go to waste – this was the strict credo of Sakichi Toyoda, who invented the automatic loom in 1902. By developing… View now
From vacation memory to innovative idea
“Ape” is the Italian word for “bee.” It’s also the name of a classic tricycle from Italy. Derived from the Vespa (“was… View now
How a minor mishap changed our roads forever
They say you shouldn’t cry over spilled milk. In the case of Edward N. Hines, however, not only was spilled milk no reason to ge… View now
How a cube revolutionized a Norwegian barn
The Rubik’s Cube is a global phenomenon. However, its inventor – the architect and civil engineer Ernö Rubik – wasn’t eve… View now
The legacy left to all motorists by the “fastest girl on Earth”
Even as a child, Dorothy Levitt had a penchant for speed. She was an accomplished horse rider who strove to go ever faster on… View now
Where do ideas come from?
Sometimes inspiration can be elusive – it seems to happen out of the blue, or not at all. But are we really just… View now
Water
Turn on the tap and out it comes – water. We drink it, we wash with it, we swim in it. Pure water is colorless… View now
Tarpaulins
Truck tarpaulins are robust, durable fabrics made from tear-resistant synthetic fibers. They are secured with metal eyelets and… View now
Cardboard
In many cases, cardboard packaging is made from corrugated cardboard – a brilliant invention inspired by the fashion industry,… View now
Wood
Wood is one of the oldest building materials used by humans. Pallets are a prime example of this renewable material’s efficient… View now
A car with the power of a toaster
The aCentauri Solar Racing team from ETH Zurich recently competed in a race for solar-powered cars. Gebrüder Weiss was… View now
Color
Orange is the perfect indicator color. It is easily visible to the human eye, even in poor light conditions, and is used… View now
Armwrestling
At least his hand doesn't seem to be made of stone. Although yu can never be quite sure with Matthias Schlitte.… View now
Chessboxing
In a song from the 1980s, the Austrian band “Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung” presented itself as a combination of Albert Eins… View now
Cold Water Swimming
Gilly McArthur grew up in northeastern Scotland and was already swimming in the lakes - or lochs as they are known in the country… View now
Space Talk – Mars is closer to us than we think
The Mars mission is a departure into new worlds, a new beginning. At the same time, the person who will first set foot on Mars are… View now
Frank Haas in conversation with Richi Kägi
Paying more attention to food
Richi Kägi has been on the road for 30 years, collecting culinary gems worldwide. In our interview, he talks about locating… View now
Milk Powder
Twenty sheep per person - that was the formula for success in New Zealand 40 years ago. Today, there are only five of these… View now
Tricks of the Trade
Wiener Schnitzel has no peers when it comes to Austria's favorite dish. Its fans all know that its preparation involves severals… View now
Canada
Salmon
Maple syrup? That, too. But when it comes to cooking, Canada is most famous internationally for its bright red, wild salmon… View now
Slovenia
Honey
Slovenski med – written in black on the lids. These words announce that the slim jars are… View now
South Korea
Kimchi
If you want to spice up your life, we recommend kimchi. In South Korean cuisine, fermented cabbage… View now
Why an orange truck drove to the Arctic Circle
Full speed ahead into the future
But how are rockets relevant to the day-to-day operations of a logistics company? For Gebrüder Weiss, there is no doubt: advanced… View now
Rudolf Kiesel
Life behind the wheel
Rudolf Kiesel has a passion for driving trucks. It has enthralled him for almost half a century. In November last year, he took… View now
Why the small town in northern Sweden is worth the trip
Apropos Kiruna
Have you heard of Kiruna? The chilly city in Swedish Lapland only has some 23,000 residents, but it can boast several… View now
Frank Haas
Logistics for outer space
Logistics and space research? How does that fit? Frank Haas, Head of Corporate Brand Strategy & Communications at Gebrüder Weiss… View now
Research rocket launch in Kiruna
Denying gravity
With its delivery to northern Sweden, Gebrüder Weiss facilitated research trials that involved exposure to weightlessness… View now
Stefan Krämer
Home away from home: Kiruna
Stefan Krämer has been working for the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) for seven years. During this period, Kiruna has become… View now
Andreas Bentele
The first timepiece on Mars
The payload of the Maser-15 also included 13 wristwatches from the Swiss manufacturer Fortis. The company is aiming to develop… View now
Alf Vaernéus
Serving human medicine
