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At night   Berlin

At night, Berlin

 10 Reviews  Not that I wasn't one at in a galaxy many years ago, but the teens use the metros as primary transportation and after a fair number of hours at the party scene don't be surprised if the party... 

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Safe City   Munich

Safe City, Munich

 22 Reviews  Munich is the city safer than ever I have visited. It is very normal to see high times of the night by the stations of u-bahn to police, either the national, or the own one of u-bahn. Single a danger,... 

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Red Light District   Hamburg

Red Light District, Hamburg

 10 Reviews  hey, lets be real whenever you enter an area of prostitution anyplace around the world,you will have to be extra carefull, always alongeside prostitution you will find drugs,thiefs ,muggers,so, if you... 

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Traffic   Stuttgart

Traffic, Stuttgart

 4 Reviews  When driving here you need to be very careful and concientious. The yellow diamond shaped sign means that you are on a priotity road and you have the right of way. If you are not on the priority... 

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People   Berlin

People, Berlin

 13 Reviews  Berlin is a wonderful city, the sights I mean. Public building stay open later than most cities I've visited and prices are relatively cheap, however, the people are so rude. I've read so many reviews... 

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The area around the main station   Munich

The area around the main station, Munich

 8 Reviews  I'm staying few weeks in München and found the place safe and comfortable. The only exception is at Nett discount supermarket on Dachauerstrasse north of the main station. Nett is incredibly cheaper... 

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Dodgy Areas   Hamburg

Dodgy Areas, Hamburg

 8 Reviews  Use some kind of secure carrying device for your wallet, passport, cellphone, and keys. These are critical items and it will really put a damper on your trip if any of these are lost or stolen. I... 

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Public Transport   Stuttgart

Public Transport, Stuttgart

 3 Reviews  This seemed kind of odd and confusing to us. Trains just don't go North or South, East and West. You can get off a train going West and get on the next on the same numbered track and it will go East.... 

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Public Transport   Berlin

Public Transport, Berlin

 18 Reviews  If you use the trains in Berlin sooner or later you will have someone enter the train and after short speech offer to sell you a magazine. This seems to happen at the weekends. During the week after... 

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Dangerous beer   Munich

Dangerous beer, Munich

 19 Reviews  I could not believe it myself, when I first heared about this special prohibition in Munich : You are NOT allowed to drink alcohol in Marienplatz and the pedestrian zone of Munich !! This law was... 

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Drugs   Hamburg

Drugs, Hamburg

 1 Review  Hamburg is supposed to be a save city even with one of the highest criminal rates in Germany. This may be so high because of drug delicts. It is not well known that it used to be as easy as in... 

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Food and Drink   Stuttgart

Food and Drink, Stuttgart

 1 Review  O.k, I know that Red Bull isn't exclusive to Stuttgart, but here is where I learned to mix this liquid version of Gummi Bears on Viagra with Absolut. WARNING: Don't do this, they go down far too... 

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Skinheads   Berlin

Skinheads, Berlin

 5 Reviews  The east of berlin aint "dangerous", like some of the People above me wrote, I am from BERLIN and this kind of "half-knowledge" realy pisses me of, cuz it simply aint the truth. First of all, most of... 

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Traffic   Munich

Traffic, Munich

 15 Reviews  As I was walking along the streets of Munich city center, I looked around, up and down and suddenly I happened to glance on something that should not be on the clean streets of this city. I saw a... 

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Free Trading Zone   Hamburg

Free Trading Zone, Hamburg

 1 Review  A large part of the port of Hamburg is a 'Free Trading Zone' - so it may happen, that you enter that port-area without seeing any controls but you might be checked for cigarettes,alcohol,drugs...,... 

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Traffic   Berlin

Traffic, Berlin

 14 Reviews  Pedestrians: they have no rights on major crosswalks. If a pedestrian is ahead of you, and steps into the road, drive on, speed up, honk, or yell loudly and chase him back up on the curb. Never, ever... 

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At the Oktoberfest   Munich

At the Oktoberfest, Munich

 16 Reviews  If you've ever seen those nature films where the mountain goats smash heads repeatedly, you will see a similar activity among the youth of Munich at Oktoberfest. I'm not sure if there is an official... 

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Local customs   Hamburg

Local customs, Hamburg

 1 Review  If someone in Hamburg tells you about 'Michel' (German nickname for Michael), don't get confused. The person could possibly talk about St.Michaelis, a protestant church of the early 20th century and... 

