Our smaller projects -

Our Friendship Cookbook

"The way to a person's heart is through their stomach. And the way to become friends as well." After 40 years, we've compiled a cookbook with favorite recipes from friends for friends, from twin towns for twin towns. In German and English, the selection ranges from Königsberger Klopse (meatballs) to Dutch Stamppot and wild boar prepared Italian style.

Cooperation with SVKT in Minden

Thanks to the initiative and, in part, financial support of GeFIS, and through contact with our twin town of Gagny, youth teams from the Kutenhausen-Todtenhausen sports club have been participating in the international youth football tournament in Gagny every April for the past two years. Football in Germany has nothing to fear for the future, as our boys performed well against powerhouses like Paris Saint-Germain and Olympique Marseille, achieving 11th and 13th place out of 28 participating teams.

Our European Art Salon

GeFIS celebrated its 40th anniversary. To mark this occasion, we opened a European Art Salon at the TIC (Theater im Café) in Minden. Artists from six twin towns exhibited their works. At the end of the event, we acquired a painting by Karla Kassenaar from Apeldoorn (https://www.ateliersapeldoorn.nl/onze-kunstenaars/kunstenaar/karla-kassenaar/) and presented it to the city of Minden. It now hangs on the wall in the theatre's stairwell between the first and second floors.