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Logo on deposit containers (one-way)

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Hofbräuhaus
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Beautiful Markt in Tecklenburg.
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Close up of a half-timbered house.
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The gate towards the Schlossstrasse.
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Wall pieces Berlin

12 Reviews The last version of the Berlin Wall was over 140 Km in circumference, 3.6 metres high and 1.2 metres thick which makes for a total amount of concrete of around 604,800 cubic metres. For a...

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Glockenspiel at the New Town Hall Munich

8 Reviews Glockenspiel has it's own tower that now takes you by elevator to the top. Wonderful view but nothing compared with the view from St. Peter's tower of the Glockenspiel Clock in action. A magnificent...

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Frankfurt Airport Frankfurt am Main

2 Reviews Transfers from airport to city: Don't bother catching a cab into the city, unless of course, you are laden with a lot of luggage. Taxis to the city cost around 25 Euro. Instead, catch the train from...

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Red Light District Hamburg

4 Reviews Okay, as everyone knows the Reeperbahn is the historically infamous red light district where in addition to the usual club, theatre, and restaurant venues, there are scores and scores of sex shops,...

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Public Transport Stuttgart

1 Review During my first days in Stuttgart i fell into a trap buying tram tickets. The zone thing is very tricky and you have to takenote of prices for different zones. Make sure that you either buy a weekly,...

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Areas of Berlin Berlin

10 Reviews Someone else has already mentioned it, but there are turkish or some eastern european men working the system here. They are close to or near the cathedral, the TV Tower or Unter den Linden. You will...

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Hofbräuhaus Munich

11 Reviews Oh my.... the world famous Hofbräuhaus.... For me it is one of Germany’s biggest tourist traps, no matter if, according to Wikipedia, “it generates a two digit million Euro turnover per year”. The...

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Musicals Hamburg

1 Review I booked ticket for The Phantom of the Opera before my trip, heard their cast were very good. Since the ticket so expensive, I tried mt best to dress up for the show using limited back-packed outfits....

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Fernsehturm (TV Tower) Berlin

10 Reviews I visited the tower in the early nineties and enjoyed the experience. As I was passing recently I thought I'd have a ride to the top again. I was shocked to see that for an adult the cost for a two...

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Oktoberfest Munich

12 Reviews Most tents at the Oktoberfest are already closed early in the morning, because they are simply overcrowded. No chance getting in without a reservation... Last year, my friends and I decided to follow...

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Food and Drink Berlin

8 Reviews With a friend I went to the Kaufhaus des Westens for a nice brunch. There I got very disappointed. While the Kaufhaus offers breakfast/brunch, it is how they offer it what traps the people. The...

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Marienplatz Munich

6 Reviews It isn't much of a "tourist trap" per-say BUT there are a lot of tourists that gather here. Keep the equation in mind: lots of tourists=pick pockets delight Be sure to keep an eye or hand on your...

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History - Cold War Berlin

9 Reviews During the period of the Berlin Wall, Checkpoint Charlie was one of two crossing points for visitors between East and West (the other being Friedrichstraße Station); in fact it was both border...

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Sights Berlin

11 Reviews Wrapping up buildings, coasts and whatever else. No clue why the heck them guys are doing that but it's called "art". In case you like to check on their "art" below is a link...

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Souvenirs Berlin

4 Reviews Around the Brandenburg Gate are numerous stalls selling East German "cold war" hats, russian badges , flags and military uniforms. My mistake was stopping at the stall selling "REAL" parts of the...

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Prices Berlin

3 Reviews Berlin is probably the cheapest capital of any developed country in the world. Note though that in the touristy areas, prices tend to be skyrocketting (for example in restaurants in the main boulevard...

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Public Transport Berlin

4 Reviews I find the Hop On Hop Off bus tours in Berlin are becoming obsolete and a tourist trap. Bus 100 and 200 will take you to most sites on their route from Zoo Station to Alexanderplatz and Prenzlauer...

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Reichstag Dome Berlin

4 Reviews there´s no charge to get in and the usual security checks apply. there was a pretty long queue - so get a friend to wait (or vice versa) whilst you collect the free brochures that they hand out from...

