Elizabeth G asked:
This is a question for people who are from Germany or who have spent a lot of time in the country. What in your opinion is the best and most interesting city to live in in Germany or spend a long period of time in? Also, Why do you recommend this city as the best, what are the reasons? How would you compare it to other German cities?
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This is a question for people who are from Germany or who have spent a lot of time in the country. What in your opinion is the best and most interesting city to live in in Germany or spend a long period of time in? Also, Why do you recommend this city as the best, what are the reasons? How would you compare it to other German cities?
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1 Kate // Jun 16, 2007 at 3:41 am
Heidelberg! why? b/c alot of history is here, castles, vineyards, great places to eat, an interesting array of shopping, and its not as expensive as the larger cities! I live here on an army post and love it! good luck choosing one!
2 gib // Jun 18, 2007 at 8:01 pm
GO NORTHWEST TO HOLLAND BY TRAIN TO AMSTERDAM AND HAVE A REAL GOOD TIME. OR GO TO GARMICH, GERMANY
3 The_Cricket: Loved VT! // Jun 19, 2007 at 3:06 am
Well, here are my favorites from when I visited them:
1. Trier. This is my number one favorite city. Why? Let’s see:
A. It’s the oldest city in Germany. With ruins dating back to the 1st and 2nd century A.D., it’s fascinating.
B. The people are super friendly.
C. The food is excellent.
D. The churches, some of which date back to Roman times. Most notable (and one of my favorites) is the Trier Cathedral. I also love St. Paulin’s, though it’s not that “old” by German standards. I think it was completed in 1732. The ceiling painting is STUNNING. I was literally speechless when we entered the sanctuary.
2. Rothenburg ob der Tauber. This city is incredible, or at least, the old part is. Much of it is preserved to look exactly as it did in the middle ages. Many of the buildings date back to the 11th and 12th centuries. Plus, the restaurants are AWESOME, there’s lots of shopping, and the people are super nice.
3. Rüdesheim. It’s located on the Rhein River, and has lots of history, gorgeous churches, and lots of castles nearby. Again, it has great food, and the people were really nice and helpful.
4. München, also known as Munich. I was very impressed by this large city. There was enough historical architecture to keep me fascinated by it, great food (we ate at this Croatian restaurant off of Dachauerstrasse and the food was DIVINE), and the PEOPLE! Man, I don’t think I’ve ever met so many incredibly nice people! We got lost (easy to do), and wound up nearly out of gas at a gas station. I first asked the gas station attendant if he spoke English (which he did, perfectly), then told him we were lost. He then replied, “You’re not lost. You’re in Munich, the safest big city in Germany!” It was pretty funny. Then he gave us pretty good directions to get to our hotel, which we did find…eventually. Munich is also awesome, because it’s close to EVERYTHING. It’s about an hour or so from Füssen, which is where Schloss Neuschwanstein is located, and near the Linderhof palace. It’s also only a couple hours or less from Rothenberg ob der Tauber, Würzburg (another one of my favorite cities), the border of Austria, and Dachau.
There are lots of others (Dresden, Blautzen, Worms, Eisenach, Münstermaifeld, Idar-Oberstein…) that I really enjoy spending time in, but I figured I’d just give you my top four.
4 gernvonhinten // Jun 19, 2007 at 10:02 pm
Colone, Hamburg and Berlin
they are big citys with all the benefits but also not to big so you van be in mother nature in no time. All the big citys are sorounded by farm land, woods, riversides and more.
because Germany is not that big you can be very fast in different landscape, mountains, rivers, beaches,citys,villages,castles,resorts all very fast to reach and beautiful.
just go to the middle, somewhere, and you be ables to do everything in one day.
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