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Welcome to Germany

Welcome to Germany - a magazine packed with ideas for your next holiday or business trip. Germany is known all over the world as an attractive destination for business and holiday travel at the heart of Europe. Every year a growing number of international visitors come to enjoy the romantic scenery dotted with medieval castles and magnificent palaces, cities and towns with histories going back a thousand years, historic monuments, modern shopping malls, traditional festivals, world-class sporting events, trade shows and exhibitions, anniversary festivities, pleasant and hospitable accommodation and outstanding local and international cuisine.

From Flensburg in the North to Füssen in the South, from Aachen in the West to Zittau in the East, Germany offers travellers a wonderfully varied range of places to see and things to do. The magazine Welcome to Germany provides an ideal introduction to the great variety of Germany's cities, towns and regions and the many opportunities for everything from sightseeing, art and culture to active adventure holidays of all kinds. It is published twice a year in English, once in the spring and once in the autumn. In addition to providing a wealth of ideas and tips for travel in Germany it is also full of useful information to help you plan your next holiday or business trip - including important telephone numbers, Internet addresses and events listings - giving you everything you need to plan your own individual itinerary.

Welcome to Germany is available in countries like the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zewland, South Africa, Japan, China, India, United Arab Emirates / Dubai, Bahrain, Great Britain, Ireland and Russia, at tourist industry fairs and at the Goethe-Instituts all over the world.


Winter Issue 2011/12

© Deutsche Zentrale für Tourismus e.V. Photo: Daniel Geiger
The 125th anniversary of the invention of the car, the fascination of the romantic Christmas markets in Germany, the boisterous carnival celebrations of Germany’s “5th season” as well as the large variety of possibilities for winter holidays are the main themes of Welcome to Germany’s winter edition 2011/12.

For example, visitors to Baden-Württemberg will be able to experience a second Automobile Summer 2012 presenting numerous events and tourist highlights based around the themes of the car and mobility.

As usual, this issue of Welcome to Germany also informs on attractive tourist routes and regions like e.g. Saxony’s Steam Train Route, the Celic Route in the western part of Germany, the German Half-Timbered House Road and last but not least on Germany’s unique wine regions.

Visitors who enjoy exciting events and places will find information on the further events following in Luther’s footsteps during the Luther Decade 2008-2017 and on discoveries in Germany’s most beautiful show-caves. The section Germany’s Fascinating Towns presents short portraits of 12 interesting small towns throughout the country.

For those who enjoy outdoor activities there is a wealth of information on attractive quality-tested hiking trails. The travel tips are rounded off with an article on fabulous leisure opportunities with adrenalin kicks in the Ruhr region.

Welcome to Germany also provides information on the dOCUMENTA (13) from June 9 to September 16 in 2012 in Kassel, on unusual museums in Germany and on most spectacular exhibitions starting in the winter season. Furthermore readers will find information on the new musical “Rebecca” in Stuttgart.

If you would like to learn German during your holiday you will find plenty of useful information in an article on superintensive language courses offered by the Goethe Institutes.

Last but not least, there are also a regular comprehensive calendar of events and a section with useful general information for visitors to Germany.

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