Country guide
Germany runs from the Baltic and North Sea coasts in the north down to the Alps in the south, and its 16 states have kept enough separateness that the country r...
Photograph · Llez · CC BY-SA 3.0
Reviewed by Elena Voss · Roavina Travel Editor
Germany runs from the Baltic and North Sea coasts in the north down to the Alps in the south, and its 16 states have kept enough separateness that the country reads as a set of destinations rather than one. Over 83 million people live in them, more than any other European Union member. Berlin is the capital and the largest single city, Frankfurt is the financial centre, and the largest urban area is neither - it is the Ruhr, a belt of western towns that have grown into each other. Choosing between the Bavarian south, the Rhine, the Hanseatic north and the eastern cities is the actual planning decision; the distances are short and the places are not variations on one another.
Checked 2026-08-25
Every city catalogued in this country so far, ranked by how much there is to see.
Photograph · Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de · CC BY-SA 3.0
Photograph · Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de · CC BY-SA 3.0 de
Ranked by importance — sitelinks, pageviews and heritage status, not editor preference.
202 places match
Category
Typical visit duration
Interests
Marstallmuseum Nymphenburg
Marstallmuseum is a museum of royal carriages, sleighs and riding equipment within the grounds of Nymphenburg Palace in Munich. It occupies the former royal stables and preserves vehicles associated with Bavarian rulers, particularly during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Museum Mineralogia München
Museum Mineralogia Munich is a specialist collection where crystals are presented through their roles in nature and technology.
Museum Mensch und Natur
The Museum Mensch und Natur is a natural history museum situated within the Nymphenburg Palace complex in Munich. It explores the relationship between humans and the natural world through scientific exhibits.
Otto-König-von-Griechenland-Museum
Otto König von Griechenland-Museum presents the story of Otto, the Bavarian prince who became the first modern King of Greece in 1832. The subject connects Munich with nineteenth-century European monarchy, Greek state formation and the Wittelsbach dynasty.
Viktualienmarkt is a daily food market and square in central Munich. It occupies a site that has served as the city's main marketplace since 1807, when farmers' markets moved from Marienplatz to this expanded location.
Ost-West-Friedenskirche
Ost-West-Friedenskirche, or East-West Peace Church, is a religious building in Munich where worship and community life meet themes of peace, reconciliation, and unity.
Mater Dolorosa is a Catholic church in Berlin, named for the Latin title meaning “Sorrowful Mother,” a reference to the Virgin Mary’s grief.
Kino International is a historic cinema located in Berlin, Germany. It stands as a notable example of East German architectural heritage from the GDR period.
Zoo Palast is a historic cinema in Berlin’s Charlottenburg district, close to the Zoologischer Garten area. The venue belongs to Berlin’s long film-going tradition and is associated with screenings and premieres.
The DenkStätte Weiße Rose is a memorial and exhibition space in Munich dedicated to the White Rose resistance group. During the Nazi era, this student movement distributed leaflets calling for opposition to the regime.
Kallmann-Museum is a museum in Munich, Germany, included in the city’s official tourism listings as a cultural place of visitor interest.
Schlossmuseum
Schlossmuseum Ismaning is a castle museum in Ismaning, an independent municipality northeast of Munich. The museum occupies a historic schloss and introduces visitors to the heritage of the town and its former aristocratic setting.
The Sudetendeutsches Museum in Munich presents the history and cultural heritage of the Sudeten Germans, an ethnic German population historically associated with Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia.
Urban Nation
Urban Nation is a Berlin museum devoted to urban contemporary art, street art and graffiti culture. It gives art forms associated with public walls, neighbourhoods and alternative scenes a formal exhibition setting.
Britzer Garten is a large landscaped park in Berlin’s Britz district, created for the 1985 Federal Garden Show and preserved as a major green space.
Valentin-Karlstadt-Musäum
The Valentin-Volkssänger-Musäum, locally known as the Valentin-Karlstadt-Musäum, is a museum in Munich dedicated to the Bavarian comedian and folk singer Karl Valentin and his collaborator Liesl Karlstadt.
Zamenhofpark is a public green space in Berlin named after L. L. Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto. The name connects this neighborhood park with the international language movement, while the place itself serves as everyday urban open space.
Gärten der Welt
Gardens of the World, known in German as Gärten der Welt, is a landscaped park in Berlin’s Marzahn-Hellersdorf district.
Zwölf-Apostel-Kirche is a Protestant church in Berlin whose name refers to the twelve apostles of Christian tradition. It is a functioning place of worship and part of the city’s religious and architectural landscape.
Molecule Man is a monumental aluminium sculpture standing in the Spree between Treptow and Kreuzberg. American artist Jonathan Borofsky created the work, which consists of three intersecting human figures about thirty metres tall.
Ev. Kirche Zur frohen Botschaft
Kirche Zur Frohen Botschaft is an Evangelical Protestant church serving the Karlshorst community in eastern Berlin.
Zwingli-Kirche
Zwinglikirche, also called Zwingli-Kirche, is a church in Berlin named after Huldrych Zwingli, the Swiss Reformation leader. It is a place of worship within Berlin’s varied religious architecture.
Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer (Dokumentationszentrum)
The Berlin Wall Memorial preserves the central historical site of German division along 1.4 kilometres of Bernauer Straße. It combines original border remains, archaeological traces, reconstructed elements and public interpretation across the former frontier.
Erwin von Kreibig Museum is devoted to the life and artistic legacy of Erwin von Kreibig. It gives travellers a focused way to explore one figure within Munich’s wider cultural history.
Kunstbau is an exhibition space in Munich dedicated to contemporary art. The venue occupies a distinctive above-ground structure that serves as a platform for modern artistic expression.
Seven to ten days works for Berlin plus one connected region, or for a focused Rhine, Bavaria or northern-city route. Germany’s rail network makes multi-city travel practical, but changing bases every night still reduces useful time.
Germany’s Federal Foreign Office is the official visa reference. Review its nationality-specific entry rules and the Schengen application guidance for the passport and route being used.
Intercity and high-speed trains connect Germany’s major cities, with regional services completing shorter journeys. Deutsche Bahn publishes the integrated timetable; airport choice should follow the route rather than defaulting to one national gateway.
May through September favours outdoor city and countryside travel, while December has a distinct seasonal-market pattern. Alpine, North Sea and urban conditions differ enough that the intended region should determine clothing and reservations.
Germany uses the euro (EUR). Cash and card practices are not stated as a single national rule in the cited source, so travellers should carry a backup and check the payment method before ordering or boarding.
For Germany, 112 reaches medical and fire services and 110 reaches police. Type C and F plugs use 230 V, and mains tap water is recorded as safe.
