Where in Germany should I visit?

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[Illiniwek]

If you are looking for the best WWII and Cold War history, go to Berlin. If you want to go to the best city, go to Munich. Munich is just endlessly fantastic.

[President Johnson]

Out of these, Berlin. I was there for the first time last year and it was YUUGE.

Out of all, Stuttgart and the whole state of Baden-Württemberg is also a great place.

[Santander]

Cologne, obviously.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Wherever Franzl is hanging out.......great guy to drink a talk with.

[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?

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

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

[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.

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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.

[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.

[Grand Wizard Lizard of the Klan]

I was in Munich and Regensburg, very nice cities and I recommend them but I have no comparison to other ones because I was only in Bavaria. I guess Berlin is just like every capital city - stinky, dirty, full of some nice and some overrated places to visit and with a lot of strange people and attention whores on the streets.

[RINO Tom]

I've been to Heidelberg, Rothenburg and Munich, so I can only comment on Munich from your list: amazing, absolutely go.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Avoid Cologne. I'm not worried that you'll be raped by roving gangs of migrant kids, I'm more concerned that you'll run into my High School geography teacher who spends his summers there. He's like the Tender Branson of my old school.

[IceAgeComing]

I went to Berlin a few summers ago for a week after visiting my friend in Krakow; its a really nice place and I'd recommend it.  The only downside that I had was the fact that I was only really there for three days (one day was spent on a few trains; another coming home) and that wasn't really enough to see everything that I wanted to see and I never really got very far away from the bit around Alexander Platz which was where my hostel was - I went down to Tempelhof airport for a look around since someone mentioned it to me and that was it, although obviously that's now not going to be open to you.  Some nice pubs as well; although I can't really remember any names, for obvious reasons.

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I've been to Germany twice before. When I was young we took  a VW campervan across northern Germany, including the obligatory visit to Wolfsberg; and I did a school exchange with a town near Munster.

[Angrie]

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?

[Sir Mohamed]

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.

[Lief 🗽]

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

[Velasco]

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

Agree

[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.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

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

[Sir Mohamed]

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.

Konstanz.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Visit Poland. It's no longer (partially) German, but I'd love to have you here.

[ingemann]

I would stay outside the bigger cities (but I wanted to visit some I would select Berlin and Hamburg). I woould suggest visiting some of the medium size cities (like Erfurt), the old princely capitals are likely the most interesting. As for regions to visit I would say Lower Saxony, Thunringia and northern Bavaria are some of the most interesting.