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Capital: Berlin
Currency: The Euro (€) is the official currency. For the current rates of exchange visit the Olson and Anderson web site.
Languages: German
Visit the CIA World Fact Book for a wide variety of interesting particulars regarding Germany.
Travel Advisories: Travelers should check the web sites listed on our international pages that provide advice of possible security and health risks when visiting this region.
The web site for the German Embassy in Washington, DC has information of interest to travelers including passport and visa particulars and a list of consular offices. There is also an extensive range of information about Germany and government agencies on this web site.
Transportation: Go to the airports, railways and ferries pages for information about related travel in Germany. For national and European bus services go to the Eurolines web site for Germany.
The links listed below lead to sites that have an abundance of travel-related and tourism information.
The German National Tourism Board web site is an excellent resource to begin planning for a trip to Germany. This site has a very useful mapping system to assist with driving directions and travel planning. The New York Office web site is another very good source for visitors.
The Deutschland Portal provides access to information (multi-lingual) on a variety of topics related to Germany.
The Kultur Pur Deutschland web site is an excellent source of information for museums, concerts and other cultural pursuits in this city. (German only)
The Living Virtual Museum Online is an excellent resource for an introduction to German history from 1900 to the present and to the people involved in making that history. (German only)
The Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland site (German, English and French) is another source for historical topics.
The Web Museen web site is a prime source of information about museums in Germany.
The Technical University of Chemnitz has a very useful German-English dictionary on the web.
Das Telefonbuch (The Telephone Book) is an excellent resource for finding telephone numbers in Germany. In addition to German, there are English and French versions.
The Deutsches Jugendherbergswerk (German Youth Hostel) web site is multi-lingual and is the official on-line source of information for using the hostel system in Germany.
The Federal Government (Bundesregierung) web site provides information that is mostly government-related, but it also has a number of pages of interest to travelers. Versions are available in German, English, French and Spanish.
World Heritage Sites: UNESCO has designated several places as World Heritage Sites in Germany. The UNESCO-Welterbe Deutschland web site is an excellent companion to the UNESCO site for planning tours and visits to these sites.
Nicolas Janberg's Structurae web site has architectural data regarding many important buildings and other structures in Germany and links to other sites with related information.
Recommended Reading: Germany: A History by Hagen Schulze (A one-volume history published by Harvard University Press)
Guides: Baedeker - Germany; The Blue Guide to Berlin and Eastern Germany; the Blue Guide to Western Germany; Let's Go - Germany; Lonely Planet - Germany | German phrasebook; Rough Guides - German phrasebook | Germany