Overview
Germany rewards travellers who pick a region and go deep. Berlin is the loudest opening and the least German-looking stop, and a few hours by ICE buys you Bavaria, the Rhine, the Baltic coast or the Black Forest, each with its own food, dialect and drinking hours.
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Fun fact
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Germany has no single dominant city. Berlin holds only about four percent of the population, a legacy of centuries as a patchwork of states, which is why Hamburg, Munich, Cologne and Frankfurt each run their own orbit.