Dennis Gastmann (born 11 June 1978) is a former
German
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reporter and
television presenter
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. He became famous for the German award winning TV series ''Mit 80,000 Fragen um die Welt''.
Biography
Gastmann was born in
Osnabrück, Germany and began writing at age seven. After winning a writing contest and working for the local newspaper, he studied journalism and political science at the
University of Hamburg. At 24 he joined the TV-magazine ''Extra3'', shown on
North German Broadcasting. After four years, he became so called "world reporter" of the political TV-magazine ''Weltbilder'' (Pictures of the World), starting his prize-winning series "Mit 80.000 Fragen um die Welt" (With 80,000 Questions Around the World). In 2011, he walked from Hamburg to
Canossa
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, Italy, following in the historical footsteps of
Emperor Henry IV
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.
Gastmann lives in
Hamburg, Germany.
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University of Hamburg alumni
German journalists
German male journalists
German television presenters
Living people
People from Osnabrück
1978 births
German male writers