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Beggars Berlin

2 Reviews You can find them everywhere but in Berlin they are persistent and organized. I don't know what nationality they are but they can almost speak any language. The women carry around a baby. Don't be...

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Shops Berlin

3 Reviews Every time visitors come to Berlin Berliners (well especially West Berliners) like to say "You simply must visit Kadewe, it is the Harrod's of Berlin" Two of my guests were even told to visit Kadewe...

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History - World War II Berlin

1 Review What a tourist trap! I went expecting to be moved to my very core with the historical significance of Check Point Charlie. I was expected to be awed at how amazing it was and how incredible it...

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Weather Berlin

1 Review Excuse, it happened to me not in Berlin but on the way back to Poland. DRIVING AT SNOW STORM In Berlin at the end of February I had quite good weather - a little bit snow in the morning but mostly...

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Odd bottle sizes => buy at supermarkets

by Trekki

The Pfand or deposit system for glass and plastic bottles is widely popular throughout whole Germany, not so much for cans though. Consequently, prices for deposit bottles are higher than for throw-away ones. Check the icons on the bottles to see if there is a deposit or not. My photo is of the logo which is being used for one-way-deposit bottles. The respective deposit machines (in this case, one at an Aldi Store) often don’t have this logo printed on them but clearly say “Leergut Rücknahme”, which means returning empties. An important note for those who travel by train or car and want to stock up with water and soda: don’t do this in markets at train stations or gas/petrol stations! I have observed that these shops often sell bottles in unusual sizes with the consequence that you can’t bring them back in any store to collect your deposit. My experience was with Volvic water bottles of...

Not really a trap, but ...

by hunterV

It's worth mentioning that the "Autobahn", the country's motorways shown green on the road atlases, can really take up too much of your time if you choose to travel by car from one place to another. Please follow the regular reports over the radio or on TV warning you about the possible and existing traffic jams. Once traveling by bus we decided not to take the Autobahn, but to travel by the federal road (marked red in atlases) instead and I think we were right. On the picture you can see me standing in the middle of the motorway during a traffic jam, which would normally be unthinkable to stand there. study the road atlas carefully and listen to radio/TV reports on the state of roads travel by the federal road (marked red in atlases)

Some beers are strong

by xymmot

Big beer garden, you think you are in heaven and the beer is free.....with pretzels to boot...sing songs eat drink and be merry.....until they give you the bill....totally drunk, butt wasted, you pay the bill, don't know what it cost and you don't care...you thought...but you for get...then they tell you came in with a friend and he's wasted. Bring your friend along to make sure you make it home after all night drinking, do not forget your friend if they had too much and direct them home zag, zig, zig zag home...Beers are stronger in germany and it is easy to over indulge. Just go to the hot dog stand in Frankfurt. Eat, drink and be merry there....bring your own and still, you are drunk anyway

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Jena

by MichaelFalk1969

Jena is a student city with a friendly athmosphere, with a beautiful location within the Ilm-Saale valley, and also home to the famous Zeiss Optical Industries. I imagine it must be an wonderful place to live or study, but it is not exactly the place to go sightseeing. There is ...- the St. Michaels church with the grave plate of Martin Luther (though not the grave itself)- the historic market square- the ancient Johannis-Friedhof cemetery (with the grave of optician-entrepreneur Carl Zeiss)- the medieval power-tower (Pulverturm)- the modern JenTower (with excellent viewing platform)- many friendly restaurants and cafe`s, especially near the PulverturmSo while I would not regard Jena as a complete waste of time (and to call it a tourist trap would be a bit harsh), a half-day-trip would be enough to get a good impression of the city.

Don't bring $100 notes

by christine.j

A tourist trap? In a way, as it is tourists who may have problems, but it's not a real danger, so this tip is not in the warning or danger section.When you come to Germany from the USA, don't bring $100 notes to be exchanged. Most banks don't accept any large notes, $50 notes are okay, but not the $100 ones. To get a decent exchange rate tourists would have to open an account, put the money in, wait for two weeks to have the notes inspected and only then get the amount in Euro. Not a possibility for a tourist, of course.The only bank which accepts the $100 notes is the Reisebank - travel bank. Their rates, however, are worse than the other banks'.The reason is that most bank don't have the equipment to check if the $100 note is real money or counterfeit, so they rather not accept it.The Reisebank is willing to take the risk, but you pay for it by getting a worse rate.It's much easier to...

