Culture

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: 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: Nuremberg’s war history

It may not be in the heart of the city, but it is worth making time for Nuremberg’s Documentation Centre and Nazi Party Rally Grounds.

Germany Holidays: Ingolstadt, for Audi, beer and monsters

This overlooked Bavarian city on the Danube has three big claims to fame: Audi’s HQ, inspiration for Frankenstein, and the beer purity laws.

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.

Salzstadel Regensburg and the Steinerne Brucke

Germany Holidays: imperial, liveable Regensburg

Holy home of historic Diets, traditional sausages, ancient bridges and modern Popes and Princesses

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.

Germany Holidays: ‘greenest city’ Freiburg

Germany Holidays: Tübingen’s punting parties

Germany Holidays: Nuremberg’s war history

Germany Holidays: Ingolstadt, for Audi, beer and monsters

Germany Holidays: Dachau, the first Nazi concentration camp

Germany Holidays: imperial, liveable Regensburg

Germany Holidays: Going for a Zoigl

Germany Holidays: Mannheim – where Rhine and Neckar meet

Germany Holidays: Proudly Swabian Stuttgart

Germany Holidays: Quality time in Esslingen