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Germany is in central Europe on the Baltic Sea. It is bounded by Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands, and Denmark.

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How To Europe The Complete Travelers Handbook by John Bermont
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by John Bermont

Important information about this data sheet. Revised 20 January 2008
Native name Deutschland
Capital Berlin
Postal code D
Telephone code +49
Language German
Currency Euro, divided into 100 euro cent
European Union Member
Schengen Agreement Member
Time zone GMT+1
Electricity 220 volts, 50 Hz. See chapter 11.


General open hours, often longer in major cities  
Restaurants 1130-1400, 1830-2200
Banks 0800-1200, 1400-1600 M-F
Post offices 0800-1200, 1400-1830 M-F, 0800-1200 S
Stores 0800-1830 M-Sat
City Tourist offices 0800-1900


Date Holiday Feiertag
Jan 1 New Year's Day Neujahr
* Jan 6 Epiphany Ephiphanis
  Good Friday Karfreitag
  Easter Monday Ostermontag
May 1 May Day Maifiertag
  Ascension Day Christi Himmelfahrt
  Whit Monday Pfingstmontag
* Corpus Christi Fronleichnam
* Aug 15  Assumption Märia Himmelfahrt
Oct 3  Unification Day Tag der Deutschen Einheit
* Nov 1  All Saints' Day Allerheiligen
3rd Wednesday Nov Repentance Day Buß- und Bettag
Dec 25 Christmas 1. Weihnachten
Dec 26 St. Stephen's Day 2. Weihnachten
* These days are not holidays in all states of Germany


German Offices in the USA
Embassy
T: 202-298-4000
German Embassy, Washington, D.C.
4645 Reservoir Road NW 
Washington, DC 2007
Consulates Atlanta: T: 404-659-4760
Boston: T: 617-536-4414
Chicago: T: 312-580-1199
Houston: T: 713-627-7770
Los Angeles: T: 323-930-2703
Miami: T: 305-358-0290
New York: T: 212-610-9700
San Francisco: T: 415-775-1061
Tourist Office
T:  212-661-7200  
F:  212-661-7174  
German National Tourist Office
122 E. 42nd St., Floor 52
New York, NY 10168


American Offices in Germany
Embassy
T:  (030) 8305-0  

Embassy of the United States, Berlin, Germany
Kirchstrasse 4-5
10117 Berlin
Consulates Berlin: T: (030) 832-9233
Düsseldorf: T: (0211) 788-8927
Frankfurt: T: (069) 7535-0
Hamburg: T: (040) 411 71-100
Leipzig: T: (0341) 213-840
München: T: (089) 2888-0, 24 hours/day


USA is known as: die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika

Recommended books for further information:

There are hundreds of books on Germany. Michelin Red and Green guides are my favorites but there are many other good ones.

The books that you see listed here are those that I have personally used and am satisfied with, and/or are from publishers whose other travel books are reliable. I am a consumer when it comes to travel guides, and a critical one. Notice that I do not recommend any Frommers, Dummies, Steves, or other inferior guides. For some of the reasons please go to the hoi polloi.

As one example of a substandard guide, I have a 660 page book titled Rick Steves' Germany & Austria which has not a single mention of Düsseldorf, Germany or of Graz, Austria. That's like leaving Chicago and St. Louis out of a USA travel guide. Putting in a section titled "Lowlights" featuring Heidelberg is an insult. What is his problem? But this "Germany & Austria" book did include enough pages to promote his whirlwind guided bus tours, videos, backpacks, sink stoppers, and Steves' other branded products. A page of sophomoric almost correct German phrases plus sort-of maps cap off the disaster. Steves is strong on self promotion but weak on meaningful content.

For the good stuff, the links below take you directly to a page at Amazon.com. That page details the guide book, map, or dictionary. In many cases the Amazon.com listing includes readers'comments and sample pages from the book. You then have the opportunity to add the book to your shopping cart and buy it. I buy virtualy all of my books at Amazon.com and have had excellent service for years.

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Guides
  Germany (Eyewitness Travel Guides)
  Lonely Planet Germany
  Fodor's Germany
  Michelin the Green Guide Germany
  Michelin Red Guide 2007 Deutschland: Hotels & Restaurants
  Top 10 Munich (Eyewitness Travel Guides)
  Lonely Planet Munich & Bavaria
  Berlin (Eyewitness Top Ten Travel Guides)
  Michelin the Green Guide Berlin and Potsdam

Maps
  Germany Map (Country Map) by Cartographia (Map - Aug 2005)
  Michelin Germany, Benelux, Austria, Czech Republic (Michelin Map, Feb 2007)
  Michelin Berlin Mini-Spiral Atlas No. 2033

History
  A Concise History of Germany (Cambridge Concise Histories) by Mary Fulbrook.
  A Traveller's History of Germany by Robert Cole (Author), Denis Judd (Editor), Peter Geissler (Illustrator).
  Before France and Germany: The Creation and Transformation of the Merovingian World by Patrick J. Geary.
  The Fall of the Berlin Wall by William F. Buckley, Jr.
 
  Ibis Hotel Duesseldorf main train station price board http://www.enjoy-europe.com/cds/P1100038-DuesseldorfIbis.jpg
If this isn't the most convenient hotel you'll ever find, the Ibis Accor Hotel right in the Düsseldorf, Germany main train station. Prices are listed for weekdays and weekends. Singles (EZ) and doubles (DZ) are equally priced. What a deal for two people traveling together. The all-you-can-eat buffet breakfast is €9.00, about $13.00. Note that prices are as of January 2006 when I took this picture. The Altstadt (Old Town) of Düsseldorf is one of the best night life locales in Germany and in Europe, plus the city has the famous Königsallee shopping boulevard.
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