Alf Vaernéus, a project manager at the SSC, has embraced a worthy cause. In collaboration with researchers from Uppsala Universit… View now
Thomas Heger
No distance too far
Thomas Heger ist Logistikexperte bei Gebrüder Weiss Nürnberg und seit etlichen Jahren für Spezialtransporte verantwortlich… View now
People
Yan, Regional Manager North China
When my daughter was ten, I explained to her that her mother coordinates the transport of goods to and from China… View now
People
Kenny, Key Account Manager, Malaysia
Malaysia is a multiethnic and multicultural country. The official language is Malay but I also speak English, and I communicate… View now
People
Krasimir, Dispatcher for Land Transport, Bulgaria
I live in a tiny village in Bulgaria, in the municipality of Elin Pelin at the foot of the Stara planina mountain. The capital… View now
People
Teodora, Air Freight Forwarder, Bulgaria
I never would have thought I’d end up working in logistics! And I never would have believed I would enjoy it so much. I still li… View now
People
Armine, Sales & Marketing Manager, Armenia
I was born in Yerevan and still live here. What I would like for my country is to see it evolve further and become stronger… View now
People
Miriam, Human Resources Manager, Slovakia
Originally, I wanted to become a nurse. I also take care of people now, but from a human resource department. I hire new employees… View now
People
Elena, Customer Representative, Romania
I work in customer service, where I coordinate home deliveries. In my view, people should always do the work they really love.… View now
People
Teja, Project Manager, Slovenia
Domžale is a pretty little town near Ljubljana that basically has it all. There are numerous cycling and hiking trails.… View now
Menschen
On beads, coffee and tea
Why do the British drink so much tea, whereas Italy is known for espresso? And are so many people in India really IT gurus… View now
People
Brankica, Overseas Transport, North Macedonia
At the university, I majored in the Macedonian language, my mother tongue. We have a saying… View now
People
Vic, Sea Operation Manager, Hong Kong
I live on Tsing Yi, an island just off Hong Kong. I’ve never lived outside of Hong Kong… View now
Paul Senger-Weiss in conversation with Frank Haas
Build something together
Paul Senger-Weiss was born into an old family of millers and merchants… View now
People
Karolyn, Winger Marketing for Gebrüder Weiss, USA
Actually, I had hoped to become a ballerina one day. Yes, really! I even pursued that career for quite some time… View now
Menschen
Robert, Truck Driver, Switzerland
When I first came to Switzerland from Zagreb in 1986, I liked it so much that I stayed put… View now
Mobile medics
The Heart of Australia
Mobile medics in Australia’s remote regions… View now
In conversation with Michael Zankel
A Matter of Perspective
Christina Gasser in conversation with Michael Zankel… View now
Research
No distance too far
Even today, people still conduct research in remote and virtually inaccessible places… View now
Column
Running
The fun runner Alex Raack prefers to go running to clear his head… View now
In conversation with Hermann Höglinger
Three days there, three days back
Hermann Höglinger im Gespräch mit Merlin Herrmann… View now
World trip on bike
Cycling around the world
At the age of 24, Dennis Kailing left his hometown in the German state of Hesse to circumnavigate the globe on a bicycle… View now
Kazakhstan
A blank spot on the New Silk Road
The transcontinental country is not only the world’s largest land-locked nation; it also lies equidistant from all its oceans… View now
In conversation with Hartmut Rosa
Danger at close range
For a successful life, it is indispensable that we are open to our environment and interact with it… View now
The first human being at the North Pole
The kind heart at the North Pole
133 years ago, an expedition set out to reach the North Pole. The African-American Matthew Henson was part of the team… View now
Transport of tomorrow
Fly high or dig deep?
Los Angeles tests the transport of tomorrow… View now
Gernot Grömer in conversation
“I’m not volunteering for a suicide mission.”
Frank Haas converses with Gernot Grömer about the great opportunities of a mission to Mars.… View now
AMADEE-20-Mission
Close to the action
Teamwork is key to the Amadee-20 mission. We asked various players for their views of the project… View now
Mars analog mission
How the Mars analog mission works
Gebrüder Weiss is partnering AMADEE-20, the Austrian Space Forum’s 13th Mars analog mission… View now
Snail’s pace times two
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In conversation with Karlheinz Geißler
Slow down! Pronto!
Miriam Holzapfel talks to Karlheinz Geißler about timing, rhythm and the allure of having to wait… View now
On fascination with speed
Faster!
