WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT CITIES IN GERMANY?

BERLIN

Berlin is the capital of Germany and with the biggest number of population of all the cities (3'5m).

This city is located in the northestern of germany, next to the rivers Spree and Havel.

The weather in Berlin is quite moderate compared to the rest of Germany where it's quite cold normally.

Also it has quite a lot of vegetation in the centre of the city like in the outskirts.

Some interesing things of Berlin are:

-Visit the wall of Berlin:

-Go to the famous Berlin zoo:

-Go to have a walk at the Charlottenburg gardens:

-Go for a cultury walk throgh the most famous museums in Berlin:

HAMBURG

Hamburg is the second biggest city in Germany also the second one most populated (1'7m).

It's situated on the south of the Jutland Peninsula and it's on the river Elbe.

The climate is oceanic, because the coast is so near, the Baltic sea and the North sea.

The name comes from the first permanent building, a castle which the emperor Charlemagne made construct in 808. It was constructed between the river Alster and the river Elbe.

The architecture of Hamburg is quiet important, it has a few skyscrapers (like the Rathaus), and also a few unique styles, it has some churches (St Nicholas).

Hamburg has several museums and galleries, they have quite important paints of famous people, generally contemporary art.

MUNICH

Munich is the capital and the biggest city of Bavaria ( Bavaria is a free state siuated in the southeast and the biggest state in the country, 70548 km2 ).
Munich is situated next to the river Isar, and north of the Bavarian Alps.
It has a population of 1.5 million people.
First Munich was a single monestir owned by Benedictine Order.
The climate in Munich is oceanic, it's quite cool all the year, also it rains a lot in that place and it's very wet.

Some things you have to do when you go to Munich:                                                                                                         -Visit the english gardens: it's bigger than any park in London or New York.

-The museums: if you like art and culture you have to go to Kunstaeal, it's a big area where there are the most famous museums in Munich. There are the:Alte Pinakthek, Neue Pinakothek and Pinakothek der Moderne
Also if you like football you should go to Munich, just to see the famous football stadium, Alianz Arena. The arquitecture of the building is quite unique, because of the material used to do the main structure ETFE plastic panels, and also that the whole building can change color, the capacity of the stadium is of 71000p. 



COLOGNE

Cologne has a population of 1 million people and it is the fourth largest city.

It's situated on both sides of one of the most important rivers, Rhin.

It has an enormous cathedral, quite famous, and also a very old and big university.

The whole city was bombed in the second world war and the 95% of the population died or evacuated from the city.

The bombing destroyed the whole city and lots of historical buildings had to be rebuild like all the city, so now the city is quite unique and there is quite a variety of modern buildings next to old ones or also historical buildings with some modern styles in it.

It's situated in the middle-west side of germany nearly toching netherlands and belgium.

Intersting things to do in Cologne:

-Visit the chocolate museum: if you like chocolate you should go to the chocolate museum, they show you every step to do good handmade chocolate,and when the tour has finished they give you a sample of their own chocolate.

-Visit the cathedral: if you go to Cologne you have to visit the cathedral, it's massive and unique and old, you could say it's the principal attraction of the city.

FRANKFURT

Frankfurt am Main, is the largest city in the german state of Hesse and the fifth largest city of Germany, with a population of 720.000 people.

Frankfurt is a centre for commerce,culture, education, tourism and web traffic.

Some interesting things they do in Frankfurt:

-The Frankfurt motor show: it's the largest motor show in the whole world

-The Frankfurt book fair: it's the largest book fair in the world.

Also it has lots of important universities and museums, so lots of young people go there to study or get a job.

Frankfurt it's situated in both sites of the main river south-east of the Taunus mountainrange.

It has a temperate-oceanic climate, with moderate cold winters and warm summers. The average of temperature it's more a less 10ºC.

So if you go to Frankfurt and you like to visit some cultural or interesting things, here there are some things you have to do:

-Go to walk on the palmengarten botanical garden.

-Go to have a degustation walk through the Kleinmarkthalle: a type of market where you can try every typic or strange type of food you can imagine,and you don't have to pay to taste the food.

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