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Germany

3 city guides in Germany so far: Berlin, Hamburg, Munich. Each guide starts in the main square and covers where to stay, what to do and how to get around.

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Language: German
Currency: Euro (EUR)
Plugs: Type F and C, 230 V
Emergency number: 112, 110
Time zone: UTC+1 (summer UTC+2)
Country calling code: +49
Traffic drives on the: Right

City guides in Germany

The empty cobbled Pariser Platz at dusk, with the Brandenburg Gate at the far end and the street lamps lit.

State of BerlinBerlinBerlin is a large, green capital where recent history is everywhere you look, from the line of the Wall to the restored domes of Museum Island.

Hamburg City Hall seen across Rathausmarkt, with its clock tower and green copper roofs.

HamburgHamburgHamburg is Germany's great port city on the river Elbe, full of canals, bridges and red-brick warehouses, with a lake in its centre.

The New Town Hall on Marienplatz, with its tall clock tower, under a clear blue sky.

BavariaMunichMunich is the capital of Bavaria, a wealthy and orderly city with the Alps on the horizon.

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