Where to visit in Germany.

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Planning a trip to europe next year. But doing all the booking and such a long way in advance.
Going to France, germany and italy.

The big question I have is this: I only have time to go to one place in germany. But ill have 5 days. I want world war 2 history. Which city is best?
I was thinking Berlin as its the capital, and there'd be lots of other stuff for the girlfriend to do.
But would like to hear from people who've been. Posted here as a lot of us share the same interests. I'd love to just roam the countryside but she's not into that, so many another trip someday on my own. Anyways let's here it.
 
If you go to Berlin, there is the Seelow Heights Museum (near the Halbe Forest). This is where the huge last battle took place that ended with the destruction of the 9th Armee and the Red Army entering into the final actual Battle for Berlin.

Lots of good CurryWurst and beer in the city, beware of the HIGH cost of eating out there... I paid 80 Euros for a Pizza 9 years ago on Unter den Linden... :(

Near Berlin you should visit the Sachsenhausen KZ. Visiting any KZ is always a sobering experience... I should almost say, mandatory for a visit to Germany.

You could maybe check out the old Flak towers that are still standing...

I liked the tour of the old Gestapo headquarters, or the ruins thereof.

There is the "House of the Wansee Conference" Memorial and Educational site (where the Endlösung der Judenfrage was decided).

Personally, I prefer Munich, but not lots of WW2 stuff to see there, but lots of yummy beer and food and awesome Old German architecture.

Also, I found there was WAYYY more cool WW2 sites and museums in Belgium, than I could find in Germany... seems they may want to forget...
 
cologne germany has got a HUGE cathedral and you can almost go all the ways up . very cool. plus there is some roman ruins and ofcouse lots and lots of history. problem with germany is that many of the cities where atleast 90% destroyed during the war.
 
80 euros for a pizza?? Wtf. We'll obviously be eating out all the time, ill have to be prepared.

Good ideas guys.

Yeah, I can imagine germany wants to forget, but its also my heritage, germany, not nazis, lol, so kind of want to visit the motherland.

Will be going to the beaches in paris and stuff too, so I'm sure ill see lots.
 
Berlin, you can see WW2 buildings walking around. Take the subway to eastern Berlin and see the Grand Hotel of Greta Garbo movies, places where the "Wall" used to be. I was there in 1970 and went through check point charlie into the eastern zone. To bad the east germans let western tv defeat them.
 
I went to Bamburg last October, one of the few cities that was not bombed. The old town was simply amazing, saw it mostly on the nights we went out to eat.
I was over there for work and sadly only got to spend one day hiking around the old part of town.
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Germany is actually very small (half the size of Alberta) with great access via their bahns (trains).

You could easily do two cities within five days.

I would suggest Nurrenberg and Munchen (Munich) or Berlin and either of the first two cities mentioned.

Barvaria is lovely. Another nice trip would be Munich with day trips to the Eagles Nest and Nord Schweinstadt Castle (Inspired the Disney Castle). That would provide one great day trip for yourself and another one for the spouse.
 
The fiance and myself went to both Berlin and Munich (among other European destinations) a few years back. We absolutely LOVED Munich, found it to be an extremely friendly place with a decent amount of history and lots to do. The interesting thing about Munich is that they actually rebuilt a lot of the buildings to the exact same specs pre allied bombing. It looks like there are buildings hundreds of years old, but they are only closing in on 70. I would chose Munich over Berlin any time for sure. Make sure to visit hofbrauhaus house, I believe it's right by marienplatz. Not to mention there are several free tours that start out of marienplatz. Good luck with whatever you chose, and enjoy yourselves.
 
agentcq said:
Germany is actually very small (half the size of Alberta) with great access via their bahns (trains).

You could easily do two cities within five days.

I would suggest Nurrenberg and Munchen (Munich) or Berlin and either of the first two cities mentioned.

Barvaria is lovely. Another nice trip would be Munich with day trips to the Eagles Nest and Nord Schweinstadt Castle (Inspired the Disney Castle). That would provide one great day trip for yourself and another one for the spouse.
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Do you mean Neueschwanstein?

Your version - New Pigtown, is interesting, but not very flattering!

tac
 
If you're looking for military historica I'd go to Berlin. The place craps history, and smells like crap, too in the eastern parts. Seriously, the sewers were a little smelly once we crossed the old wall. But that aside, you can sit in a street cafe in the east side and admire the bullet-pocked brickwork and then take a tour of some seriously interesting landmarks. The over-the-top soviet memorials are everywhere! I regret only having 4 days in Berlin.
 
Those little restaurants in the Black Forest, the Nurburbring...incredible, Berlin lots of olds buildings, Cologne, Munich is a great city, had big fun in Frankfurtz make sure you rent a fast car (Audi RS5 is WOW), the Autobahn is the coolest thing on earth, and maybe like me you will see a Bugati Veyron for 15 seconds... Good trip. JP.
 
I really like Munich. Many historic sights and a beautiful old city with many beer halls.

Also, you can visit the Eagles Nest as a day trip, it was awesome!!

-Steve
 
Three buddies and I celebrated our 40th birthdays in Holland and Germany this May, and we visited Hamburg and Berlin. We liked Hamburg, but Berlin was a revelation. I've visited 20+ countries and Berlin is in my top 5 cities without a doubt.

Also VERY reasonably priced for accommodation and restaurants. If you end up going to Berlin, send me a PM in advance and I'll give you some really good hotel and restaurant ideas.
 
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