Best Time To Visit Germany And Best Places To Visit In Germany

4 min readMay 28, 2021

The best time to visit Germany is from May through September, once the weather is pleasantly warm, with temperatures generally in the low to mid-20s. Notably during the peak summer time, anticipate thick tourist crowds and lodging and airfare prices to be in the greatest costs of this year.

Where Is Germany?

Germany can be found in central Europe. Germany is bordered by the Baltic and North Seas, Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south east, also France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The Germany can be found in central Europe.

What is the capital of Germany?

Berlin, capital and chief urban centre of Germany. The town is located in the core of the North German Plain, athwart an east-west commercial and geographic axis that helped make it the capital of the kingdom of Prussia and then, from 1871, of a unified Germany.

What is the currency of Germany?

The sole currency of Germany has been the Euro since 2002.

5 Very Best Places To Visit In Germany

1. Berlin, Germany

Berlin is a lively, vibrant, cultural, and artistic city with 166 museums and 60 theaters located in the country’s east.

Don’t miss the Reichstag, the Brandenburg Gate, the Berliner Dom, the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, Checkpoint Charlie, the Fernsehturm, or the Museum Island.

Stroll through the city’s many parks and green areas, Alexanderplatz and Potsdamer Platz, and visit the Pergamon Museum, the Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer — Berlin Wall Memorial.

2. Hambourg, Germany

Hamburg, the country’s second-largest city, is home to 1.8 million inhabitants. A former founding member of the Hanseatic League, Hamburg is a very dynamic, cultural, and festive northern city.

As the rock capital of Germany, you’ll enjoy a nice walk along the Jungfernstieg promenade surrounding Lake Alster. Go to the famous Reeperbahn to party until dawn and to the Mönckebergstrasse for shopping.

The warehouse district — Speicherstadt — is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is home to some must-see museums. Pass by St. Michael’s Church, the largest in the city.

Four hundred fifty-three steps lead up to the bell tower to see the city from above. Your city tour is not over: visit Munich, Dresden, Cologne, Nuremberg.

The Church of Our Lady and the Brühl Terrace in Dresden, the Trial Museum and the Documentation Center in Nuremberg if you like history, the cathedral of Cologne, the cathedral of Munich and its breweries are unmissable.

3. The Oktoberfest festival, Germany

What to do in Germany? Drink beer, of course! Do you know the Paulaner? If you come to Bavaria in October, don’t miss the Oktoberfest.

Oh, you don’t like beer? Go anyway for the atmosphere! The largest traditional and popular festival globally, the Oktoberfest attracts more than 6 million drinking visitors per year.

Fourteen giant tents and beer gardens are waiting for you to gulp down one-liter mugs of local beer while listening to traditional Bavarian music, and of course, chatting and laughing with your table neighbors.

4. The Black Forest, Germany

The Black Forest is a hiker’s paradise with no less than 20 hikes, three popular: the Westwego, the Mittelweg, and the Oswego. But the massif also includes 14 GR trails.

Located in the southwest of the country on the border with Alsace, the Black Forest is a mountain range known for its dense evergreen vegetation, dotted with picturesque villages.

The massif reaches an altitude of 1,493 meters and covers an area of 6,000 km².

The Schluchtensteig trail, for example, is 118 kilometers long, winds through 7 canyons, and offers a panoramic view of the entire Black Forest.

5. The National Park of Saxon Switzerland, Germany

Located east of Dresden and at the Czech border, the Saxon Switzerland National Park covers 9,350 hectares in the Elbe sandstone massif.

Its highest point is the park’s symbol, the Lilienstein, which stands at the height of 405 meters. The park offers natural monuments, some of which date back 100 million years.

The national park is also a cradle of free climbing: the 1,106 sandstone formations in the park make it the largest outdoor climbing wall in Germany.

Hikers can also enjoy a unique panorama on the 112-kilometer-long Malerweg (“painters’ trail”).

Originally published at https://travelersinjourney.com on May 28, 2021.