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City breaks in Germany: Weimar

Germany Holidays: Weimar, classic with a twist

Weimar has a unique classical heritage and an air of elegance. However, celebrating the humble onion with a big bash each October is not beneath this vibrant Thuringian town.

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City breaks in Germany: Leipzig

Germany Holidays: Leipzig emerges from Berlin’s shadow

Much loved by locals and visitors alike, Leipzig is one of Germany’s best kept urban secrets

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Food in Germany: coffee and cake

Germany Holidays: Time for coffee and cake

Germans love their cafés and you should try them as well. Have a piece cake with a cup of coffee. The choice is yours.

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The evolution of (Ampel)mann; the people's favourite

Germany Holidays: the return of the traffic light man

How Berlin’s Ampelmann was first ostracised, then Ossi-fied. Now he’s the city’s very own (slightly tubby) superhero.

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City breaks in Germany: Berlin hotels

Germany Holidays: Berlin’s hotel heaven

Cool, quirky and something for every budget – hotels in Berlin

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Schrebergarten gnome

Germany Holidays: Schrebergärten, Germany’s suburban garden kingdoms

‘Allotment’ is too trivial a word: Germany’s Schrebergärten are a social, cultural phenomenon. And for some, these suburban garden kingdoms are gnome sweet gnome

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line of paddlesteamers by Dresden

Germany Holidays: Dresden’s paddlesteamers

A carefully preserved fleet of paddlesteamers work the Elbe from Dresden, on routes that provide the basis for several scenic day trips.

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S-Bahn Berlin in Friedrichstrasse

Germany Holidays: the Berlin S-Bahn

The elevated S-Bahn train route across central Berlin still has a frisson of history about it, a shadow of east/west hostility, of ghost stations and of spies coming in from the cold.

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Trabi through wall Mural East Side Gallery Berlin

Germany Holidays: Cold War sites

Top secret no more: the Wall may be gone, but the Cold War bunkers and listening posts were built to last, and now accessible to all.

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Martin Luther by Lucas Cranach

Germany Holidays: Martin Luther

A devout man, his 95 Theses, some nails, and a church door. The man was Martin Luther, the church door was in Wittenberg, and the consequences were of worldwide significance.

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