Nature & Recreation

Some of  Europe's most beautiful natural areas are just a short train ride away from Germany's major cities and tourist destinations, which makes planning an outdoor escape during your trip to Germany a snap.

Four Tips for A Green Trip To Germany

When it comes to planning your vacation, green is the way to go, no matter what your destination. In Germany, the ecologically conscious traveler can go green just by doing as the locals do. Germans a...

Green Travel

Biking Germany's Great Rivers

It's healthy, easy on the climate and – at least compared with long-haul vacations to exotic destinations – relatively cheap. Bicycle Touring is a great way to see Germany. Germany certainly has the p...

Bicycle Touring

Hallig Hooge © picture-alliance/dpa

The Wadden Sea - A Vast Shimmering Plain

When the sun creeps up over the North Sea dyke in the morning, the mudflats turn radiant. That is when, says Wadden Sea National Park ranger Rolf Suppe, "the Halligen seem to float above the horizon -...

The Wadden Sea

Nature & Recreation

Hikers in Thuringia © picture-alliance/dpa

Schwerin Blooms with BUGA Horticultural Exhibition

Buga 2009 Mascot

Some 1.8 million visitors are expected to visit Germany’s Federal Horticulture Exhibition, affectionately known as the BUGA, which comes to the recently restored castle gardens and environs of Schwerin this year.