Category: Germany
West Germans spend more on international travel than people from any other country, including the U.S. Income from foreign visitors for 1981 was $6.3 billion; outgo was $17.8 billion, …
THE BEST OF GERMANY, AUSTRIA, AND SWITZERLAND IN 5 WEEKS Spend five days raging in Berlin’s chaotic nightclubs and recovering in the capital’s museums and cafes (4 days, 418). …
The deluxe hotels are really deluxe; even the water in the bath is tested by a large thermometer to make it the exact temperature desired. Germany has some 250 …
Overlooking Wurzburg is the fortress of Marienberg, the residence for the bishops before the Palace was built. The town itself is replete with pastry shops, tearooms and taverns. Wurzburg …
Wurzburg, a Franconian wine town, has been called a jewel box of the rococo. About an hour-and-a-half by train from Frankfort, it is also a great place to start …
Besides the beer, which Bavarians drink copiously, there is weisswurst, a fresh sausage traditionally eaten before ten in the morning. It’s made the night before of finely ground veal, …
Munich, Bavaria’s capital, is said to be every German’s favorite city. Its Oktoberfest is when the million and half Muenchners invite the rest of us to join them drinking …
Bavaria is a tourist center for Germany, with good reason. The people are gemutlich, more congenial, the mountains more pleasant, the forest more agreeable and then thereare those fairy …
Berlin, as can be seen on the map, is deep inside another, unfriendly, country, the German Democratic Republic, popularly called East Germany. A major autobahn (superhighway) runs from Hanover, …
Germany was a pioneer in building the superhighway. The first autobahn was built under Hitler during the 1930s. Theoretically the speed limit is eighty mph, but Germans let out …
Munich is an economic center. Who knows that Munich is Germany’s largest industrial city? A number of large industrial corporations are located here. They all draw many young and …
HANOVER The overcrowded area of Hanover (especially with the addition of the neighboring towns and rural communes) has a direct bearing on its economic significance. In this area live …
DUSSELDORF The core of the city is an avenue, some say, a fashion promenade: the Konigsallee, affectionately dubbed the ‘Ko\ Not only Diisseldorfers believe it to be one of …
Munich – a metropolis with heart, flair and the very special charm. Munich, the capital of the Free State of Bavaria and with a total population of 1.3 million …
SIGHTS The heart of the city at ‘Kropcke’ has completely changed with new urban buildings. The construction of the ‘Passerelle’ has finally resolved the problem of the 100 year …