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Germany · Travel guide

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Western and Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north with the Alps to the south. Its 16 constituent states have a total population of over 83 million, making it the most populous member state of the European Union (EU). Germany borders Denmark to the north; Poland and the Czech Republic to the east; Austria and Switzerland to the south; and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Berlin and its main financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Settlement in the territory of modern Germany began in the Lower Paleolithic, with various tribes inhabiting it from the Neolithic onward, chiefly the Celts, and Germanic tribes inhabiting the north. Romans named the area Germania. In 962, the Kingdom…

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Germany

FCDO travel advice for Germany. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

Official source: UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Facts & statistics

Germany

Capital: Berlin
Language: German
Currency: Deutsche Mark
Time zone: Europe/Berlin
Calling code: +49
Internet domain: .de
Driving side: right
Plug type: Schuko
Voltage: 220

Source: Wikidata.

Events

Germany

NeujahrNew Year's Day2026-01-01

Heilige Drei KönigeEpiphany2026-01-06

Internationaler FrauentagInternational Women's Day2026-03-08

KarfreitagGood Friday2026-04-03

OstersonntagEaster Sunday2026-04-05

OstermontagEaster Monday2026-04-06

Tag der ArbeitLabour Day2026-05-01

Christi HimmelfahrtAscension Day2026-05-14

PfingstsonntagPentecost2026-05-24

PfingstmontagWhit Monday2026-05-25

Source: Nager.Date.

CapitalBerlin

Population82,927,922

CurrencyEUR

Languagesde

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Cities

◎Berlin3,426,354 residents ◎Hamburg1,973,896 residents ◎Munich1,505,005 residents ◎Köln1,024,621 residents ◎Frankfurt am Main650,000 residents ◎Düsseldorf618,685 residents ◎Stuttgart612,663 residents ◎Essen593,085 residents ◎Dortmund588,462 residents ◎Dresden564,904 residents ◎Bremen546,501 residents ◎Nuremberg515,543 residents ◎Hannover515,140 residents ◎Leipzig504,971 residents ◎Duisburg504,358 residents ◎Wandsbek411,422 residents ◎Bochum385,729 residents ◎Wuppertal360,797 residents ◎Bielefeld331,906 residents ◎Bonn330,579 residents ◎Hamburg-Nord315,514 residents ◎Münster308,258 residents ◎Mannheim307,960 residents ◎Hamburg-Mitte301,231 residents ◎Augsburg301,105 residents ◎Wiesbaden288,850 residents ◎Marienthal287,101 residents ◎Karlsruhe283,799 residents ◎Gelsenkirchen270,028 residents ◎Eimsbüttel269,118 residents ◎Aachen265,208 residents ◎Mönchengladbach261,742 residents ◎Kiel252,668 residents ◎Altona250,192 residents ◎Chemnitz247,220 residents ◎Braunschweig244,715 residents ◎Magdeburg244,329 residents ◎Krefeld237,984 residents ◎Halle (Saale)237,865 residents ◎Freiburg237,460 residents ◎Neue Neustadt226,851 residents ◎Mainz222,889 residents ◎Oberhausen219,176 residents ◎Erfurt218,793 residents ◎Lübeck212,207 residents ◎Hagen198,972 residents ◎Rostock198,293 residents ◎Kassel197,230 residents ◎Potsdam184,754 residents ◎Saarbrücken182,971 residents ◎Hamm178,967 residents ◎Mülheim173,050 residents ◎Herne172,108 residents ◎Harburg169,221 residents ◎Darmstadt167,029 residents ◎Osnabrück166,462 residents ◎Neukölln164,636 residents ◎Solingen164,359 residents ◎Ludwigshafen am Rhein163,196 residents ◎Leverkusen162,738 residents ◎Oldenburg159,218 residents ◎Kreuzberg153,135 residents ◎Neuss152,457 residents ◎Regensburg151,389 residents ◎Prenzlauer Berg148,878 residents ◎Heidelberg143,345 residents ◎Paderborn142,161 residents ◎Würzburg133,731 residents ◎Fürth132,036 residents ◎Charlottenburg129,359 residents ◎Wolfsburg123,064 residents ◎Schöneberg122,658 residents ◎Recklinghausen122,438 residents ◎Göttingen122,149 residents ◎Heilbronn120,733 residents ◎Ingolstadt120,658 residents ◎Ulm120,451 residents ◎Bottrop119,909 residents ◎Bergedorf119,665 residents ◎Pforzheim119,313 residents ◎Offenbach119,192 residents ◎Bremerhaven118,610 residents ◎Friedrichshain117,829 residents ◎Remscheid117,118 residents ◎Nippes113,487 residents ◎Porz am Rhein113,415 residents ◎Reutlingen112,627 residents ◎Marzahn111,508 residents ◎Rodenkirchen110,158 residents ◎Koblenz107,319 residents ◎Siegen107,242 residents ◎Bergisch Gladbach106,184 residents ◎Salzgitter104,970 residents ◎Jena104,712 residents ◎Gera104,659 residents ◎Moers103,487 residents ◎Hildesheim103,052 residents ◎Erlangen102,675 residents ◎Mitte102,338 residents ◎Wilmersdorf101,877 residents

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Airports

Berlin Brandenburg AirportBerlinBER Bodensee Airport FriedrichshafenFriedrichshafenFDH Bremen AirportBremenBRE Cologne Bonn AirportKöln (Cologne)CGNDortmund AirportDortmundDTM Dresden AirportDresdenDRS Düsseldorf AirportDüsseldorfDUS Erfurt-Weimar AirportErfurtERF Frankfurt Main AirportFrankfurt am MainFRA Frankfurt-Hahn AirportFrankfurt am Main (Lautzenhausen)HHNHamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportHamburgHAM Hannover AirportHannoverHAJ