The BEST Place to Visit in Germany Is...? What's OVERRATED?
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What's the best place to visit in Germany? What month is the best? And which places are completely overrated? That's what I talk about in the third video of the #askagerman mini-series. Check out all previous videos here ▸ • #askagerman
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2:18 Cities
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Of course, traveling internationally might not be the first thing on our minds in times like these but we're still allowed to dream, aren't we? 😊 What are your favorite places to visit in Germany? Do you have any insider tips? And which places are overrated? Share it in the comments! 😊
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Hamburgers came from Hamburg, Germany, right? Just curious.
@Armando Aranda She already has an old video about it.
@@josueveguilla9069 there are several theories about that. But yes, most of them are related to Hamburg, Germany.
Btw. there are a lot of Hamburger in Hamburg! I am one of them 😄
@@bohh9574 Thank you.
What do Germans regard as the most under rated or best kept secrets of it's states or places to visit? I might guess Niedersachsen or Meck-Pomm.
I've been to Germany over fourteen times, in every season. In my opinion the Spring is the best time to visit. I prefer late April because everything is green and in flower and the temperature is just right for me. As far as a hidden gem, I suggest you visit Erfurt. It's has a beautiful Old Town and I love the Krämerbrücke.
I agree. From late April through June everything is green, the odds are generally in your favor for weather, the tourist spots are all open from their winter shutdowns but there is no mass influx of tourists. Prices are generally lower than the summer peak season and lines are shorter. Life is more normal for the locals than during the annnual summer invasions so it's easier to meet and get along with locals. Everything I say here is pre-Covid hysteria.
Erfurt is indeed a wonderful city. Way too underrated. I come from Erfurt and I’m in love with this place :) I can highly recommend to visit
Ok, I've visited 20-25 times, and my favorite time is in the early Fall.
The technical museums at Sinsheim and Strausberg are amazing for autos, Airplanes, trains and military. Also, close to other areas of interest
Hamburg. Most beautiful city in Germany. Soooo green, sooooo much water everywhere, a good party scene (not only St. Pauli, also the Schanzenviertel) - perfect for everybody.
Hamburg is the worst city I’ve ever seen aside maybe from Copenhagen. It is terrible, no wonder why everyone there is flooding the south of my country in the summer. You mustn’t have seen much of Europe if you enjoy it.
Everyone’s favorite German girl in America.
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Feli does seem like a cool person, her videos are informative.
Living in Germany for four years, my favorite was the Mosel River valley region. Wine is grown in steep vineyards along this river and it's dotted with small, picturesque towns like Cochem, Traben-Trarbach, and Bernkastel-Kues which each have their own wine festivals in the Fall. Some of them also have the ruins of castles that once fortified the heavily trafficked Mosel. At Koblenz, the Rhine and Mosel Rivers meet and there's a myth about the founding of the German nation happening here although, like I say, it's more myth than fact. Still, it's an incredibly beautiful and peaceful region that felt to me like I was truly in Europe.
We've visited several areas of Germany, and the Mosel was one of our favorites. Cochem, Trier and Burg Eltz, as well as the other towns along the river were great! And, of course, West of the river sits Luxembourg city.
The monument at the meeting of the two rivers is rather impressive.
I have been living in Germany 21 years now. We had a house in Ürzig right between Bernkastel and Traben-Trarbach. High on a hill in the vinyards with a 180° view over the Mosel towards the Hunsruck. Both my Ex and I wish we had not sold it. Love the area
Could anyone tell me about the german part of switzerland
if I could ever visit Germany, I would definitely love to visit that area.. and do a wine tour. :)
As a metalhead I’ve had Wacken Open Air festival on my bucket list for years. The biggest yearly metal festival that always books the biggest bands plus the crowd seems so cool and friendly!
The crowd for sure is amazing. But also the locals are pretty cool. The village itself turns into festival mode and even the old people are very open minded and love to talk to the metal heads. I can highly recommend the experience. Best festival so far.
yess!
the best bands every year.
Wacken!! 😃🤘
I have a friend whose band played there back in '99, then toured the rest of Germany. He loved it! I've always wanted to go to those German metal festivals (Wacken, Keep it True, etc.). Someday, maybe!
Wacken is a small town and only has the festival to offer. The rest of the year there is only a meadow. But for metalheads who were quick enough to get a card the year before, it's worth the trip.
The nature of Berlin is definitely underrated! Berlin has a lot of lakes, canals and rivers where you can go swimming, canoeing or kayaking, for example in New Venice.
I went in 1999, and what struck me was the difference between East and West - the West beautiful historical (mostly restored) and modern buildings, the East - row after row of tower blocks (whitewashed and well kept, I'd have to say, as opposed to the ones in the UK) - and it is truly a vast city, out to the (flat) horizons...I wonder if/how it has changed...
Yes! Everything around Berlin ist beautiful but the city itself ist ugly!
Just like in Hamburg. sailing, canoeing, stand-up paddling on the Outer Alster, and up the Alster to the Wohldorf Forest and at many other water sports hotspots.
@@user-nq5kl7yu4d that s because of the communists who destroyed Berlin
It just like a German asking "what's the best place to visit in the USA". There are so many variables in that question is that it's hard to answer. A place that you like someone else might not.
That's a tough question, a lot like Feli's presentation. What are you looking for? I drive a semi truck all around the United States and some Canadian provinces. One of the places I would like to go are the upper New England states like Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine because I never have been up in that region of the country. If you like a desert climate then you would like Arizona, New Mexico, West Texas, and Nevada. If you like the Pacific northwest then you would like Washington state, Oregon and Northern California. If you like mountains then there is Montana, Western Wyoming, Colorado and Eastern Utah. Utah also has several national parks. Zion,Bryce, Canyonlands and Arches. I think California has 3 or 4 national parks. The Eastern Appalachian mountains are in Pennsylvania, Western Maryland, West Virginia, Eastern Kentucky and Tennessee and Western Virginia and North Carolina. I live in Minnesota which has lakes, rivers, Voyeur national park and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. Several state parks, Superior and Chippewa National Forest, the Gamehaven hardwood Forest in the Southeastern corner of Minnesota. Winter destinations would be any of the southern states from the Gulf coast to the southern Atlantic coast. I've been to a lot of those places and enjoyed my stay there.
@@kenardturner7173 For me that question is actually easy to answer: I'd like to visit the Grand Canyon one day since I studied geology.
@@HH-hd7nd the Grand Canyon is a thing of it's own, that's true. When you arrive at it, you are in a rather flat area with trees, you know it's there, there are the signs and even parking spaces for the Grand Canyon but where is it... Take a short walk for one or two minutes and you are there... (Depending on the place of course)
It's enourmous! Maybe take a small hiking tour with a guide to see more of it also from different heights in the canyon.
Maybe also visit the Bryce Canyon, a strange and beautiful and colorful sight. People are also hiking there as far as I know.
