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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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We discovered on arrival at our first Youth Hostel (DJH) that in Germany, it is not normal to provide a self catering kitchen as in some other countries.We had to cook for a family of 7 on a portable burner in the park at night. Quite funny for us but others may not think so!
German house flies are particularly aggressive and inconsiderate, and this attitude is shared by their wasps. In August you may find it hard to stand still for more than a few seconds without getting one of the little bastards in your face. At outdoor cafes this is particularly annoying, but there are ways of reducing the problem.First of all, do like most sensible Germans and don't order sugary or fruit drinks. Water, coffee and beer seem safe, but coke and orange juice will have half a dozen of them at your table before you can even put the glass to your mouth. Even if you are careful yourself, you can't escape them if your idiot neighbour buys a round of cokes, but you can reduce your chances of attack even here.Avoid tables in cafes where children are present, as parents always seem to buy them sugary drinks to shut them up, and those crowded with tourists, as they won't have learned...
Many countries have dodgy station areas where you don't want to hang around after dark - at least the ones in cities like Frankfurt, Cologne and Hamburg. Very often you end up in an area full of drug users and beggars, and even if nothing really dangerous has ever happened to me (touch wood) I don't enjoy it. I know Spader will disagree since she's seen me actually SLEEPING in Cologne Hauptbahnhof whilst she kept guard once but I guess I was just tired and broke :-))) Bavarian main stations Munich and Nuremberg on the other hand feels very safe considering their size!
There is one thing that I find particularly bothering when driving in Germany: radio broadcasters constantly warn drivers about the traffic situation (accidents, traffic jams and even the position of speed control cameras). This may be a useful thing for anyone interested in it, but even if your radio is not on, you will be frigthened every few minutes by these loud messages while you are listening to your favourite music on the CD player. There is not anything more bothering than having one's chat or the pleasure of driving in a bucolic environment interrupted by a monotnous list of congested Autobahns. The solution to avoid this problem consists in changing the settings of the radio in order to switch this traffic warning system off.
Yesterday, I was travelling through Hamburg Lubeck airport, and found the security staff to be extremely diligent. No problem with that. What did faze me somewhat, however, was when I emptied my pockets to go through the metal detector, and was told that I could not take my Zippo lighter on the plane and that it should have been in my checked baggage. I had never heard of this before, and there was certainly nothing on the airport posters to suggest it.As you can see from the photo, it is engraved with my name and is of great sentimental value. I was very reluctant to throw it in thte bin. Eventually, the security man removed the middle (i'e. the working parts) and gave me back the cover.When I enquired he said that disposable gas lighters were OK but not petrol ones. I have traveled with a Zippo before without any problems.I am not sure if this is purely a German regulation, or even one...
Yesterday, I was travelling through Hamburg Lubeck airport, and found the security staff to be extremely diligent. No problem with that. What did faze me somewhat, however, was when I emptied my pockets to go through the metal detector, and was told that I could not take my Zippo lighter on the plane and that it should have been in my checked baggage. I had never heard of this before, and there was certainly nothing on the airport posters to suggest it.As you can see from the photo, it is engraved with my name and is of great sentimental value. I was very reluctant to throw it in thte bin. Eventually, the security man removed the middle (i'e. the working parts) and gave me back the cover.When I enquired he said that disposable gas lighters were OK but not petrol ones. I have traveled with a Zippo before without any problems.I am not sure if this is purely a German regulation, or even one...
Hi!First, this is not really a German specific problem but it happend to me when I hired a car in germany. When you pick up a hire-car and they tell you about any previous damage to the car, have a really good look to check for anything else! We collected a car from a dark multi-storey car park and I had to get in on the passengers side because the drivers door was so close to the next car. When the car was dropped off they said there was a mark on the drivers side that wasn't there before. (When you pick up the car they make you sign something about having to pay for any damage to the car). To cut a long storey short I managed to persuade them the damage was there before. Next time I will give the car a thorough check before I drive away.Seymour.
Be warned about the Monkey at Heidelberg Bridge.We heard the story that if you look into the mirror that the monkey is holding and see your reflection at the Heidelberg Bridge that it will give fertility. All I can say is that we looked in the mirror and shortly thereafter found out we are expecting!
Germany is a very socialised country. The welfare system in this country provides residents with a moderate amount of comfort in the form of paid for housing, utilities, furniture, furnishing and clothing. On top of this, welfare recipients receive approximately 400 Euro in pocket money per month for food and other items, which is more than the annual income of people living in Afghanistan or other parts of the world. Still, this doesn't stop Gypsies, who claim to be Rumanians from dropping off squads of women and children to persue organised begging trips. Each person is equipped with some note, mostly in German, sometimes in English, claiming that he or she is orphaned and needs a little change to get back home to Rumania. They have a sort of pimp, who makes sure that the kids don't goof off and really work at begging, and collect their days' earnings. So remember, that when you...
Anything to do with Nazi-sympathism is illegal in Germany, so rest assure, that generally speaking, you will not run into any kind of overt racism in Germany. Please do not try to be funny or offensive, by saying or doing any actions that have any bearing to Nazism, as it will probably get you arrested.Bear in mind, that if you want to get on with the locals, it is best to avoid the topic of WWII unless they bring the topic up. This is to avoid saying something sensitive or offensive. It is quite unjustified to invoke any feelings of guilt in modern-day Germans, especially the younger society, who already have to deal with the historical ties that comes with living in Germany.If you are interested in the history, the best way to find out more about the history of the Nazi regime, the SS, Hitler, etc. is to visit one of the landmarks or museums spread out throughout Germany. There is a...
Circus - The Hostel Berlin
7 Reviews and 710 Opinions Having previously stayed in the Central and Western Ku'Dam area I decided on my 3rd visit to stay in...
Kempinski Hotel Airport Munchen Munich
7 Reviews and 482 Opinions I stayed here one night when my flight was cancelled due to technical reasons. This hotel is a high...
Hotel Domstern Cologne
4 Reviews and 245 Opinions We stayed at the Hotel Domstern for two nights, based on online reviews. Always a bit hesitant when...
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Q: Is May a good time to travel down the rhine river? What is the best and most scenic stretch to travel along? How would you...
A: I would look at www.d-k.de. website. They have Great Boat Trips starting at Dusseldorf or Cologne all the Way to Mainz, passing Koblenz And Lorelei .... The strech...
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