Germany rewards travellers who leave the capital behind. The south delivers fairy-tale drama: Bavaria's Alpine lakes and castles, the dark fir hills and cuckoo-clock villages of the Black Forest, and the vineyard-terraced Rhine and Moselle gorges studded with hilltop castles. North lies maritime Hamburg with its red-brick warehouse district and harbour, while Saxony's Dresden and the Baltic coast add baroque grandeur and dune-backed beaches. Excellent rail ties it all into…
“Good Bye, Lenin!” (2003) froze the Berlin of the Wall's fall; each winter the city hosts the Berlinale, one of cinema's great festivals.
On large stretches of the German Autobahn there is no general speed limit — almost unique in the world.
Skip the Brandenburg Gate for the Spreewald canals. An eSIM makes it easy: the DB Navigator app for trains, Google Maps, and a way to pay (Germany still loves cash).