Where in Germany should I visit?

[Cranberry]

Berlin, obviously

Munich is great, sure, but I've been there quite a few times more often than most others around here (I live two hours from Munich), and Berlin just tops it in my opinion... Berlin is just very much of its own thing, it's a very, modern, innovative city - it's basically everything modern Germany is or wants to be. Munich on the other hand, is kind of the opposite - it's the nice, orderly, "German" - in the sense that word has had its implication in the last century - city. It sure has its modern and hip areas, but still, it's more of an epitome of what (young) Germans would rather leave behind. I understand this is a bit vague, and there are obvious exceptions to that, but Berlin is kind of Germany in the 21st century, while Munich (and Hamburg as well to an extent) is Germany in the (late) 20th century, in terms of feeling and attitude.

[Cranberry]

Also, is it just me feeling that, or did you just put Düsseldorf here because you find the name funny?

What would you even do there?

[Cranberry]

obviously i'm biäsed towards the heidelberg/mannheim/karlsruhe region, but out of these i'd vote hamburg or berlin.

Heidelberg is supposed to be quite nice, if not a little provincial, I've heard. Karlsruhe I've so far only seen the through way from the Stuttgart-Frankfurt Autobahn to the Rhine, so no opinion on that; and all I know of Mannheim is that the Ochsenknechts and the Söhne Mannheims (*shudder*) are from there which imo is reason enough to never ever go there.

[Cranberry]

Also, is it just me feeling that, or did you just put Düsseldorf here because you find the name funny?

What would you even do there?

I'm going interrailling with the friends. the person organising has a poll that she sent to us to determine whixh German city we will visit. Dusseldorf, for some reason, is on these.

Ah okay. Yeah, don't go to Düsseldorf

If you decide to go to Munich (I wouldn't, but go where you want) shoot me a PM, I can maybe give you some info on what to do / see.

[Cranberry]

Berlin. But that’s the only place I have been to out of these above. I was studying at Lake Constance for a while. That area is also pretty nice.

What place around Lake Constance has a uni? Konstanz, Friedrichshafen, Lindau?

Berlin is one of the best cities in the world. Definitely Berlin.

Agree

This does sum it up pretty well, yes.

[Cranberry]

Berlin. But that’s the only place I have been to out of these above. I was studying at Lake Constance for a while. That area is also pretty nice.

What place around Lake Constance has a uni? Konstanz, Friedrichshafen, Lindau?

konstanz definitely does, my mom studied there for a while

Ah, alright, didn't know that. Upon checking its wiki article, I also learned that it was sizeably bigger than I expected (a little less than 100k).