Competitive sports are the purest expression of humankind's fascination with speed and peak performances… View now
Right timing
Every minute counts
Fore some professions, perfect timing is absolutely crucial. Every minute counts. And in some cases, every second… View now
Strategies for growing cities
By foot to the express train
Ours is an urban world, and the number of urban dwellers has risen dramatically… View now
Port of Hamburg
A world in constant flux
Creative energy has enabled Germany’s top trading port to adapt to the winds of time… View now
Expert skills
Knowledge conquers the world
As a result of migration, some crafts and art forms have reached every corner of the planet… View now
In conversation with Robert Stahlschmidt
“It’s the combination of both worlds that sets us apart”
Frank Haas in conversation with Robert Stahlschmidt… View now
Acquisition of knowledge
Where does our knowledge come from?
What we know has changed over the millennia, as have the ways we acquire our knowledge… View now
Gebrüder Weiss
What you should know about Gebrüder Weiss
Interesting facts about Gebrüder Weiss… View now
Memory of Mankind
A saltmine of information
An artist is seeking to preserve the culture of the early 21th century on ceramic tiles – for the archeologists of tomorrow.… View now
Teamwork
Our common quest for knowledge
Those who seek knowledge in research are not solitary geniuses… View now
Earthquakes and eruptions
On shaky ground
Massive earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are anticipated in parts of southern Europe… View now
Redistribution of the world
We’re the newbies
When people started moving around the globe, they began relocating the world’s flora and fauna… View now
Brexit
Comings and goings
On the transformations it caused in the south of England… View now
Gerd Kempermann in conversation
Recharging your batteries
Neuroscientist Gerd Kempermann on getting old and staying new… View now
Michael Stephenson in conversation
“The demand for EU goods is pretty insatiable”
An interview with the managing director of Davies Turner, Gebrüder Weiss' partner logistics organization in Great Britain… View now
Transport industry
Over the sea or through the air?
On new challenges for the transport industry… View now
Constant learning
Learned anything new today?
A small collection of things that can be learned, whatever your age is… View now
An analys, attempted
The half-full glass of the average town
Do we believe that an average city offers an enhanced quality of life?… View now
Kathrin Passig on abnormality
Only the ice cream is normal
The nice thing about normality is its availability in abundance… View now
Norbert Sachser in conversation
On humans and guinea pigs
Aren't animals within one species all the same?… View now
Klaus Bannwarth in conversation
From start to finish along the value chain
On standards, employee motivation, and future scenarios… View now
The European cucumber-regulation
The straight and narrow
It has been more than 30 years since the EU regulated the features of cucumbers as part of European law.… View now
Harry Stiastny in conversation
The new normal
Harry Stiastny has been working at GW for 38 years, but he hadn't experienced today's growing number of peaks until recently.… View now
The most normal employee
Who is Michael Fuchs?
Michael Fuchs is the most normal employee at Gebrüder Weiss. He differs from the norm in one respect only: he does not exist… View now
Rajna Hristova answers
What was better back in the day?
On community and illusions… View now
Petra Reski answers
Is tourism becoming unsustainable?
Petra Reski on mass tourism… View now
Nora Gomringer answers
Is it naive to believe in human goodness?
On naivety as a privilege… View now
Thomas Straubhaar answers
Are our best years already behind us?
Humankind is facing enormous challenges. But hasn't that always been the case, since Adam and Eve were banished from Paradise?… View now
Florian Aigner answers
Once important – now passé
I don't know how potatoes are harvested. My great grandparents would have been mortified – Now it's more or less obsolete.… View now
Magnus Ressel answers
What’s better today than it was in the past?
Seen through the prism of modern-day life, things seem to have been simpler and less daunting in the past. There is, however one… View now
Stefan Sagmeister in conversation
Both beautiful and good
About beauty and function, Austria and the USA… View now
Wolfram Senger-Weiss in conversation
Keeping the spirit alive
It will now be up to Wolfram Senger-Weiss to lead the company into a new era. Where will the journey take us?… View now
Mammoth project in Khorgos
Paving the way for prosperity
Kazakhstan’s gateway to the New Silk Road… View now
Barbara Bujacic in conversation
Long coastlines, start-ups and doing one’s own thing
Greyp Bikes combine the technologies and mechanics of bicycles and motorcycles… View now
Crvena zvezda: Red Star Belgrade
A star that stands for you
No other soccer club epitomizes Serbia's sporting culture – and history – like Red Star Belgrade… View now
Chess
Chess in their blood – and their school schedules
Reading, writing and arithmetic – these are disciplines that children learn early in school. In Armenia there's a fourth: chess.… View now
Barbara Vinken in conversation
Knowing the rules, breaking the rules
A discussion about men, courage and the financial limitations of fashion-conscious people… View now
Andreas Cukrowicz in conversation
Thinking inside the box
Andreas Uebele and architect Andreas Cukrowicz in conversation on the headquarters of Gebrüder Weiss… View now
Export of textile goods to West-Africa
Out to Africa!
