Who has been to Germany?

FriedPet

FriedPet

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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. :D (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.
 
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.
 
HavocXphere said:
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. :D (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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Rhine area sounds beautiful, will try to go there.

The Autobahn, you can't drive on it unless you have a special license?

Thanks for the tip regarding bulk train tickets

McT said:
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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Awesome, We'll have to put the Hofbräuhaus on our list! Could you buy one of those jugs??

oltman said:
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
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Thanks for those names, it helps to have something to google:)

Murph said:
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.
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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. :p

Want to go check out their goth clubs.
 
McT said:
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.
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There is a palpable feeling of loss and sadness in those places - not the place to go if you're out for a good time, but for a history buff it's a no brainer.

@FriedPiet - theres a place called Ramsau which you should definitely look into visiting:

ramsau-im-zillertal.jpg


My dream is to quit my job and open a pub there. Or herd goats - whatever comes first.
 
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I love mountains and green countryside. These golden savannas and glaring sun of Africa ain't doing it for me. My ultimate dream is to live near a snowcapped mountain in a Nordic country.
 
Been to Munich, everything just works as said before, thoroughly enjoyed it, if you are interested in cars etc. then you must go to the BMW factory or BMW Museum near the old Olympic Stadium in Munich. That whole area is really nice in the summer with the massive park area etc. If you like your football then the Allianz Arena is a must see especially at night when it's lit up. Also visit the English Garden in Munich and in Summer you can see guys surfing on the River Iser

What I did was just started walking and explored by getting lost pretty much, oh and the bulk train tickets as mentioned earlier are really worth it.
 
I do want to see all over Europe. Just to see the historic sights and have a few with the locals :p
 
When I was still in school the parental units took us to go visit family therefor two weeks. Can't remember all the different towns and cities we went to, but Hanover, Hamelin, Berlin and Frankfurt were just some of them. Also did the Rhine, like HavocXphere said, the castles there are awesome.

This was like 17 years ago.
 
Voicy where art thou!?

Voicy lived there for a year if Im not mistaken.

One of my good friends is a full on German from Berlin and one of the funniest most awesome humans on the planet......therefore Germany is awesome.
 
I've been to Cologne which is a beautiful city with an awesome gothic cathedral and a ton of other little touristy things to do.

If you can catch a train into Cologne just to see the cathedral it's worth it.

Cologne Cathedral - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne_Cathedral

You can also pick up some authentic original Cologne fragrance there :)
 
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