Another castle you may wanna visit one day is “Burg Rheinstein”. Rheinstein Castle was built in the early 14th century and is located at the shores of the Rhine River in the West of Germany.
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A beautiful little village in the snow :) Freudenberg - Germany. Freudenberg literally translates to “joyhill”. Isn’t that nice?
The type of houses are called “das Fachwerkhaus” btw.
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Happy Rizzi House, Germany. This awesome house, which is an office building, can be found in Braunschweig and was designed by the American pop artist James Rizzi.
(pic via decojournal.com)
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Berlin, Alexanderplatz by night. The tower you can see in the middle of the picture is the television tower (= der Fernsehturm). It’s the tallest building in Germany (about 1200 ft = ca. 368 m) by the way.
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kelli-leigh-o asked: I just recently found your blog, and am so excited because I will be traveling to Germany in about six months. If there were three essential German phrases that any first-time visitor must absolutely remember, what would they be?
1.) “Entschuldigung, darf ich bitte Ihre Toilette benutzen? / Entschuldigung, wo ist Ihre Toilette bitte?” (Excuse me, may I use your bathroom please? / Excuse me, where is your bathroom please?)
2.) “Ein Bier bitte!” (One beer, please!) ;)
3.) “Sprechen Sie Englisch?” / “Entschuldigung, ich spreche leider kein Deutsch.” (Do you speak English? / Sorry, I don’t speak German unfortunately.)
ENJOY YOUR TRIP!!! :)
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coffeesforclosers asked: Does it snow in all parts of Germany at Christmastime ? Because I'm going to be in Münster (near Düsseldorf) at that time of year and I really hope it snows. :)
Also, are there Christmas markets all across Germany ? If so, what can you buy there ? Thanks. :)
Theoretically it snows in the entire country. But very often (especially since a couple of years) the snow comes later than Christmas. This past year for example, we had snow throughout January-March. There was also some snow in December but it melted during the Christmas days. Usually the North gets less snow than the South because of how close it is to the North Sea.
Christmas markets are all over Germany. One of the most famous one is “Der Nürnberger Christkindlesmarkt” in Nuremberg, Bavaria. But other cities have nice ones, too. You can mostly buy delicious food, mulled wine and candy as well as christmas ornaments etc.
Btw - check out previous GermanHeit posts tagged with #Christmas :) Or simply click on the month of December in the archives.
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Aachen. A city in the North-West near the French border.
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![This is the German traffic sign for die Autobahn (-en) (highway(s), motorway(s)) - pronounced [ˈaʊtoːbaːn] (like ow-to-baan). There’s no general speed limit on German Autobahnen. Unless you see a sign that tells you what the speed limit is, you can drive as fast as you want.
The different highways are named by the capital letter “A” (for Autobahn) and a single digit number for the main ones (e.g. the A 3 which is a West-South track). The smaller/shorter ones usually have two digit numbers (e.g. A 73 from Suhl in Thuringia to Nuremberg in Bavaria).](http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2h3wnOpz41qzz5rto1_400.png)
This is the German traffic sign for die Autobahn (-en) (highway(s), motorway(s)) - pronounced [ˈaʊtoːbaːn] (like ow-to-baan). There’s no general speed limit on German Autobahnen. Unless you see a sign that tells you what the speed limit is, you can drive as fast as you want.
The different highways are named by the capital letter “A” (for Autobahn) and a single digit number for the main ones (e.g. the A 3 which is a West-South track). The smaller/shorter ones usually have two digit numbers (e.g. A 73 from Suhl in Thuringia to Nuremberg in Bavaria).
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Munich (München) - on the left you can see the Frauenkirche (literal: lady’s church) and on the right you can see the city hall.
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