| |  | | | Germany | Latitude: 52.51667 N Longitude: 13.4 E Capital: Berlin | | | | | | | | Travel in Germany A total of 131 members have visited 163 locations in Germany. Together they have written 428 travel stories and uploaded 3055 pictures from Germany. Last visit in Germany was made 2008-05-27 by slaveofihs who was in Schwangau. Have you been to Germany? Click here to join and share your pictures and stories. |
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Short introduction to Germany
As Western Europe's richest and most populous nation, Germany remains a key member of the continent's economic, political, and defense organizations. European power struggles immersed the country in two devastating World Wars in the first half of the 20th century and left the country occupied by the victorious Allied powers of the US, UK, France, and the Soviet Union in 1945. With the advent of the Cold War, two German states were formed in 1949: the western Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the eastern German Democratic Republic (GDR). The democratic FRG embedded itself in key Western economic and security organizations, the EC and NATO, while the communist GDR was on the front line of the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact. The decline of the USSR and the end of the Cold War allowed for German unification in 1990. Since then Germany has expended considerable funds to bring eastern productivity and wages up to western standards. In January 1999, Germany and 10 other EU countries formed a common European currency, the euro.
Source: World Factbook |
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Travel stories from Germany  | Day 4 - Recovery Day | | A relaxing day of recovery after yesterday’s madness. Out for an early morning walk I was approached by a young Australian couple who asked me very s-l-o-w-l-y did I know where McDonald’s was – trying... |
| | | |  | surprise surprise | | ok after i had updated the good old journal i went to the bus stop to catch the bus back to noordwijk (beach hostel). caught the number 40, drove all the way through noordwijk and didn't recognize my ... |
| | | |  | what a heat | | This morning getting up at 04 am was very hard to do... I had to catch my train to brussels at 5,15 am... I travelled with the ICE, the german high speed train to frabnkfurt. what a beautiful interior... |
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| | | Germany external links
Selected links to recommended web sites with information about Germany 1. | Germany
Online Germany travel guide including hotels, museums, shopping, nightlife, where to eat, transportation, useful telephones and weather. | | | 2. | Germany on Lonely Planet
Germany travel information, images, facts and more. | | | 3. | Germany on Wikipedia
Lots of user contributed links and information on Germany. | | |
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