And a small thing but also worth to see is the Antelope Canyon. It's a small but deep cut into the stones, carved by water and sand during flash floods. There are many places where you can touch both sides while standing in the middle and you don't see much of the sky, the walls are colorful and flat by hard layers of sediments where the water has cut through. But be aware that the Antelope Canyon is dangerous when there is a rainfall nearby, maybe a thunderstorm. It fills quickly with fast moving water, people have died there. And i am not sure if there is an upper and lower part that are not connected. Try to pick the right one. There are short tours with a guide from the dry river bed up through the canyon to a flat area where it starts.
The monument valley looks smaller than you know it from the movies... There are also tours...
But yes, these features must be basaltic columns (my guess), heavily eroded over time. With some of them located over some kilometers up and down the land. They have names like the right glove and the left glove ;-)
And when I think of the recent volcanos, then it's easy to imagine that the land between the former volcanic cones gets eroded very fast (volcanic ash?) whereas the massive basaltic columns stand longer but also erode over time...
@@richard--s The Grand Canyon is something special for a geologist because the original layering is intact - it's not turned upside down by geologic activity or tectonics, and that's very rare.
Speaking of volcanic activity - well let's say Sicily (Mount Etna) and recently Las Palmas are definetly places to visit for that.
@@HH-hd7nd yes, true. And I can imagine that the layers of the Grand Canyon are still intact, sure, it looks all flat and the erosion just did cut through all the layers. And it goes down very deep. Yes, that's something for you, sure.
One of my favourite places is the Bodensee. Especially cities like Konstanz. It is cool if you like to see very old buildings, there are a lot. The allied forces did not dare to attack the city cause it is so close to Suisse, so almost nothing was destroyed in WW2. It is also a good point to start a trip to Suisse. You also have much nature in the region, can do biking around the lake, make a boat trips, swimming, it has a huge variety of things you can do. I would advice to use no car, finding a parking spot is not fun in the center of Konstanz. But the public transportation is super.
Same with Regensburg, and I love both areas. Haven't found a part of Germany I dislike. I recall a cool Kneipe in Konstanz called " Roter Gugelhan," and thinking I was in Northern Italy coming into Konstanz when I was driving to Reichanau.
I agree! I landed in Zurich & took the ferry over Lake Constance to Meersburg where we toured the Alte Schloss. In summer, one can stroll the Promenade & sit in a Cafe drinking local wines and enjoying a spectacular view of the Alps across the lake. (If it's sunny!)
I would definitely agree with this. The Bodensee was my favorite place to visit. I took the train from Stuttgart and the ride was really beautiful too!
Konstanz would be my first choice, mainly because my great great grandfather and his family was from there before they emigrated to the USA.
I can confirm that Constance is a great city. The massive statue of a prostitute was very cool, we walked everywhere when my german class went
As a german, I really like my region, Brandenburg, I think it has amazing landscape and is not as crowded as some of the cities. Also, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and generally the baltic sea are great places to visit.
Let's go Brandenburg!
@@SithLord2066 hahahah i see u did there
Brandenburg is mostly rural, isn't it? Apart from Berlin and Potsdam are there really other interesting Sehenswürdigkeiten?
@@diy_lothar4422 thats correct. it has a great sahre of forests and beautiful clearwater lakes.
Brandenburg and Mac-Pom are one of the nicest places in Germany. Lots of forests, lots of lakes. Fishing, hunting or just bike riding or hiking. The 2 states comined are quite as big as West Verginia but attached to the Baltic Sea.
I spent a month in Hamburg as a young man 20 years ago, and fell in love with the city and FC St. Pauli. I can't wait until I can go back.
I would add the Rhine River between Coblenz and Wiesbaden as an area to consider visiting. There are many castles and towns to visit. You can take a riverboat or drive it. Yes, there are plenty of tourists, but it is memorable.
UNESCO Weltkulturerbe "Tal der Loreley"
With my interest in the German language & culture (and esp its history & dialects), I can't narrow it down to a definitive list of "best places" or "overrated places". Every single corner of Germany has its own charm. I'm drawn to areas with distinct dialects (Mundarten), like Bayern, Sachsen, BaWü, and, of course, Berlin (wegen der bekannten Berliner Schnauze). So, for me, Germany is one big interest, with regional charms.
If anything is overrated (by foreigners), it's Berlin. It definitely has it's charme and is an important place in Germany, but it isn't the centre of the universe (especially considering that Germany is less centralised than some other countries).
Regarding Schloss Neuschwanstein she is right. Depending on what you might expect as a visitor, that place could be overrated.
As most germans (at leat "south germans") I was there looong ago with my parents. And what I can remember yesi t was crowded and I can remember it was over pretty fast one or THE reason why it is this case is within that casltes history: You have to know that the King of Bavaria (King Ludwig the 2nd of Bavaria) was obsessed with what we call "Märchenschlösser" (Fairy tail Castles, if that translation word would make any sense).
Against what most germans might think, he did not pay the costs out of the states treasury, instead he had pay it out of his personal "wallet". At one point he was broke, because that project simply cost too much. Therefore some parts of the castles had never been completed. Therefore the tour is shorter than what you might expect. If there are repairs or restaurtion works in progress then the tour might be even shorter.
So I suggest just drvie nearby, enjoy the landcape and take some photos from outside the castle.
Dialects are the modern ways to talk German. Mundart is the older way also called "Platt". To talk Platt or Plattdüdsch. As a German, if they start to talk, I understand only 2% of it. Dan, don't mix this up. The Mundart also differs from village to village, as the Dialect from state to state. This Platt-language is dying unfortunatelly.
Potsdam is lovely. Nürnberg is nice too
I particularly loved Lüneburg. Went to Germany for Wacken. Stopped off in Lüneburg for a day and a night, went to the festival, went "fuck this" and went back to Lüneburg. Cobblestones and beautiful historic everything. I got to pop my head in the door of the schoolroom where Bach learned harmony, oh my word.
Four years ago I had a wonderful trip to central Germany - the historic cities of Thuringia (Jena, Erfurt, Weimar, Gotha, Eisenach+Wartburg) plus Leipzig in Saxony. The cultural heritage of those places was absolutely breathtaking. Especially for a lover of Bach music such as myself.
Indeed!
I, as an Austrian history, architecture and nature lover, really liked East Germany. In particular the cities of Halle (where the Halloren chocolate factory is), Quedlinburg (with its medieval architecture) and Leipzig (with its conventions).
For the nature I really enjoyed the Brocken, a single mountain popping up in the middle of Germany where you can hike on beautiful paths.