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Pickpockets   Berlin

Pickpockets, Berlin

 12 Reviews  Keeping your wallet safe--- common sense is a prerequisite. One method of keeping your wallet safe, which has never failed me, is to put it in an inside coat pocket, ( a front trouser pocket if you... 

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Too expensive   Munich

Too expensive, Munich

 3 Reviews  I know, big surprise, but the prices of everything around Munich are jacked up during Oktoberfest. We paid over $300 night for a hotel room (it was very nice, however) A liter of beer in the beer... 

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Public Transport   Hamburg

Public Transport, Hamburg

 3 Reviews  Generally, the U and S-bahn is very safe. But as you would in any city, be aware of late night drunks, especially on the weekends, especially on days where one of Hamburg's football teams has been... 

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Animals   Berlin

Animals, Berlin

 9 Reviews  In Berlin you find lots of bears, lucky you they are not so dangerous! The Buddy Bear Story Everything started in Berlin in June 2001. In front of the KaDeWe (Kaufhaus des Westens – department... 

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Weather   Berlin

Weather, Berlin

 5 Reviews  If you are walking near the Spree in Fall and Winter be careful of sudden, strong gusts of wind. I was walking near the Markiisches Museum when a gust blew the lightweight glasses I was wearing into... 

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Beggars   Berlin

Beggars, Berlin

 5 Reviews  Everyone knows about the women with "babies" on their arms who walk around the tourist spots in Europe asking for money.It looked to me as if it was worse in Berlin this time. They tend to be all over... 

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Food and Drink   Berlin

Food and Drink, Berlin

 5 Reviews  Watch out for the beer, especially when you are from Belgium and a beer lover. I tasted twice a local beer - called Berliner Weisse mit Schuss It is presented in two colours, green or red, the green... 

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Emergency Phone Numbers

by Kathrin_E

This is not a "warning or danger" tip but a "how to get help if in danger" tip... Police: 110Fire brigade: 112Ambulance / emergency doctor: 112 It does not matter if you call 110 or 112, your message will be forwarded to the right addressees.112 is the standadized emergency number in all EU states, also for the police, so at least remember this one. About the photos: No worries, there is no fire in that house. In fact, there is nothing in it at all. This building has been empty for years and will probably be demolished some day. The local fire brigades, both the volunteers and the professionals, have recently discovered it as training ground. We have firemen around about weekly. They come to practise putting up ladders, climbing balconies, or in case of the professionals (I think those were the apprentices), rescuing an 'injured' rag dummy from the top floor.

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Our food is NOT labelled healthy!!!

by Trekki

… and will maybe never be (as this is Germany…. – see my album “The Germans”)Wherever I travel and buy foodstuff I am amazed and very much jealous of the choices, local consumers have as I know that this is something which will never be possible in Germany, despite many discussions….We don’t have sufficient and indicative health labelling. Take UK for example. They have a proper labelling system which enables the consumers to quickly see if the goods contain anything they shouldn’t eat at all or shouldn’t eat too much of.If you go to German foodstores, you will find some labelling, yes, but this is only listing some ingredients in % per 100 g or ml. It does not list all and it does not list the daily necessary rate, nor which essentials are included. Consequently our food “labelling” expects the consumers to hold at least a degree in biochemistry to ensure proper and healthy shopping....

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Be carefull, booking a hotel in the Rhine-valley !

by globetrott

NEVER book a hotel that you find in the internet for the Rhine-valley, it might be a hotel like the one on my main picture, I took it on the terrace of a hotel and restaurant in Bacharach. When you simply book a hotel in advance in any town along the river Rhine, it could easily be that you will stay in a hotel, where trains pass by in a distance of just a few meters and you will not be able to sleep, because the Rhine-valley has trains all day and night, every 20-30 minutes and especially at night the heavy cargo-trains will have 40 and more wagons !!Bacharach for instance has a row of hotels facing the Rhine & the train-line like on my picture. In the back of the village there are places, where the noises are almost gone, simply because a wall of houses makes sure you will not hear any trains. Hotel im Malerwinkel is such a quiet place in Bacharach and the hostel Stahleck inside the...

