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Germany Holidays: ‘greenest city’ Freiburg

Germany’s sunniest city is also its greenest, environmentally and politically. Its solar panels generate more power than some whole countries.

Germany Holidays: Glamorous Baden Baden

So glamorous they named it twice, Baden Baden is the home of Germany’s hottest and most mineral-rich spa water. Over the years it has attracted royals, aristocrats and footballer’s wives.

Germany Holidays: Tübingen’s punting parties

The Neckar river flows through beautiful Tübingen, 15 miles south of Stuttgart. The town hosts a big fleet of Stocherkahn, a local flat-bottomed boat, and every summer the large student population stages a chaotic river race.

Germany Holidays: Dachau, the first Nazi concentration camp

Dachau camp, in the northwestern suburbs of Munich, spanned virtually the whole era of Nazi power, and as such makes an invaluable history lesson.

Germany Holidays: Going for a Zoigl

So what’s a Zoigl, when it’s at home? Actually, ‘home’ is the key word here, because Zoigl is a particularly delicious home-made beer, and only made and served in private households in five Bavarian towns in the Oberpfalz region. Read on to find out where, why and how.

snow shoes on the Feldberg, Black Forest ski

Germany Holidays: Skiing in the Black Forest

A region known for gateaux, cuckoo clocks… and the kind of powdery white stuff that’ll give you a shock when it goes down the back of your neck. A supremely hospitable place for wintersports.