Don't just do the South...

by chris.hh

If you want to get to know the real German culture and life do not just plan to see the South in Bavaria. Lots of tourists just have a look at the most tourist places like Rothenburg, Heidelberg, Neuschwanstein, etc. and might think that they know Germany at it's best... Hmm, I just know Rothenburg of the mentioned above. It's a cute little medival town overcrowded with tourists, shopping x-mas-tree stuff in summertime - if you ask me that's not German at all;-) If you want to see these places as historic sites that's fine but also plan some of the big cultural cities with many other (historically) worthful attractions (Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dresden, Leipzig, etc.) and Germany has many nice landcapes besides Black Forest and co;-)

The Karl Marx Haus in Trier

by Paul2001

The Karl Marx Haus was the last of the attractions that I visited during my walk through Trier. This is possibly because I approached it more as a curiosity than a must see. I visited it because I thought there might be some insight into the man who's theories would be so influential throughout the last two centuries. Instead I was treated to a rather drab display of historical writings ALL IN GERMAN. Not speaking any, I found this rather annoying. There is little on Karl Marx's childhood or family life of interest here except a few photographs. I found all of this rather boring. Karl Marx lived in this house from 1818 to 1835 with his parents. The home dates from the 18th century and is actually rather nice. To visit you must pay 2 Euros. The house is open from 10am to 1pm and from 2pm to 5pm from Tuesday to Sunday. It is closed on Mondays.Karl Marx Haus is located at Burkenstrasse...

Beate Uhse Erotic Museum (Erotik-Museum Boring

by Puckfair

Area Joachimstaler Str. 4, 10623 Berlin - Charlottenburg ok maybe i was expecting something elsebut i thought it would be fun going in hereits located near the Zoologischer Garten station/there are a number of floors, on it when u go in here , u take the lift up from the sex shop up to the 3rd floor and then work your way downthere is alot of areas to this den, ie cabins etc for watching the select videos etc The exhibits them selves seemed to be all figurines of diff people in different poses and chinese and japanese portraits depicting diff sexual scenes it was i think €7 euros each not worth On the Plus side , as this is on one corner of a block of shops there is a mini shopping center where people sell little berlin gifts etcThere is also a cheap asian food place and small vendors on the street, theres a lovely stall with chinese takeaway foodas u walk along the Strip and the food...

Rheinsteig between Lahnstein and Braubach

by MichaelFalk1969

The Rheinsteig is a popular hiking path along the Rhine marked by a blue-white icon. There are very beautiful stretches, but we did a part of the Rheinsteig between Lahnstein and Braubach, and it was the dullest I ever did. Only the beginning (along Lahn and Rhein) and the very ending (with a nice view on the Marksburg in Braubach) are worthwhile. In between, we wondered whoever layed out the route, which led to not-so-pretty villages, along parking lots, ugly hotels and was without the open views the Rheinsteig is so famous for. Drive directly to Braubach, visit the impressive Marksburg. As to Braubach: Get in, get out, and nobody gets hurt. Quite a dodgy village in my opinion.

Play the innocent foreigner !

by Trekki

Recently, I spoke with Christine about our weird ticket machines and that it is often not easy even for us Germans to operate them. It is all in the fine print and Germans tend to make it as complicated as possible (haha, sorry, but that’s true). Christine mentioned that she helped a poor foreigner to understand which numbers he had to press at the machine to get to his desired destination. Then it turned out that the machine didn’t accept a 50 Euro bill for short trips (i.e. prices less than 10 Euro). She also said that there was a sentence ? (verdict?) recently, when a German (note – a German and not a foreigner) went to court after he has refused to pay a fine for not having been able to understand the complicated system and thus didn’t have a ticket. The German won – and the machine operator was told, if they are not able to make it understandable…. Bad luck. Hahaha, I laughed much...