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Avoid Getting Slapped On the Forehead -- "Schulz"

by RhineRoll

When you are doing a pub-crawl or similar booze-related activities with a bunch of Germans, and when someone burps, don't be surprised if you get slapped on the forehead, even though it wasn't you who was misbehaving.The reason for this is the "Schulz" game. The rules are very simple -- quite obviously so, as you are not capable of performing complicated brain actions when you're drunk. The basic rule goes like this: When someone burps, everybody else must quickly say "Schulz" and press their fist against their own forehead (see adjacent illustration for correct performance). Whoever comes in last or doesn't participate at all, may be slapped on the forehead -- and usually DOES get slapped on the forehead! The fact that people who don't participate are "punished" in this fashion may have significantly contributed to the popularity of this drinking game. Anyway, I have warned you now --...

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Taxis, beware of non-English speaking German taxis

by eozyar

I have visited Frankfurt for a medical meeting. I arrived to my Hilton Frankfurt Hotel at downtown. Unfortunately I had a problem with my eyeglasses during my flight. I asked to the reception a eye glass shop. They searched one close to hotel and called there. They learned that the shop will be closing at 7 pm. As it was 6.45 they suggested me to go there by taxi. I went out take a taxi in front of the hotel. He is a German origin driver and I asked him to go fast as he can to catch the shop. However I am not sure if he understood me or not. We arrived at 6.55 to the street where the shop is. It costed 6.20 Euros and I gave 50 Euros. I did not have any change as I have just arrived to Germany. He said he ca not accept the money first and take the money and looked at the money if it is fake or not. Then he said he will not get the money. I told him this the only Euros I have and if he...

Borg - Resistance is futile !!!

by MichaelFalk1969

An insider joke for Star Trek fans: The Borg actually made it to planet earth. Their collective is located near the little town of Walsrode in northern germany (1 hour south of Hamburg, A7 exit Walsrode). I came there by accident, but luckily I have not been assimilated. These Borg do not even live in cubes, they did not master the warp drive technology and the female Borg do not resemble Seven of Nine. And they do not greet you with "We are Borg".Apart from a town sign that Trekkies will treasure forever, there is nothing to see in Borg.

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Don't have your pic taken by the cops!

by RhineRoll

It might be an original way to have your picture taken -- a great souvenir of your racing experience on the Autobahn. However, as you can see, you get a rather bad quality for a pretty high price. My suggestion thus would be to try to not get caught speeding on German motorways. In case you wonder why it is possible to speed when there is no speed limit, let me tell you that there are thousands of speed limits on the Autobahn -- in cities, on dangerous sections, at roadworks -- there just isn't a general speed limit! As a European perpetrator do not count on the ticket being killed due to your foreign residency -- the European Union is working very hard to deliver tickets to your doorstep regardless of where you live.At least, as you can see, your privacy is respected -- the pic just shows the driver so that you are spared from the possible additional trouble of "Mr/Mrs. Right" opening...

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Ant Hills

by nepalgoods

A healthy forests has many many ant hills. Don't disturb the ants or destroy the hill! They are protected animals.When I was a child, my father used to put his handkerchief on top of an ant hill. Than all those little ants attacked the piece of cloth and filled it with their formic acid. My father told me this is good against rheuma.

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IF Arab or Asian be careful

by TONY786

I am of mixed heritage and got a distinct feeling of being very closely watched as i was obviously not local, frankfurt etc have large immigrant poulations but in the old east germany Leipzig etc and towards the czech border there are no asians or people of colour, i visited a indian restaurant run by a white german!!.I have seen many warnings and tips concerning this part of germany , no i am a big lad and very capable of looking after myself but be careful especially at night and near to bars with groups of local males, everybody stares and not a nice stare either .during the day all smiles and very safe ...sad but true, be safe.

Passive Smoking

by Rumi-fan

This may seem weird and I dont want to offend my VT Geman friends but the smoking in Germany is rife! It seemed to me that just about everyone smokes. My 'warning' tip is about passive smoking. If you are a non smoker then forget enjoying a meal in a smoke free resturant - the only one we found was MacDonalds. Some resturants and cafes have a "non-smoking" section but it is a joke, since the smoking area is three quarters of the resturant and the non smoking tables are butting up against the smokers tables. One resturant in Dortmund called "Mongos" told us they were going "smoke free" from 2nd Feb 2007 and i have to say the food there was supurb. Dont miss it.I couldnt help but wonder if Germany has a huge problem with its population and smoking related diseases. This 'warning' is a bit strong i know, but we were so disappointed not to be able to eat in a resturant without suffocating...

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