Germany

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General Information for travelers going to Germany Population: 83 million Area: 357,021 square km, 357,021 square miles. Language(s): German, English Capital City: Berlin Major Cities: Cologne, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich. Local Time: From 28 Mar 04 to 31 Oct 04 GMT +2 From 31 Oct 04 to 27 Mar 05 GMT +1 Currency: Euro (EUR 1 = 100 Cents) Notes: EUR: 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 Coins: EUR: 1, 2. Cents: 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50...

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Passport, Visa, Embassy

Passport & Visa Info The following details relate to holders of adult normal passports (requirements for children may be different), if any other type of passport or travel document is held, entry requirements should be checked with the relevant embassy or consulate. Passports Required, but NOT by the following: 1) Holders of National Identity Cards issued to nationals of...

Airports

Berlin Schonefeld (SXF) Berlin Tegel (TXL) Berlin Tempelhof (THF) Bremen (BRE) Cologne Bonn (CGN) Dortmund (DTM) Dresden (DRS) Dusseldorf International (DUS) Dusseldorf Moenchengladbach (MGL) Frankfurt (FRA) Friedrichshafen (FDH) Hamburg (HAM) Hanover (HAJ) Leipzig/Halle (LEJ) Lubeck (LBC) Muenster/Osnabrueck Intl (FMO) Munich International (MUC) Nuremberg (NUE) Paderborn/...

Health risks

Germany is highly developed and a stable democracy with modern economic. Tourist facilities are highly developed. In larger towns, many people can communicate in English. CRIME: Germany has a low rate of crime. MEDICAL FACILITIES: Good medical care is available. Doctors and hospitals may expect immediate payment in cash for health services from tourists and persons with no...

MICE exhibition presents unprecedented seminar program

MICE exhibition presents unprecedented seminar program , Germany During her three-day event of 25 to 27 May 2010 offers the most comprehensive to date her IMEX in Frankfurt seminar program at which the visitors offered free of charge. Among the 75 workshops and presentations will once again crowd-pullers. Thus, the participants learn, among other things, the seller of the New York Times "Influencer: The Power to Change Anything," as they...

Hamburg is a magnet for tourists

In Hamburg, must be a magnet for tourists. The men's lifestyle magazine Men's Health (No. 6 / 2010, 5/12/2010 EVT) during an analysis of data from the statistical offices that the hotels are working at the Hanseatic city's annual average of 56 percent. This is even before Munich, Hamburg at the head of all German cities. Herne appears more attractive for foreign guests at the...

Hotel Dolce Bad Nauheim in a 100-year-old Liberty Theater located in the Hotel - Germany

Hotel Dolce Bad Nauheim in a 100-year-old Liberty Theater located in the Hotel - Germany, Germany With a cultural journey through time in the Hotel Dolce Bad Nauheim celebrated on 8th May the 100th Anniversary of its Art Nouveau Theater. This is an integral part of the 400-meter building complex of today's conference and resort hotel of international Dolce Group. The event is a tribute to the marriage of art nouveau and the musician and actor in world-class, which recorded...

IHA-Industry Report 2010 Hotel portals provide the most bookings

IHA-Industry Report 2010 Hotel portals provide the most bookings, Germany The recent IHA-sector report 2010 "Hotel market in Germany was" officially, what industry insiders already knew: it is the hotel portals, which give the hotel in Germany, most of the guests? Nearly one in four will receive the booking hotels now have Internet portals such as hotel.de, HRS, or others. The proportion of the total volume from 2003 to 2009 grew from 4.1% to 24.7...

Sightseeing in Hannover

Sightseeing in Hannover, Germany Hanover or Hannover (German: Hannover, on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of Great Britain, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg (later to described as the Elector of Hanover). At the end of the Napoleonic Wars, the Electorate...

Cologne: From Dawn Till Midnight

Cologne: from dawn till midnight, Germany Young designers allure visitors with their modern creations, the cathedral attracts with its impressive history and scarcely anybody can resist Cologne's wellknown beer, called Kölsch. But what makes the city worth visiting? Innovative, young and extravagant. Most people who come to Cologne are not primarily interested in the world-famous cathedral. No, there are a lot of...

Sightseeing in Cologne

Sightseeing in Cologne, Germany Cologne (German: Koln, pronounced (kœln) is Germany's fourth-largest city (after Berlin, Hamburg and Munich), and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants. It is one of the oldest cities in Germany, having been...

Weather

Climate: Weather can be changeable throughout the year. Eastern Germany and South East (Bavarian Alps) tend to have colder winters with more frequent snow and frost. Rainfall is fairly evenly spread throughout the year although less in summer. Clothing: Light or mediumweights for the summer and medium or heavyweights for winter, with rainwear all year round.