The traditional trade in embroidery from Austria's Vorarlberg region… View now
Future visions for logistics
Digitization – a universal panacea?
Today's logistics world is an El Dorado for trend researchers. They dream of intelligent transport containers… View now
Empowering orange
Orange comes to Austria
How a color activates the body's own defenses… View now
Chicago-Reportage
Go West!
A fresh start and time travel – A reportage from Gebrüder Weiss' new headquarters in the US.… View now
Fashionet Austria
The fickle fads of fashion: an encounter of the close kind
On a textiles logistics provider straddling high fashion and off-the-shelf clothing… View now
Breaking
Style, not fashion!
How a phenomenon from youth culture is turning into an Olympic sport… View now
The Olympic Games
A global movement
The Olympic Games – from humble beginnings to the world's greatest spectacle… View now
Friendship has many faces
Famous Friends
Famous couples stand for certain qualities: acceptance, trustworthiness, empathy and loyalty… View now
My man-made partner
Me and it.
Janina Loh on relationships to objects… View now
Similarities among foes
Famous Foes
Enemies too can share certain affinities – in the form of similar interests, similar circumstances and similar needs… View now
Michael Wohlgenannt and Willibald Nigsch in conversation
"At that point I’m done with harmony"
On achieving the right balance between proximity and detachment between colleagues… View now
Tarek Kohler in conversation
You again!
The truck driver Tarek Kohler tells, how he establishes routines on his tours and manages to stay in love with his career.… View now
In conversation with Veera Sekaran
The Plant Whisperer
How can life be made healthier and more attractive in rapidly growing urban centers?… View now
The Reformation and economic prosperity
Divided by Beliefs, United by Commerce
Could the schism between the Catholics and Protestants have fathered the capitalism we know today?… View now
In conversation with Janosch Schobin
Surviving together
Friendships: what makes them tick and how they work – an interview with Janosch Schobin… View now
Clemens Plank in conversation
Compacted Clay
A conversation with architect Clemens Plank on a brilliantly simple construction solution… View now
On the road in Hanoi
Everything to excess
On the road in Vietnam: People, motor bikes, cars, exhaust fumes; fruit in baskets, birds in cages… View now
Doctors Without Borders
From building site to operating table
It only takes Doctors Without Borders a few days to erect a treatment camp with a small hospital – almost anywhere in the world… View now
Smart Cities
The smarts to succeed
Scientists and companies are making increasing headway in the realm of proactive, urban control systems… View now
Kazakhstan-reportage
»Kazakhstan!«
About a great big country, global visions and yi dai yi lu… View now
Among inventors
Logistics Hall of Fame
Heidi Senger-Weiss is in best company – as the first woman among inventors, of which we will introduce a selection… View now
Taking an Antonov from Bucharest to Qatar
The Land Rover of the Skies
Flying in a legendary AN-124 is one of the highlight experiences in the life of any transport employee.… View now
Heidi Senger-Weiss in conversation
Making intuition pay
Making intuition pay… View now
The model is the microcosm
The whole world in a nutshell
A model is often the best way of understanding reality… View now
Rüdiger Safranski in conversation
Defying Convention
About Goethe's experiences of the world and the role of convention… View now
Summer solstice
Here comes the sun
While the regional mid-summer customs seem similar – at least in Europe – the traditions do differ in their detail… View now
Amber networks
A path of gold from sea to sea
Amber found far from its sources indicates a remarkably developed trading network during the Bronze Age… View now
Alois Tement in conversation
On the road
GW-driver Alois Tement on discipline, the right diet "on the road" and the future of driving… View now
A HGV tour from west to east
From Istanbul to Tbilisi
1,380 kilometres from Istanbul, 400 kilometres from Tbilisi, and 80 metres from the Black Sea… View now
Travelling virtually
Around the world in 80 minutes – from the couch
Exploring different worlds from the comfort of ones own sofa… View now
Life on asphalt
Flora and fauna of the world’s roads
On animals, plants and organisms that are undaunted by the unfriendly urban environment… View now
A photo gallery
Port of Hamburg
Creative energy has enabled Germany’s top trading port to adapt to the winds of time. A photo report… View now
Asphalt
Culture set in stone and asphalt
A brief cultural history of asphalt… View now
New Silk Road
Trade, Culture, Religion
What defined the Old Silk Road? And how has its modern counterpart changed?… View now