Truly a hidden gem way out of the touristic eye :)
PS: that's completely true with public transport. The only time I was in Germany by car was when I was 4 years old with my parents haha
A lot of travel information is always about the big cities. And yes, it's easy to catch them all in a couple weeks. But if you really want to see Germany: go off the beaten track. For this rent a car and miss the Autobahn. For example a small town in the Harz mountains like Wernigerode can give you a whole week as a base to explore the gorges, caves, old railway and mountains around. In summertime get sporty with a kajak and do lake hopping at the Mecklenburger Seenplatte in the Northeast. Hike on the old volcanoes at Eifel mountains. Or just meet the miner in his traditional cloth at the Christmas market in a small town at the Ore mountains (Erzgebirge). I made such a off the beaten track trip couple years ago with an American girl. It shows you more the typical German culture than the big cities. If you really want to go to Berlin, don't miss the Hostel boat behind the East Side Gallery. - If you still find grammar faults: It's the message what counts, not the language.
You should see my grammar when I try to write in German. *cringe*
Great advice, absolutely agree.
As a german I would highly recommend to visit Hamburg (or maybe even the little brother Bremen, allthough I think you´re not really missing out on anything special if you don´t go there), mainly because it´s different than what you´d expect based on stereotypes and it´s just such a cool and pretty city (and you can buy really good Fischbrötchen there :D). There´s also an amanzing amusement park not far away from there, the Heide Park Soltau, which is definitely worth a visit too if you like rollercoasters and stuff...
Die Fischbrötchen sind dort echt lecker. Das stimmt.
People with German ancestors might be interested in visiting the Deutsches Auswandererhaus (German Emigration Center) in Bremerhaven to trace their roots. It is a museum, that tells stories of people who emigrated via the port of Bremerhaven across the sea to destinations like America. Their tour also includes many rooms that are built to give you an impression of travelling on various historical ships. Also, the German Maritime Museum is very close.
The port of Bremerhaven is also Germany's second-largest and Europe's seventh-largest seaport (4.77 million TEU container throughput per year, according to Statista).
@@scifino1 Yeah, you're right, Bremerhaven is a cool city and the Auswandererhaus really might be interesting for Americans (I totally forgot about that :'D)
And the Klimahaus (a kind of museum that lets you go on a "journey" throughout different climate zones) is also nearby.
So yes, Bremerhaven is definitely worth a visit :D
@@niadragonwright7614 That's right, the clima house "Klimahaus" in german, is such a great museum, the best I've ever visited in my entire life😅 it's soo cool (and I don't even like museums usually)
@@scifino1 Kurz frage ist Bremerhaven neben Bremen
Der Bodensee in the south is also very nice. Meersburg has the oldest Castle in Germany. There is the Zeppelin Museum in Friedrichshafen. Nearby Schaffhausen, Switzerland has the Rhine Falls
which is the largest waterfall by volume in Europe. The island of Mainu has a great botanical garden and butterfly museum. Pfahlbaumuseum Unteruhldingen has an open-air museum with stilt houses. Birnau Basilica is super impressive. There's a regular ferry service around Lake Constance so you don't have to drive all the time. And since this is wine country, lots of vineyards and wine fests. Fly into Zurich, it's about a 45 minute drive to Konstanz.
I think it would have been worth mentioning the typical German road trips, like the Romantisch Strasse and Märchenstrasse. These are mostly country roads that connect many places of interrest, vaguely linked by some common theme. To complete one of those 'streets' can take anything up to a week or so.
Also I would recommend the city of Trier with its roman heritage, though it tends to be rather dark, even more so when it rains.
I had a great time in the Neckar valley. It features lots of beautiful landscapes and many unspoiled medieval cities, Rothenburg o/d Tauber being the most famous (but too touristic for my taste) but Michelstadt and Reutlingen are equally nice and far less crowded.
Having lived in the garden-city of Erlangen for some time, I have to recommend the Bergkirchweih there, around easter, a smaller and more "gemütlicher" version of the Oktoberfest. Also, I really got to appreciate Bamberg and Nürnberg.
When it comes to overrated places, I must agree with Neuschwannstein. Yet, the father of a friend of mine was a janitor there and he showed me all the hidden places, and that's where it becomes interesting, because everything about that castle is fake! That being said, nothing beats Monschau at being overrated!
Bayerischer Wald is just fantastic yet quite underrated. I quite enjoyed my time there, with great hiking trails.
Feli, really enjoy your channel. I was an Army brat and lived in Germany for six years as a kid before I was 14, and then spent two more years in the U.S. Air Force. I'm partial to southern Germany, where I lived (Frankfurt, Stuttgart, and Ramstein), and my favorite places are in the mountains. I love Berchtesgaden, Koenigssee, and the Obersalzburg area. But almost any German town or village in that area is, to me, worth a visit. For instance, when my wife and I were in Germany in 2019 we at random spent two days in Aschaffenburg, and we couldn't have enjoyed it more. It's one of my favorite places now. But places like Landstuhl, where I lived in the '60s, and Hockenheim were wonderful places we spent a couple of days in on that trip. My point being, you don't need to go to a large city or a tourist trap to enjoy Germany.
Went tdy to Ramstein and Sembach from Aviano. Loved Germany
Another great area to visit in Germany is the Rhineland: You get the big cities in North Rhine-Westphalia like Düsseldorf, Cologne and Bonn, which was the capital of West Germany until the reunification and has the "Haus der Geschichte" for example, which is a huge museum about German history since 1945, but you also get beautiful nature scenery in the Eifel and Moselle region in Rhineland-Palatinate. There are also quite a few beautiful castles in the area like Schloss Drachenburg in Königswinter, Burg Eltz in Wierschem and the Reichsburg Cochem. If you're interested in WW2 history you can visit the Ordensburg Vogelsang in the Eifel National Park and if you're already in the Bonn area you can also go on a day trip to Freudenberg in Westphalia - you may have even seen pictures of the town before since it has a beautiful downtown core consisting entirely of old-fashioned half-timbered houses, which seems to be quite popular amongst photographers. Plus, the Rhineland is quite big on wine production, so you could try some regional German wines while you're there.
Trier is a great town/city to vistit. It's Germanys oldes - and it even has a colosseum😎
I did really like Trier when I was there in 1989. The Roman ruins were very interesting, as is, of course, the big gate at the end of the town square overlooking the Moselle River.
It's right by Luxembourg and a great destination for someone who is interested in wine.
And the birthplace of Karl Marx
Often overlooked
I agree - Trier is a great town
I'm surprised you didn't mention the Christmas season as a nice time to visit. If you're a Christmas junky, Germany is beautiful that time of year. They really go all out for Christmas.
As a German I like all of Germany, but the area I live in I like the most -> The Lake of Constance (den Bodensee)!!!!!
G'day Feli. Surprised that you didn't mention the Christmas Markets. Having been to a number of them in Germany and eastern Europe I gotta say that nothing beats a German Christmas market! And whilst there's many things similar to all of them, many of them are unique. I love that they're not full of plastic factory crap. And for those not shopping, they're just great for a social night out with good food and drinks.
