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Best City in Germany to Visit?
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I would recommend Hamburg! It's a bit like Germany's Venice with it's giant port area and the Speicherstadt. You need to take a boat ride through it if you visit Hamburg.
Don't trust anyone who is suggesting that Berlin is worth a visit, it's a terrible city and also not really German.
Don't trust anyone who is suggesting that Berlin is worth a visit, it's a terrible city and also not really German.
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Wow Hamburg looks beautiful. :)
Might have to extend our day by a few days. Haha.
I really enjoyed my time in Bremen and Cologne. Hamburg is awesome also, there were a ton of record stores if that's your thing!
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The "super german" part definitely appeals to me. I want to see the old cottage houses, castles, get some schnitzel, beer all that good stuff.
The only people that don't like Berlin are other Germans. Berlin is cool, has a great food and beer scene and is a relatively short train ride from Prague. The museums are really good (though can get really stuffy when it's hot outside). West Berlin kind of feels like downtown Chicago without the skyscrapers and east Berlin is (I think) a cooler, more outdoor and cafe oriented area. I had a lot of fun walking around Prenzlauer Berg, going into record stores and stopping at local craft beer places. Dresden is also on the way between Berlin and Prague and is worth going to the "Old Town" for like a day.
I wouldn't necessarily suggest Berlin over any other place in Germany, but it makes a lot sense coming from Prague.
I wouldn't necessarily suggest Berlin over any other place in Germany, but it makes a lot sense coming from Prague.
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I don't mind taking a long train from Prague. We visited Russia last year Moscow to Kaliningrad wasn't exactly close. :)
I appreciate the suggestions everyone.
She would be way into that, she is the type of wife who stops me to point out some other girls huge boobs.
Dusseldorf is a nice one I don't usually see people talking about.
The Altstadt is fun to explore - it's really walkable. I also really liked the beer and hanging out by the river. Didn't feel like it was too toursity either.
The Altstadt is fun to explore - it's really walkable. I also really liked the beer and hanging out by the river. Didn't feel like it was too toursity either.
Seconding Tubingen. It's freaking beautiful. I might say go to Stuttgart and take the train to Tubingen for a day since it's a smaller town.
I guess if she's cool with it (Mine isn't and i made the mistake lol).
Haha, perfect! Than I'm sure you two would have fun at the Reeperbahn!
What do you want to see?
Berlin is getting pretty crowded and the alternative scene it was famous for is disappearing fast, but it's still absolutely worth a visit. Tons of sights, museums and cultural events. Just skip Checkpoint Charlie, there's nothing there. Go to Potsdam instead.
Hamburg is probably the city I like the most, but that's because I'm a seaside person and love the harbour atmosphere. Berlin and Munich probably still have a lot more actual sights.
Keep in mind most city centers are pretty modern, so if you want to see all the medieval stuff, visiting some smaller town is really worth it. Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Bamberg, Limburg, Würzburg...
Berlin is getting pretty crowded and the alternative scene it was famous for is disappearing fast, but it's still absolutely worth a visit. Tons of sights, museums and cultural events. Just skip Checkpoint Charlie, there's nothing there. Go to Potsdam instead.
Hamburg is probably the city I like the most, but that's because I'm a seaside person and love the harbour atmosphere. Berlin and Munich probably still have a lot more actual sights.
Keep in mind most city centers are pretty modern, so if you want to see all the medieval stuff, visiting some smaller town is really worth it. Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Bamberg, Limburg, Würzburg...
Dusseldorf is a nice one I don't usually see people talking about.
The Altstadt is fun to explore - it's really walkable. I also really liked the beer and hanging out by the river. Didn't feel like it was too toursity either.
Seconding Tubingen. It's freaking beautiful. I might say go to Stuttgart and take the train to Tubingen for a day since it's a smaller town.
I've been to Dusseldorf three times and I keep coming away with the impression that it's like... fine? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ It's not actively bad, but there's something a bit dull about it.
As someone who has moved near düsseldorf last year it feels like the most pointless city ever
If you like medieval stuff, the castle and old city center of Nuremberg is really cool
Or in our Gamer™ Terms: Basically German Novigrad ;)
Or in our Gamer™ Terms: Basically German Novigrad ;)
If you have time, visit Lübeck. It's just 45 minutes from Hamburg via train, and Lübeck's old town is Unesco World Heritage.
I love Munich. Watching people surfing in the English garden while having a beer at the Chinese Temple was one of the best days of my life.
Also the Bavarian tourist board gives you all sorts of free stuff; we stayed at Ruhpolding and got free daily tickets to the Lido and local theme park and one off tickets to a cable car ride and alpine rollercoaster.
Also the Bavarian tourist board gives you all sorts of free stuff; we stayed at Ruhpolding and got free daily tickets to the Lido and local theme park and one off tickets to a cable car ride and alpine rollercoaster.
I'd recommend that city too.
Small but beautiful. From here you can visit Frankfurt, Stuttgart, ...
Don't believe anyone who recommends Berlin over Hamburg. And as Dr. Phibes said you should visit Lübeck. Beautiful city.
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If you go in May i can recommend the hamburg harbor anniversary.
For what it's worth I did Prague, Dresden, and Berlin last summer and I was done with Prague in two days. It was super cheap, though.
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Well the thing is, her family lives in Zelenogradsk, Russia and so the idea is for me to be able to see new places at the same time as her being able to see her family. So while I am excited to see Prague, that part of the trip is more about reuniting with her Mum and sister (who I also love seeing!)
Fantastic, thank you for the heads up.
We didn't spend a ton of time in Bamberg during our trip, but it was a lovely city. It's also famous for Rauchbier, which I thought was the best beer we had during the trip.
Does it have to be typical big tourist cities? Many great suggestions here in that regard (Hamburg, Munich, etc.).
If you like it more rural you should visit Rügen or Usedom, both isles in the Baltic Sea, the latter right at the border to Poland. Great beaches and nature there.
I'd also recommend the Black Forest (Schwarzwald) or the Palatinate Forest (Pfälzerwald), the latter being the biggest continuous forest in Germany:
If you coming from Czech Republik it's convenient to visit the Ore Mountains (Erzgebirge):
If you come to Rostock in Northern Germany I buy you a beer:
If you like it more rural you should visit Rügen or Usedom, both isles in the Baltic Sea, the latter right at the border to Poland. Great beaches and nature there.
I'd also recommend the Black Forest (Schwarzwald) or the Palatinate Forest (Pfälzerwald), the latter being the biggest continuous forest in Germany:
If you coming from Czech Republik it's convenient to visit the Ore Mountains (Erzgebirge):
If you come to Rostock in Northern Germany I buy you a beer:
The stereotypical lederhosen, beer and pretzels stuff is based on Bavaria, dunno how well you get that from the big cities there vs the smaller towns in the mountains.
If you go to Berlin, you should definitely visit Potsdam an spend an afternoon exploring the parks!
