Germany; ideas and poetry

saarisweg
May 23, 2015
2 min read

Germany is big. And every day we think about or use stuff that's from this country like cars, mp3, aspirin and Albert Einstein.

The north has beaches and islands, the centre has forests, vinyards and river valeys and in the south the Alps are carved out. There are big urban cities scattered in between it all where the baroque and gothic architecture meet high-modern creations and the parts of history that we don't all learned about in school are just waiting to be explored.

Information on Germany:

Official name: Federal Republic of Germany

Capital: Berlin

Language: German

Currency: Euro (before 2002: Guilder)

Time zone: UTC +1 (or +2, depending on summer/winter-time)

Top things to see and do in Germany:

The Romantic Road Running 400km from Wurzburg to Fussen in the south of Germany lays this great road-trip of cute towns. All worth a stop but especially Görlitz is lovely.
Neuschwanstein Castle Up in the Bavarian Alps you'll find the former home of Ludwig II that looks like it might belong in fairytale book.
Prinzessinengarten, Berlin Weird place for a garden, the middle of a busy roundabout, but this urban gardening project is a great initiative and good place to quickly escape the chaos.
Rugen Island With its white-sand beaches, charming architecture and even its own national park, this island is immensy popular but still has a lot of hidden quiet corners for you.
Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich One of the best modern and expressionist museum's in my opinion, especially the design section with a great display of applied arts. The entrance is only 1euro on Sundays and just the roof/dome is worth your visit.
The Ruhr industrial heritage trail Some might call me weird, but I think old industrial stuff is gorgeous! This part of the country was full of coal and steel production and has the leftover giants to prove it. Make sure to check out the Landschaftspark at Duisburg by night, the light-show is amazing.
Hamburg's fishmarket Get up early, or better yet; go straight from a party, because it starts at 5 and is over by 9.30 a.m. Cool old market with the best sandwiches you have had in a long time. Oh and if you still have some time/energy left, take the old Elbe tunnel [no traffic, just walking] with beautiful Art-Deco details to the other side and enjoy the view from there.
Berlin Mauerpark On nice days just a big city-park with the usual drinking/barbecue/guitar-playing people, but on Sundays it's turned into a huge open air flea market with people selling their crafts and food.