Me and my wife are planning a trip there next year. Want to find out what's the "must see" and "must do" things to plan the trip.
Anyone with some advice or cool websites to help me?
Who has been to Germany?
Me and my wife are planning a trip there next year. Want to find out what's the "must see" and "must do" things to plan the trip.
Anyone with some advice or cool websites to help me?
Been twice & speak the lang.
Its one of those places where there isn't really one "must see" thing...but pretty much every little town has a ton of history & culture. So its very much dependent on you whether that works for you. So generally the history fanatics do better than the rest.
Obviously also a very modern country...but that manifests itself more in a subtle "sht just works" fashion rather than as a must see location / event.
Check out the Rhein / Rhine area...there are a billion castles there (trade route in the past so every local wanna-be prince built a castle on the shore to exert power.
If Christianity is your thing then there might be some specific locations to visit though @ Luther. e.g. Schloss Wittenberg
>"must do" things
Maybe try out the no-speed limit Autobahn.(NB not all routes are speed limit free...)
Also check out the bulk train tickets...you get tickets valid for X days that cover a bunch of routes...can work out well for tourists.
Advice...you'll be fine...as I said "sht just works" and everyone below 30 can speak English anyway.
Personally I'd head towards the south...its a little more "exotic" plus seeing how you'll need a Schengen Visa anyway you can easily hop across a border. Else the German / Netherland border towns have a certain quaintness to them too (and hybrid culture due to border disputes in the past)...excellent for cycling too.
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Spent a night in Munich.
We did supper at the Hofbräuhaus, which we thoroughly enjoyed. Afterwards we wandered into town, enjoyed the stroll and had an ice cream somewhere.
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We also did a day in Koblenz, which was wonderful. We bought our cuckoo clock in Koblenz
I spent 2 nights in Berlin as part of a whirlwind European tour in 2010. Loved the city. Clean, efficient and generally very friendly. A must see for me was the Lego museum. We also just did loads of walking around looking at the typical touristy stuff: Brandenburger Gate, Alex Platz, Checkpoint Charlie. A highlight (not sure about the choice of word) was the holocaust mural close to Checkpoint Charlie. Tugged my heart strings.
PS: do not have your photo taken with the "American" soldiers at Checkpoint Charlie... they don't know enough English to barter for a lower price :P
No trip to Germany is complete without Hofbrauhaus.
The most touristy thing I did while there was visit Dachau. Personally, we spent most of our time touring the countryside which I highly, highly recommend - the Bavarian countryside is like something out of a fairytale - and little time in cities.
Although some might see it as quite a grim thing to do, we visited a German concentration camp. Both wife and I enjoy history, so it was a must for us. It was extremely emotional exhausting, but it was worth the visit to get a sense of the hostility of the Nazis. I cannot remember which one we visited, but know that it was en route from Munich to Vienna in Austria (and there was a stone quarry inside the camp).
You can visit Dachau, which is close to Munich. I think it might have been Mauthausen-Gusen, which is in Austria.
Rhine area sounds beautiful, will try to go there.Originally Posted by HavocXphere
Been twice & speak the lang.
Its one of those places where there isn't really one "must see" thing...but pretty much every little town has a ton of history & culture. So its very much dependent on you whether that works for you. So generally the history fanatics do better than the rest.
Obviously also a very modern country...but that manifests itself more in a subtle "sht just works" fashion rather than as a must see location / event.
Check out the Rhein / Rhine area...there are a billion castles there (trade route in the past so every local wanna-be prince built a castle on the shore to exert power.
If Christianity is your thing then there might be some specific locations to visit though @ Luther. e.g. Schloss Wittenberg
>"must do" things
Maybe try out the no-speed limit Autobahn.
Also check out the bulk train tickets...you get tickets valid for X days that cover a bunch of routes...can work out well for tourists.
Advice...you'll be fine...as I said "sht just works" and everyone below 30 can speak English anyway.
Personally I'd head towards the south...its a little more "exotic" plus seeing how you'll need a Schengen Visa anyway you can easily hop across a border. Else the German / Netherland border towns have a certain quaintness to them too (and hybrid culture due to border disputes in the past)...excellent for cycling too.
The Autobahn, you can't drive on it unless you have a special license?
Thanks for the tip regarding bulk train tickets
Awesome, We'll have to put the Hofbräuhaus on our list! Could you buy one of those jugs??
Thanks for those names, it helps to have something to google
Yep, we'd love to experience the countryside of Germany, city-life is not our thing.
Well I will end up in Frankfurt for an hour or so on my way to england.
Want to go check out their goth clubs.
I am sure you can, but it'll add quite a bit of weight to your luggage.
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