It’s nice to travel along the Rhine, e.g. from Rüdesheim to Koblenz or even ongoing until Bonn, and also along the Mosel between Trier and Koblenz. There are a huge amount of beautiful small villages (some parts unfortunately lately got destroyed by the floods) and various castles. You can take a tour by ship or travel on the street which in huge parts just is some meters away from the river…and you’ll find cute wineries there…
Yess! Those steep vineyards, mountains, and fortresses along rivers Rhine and Mosel are gorgeous.
I have mostly traveled in the Black forest region, currently staying 2 weeks in the beautiful city of Villingen. If I could live in Germany for a year, I would select Freiburg as my home base, it has a lively altstadt and is so close to Nature. Mittenwald is a hidden gem in my opinion, not likely on most Americans travel list.
One cannot go wrong most anywhere in Germany, the people are so welcoming, great food and drink, half timbered houses, altstadts and so much more ...what's not to love? Ich liebe Deutschland!
The Fasnachts time is the best time to visit the black forest
@@rumo531 I am planning on going back the end of this coming February for my first Fasnachts! It will probably be a bit different due to covid ...but it's still a great change from New York!
Hello, I'm german and actually live near to Villingen, where I went to school. I was really surprised to see your comment about Villingen, because it's a small town and most Germans have never heard of it. I'm happy that you liked it! It's really a beautiful city and I think it's a great example for a typical southern German town
@@adrianweber1328 Servus Adrian! I love the area you live in. With Covid cancelling most Weihnachtsmarkts, I did more visits of local villages so maybe I was in yours for a brief moment 🙂 On mein Geburtstag we walked the Baumwipfelpad ... very snowy day and lots of fun! Had a great dinner at die Sägel im Niedereschach for last night on this Urlaub. Thanks for your reply to my comment. I am hopeful to be back, as I said above, for Fasnachts. The whole Schwarzwald region is Schön and the people so nice! I am always thankful to be able to visit. I only wish my love for Germany hit me when I was much younger ... aber, alles ist gut!
U have to go the Fastnacht in Villingen or in Weigheim ( thats a small village in the area of VS ) they have a big tradition on it !!
The most time of the 13 years I lived in Germany were spent living in Trier. Most western visitors don't go there, or even know about it. I did find that the Far East tour groups went there often. It's the oldest city in Germany with lots of Roman ruins. Highly recommend it. It's on the Mosel River and great white wine
I live in Trier for the last 4 years and after all this time I still feel like I were on vacation even though I normally work etc. Outstanding place to live and visit.
@@andrzejkalitowski5567 exactly. Such a beautiful place! I have 2 daughters and granddaughter there. My ex is from there
Trier works well with a trip to Luxembourg.
@@stevenmay1449 yes it does. We used to get our fuel in Luxembourg. Along with cheaper alcohol and cigarettes. Even though I don't smoke
Michael, I agree with you about Trier. I was stationed in Germany during the 1970's and visited Trier often. It is a fantastic city to visit and as you said, most westerners have never heard of it. Another area close by is in Belgium. A short drive to Liège (Luik) is a beautiful city to explore.
I liked the St. Goar area and the towns along the Rhine river. Heidelberg was fun to visit too.
THANK YOU for the last comments on Neuschwanstein. Some of the best info in the video! Go. Take fotos. Don’t go in. Fussen is a lovely town near by.
I would recommend visiting some beautiful northern cities with great Hansa architecture, such as Lübeck, Bremen and Stralsund. The good thing is you can enjoy the sea there too, which is really different to the cliche.
What I really like too are the wine areas in Palatium, Baden-Württemberg and northern Bavaria. Great landscape with vineyards and cute little historical cities.
Of course the Alps are a phenomenal destination too. My favorite places there are the Berchtesgaden Alps (where I live) close to Salzburg/Austria and the Karwendel area.
Some beautiful german cities with complete old towns (didn’t got destroyed in war):
- Trier (oldest German city, many Roman ruins)
- Heidelberg (awesome, but many tourists)
- Lübeck (used to be the most important city in the Hanseatic league)
- Wernigerode (the Harz nature around WG is also really pretty)
- Quedlinburg (is near Wernigerode)
- Lüneburg (probably the best city in northern Germany, characteristic Baltic Sea old town)
- Goslar
- Nördlingen (the anime „attack on titan“ got inspired by this city)
- Wismar
- Bacharach (overall the wine region is very romantic)
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As a kid, my husband was an Army brat and lived in Frankfurt. When he joined the Army and we were married, we did two tours in Germany. Our first tour we were stationed in Karlsruhe but our housing was in Kieselbronn (near the city of Pforzheim, half way between Karlsruhe and Stuttgart). We were there for 4 years. Our second tour in Germany we lived in Mannheim for 3 years, and our younger daughter was born at the American hospital in Heidelberg in 1996. When she was little, she told everyone she was a princess and was born in a castle in Germany, because the Heidelberg Castle was across the river from the hospital haha. We moved back stateside in 1997. Some day I hope to get back to Germany to visit again, maybe take a family vacation with all 3 of my now adult children and show my now 25 year old daughter the castle she claimed to be born in :) Would love to go on a Rhine River cruise again, and see all the castles. Maybe go to a renaissance fair (we went to one when our oldest daughter was just 2 years old and she wore one of those princess hats with the long scarf attached). We went on many volksmarches on weekends as well, and enjoyed eating currywurst and brotchen, and schnitzels.... oh I miss the food! So many wonderful memories of our times in Germany.
Not to mention the Levi Strauss Museum in Buttenhein/Bavaria, the Auswandererhaus in Bremerhafen, where you can see, that the Hamburger was not traditional food from Hamburg, where they eat Fischbroetchen for the most as streetfood, but that beefsandwich was onbosrd-catering for the exmegrants on the ships to America
I think the best place to visit in Germany is Feli parents. 😯 😄 to thank them for raising an awesome daughter. 😯😊
I lived a few years in Aachen. Lots of history, a beautiful cathedral (it's not much from the outside but from the inside it's amazing) and lot's of candy/chocolate/Printen (you have the factory's of Lindt, Katjes, Balsen and Lamberts in one area. I recommending the factory sale/ Werksverkauf). And you can go over the border in less then 15 minutes to visit Belgium or the Netherlands. And if you want to see some nature the national park Eifel is just 30 minutes away. But if you want to party, took the train to cologne 😅 it will took you just 40 minutes of so.
Not to mention Bonn and HARIBO in also 50 min away…
Hohenzollernbruecke in Cologne...picture from the westside showing bridge and domechurch together, the most iconic picture of Germany right After Brandenburg Gate
Frankfurt has a wonderful roman camp to visit. Heidelberg has a beautiful castle and is famous for all their steps. There is a neat underground tunnel under a well. The castle is mostly gone but the lord and ladies escape tunnel is still there.
