Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Well, you will definitely understand the meaning of this phrase once you step your foot into the land of the rising sun – Japan. There, you will discover several unique aspects of Japanese culture…

Thank you for nominating your favorite blogs, Facebook pages and Twitter accounts. From the great amount of nominations we received (935 in total), we selected the Top 100 (Top 200 for language learning) for each category. These made it to the voting phase!

You can find them in every language, everybody understands them and they are handed down from one generation to another. They are often in rhyme, so we can remember them easily… Do you know any proverb?

Ready to celebrate bab.la’s anniversary by having an amazing Friday!

Social media are now one of the most popular tools for communication. People are using them as the fastest way to find their friends and family, jobs and to share ideas or opinions. What about using them to learn a language?

It’s not easy being on a tight budget. Especially not when in May it’s cold and rainy and you long for some sunshine… Luckily, there is no need to despair if you can’t afford a long-haul flight to a fancy travel destination. Ever thought of the possibility of hitch-hiking during summer?

After living in Germany for 2 months I’ve notice many things that I’d like to share with you. They are not necessarily good or bad, they are simply things I feel like writing about. Have you ever been to Germany?

Have you ever thought that your language could seem strange to a foreigner? When you are in your own country you don’t really care about your language, you speak it and that’s it! Imagine a person who is trying to learn your language, what would he say about it?

Don’t wait for the perfect moment to have fun, it’s now or never!

After the great success of the last four editions of our Top 100 Language Blogs competition (results for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011), the bab.la language portal and the Lexiophiles language blog are announcing the start of this year’s contest with the passion for languages being the protagonist: the Top 100 Language Lovers 2012 competition. As [...]