Germany
- Population: 82.5 million (UN, 2005)
- Capital: Berlin
- Area: 357,027 sq km (137,849 sq miles)
- Major language: German
- Major religion: Christianity
- Life expectancy: 76 years (men), 81 years (women) (UN)
- Monetary unit: 1 Euro = 100 cents
- Der Spiegel – news weekly, English-language
Run an image search for Germans in Google and half of the images will be Nazis. Popular prejudice dies hard but present day Germany is as fair and open-minded as Europe gets.
Road Junky has 18 Germany articles. Scroll down to view.
Germany Travel Guide Online
The trains run on time, the food has strict quality standards, cars must pass stringent tests every two years, forests are more valued than buildings, and the people stop walking ...
Oktoberfest is Crass, Vulgar and Expensive
We just noticed that on the homepage of Digg yesterday was an entry of sexy Oktoberfest girls with 252 comments going wow about Bavarian girls showing their cleavage with ...
Foot Fetishes On a German Train
If you asked Dante, there are many kinds of hell. The flatterers, the sorcerers, the hoarders and even the lustful have their own layers. And so they should. Participants in ...
Germany Christmas Markets
The snow glistens with the array of coloured fairy lights. The smell of fresh gingerbread and grilled bratwurst wafts over the stalls. Carolers can be heard singing Christmas songs in ...
Prussian Parks and Palaces in Potsdam
The opulent and elegant castles of Brandenburg’s Prussian aristocracy attract visitors in throngs to the delightful city of Potsdam, 25km south of Berlin.
Standing in the glittering and glamorous Marmorgalerie (Marble ...
Berlin Bunkers Underground Germany
In the Berlin underground train station, Gesundbrunnen, there is a green door which thousands of people pass everyday, completely ignorant to the treasures that lie on the other side.
The lights ...
Oktoberfest - German Beer Festival
It is an event of world notoriety, and they come from everywhere to crowd the tents, down the one litre (Maß) beers and jostle for space at the urinals. For ...
Dating German Girls & Guys
If you find yourself in one of Germany’s major cities, plonk yourself down at an outdoor cafe, pretend to read a newspaper and spy all the people walking past.
Germany Travel News
- Seamless and streamlined travel - Financial Times
- Ukraine crisis will be first test for Lady Ashton - guardian.co.uk
- GM: Opel restructuring plan by mid-December; cuts up to 25 per cent - Earthtimes (press release)
- European Stocks Decline for Fourth Day; Greek Banks Retreat - Bloomberg
- Deutsche Bahn wins contract for Qatar rail network - eTaiwan News