I liked Lübeck very much and of course the cost and islands in the North- and Baltic Sea. There are numerous beautiful lakes in northern Germany as well.
I just wanted to say that I've started following you a few months ago, and I just love your videos ! I'm actually French living in France, but I've always been passionated about both Germany and the US, and especially about cultural differences. I just love seeing your point on view on things. Being European, you're so similar to a French person on many aspects when it comes to cultural shocks in the US, but at the same time very different and making me learn a lot of things about Germany ! Thank you for sharing your experience ! And Germany is indeed a great country to visit, with a special shoutout to Europa Park (I do agree with you, an amazing park, with also Phantasialand) and to the techno scene in Berlin.
Curious, we chose the Rhine Valley. Absolutely amazing and no foreigner tourists at all!!
I have a group tour scheduled for next October-Hamburg, Berlin, Dresden, Bamberg, Munich, the Rhine Valley, and the Black Forest. I hope to be reasonably fluent in German by that time.
Here is an (insider tip) I have only been there 1 time when I was in Germany so I don't know what it's like other times of the year, Coburg, really has their downtown or town square looking good during Christmas. It's famous because Price Albert ( in a can LOL) who married Queen Victoria) is from there. Also Coburg is one town that was undamaged during WW2 so people can see what Germany looked like before the war.
13:57 Thank you sooooo much for mention it! Im a huge fan of it! Its not only the largest model railway setup in the world. Its also the most visited atraction in Germany by foreign tourists at all! More than Brandeburger Tor, Neuschwanstein or (sorry Feli ;) the Oktoberfest. The "Deutsche Zentrale für Tourismus" (German National Tourist Board ) does it anualy and this year MiWuLa is No. 1 again. WOOOHOOO... :D
And MiWuLa is growing and growing. Tomorrow they will open the sections "The world from above" and "Rio de Janeiro". In future they will build the rain forrest, the caribbean, Asia and more. Cant wait, im so excited...! ^^
Yes they are soooo creative, and one of the bosses once said that he could manage it economically without expanding but they just can not stop building because it is so much fun to realize all the ideas they have in mind.
A typical example of their mindset is the little gas station with the tiny price display which is always showing the current prices, a computer is programmed to download them every few hours from the website of the company and forwards them to that tiny display. That is pure perfection
No Way, you cannot compare that to Munich in Oktoberfest!!! GO Bavaria GO, warmest people in the World!!!
I lived in Germany until 16 with German mom/American Dad. I have to put some love in for my family's home state: Rheinland-Pfalz. The scenic car, train, bicycle or boat trip with ancient castles. quaint towns and vineyards along the Rhein between Mainz/Wiesbaden and Cologne is gorgeous.
Lüneburg and Quedlinburg are both absolutely stunning cities with a LOT of beautiful architecture!
Cool list! A little suprised the Rhine (especially the "Romantischer Rhein" part of it) and the mosel didn't make the cut. I thought they were a pretty popular holiday destination (also among Americans) for going on cruises and stuff.
They also make pretty good wines 😁
When I lived in Germany, I worked in Niestrien. We always hit up the wine festivals along the Rhine every year I was there. The day my wife and daughter arrives to Germany, the wine fest in Niestrien was how they were introduced to Germany.
Totally agree! Can not discuss places worthy of visiting in Germany without mentioning WINE and the Mosel and Rhein river valleys! Absolutely a must!
@@jeaninnechorba-mackson7084 No one seems to talk about Cologne, which I would really recommend. Cologne is called the most Italian city in Germany and has a special vibe about it. It has a cathedral that has been built on for centuries, a great museum for Germanic and Roman history, the Rhine is there, and pubs and restaurants are a class of its own....
LOL: the weather is “shitty.” I had to rewind to be sure I heard right. Hilarious!!
It's pandemic times right now so they've mostly been cancelled, but German Christmas markets, both large and small, make a beatiful winter experience.
Another gorgeous place that you omitted is Lake Constance (Bodensee), which connects Germany, Switzerland and Austria; there is plenty to see and do there. Fun fact, it is the only place within Europe where there are no clear borders between the countries.
I think the Bodensee is where many Germans go for holiday... and for good reasons.
best part of Germany!
I think Dresden is so beautiful and great to visit!! Great restaurants, lots to see, history at every corner, the river Elbe is wonderful and the Neustadt has many cool bars and clubs. The contrasts are amazing. And so much nature to see around Dresden as well. The Sächsische Schweiz is stunning!!
I second this!
When I was a Senior in high school, I went to France for an exchange. We were based in the Alsace Lorraine region. On one trip, we could see Germany but we couldn’t go there because the Reunification was in full swing. My brother’s brother in law wants to go to Octoberfest. I hope we do that.
I’ve flown into Frankfort when I went to Russia in 2015. It’s an amazing airport.
It's partly due to my business travel, but I have visited Bayreuth, Regensberg, Heidelberg, the Rhein (Rhine) area between Mainz and Koblenz, Trier, and Saarbrücken. Frankly, they are all amazing. I would love to visit more.
I'm Italian and I have spent holydays in Germany since I was a child with my father, in general my suggestion would be to avoid the bigger cities for the most part (and maybe have a day trip to one of the bigger cities as public transport is usually meant to bring people from the smaller cities and villages to the bigger city e.g. for work or study, not the opposite) but maybe I'm biased by how we did for the most part, most was following sort of itineraries like Romantische Strasse, or valleys/rivers like the Rhein , Lahn or Neckar. always by car except for the visits to the largest cities.
Being very interested in true medieval castles we had always a very limited interest in post-medieval castles and Neuschwanstein in this sense is the worst because in too many people's mind that's their idea of "castle", in this sense is so over-rated and "annoying", to its merit for what is was (a sort of an amusement park in its own merit not too different from the "fairytales" counterparts, but built with more old-style tecniques and materials, there was no fiberglass at the time, and placed in a setting that is worth an outdoor visit), If you don't give a xx about true castles and want to visit the inspiration of the "fairytale" castle it might be over-priced but I guess that's exactly what you'd want to visit, but yeah, pretty overrated in many people mind.
In a way also Koenigsee is a bit over-rated compared to other equally nice but no way near as famous alpine lakes.
Other destinations I liked and I'd suggest are Limburg (over Lahn) and Lindau(Bodensee), and Goslar-Braunschweig-Wernigerode(with 2 being in the old-West and the latter in the old-East you can try spot the differences
Danke für Ihren wunderbaren Beitrag, dem man anmerkt, dass Sie Deutschland nicht nur mögen, sondern sich auch damit auseinanderzudesetzen
I have spent around 14-15 months in Germany over the last decade for work and you pretty much nailed it. As an American (from Cincinnati nonetheless) I would add the Mosel and Rhine River valleys as great places to visit as well.
the villages around mosel river with their wineyards is definitely worth a visit
Since many fly into Frankfurt (or Flughaven Hahn), a great day trip is a Moselle River tour. Check out Trier, Bernkasel-Kues, Traben-Trarbuch. Excellent wine, beautiful castles, wonderful scenery, historic villages full old German charm. A must IMO.
