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Andrew Eames

Bread and beer: the staff of life

German cuisine has its denigrators, and it can be heavy and predictable. Most restaurants offer venison in a heavy gravy, pork and dumplings and some kind of schnitzel and sauerkraut. But the key things in the national cuisine are the simple ones, and they are done blindingly well: beer and bread. France may have a […]

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Germany Holidays: Beer rivals, Düsseldorf and Cologne

They may be just 30 miles apart, but there’s no agreement between Düsseldorf and Cologne about which is better, Altbier or Kölsch.

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Germans can be crazy too

It’s Karneval time. Brian Melican says this peculiar German festival can only be experienced, not explained.

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Let the train take the strain

Emily Morrison from Railbookers outlines some compelling reasons for travelling to Germany by train.

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An inexplicable attraction

How a teenager from a small village in Ireland fell in love with a far-off land.

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Tales from the fast trains

Writer Tom Chesshyre finds that German train travel is about speed, punctuality – and junkies and applewine.

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Barbara Geier

Of farty nuns and rusty knights

We like our food at Wunderbar Castle, and are particularly fond of German delicacies, full of flavour and quirky of name.

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Meet our Germany experts: the tweet-surfing Benji Lanyado

Travel writer Benji Lanyado has just returned from a whirlwind circuit of Cologne, completely guided by Twitter.

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Andrew Eames

Do we need to feel guilty about Germany’s city centres?

Cologne is a good example of how you shouldn’t judge a city by its appearances

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