 Landlust logo | |
| Categories | Women's magazine Lifestyle magazine Gardening magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Bimonthly |
| Publisher | Landwirtschaftsverlag |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Country | Germany |
| Based in | Münster |
| Language | German |
| Website | Landlust |
| ISSN | 1863-8074 |
Landlust (literally Lust for the Land) is a German bimonthly gardening, home and women's magazine published in Münster, Germany. It is one of the best-selling magazines in the country.
Landlust was started in 2005.[1][2][3] The magazine is published by Landwirtschaftsverlag, an agricultural publishing house, on a bimonthly basis.[2] The headquarters of the magazine is in Münster.[4] Although Landlust originally targeted farming households, later its primary readers became women aged 40–59.[2][5] The magazine provides articles about several aspects of countryside life.[4] The frequent topics covered in the magazine include cooking, crafting, gardening, knitting and nature, among the others.[6]
Landlust is considered to be a revival of the Heimat concept in Germany.[3][7] Philip Oltermann of the Observer regarded the magazine as one of five objects defining modern Germany.[8] However, several German media outlets criticized the magazine's lack of refinement.[1] Der Spiegel, for example, said: "When rubbish is turned into a magazine, it calls itself Landlust."[1]
Although Landlust has a website, it just covers limited service offerings and features an online shop.[9]
In November 2015 the British edition of Landlust was launched.[5][10]
Landlust had a circulation of 50,000 copies in its first year.[1] In 2007 its circulation rose to 200,000 copies.[11] In late 2009 the magazine sold nearly 550,000 copies.[11] The circulation of the magazine was 648,866 copies in 2010.[12]
In 2013 Landlust became one of the top ten German magazines in terms of readership[13] and had a circulation of 1,041,069 copies in the third quarter of the same year.[5] During the second quarter of 2014 the magazine sold 1,024,033 copies.[5]