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For nature I recommend the chalk cliffs near Sassnitz on Rügen Island. Similar to the white cliffs of Dover. Very beautiful.
Great video, to me another great city to visit, if you are interested in german history is Bonn. It was the capital of Germany until 1990 and still has some political institutions. you can also find the "Haus der Geschichte" or "House of History", where you can find the history of Germany since 1945. Another plus is that you do not have to pay anything to get into the museum, because it gets paid by the state of Germany.
Another great place to visit is the Pfälzer Wald, which is near to the french border and is also called the "Toskana of Germany". It`s a great place for those who love good wine and I personally think in this part of Germany we have a great mixture of the french and german culture.
I agree. And whenever you find your way to Bonn, just come over to Cologne and find out why the Kölner Dom is the most visited sight in Germany.
Aachen - nice and handy. A lot of young, international people due to its university and close to the Netherlands and Belgium.
To me, Freiburg/Breisgau is underrated!! Makes also a nice base for visiting Strasbourg/Colmar in France. And the Kaiserstuhl area north of Freiburg - a culinary - to me - yet undiscovered area in Germany.
Yes, I do agree about Neuschwanstein - overrated
I thought Aachen had the best Weihnachtsmarkt in Germany.
I made it a point to return to Aachen recently, and brought back a bunch of Aachener Printen for my family.
Freiburg is indeed very nice but for sure not underrated.
@@liversuccess1420 One of the best.
Highly recommended from my side: Fly in to Frankfurt, stay for two days for sightseeing and museums, visit Heidelberg for a day trip, then go to Wiesbaden, board a river cruise ship and sail down the Rhine river. The whole Mittelrheintal (Rhine gorge) is UNESCO world heritage site and has all the castles, scenic views and romantic villages you would want. You can get off at one of small wine villages (avoid Rüdesheim, tho), maybe stay for a night and get on board the next day again. Get off board for good at Cologne and see the cathedral, stay over night and enjoy night life. Plan for about a week for the whole trip, then off to some other part of Germany.
Quedlinburg is a very nice little town in Saxony-Anhalt and a world heritage city, with a beautiful old town and a old castle.
For those who are interested in experiencing the German Autobahn and long stretches of it without a speed limit, there's one general rule: Avoid the densely populated areas in the south and west, as well as the areas surrounding the big cities. Preferably, stay in the north and the east. That's where you usually have a lot more unrestricted stretches of Autobahns and much less traffic in general. Also avoid the major north-south and west-east routes such as the A1, the A7, the A2, or the A3. While those might also be mostly unrestricted, the traffic is usually too dense to drive fast.
The rule of thumb is: the more an Autobahn is used, the greater the chances that a speed limit exists there. There are many Autobahns with little or even hardly any traffic that almost universally do not have a general speed limit if you stay away from the densely populated areas and the most popular routes. The best time to find an open Autobahn is early on Sunday mornings in the summer, and I'd recommend to use those times when your goal is going fast on the German Autobahn as a point on your bucket list.
But there's one thing you should know: Although there is no general speed limit on German Autobahns, you're still expected to drive responsibly. Even in areas without a speed limit, you have to adapt your driving style to the prevailing traffic conditions. It is not the case that you can aggressively accelerate whenever and however often you want. Rather, you are obliged to show consideration for others and especially for those who do not want to drive as fast - which is most other drivers, to be honest (the average speed on the German Autobahn is "only" 120 km/h after all). You always have the occasional idiot but the vast majority of drivers stick to the rules and drive responsibly. That's why despite the lack of a general speed limit, the German Autobahns are among the safest roads in the world (a lot safer than US Interstates for example).
What you should also know: racing other cars on public roads and reckless fast driving just for the sake of getting from A to B as quickly as possible, are a felony here. Therefore avoid "racing" other cars on the Autobahn and refrain from going pedal to the metal all the time, no matter what.
So, while officially there is not general speed limit in Germany, going over the recommended speed of 130 km/h can still get you in a lot of trouble if you have an accident or if the police thinks you're driving like a maniac 😉
When mentioning the auto manufacturers you must also mention the Nürburgring. One of the only major race tracks in the world that is also a public toll road, that anyone with a car can drive a lap on. Also for anyone interested in wine the villages along the Rhine and Mosel rivers have some incredible historic wineries to tour and the scenery especially along the Mosel is magnificent. They are all cute little historic villages that also give you that old world Germany feeling. From that area it's also easy to hit the Black Forest and pop over into Alsace (which often feels more German than some parts of Germany.)
The insurance of rented cars doesn''t cover any damage wich hapened on a race track!
My Aunt lives in Hamburg. I visited East and West Berlin before and after the wall came down. I loved that soldiers in uniform got to ride city transportation for free.
Regensburg, Mainz, Weiden, Nuremburg, were all beautiful. It was such a wonderful place to visit. volksfests were great and train rides too.
If you are in Berlin, you should visit Potsdam.
May is my favourite time to visit, and I always try and check out when the local German school holidays are before travelling especially if planning to go to a theme park or other family attraction. You may find there's a region specific holiday which might be best to avoid!
Also, never arrive on a Sunday! You will struggle to find anything to do or any shops open!
Spreewald is next on my list of German places to visit.
The historic city of Lübeck on the north coast is a great place to visit and sample its marzipan, for which it is famous. It has several historic churches, a fantastic old entrance gate, and interesting things to just walk around and see.
I loved taking a boat tour up the Rhine Valley. Lots of castles! Also can be done by bike.
My wife and I have been going to d’Wiesn for many years. We love Bayern, its lovely people (like you), and München in particular. One year we couldn't get a flight directly to Flughafen München so we flew to Flughafen Frankfurt am Main and took the train to München. That was some ride! The scenery was so beautiful in those classic Main valleys that it didn't seem real. We were suffering from jet lag and so we slept a part of the way, but what we did see was so memorable.
Everywhere we've gone in Deutschland over the many years has been special and everyone was so welcoming and helpful. We traveled all over Bayern and parts of Österreich (where my people are from). I was even taken for ein Bayer a few times, a compliment for sure. We never made it to Berlin, however, although a friend of mine wanted to go to bring home a piece of the wall when it joyously came down. We didn't go and I regret it.
All the best, good health, and happy holidays to you and yours.
My partner and I spent a couple weeks in Germany a few years ago and had a blast. We hit a lot of the places you mentioned (we may have been a little over ambitious), but one of my favorite bits was our time in the Rheinland. We visited both Köln and Düsseldorf (which were awesome), but the highlight may have been seeing the small towns of Sankt Goar and Bacharach. Burg Rheinfels in Sankt Goar was very interesting, but the best part was definitely the slow cruise down the Rhein we took between the two towns where we got to see the Lorelei.
