With almost 40 million foreign overnight guests every year, Germany is one of the seven most visited countries in the world. There are 6,135 museums, 366 theatres, 34 leisure and adventure parks, 45,000 tennis courts, 648 golf courses, 190,000 km of hiking trails, 40,000 kilometres of long-distance cycle paths as well as holiday and theme routes available for use in tourism.
Business and congress tourism is of outstanding importance; Germany is the most important international trade fair location with several world-leading trade fairs: Caravan Salon Düsseldorf, CMT Stuttgart, etc. The Internationale Tourism-Börse Berlin is the world's leading tourism trade fair. Germany also has the highest density of festivals like Wacken, Rock am Ring,
Outstanding sights: Sanssouci Castle - Brandenburg Gate - Cologne Cathedral - Saxon Switzerland National Park - Wadden Sea - Hamburg Harbor - Brocken - Old Town of Hameln - Externsteine - Wartburg - Neuschwanstein Castle - Zugspitze near Garmisch-Partenkirchen - Rothenburg ob der Tauber - Königsee in Berchtesgadener Land - Old town of Bamberg - Imperial castle in Nuremberg - Mainau Island in Lake Constance - Lichtenstein Castle - Meersburg - Ulm Minster - etc.
Every city has its own neighborhoods, some of which are well-known all over the country. Others are dying for years, until they are rediscovered as attractive residential buildings.
Actually, the visit to Bremen should lead to a birthday celebration party within the normal range of cake and coffee, but it turned out quite differently.
Our visit to Bremen was coming to an end, two further appointments in Hamburg made the short trip to the nearby Hanseatic city necessary, which we were able to do quickly in the morning via the A1 motorway.
Our exploration together with Micha had also led us to the old lighthouse of Travemünde, which unfortunately almost disappears in front of the monstrous backdrop of the Maritim skyscraper today.
After our walk along the Trave, the beach and the adjoining steep coast, Micha led us into the old town of Travemünde, which was founded around 1187 already.
It was once again only a short stopover in the north of Germany but we wanted to use for a visit to the city of Lübeck, also as Lübeck as a city of marzipan just at Christmas time is, in the literal sense "on everyone's lips".
The construction of the new Berlin Airport, which began on September 5, 2006, was one of the largest construction projects in Germany that was ever planned and implemented.
Of course, we have often wondered whether the exhibition of cultural assets in museums makes sense, especially when they are cultural assets from foreign countries.
An exciting exhibition day in Berlin had come to an end, so we decided to take a walk from well-known Alex along the boulevard Unter den Linden to the main train station. But first, we went from Adlershof to Alexander Square by S-Bahn, popularly referred to briefly as Alex.
We were traveling in Bochum, had a few appointments to take care of and therefore still had some time to visit the Christmas market in the city centre that had already opened.
It's been years since we were last in Dülmen, the time to extensively visit the excellent, universal leather tailoring of the Wiesmann brothers' sports car manufacturer, and of course the sports car manufacturer itself for an arranged test drive of an MF2X.
With a length of 13.3 kilometres, the Wuppertal Suspension Railway is not only a monument of German industrial history that is unique in the world, but also the most important means of transport in the city. Over the past 120 years, it has transported more than 1.5 billion people.
We just had the opportunity in Wuppertal to "check" the statement of a connoisseur of classical music, Sir Simon Rattle, for his so important sentence: "Wuppertal has one of the best acoustic concert halls in the world."
Despite many experiences in life, there is always something new, previously unknown, that you come across. Or have you ever heard of Schenkenschanz or even visited it?
Visitors to the Caravan Salon Düsseldorf can always discover the latest and most unusual campers on their way through the halls of the world's largest camper and caravan exhibition.
The days at the trade fair during the Caravan Salon in Düsseldorf are long and exhausting, so after the hectic day's events it is good to end the day with a walk along the Rhine.
Despite the many appointments and the tight time frame of our current trip through some European countries, we had made this appointment very firm: visiting the "Caravan-Salon" trade fair in Düsseldorf.
The Borbach has its headwaters not far from the Witten district of Schnee and then flows into the Erlenteich. Again we are fascinated by the naturally preserved course of the stream. It then flows through the Hasenholzken and turns west towards the Buchenholz.