Introduction to Germany

Holidays in Germany

People spend holidays in Germany all year-round, preferable between the months of May and September, when the climate is good and the sun is shining. In summertime, Germany bustles all time, beer gardens are full, open door cafes, festivals in big cities and villages, many cultural attractions and a big sport offer as hiking, cycling and swimming in the various lakes and pools. In springtime and autumn Germany attracts fewer tourists, accommodation prices are more affordable, less crowds at the museum and surprisingly nice weather.

If you spend holidays or plan to travel in winter, Germany offers loads of winter sports and attractions. Skiing becomes the most common sport and people very much enjoy the Christmas markets in December. Find out at the Tourism Office about the best ski resorts guides.

If you travel to Germany you need some time to get to know all that Germany offers, there are several tourism offices and very good guides that introduces you the areas from the white sand beaches in the north to the Alps in the south, the plains in Bavaria and the hills of the central part of Germany. Each regions offers different and peculiar style of old towns, churches, cathedrals, medieval houses and amazing modern cities.

Travel and guide yourself through the southwest of Germany, cities as beautiful as Freiburg, Tübingen and Heidelberg must be seen. Other interesting tourism areas and cities to visit and travel are Bonn, Frankfurt, Hamburg and its capital Berlin, that busts with modern architecture and cultural life. Contact the Tourism Information for guides, holidays and travels to Germany.

Germany has the most numerous populations of all the countries of the UE and a growing economy. Its territory extends from the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, in the north, until the Alps, in the south, and crosses some of the greater rivers of Europe like the Rhin, the Danube and the Elbe.

After the fall of the Wall of Berlin in 1989, the old RDA (German Democratic Republic) became part of the Federal Republic, which supposed the entrance of five new Bundesländer in the European Union. German is the most spoken language in the European Union.

Germany is one of the five first economies of the world: it produces automobiles, electronic equipment and of telecommunications, chemical agents and pharmaceuticals, and much more. Their companies have made strong investments in the countries of central and Eastern Europe that entered the UE in 2004.

Germany gave birth to Bach, Beethoven, Brahms and Wagner, among others, so that the contribution to European classic music is very important. With regard to the thought and Literature, the immense German patrimony account with the figures of Luther, Goethe, Schiller, Nietzsche, Kant, Brecht and Thomas Mann.

Germany is known by the quality of its beers. It produces wine in valleys of the Mosel and the Rhin.