Frankfurt am Main was probably the most overrated part, but I will always remember it fondly because it's where I had my first döner kebab. Also, the local specialties of Apfelwein and Schnitzel mit Grüne Soße were both excellent.
I like how you say "Germineeee". It adds character to your manner of speaking.
Hey, there she is the girl from the Elsa App commercial. I love how you were trying not too laugh while doing that stereotypical German accent!
Lucky enough that Germany offer's
a lot of different things for every kind of interests.
The surrounding area of Berlin, the state of Brandenburg his highly underrated, the capital Potsdam of course, but also the whole Spree - Havel region is just amazing, starting in the south of Brandenburg with the Spreewald you can travel with a bike or very nice with a canoe or kayak from there until the Baltic sea, the small cities of Templin, Angermünde, Rheinsberg, Brandenburg an der Havel, Lutherstadt Wittenberg directly at the River Elbe located between Hamburg and Berlin, and
Eberswalde have so many things to offer for a good price with a very unique nature, Brandenburg has not so many residents which is very good for the many natural landscapes.
The only thing I would disagree with Feli, is to visit Germany in Summer.
My advice is late spring (late May/June) or early fall (September/early October). It's of course not hot, but typically you will need to explore German cities by foot (or bicycle). So you will be walking a lot! Plus, AC is not a big thing. You might feel permanently hot and sweating in July/August. Rather come a bit earlier/later and bring a thin jacket.
I think most important is to understand the cultural difference between south and north and maybe east. I recommend München and Heidelberg as representation of southern culture and Hamburg or Bremen maybe for the north.
I was in Frankfort in 1966-1969 US Army and my Grate Grand father was from Frankfort AM my wife Family's from Munchen My mothers Family is from Bad Baden I bin al over Germeny Love it and the People your Wonderful Feli Thanks I love your Vidios
I would certainly recommend a trip down the Rhine between Koblenz and Mainz, which is beautiful, full of castles, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. I have done it in a river cruise, but that is certainly not necessary because you can also just take one of the ferries down that section of the river which make stops at many of the small towns. When I did this I lingered too long at dinner and missed the ferry back, but simply grabbed a train to Koblenz with my Eurail pass after dark.
Personally I felt like Stuttgart deserved some more love in this vid. I spent there some time with my German family and it's pretty cool. I learned even some Schwäbish. Aside from Mercedez Benz there's also the Porsche museum, there's still some nice smaller cities like SIndelfingen nearby Stuttgart. And northern Germany was pretty different, Scandinavia lite as I like to call it. There's some interesting history by the Danish-German border, the Hanseatic League, Plattdeutsch and stuff.
Good luck trying to understand what the Schwaben are saying 😆
The thing I as someone from around Stuttgart is, that in my opinion that is a very harsh place to navigate in, especially as a tourist.
I have been to Stuttgart more times than I would have liked and there is barely one time where I wasn't lost. Even as a German.
The city is built for some reason on a mountain. Has a bunch of one way streets and 1/3rd of it is constantly being built on or being fixed.
So the route you knew from last month, may very well be your downfall and waste 2 hours.
I haven't had it happen in other big cities to me, like for example Munich or Frankfurt, both are just as big and confusing, but they seem to be much more intuitively designe, thanks to not being built on a fucking mountain.
And if you now think the mountain thing is nice, it is not. You don't see anything of the mountain, all you see is the traffic lights every 50 meters uphill. That is if you choose to drive there.
There are a bunch of other cities around Stuttgart, which are imo probably a better place to visit, especially around Christmas, many have beautiful Weihnachtsmärkte.
Honestly as someone from the region, I would rather recommend another big city.
I also have been to Dresden for example and it was also very beautiful, but the stores in the touristy area seemed like a scam, hadn't that happen to me in Stuttgart on the other hand.
One tipp: I recommend to don't learning schwäbisch it's really weird and hard (like the other dialects too). Normal standard german is hard enough 😅even for some germans
I lived in Northern Italia for years, visited Germany many times. I found the entire country very pleasant and interesting. I enjoy the culture and people. I love going to Volksmarches (spelling?) and the regional cuisine!
Volksmärsche, I guess you mean the ones during Schützenfest
Hello Feli,
I stayed in Frankfurt for 6 weeks some time ago, and I would suggest the Romantische Straße, I had a car and drove it myself on a weekend, stayed in a castle. I don’t know any German, but the people in your country would mostly help the lost American. Love your content!!!!
A great place is also the Spreewald where the best way of moving round is in boats on the numerous arms of the river Spree.
Germany really has almost everything for a European visit, my favourites from on top of my head (in no particular order) would be, Lake Konstanz (Bodensee, Mainau Island, TriCountry Fireworks/Seenachtfest), Hamburg (Reeperbahn is wild, I like St.Pauli FC as well), Sylt, Bremen (Valentin Submarine bunkers/pens blew my mind), Black forest villages (during winter its dreamy), Stuttgart (Spring and October Volksfests), Cologne (night life is great, though the city isn't known for this), Schwetzingen ( Schwetzingen Castle, where in Summer you can spend the night on the grounds for 5 or 10 Euro entrance fee), Nuremberg. And other cities also have something to offer.
My personal favourite city is Heidelberg and least is Frankfurt.
My husband and I have been to Germany 3x and each time was exciting and entertaining. We spent additional time in Berlin because my husband's cousin lives there. I think that was the best day. We did so much in one day. His cousin took us places we would have never thought to go. We went to her favorite restaurant, where the food was absolutely delicious. We went to Dresden, Berlin, & Hamburg, plus several other places I can't remember. Germany is a beautiful, historical country. We will definitely be visiting again.
Take a boat trip down the Rhein River so you can view the castles and see the Lorelei. When you take the trip be sure to stop in the town of Braubach and visit Marksburg Castle. Marksburg had never been conceured and therefore is marvellously in tact. The tour will give you a true view of medieval life in Germany. Another must see is Trier on the Mosel River. The Roman ruins are a time capsul of how strong Rome was so far north of Italy. The bridge over the Mosel built by the Romans is still in use. The walled cith of Rothenburg is an absolute must see. It was spared from destruction during the 30 Years War. Ignore the autos and you will be strolling through a 17th Century town. Treat yourself to a room at the zum Markusturm Hotel, over 700 years old.
