{{Short description|German publishing company group}} {{Expand German|Verlagsgruppe Reise Know-How|date=October 2013}} thumb|"Peter Rump GbmH" in Bielefeld, a member publishing house affiliated to the Reise Know-How group. '''Verlagsgruppe Reise Know-How''' is a group of German publishing companies that specialize in travel and language books and maps for single travelers, founded in 1985 and based in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It publishes travel guides for over 250 destinations, language books for over 200 languages, including slang and dialect, and maps for over 100 places, among other publications.<ref>{{cite web|title=Publishing company profile: Reise Know-How Verlag Peter Rump GmbH, Bielefeld, Germany. |url=http://www.publishersglobal.com/directory/publisher-profile/6217/ |publisher=PublishersGlobal Publishers’ Directory |accessdate=1 Oct 2013}}</ref>
The affiliated record label Reise Know-How Sound publishes a series of records called "soundtrip".<ref name="buchmarkt">{{cite web |url=http://www.buchmarkt.de/content/30227-reise-know-how-gruendet-musiklabel.htm |website= buchmarkt.de |title= Reise Know-How gründet Musiklabel |accessdate=2 October 2013|language=de}}</ref> It was important to the authors not only to provide travelers with the most detailed and up-to-date information possible, but also to open their eyes to peculiarities and cultural differences and to take the first steps toward "soft tourism."<ref>{{cite web |title=Verlagsprofil – Reise Know-How |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103204644/http://www.reise-know-how.de///download_offen/Verlagsprofil.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103204644/http://www.reise-know-how.de///download_offen/Verlagsprofil.pdf |archive-date=3 January 2012 |access-date=16 January 2026 |website=Internet Archive / Wayback Machine |format=PDF}}</ref> The cultural guides published in the Kulturschock series provide deeper insights into history, culture and mentality. Maps are also published as part of the "world mapping project". The music compilations in the soundtrip series provide an acoustic foretaste of the destination.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-01-29 |title=Reise Know-How gründet Musiklabel {{!}} BuchMarkt |url=https://buchmarkt.de/meldungen/verlage/reise-know-how-grundet-musiklabel/ |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=buchmarkt.de |language=de-DE}}</ref>
==See also== *Language education *List of Language Self-Study Programs
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==External links== *[http://www.reise-know-how.de/de Company site, in German] *[https://www.reise-know-how.de/en Company site, in English] *[http://www.foreignlanguageexpertise.com/videos.html#fsv Review by Arguelles] (he calls it Kauderwelsch) *[http://www.lang1234.info/3/category/kauderwelsch/1.html Review by Lang1234]
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Category:Map companies of Germany Category:Book publishing companies of Germany Category:Companies based in North Rhine-Westphalia
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