Everything you need to know about Germany
Germany changes from North Sea tidal flats to Alpine peaks, with sixteen states and cities that each tell a different story. Explore the maps, discover its history, food and regional traditions, then practise German for everyday conversations.
Read it, then make it stick
Geography of Germany
Travel from the North Sea and Baltic coasts through river valleys and wooded uplands to the Bavarian Alps. Sixteen federal states divide this varied landscape.
Know the shape of the country
Explore all sixteen federal states, place the cities, then follow the rivers, lakes and northern seas. Each map opens a game with clues about the places you find.
Places worth visiting
Essential ยท Castle
Neuschwanstein Castle
King Ludwig IIโs fairy-tale castle sits above a gorge. Book tickets ahead and walk to the Marienbrรผcke for the classic view.
Pair Berlinโs history with the castles of Bavaria, then add the Rhineโs vineyards and a few of the countryโs well-kept medieval towns. Essential is our shortlist for a first trip, and worth a detour goes further. Select a pin to read about a place, then play the map and find them all.
Take German with you
Greetings and politeness
Hello, please, thank you, sorry: the ten openers everything else builds on.
Keep going one country deeper
When you have had your fill of Germany, the countries in white have a guide like this one, and every other has maps of its own.
Europe
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