Scenic spots and historical sites: I would include the whole of the Rhine valley, starting (only the German part) with Lake Constance (a lot of beautiful towns and other places, the biggest city is Konstanz/Constance with less than 100.000 inhabitants), the High Rhine valley from Konstanz to Basel (a good place for hiking or cycling, but you can also take a ship from Konstanz to Schaffhausen resp. Stein am Rhein. The Rhine Falls there are not so impressing, however, only 23 m or 75 ft high, but 150 m or 490 ft wide with an average water flow of 21,000 cu ft/s in the summer). Basel is the Swiss heart of the "Dreiländereck" (3 countries corner), with a big old town worth seeing and also historic suburbs at the German bank of the Rhine. The Rhine takes there a 90 degree curve to the north, and the next few dozen miles are a bit boring due to the taming and channelling of the Rhine in the 19th century (which is now the border between Germany and France), until you come to the Freiburg region. Freiburg is a beautiful historical city with an old university at the foot of the Black Forest - and the city with the most sunshine hours in Germany. You are now in the middle Upper Rhine valley, a famous wine-growing district. Strassbourg and the Alsace are at the other bank of the Rhine a little to the North. Next stations are Rastatt and Karlsruhe with big palaces of the Baden dynasty, and then Heidelberg ... (I cut some corners here) ... Mainz and the Rheingau, where the Upper Rhine ends and the Middle Rhine valley starts, which is a really gorgeous canyon with steep vineyards and an incredible density of castles. The Lower Rhine valley starts at the Federal city of Bonn, which is a rather quaint city at the foot of the Eifel region, and runs up to the Netherlands and the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta.
Overrated: I would say Rothenburg is highly overrated. It is a touristic hotspot, and its whole economy is based on that. It's sometimes more like an amusement park than an authentic town. There are two cities only 40 resp. 75 km south of it with comparable impressive medieval architecture, but a lot less "touristy": Dinkelsbühl and Nördlingen.
As Feli mentioned, I recommend East Germany. Leipzig, Dresden or Berlin are cool towns. If you like history/pretty old towns: Weimar (Buchenwald Concentration Camp is nearby), Erfurt, Gotha, Wernigerode, Magdeburg, Görlitz (they call it Görlywood because many films that set in the past were made there in the last years) Nature is nice too in the east. Sächsische Schweiz, Thüringer Wald, Rennsteig, Harz, Mecklenburger Seenplatte, the islands of Rügen and Hiddensee, the Baltic Sea (where you can find amber on the beach, but beware, sometimes you find Phosphor which look pretty similar and can lead to burnt bodyparts)
That is my opinion and I could be wrong. Have a nice day! 😁
Opinions can't be wrong. Highly appreciate your input about the eastern part. I'd like to point out some smaller cities in the Harz region - Quedlinburg, Halberstadt.. - truly beautiful medieval-looking cities, highly underrated. Also the many lakes in Brandenburg and of course the Spreewald are worth visiting. And don't forget to mention Potsdam as a former Prussian residence...
i’ve been to munich in october 2019 and it was one of the best trip of my life. munich is beautiful, historical and full of parks. it was very easy to visit the most parts of the city, and the museums are exceptional and very cheap. it was a chill, cultural and emotional experience, i recommend it.
ps. i’m italian, so i appreciate a lot cultural and artistic experiences, historical places and nature.
Hi Noemi, I love your name.
I definitely would visit some German wineries if I went there. A boat cruise on the Rhine is another thing that comes to mind.
Don't forget the Niederrhein, Köln, Düsseldorf and many more cities are so close to each other, you can check out Neanderthal, we also have 2 amusement parks (Phantasialand which I prefer and Movie Park) and the airport in Düsseldorf is really easy to reach - moreover, you get to know the "Rheinische Frohnatur", typical beers for Düsseldorf and Köln (we're very proud of it and make jokes about the other city's beer) and a beautiful view on the Rhein in Düsseldorf.
Germany is a country that i have always been fascinated by growing up for multiple reasons and as a result I have spent a lot of time exploring and travelling around over the last 5 years or so to the point that I am moving to Germany early next year. Terrified but so so excited at the same time!
That's a good compilation of our German sights, thank you! I would like to add that you can experience nature also in and around Berlin. Berlin has three big lakes and three big forests. Water covers also a third of the surface of Brandenburg (the state around Berlin), so tours on boats or canoes e.g. in the Spreewald are definitely an awesome experience!
Of course, Berlin offers castle and palaces as well! In July 2021, there was just opened the city palace of Berlin, the old castle rebuilt as a museum the so called Humboldt-Forum. And if you go to Potsdam which is 30 to 40 minutes out of Berlin you can experience at least five great castles and their huge parks! Especially the castle of Sanssouci is famous as Frederic 2nd built it as his summer palace.
Rothenberg (the famous walled town) can be very touristy and crowded, especially during the holidays but it's still worth going to see. I always heard that's why Germans like to go to Dinkelsbühl instead.
Exactly. Rothenburg ob der Tauber is just one of many picturesque medieval towns in Germany. But it has almost been turned into an amusement park for foreign tourists. I would put it on my "overrated" list, just like Neuschwanstein.
Dinkelsbühl is the closest town with a similar charm and without mass tourism, but there are many more all across the country.
I was in Germany as a U.S Army soldier and loved Bayern.
I was in Neu Ulm 85-86 and In Nurnberg 88-89.
Spent a week in Starnberg in April 89 and loved it.
Loved being in Neu Ulm and went to Ulm often and went up Der Munster several times.😀
Great vid Feli - been to your home town of Munich 3 times, and Berlin 3 times - and yes each city has its own culture and flare-- so glad you made this and yes you are correct - while travel is curtailed and even banned in some cases - we can still dream of better times ahead and keep in the mood of travel...now I will have a nice Bitburger beer and cheers to everyone..
I'm a bit sad that the Ruhrgebiet didn't make any of your lists. It is the largest metropolitan area, but not all contentrated into one city. While the density of old historc "cute" buildings isn't as high, it has a rich history especially in industrial development with tons of museums and actual sites to visit. The "Route der Industriekultur" gives a really good guide to what places are most interesting in that regard.
But there are also very pretty spots of nature, many lakes, some of which are great for swimming during summer, in Bottrop, you can actually go skiing the whole year round, although the city isn't near any mountain! If that isn't enough for you, there is Winterberg, and its name already hints at it: It is a surprisingly close by region with very alive winter sports tourism during winter.
I feel like the western parts of Germany are often overlooked. No, there isn't THAT much Nazi stuff to look at, and most of the really pretty old stuff was bombed to smithereens and it is historically very industrial, but there are good people, good beers and other food, pretty places and a lot of history to explore. Another upside that I as a tourist would appreciate is that this region isn't all that terribly tourism-heavy. As in most places you will go, you're going to experience "Germany proper", not a curated distilled handy little piece of what Germans think tourists would want to see/do/buy. That's another thing I really like about the region - it feels very honest all around.
If you’re into wine and beautiful scenery the region around the Mosel is also very beautiful! 🍷
I love Trier. Went on a high school field trip and then dragged my family back when we were in the area doing geneology research. I like to say we grew up in grave yards. Luckily most cemetaries had playgrounds. My father worked on his geneology before the internet by going town to town looking for relatives. Found graves and then found living relatives.