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New paths through a familiar land

We're already looking forward to our vacation - and lots of discovery tours between the North Sea and the Alps in Germany. Here are tips and vacation ideas from all 16 German states. Have fun reading and planning.

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Hamburg

Hamburg - The gateway to culture

A world-famous concert hall, 60 museums, 45 theaters and a phototriennial of international renown - Hamburg's culture is diverse and cosmopolitan. ...

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Pilgrim figure and Speyer Cathedral Via Triumphalis

Rhineland-Palatinate

City trip to Speyer

The mighty, all-surpassing imperial cathedral, a charming city center with a wide range of cultural offerings and a Jewish heritage worth seeing - for a city ...

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Wine festival 'Komm und See' takes place against the beautiful backdrop of Lake Constance

Bavaria

Pleasure living in Bavaria

Huge vegetable gardens in the middle of the city center, a square that turns into an open-air bar in the summer, a housing estate that graffiti ...

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Thuringia

Jena - City of Light

It is nestled between the green shell limestone slopes directly on the Saale River and, with 110,000 inhabitants, is second only to the state capital Erfurt ...

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Nine euros, countless possibilities - how to (re)discover Germany this summer with the 9-Euro-Ticket

All info about the 9-Euro-Ticket

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Bavaria

Passau: Everything in flux

Three rivers from three directions, plus an old town as painted: The Bavarian city of Passau on the border with Austria is in ...

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Bavaria

Fine dining in Nördlingen - a round thing

Jockl Kaiser from the starred restaurant "Meyers Keller" processes long-forgotten, local products according to old recipes into culinary highlights - and serves ...

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Baden-Württemberg

The Swabian Alb: Beautiful and Swabian

The Swabian Alb is a dream for nature lovers, hikers and pleasure seekers. Between Hochberg and Lemberg, with about 1000 meters two ...

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Experience Germany digitally

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Favorite places in Germany

They still exist, the very special vacation destinations in Germany, where our heart beats stronger. Because they awaken emotions and touch us deeply. Places where we leave our soul. And are sure to return soon.

Hesse

Cozy dining at the gates of Frankfurt

Who feels like a little culinary excursion in the Frankfurt Speckgürtel? Our offer: 11 traditional village inns that are no further ...

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The ruins of the Disibodenberg monastery are located on a rocky spur above the confluence of the Glan river with the Nahe river

Rhineland-Palatinate

Paths to the origins: On the trail of Hildegard von Bingen

Hildegard von Bingen is clearly one of the most significant personalities of the Middle Ages. Even today, more than 800 years after her death, ...

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The gentle pachyderms are the guests' favorites at the zoo © M.Roeder

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Schwerin Zoo: Where young and old can experience animals up close and personal

Pachyderms wallow in puddles, pelicans relax by the lake, monkeys do gymnastics in trees and exotic birds sing their most beautiful songs ...

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Quiet corners in Germany

Dive in. Find silence. Enjoy the peace and relax. Far away from the crowds, the noise, the confusion. We show you idyllic villages, romantic river landscapes, fragrant forests and special places where you can live undisturbed vacation dreams.

Over 20 hiking trails lead through the national park

Thuringia

The Hainich National Park - a place of pleasure and a World Heritage Site

In the middle of Germany, easily accessible from the surrounding cities of Mühlhausen, Eisenach and Bad Langensalza, lies the Hainich National Park. What ...

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Break with a view from the Hohe Lay near Nassau

Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate: Active vacation in the wildly beautiful Lahn Valley

Castles and palaces, historic towns, half-timbered villages and vineyards: the Lahn flows for 245 kilometers from its origin in the Rothaargebirge ...

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