Baron Karl von Drais – then 32 – caused quite a stir. The people of Mannheim, then a modest city in southwest Germany, paused ...

and how melancholy the little towns of Germany can be!” Although modelled most closely on Wiesbaden, Roulettenburg is most likely a composite of the three spa towns where Dostoyevsky gambled ...

It was in service during Dostoevsky’s time in Wiesbaden Felix Schmitt for The New York Times Bad Homburg Bad Homburg, one of the wealthiest towns in Germany, has a 116-acre spa park with 19th ...

Full of culture, lively locals and great beer, Germany is home to many captivating ... be sure to start or end your journey in the spa town of Baden-Baden to benefit from its thermal springs.

Bamberg is located in southern Germany in the north of Bavaria. It is a good example of a central European town with a basically early medieval plan and many surviving ecclesiastical and secular ...

In cities there is public transport such as regional trains (S-Bahn), underground railways (U-Bahn), trams (Straßenbahn, or Trambahn in South Germany) and buses. You usually buy the ticket from a ...