Germany

Germany, far from be the rigid monolith of Western Europe that most people have in mind, is a country with a remarkable variety of regions having vestiges of when the country was a patchwork of independent states.

From the ancient ports of the north, following the plain fields, woods and mountains of the south and many cities of varying size are good examples of the variety of the country.

There are cities that seem to be national capitals. Cologne has a large number of historical monuments and Munich, capital of Bavaria, has good museums and galleries.

Berlin, the capital, has an electrifying atmosphere. Nuremberg preserved samples of their past glory; Hamburg, totally destroyed by fire in 1943 is now a pleasant town with lively nightlife.

Frankfurt, the economic pillar of the reconstruction, considers itself as the real capital of Germany, which seek to snatch Stuttgart and Düsseldorf, cities with tall skyscrapers. Finally Dresden, a city crammed with baroque splendor.

Because all these cities were seriously damaged during the war and reconstruction has not always been perfect, small populations can become more enriching. Heidelberg and its university, Trier, Bamberg, Rothenburg or Potsdam are worth places.

From a landscape point of view, we remark the Bavarian Alps (and Munich), the Bodensee (Lake Constance), the Black Forest and the Rhine valley, whose splendid path has generated many legends and folklore.