Facts about Germany
Important Phone Numbers:
Name of the Country: Bundesrepublik Deutschland
- Emergency calls 112
- Police 110
- International area code for Germany:0049
Climate:
- The typical german weather is quite changeable, that means for visitors packing a wardrobe that’s as flexible as possible.
- The weather in Germany tends to be most stable in summer and is rarely hot (usually about 25°C/77F).
- Humidity levels are usually quite high
- You see, the weather in Germany is not always perfect but it offers enough opportunities for lots of activities.
The Country
Capital City: Berlin (3,4 Mio)
Inhabitants: 82,3 Mio
Government Federal Parliamentary republic
President: Bundespräsident Professor Dr. Horst Köhler, seit 7/2004
Chancelor: Bundeskanzlerin Dr. Angela Merkel, seit 11/2005.
Media
- Public broadcasters (“Öffentlich-Rechtliche Hörfunk- und Fernsehsender” (ARD, ZDF, Deutsche Welle, etc.) and a lot of private radio- and TV-stations (among others: RTL, SAT 1, Pro 7, Kabel 1).
- About 300 daily newspapers, among them Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Stuttgarter Zeitung
- Some weekly magazines (Spiegel, Focus u.a.)
Taste Germany – Food in Germany and what’s to drink in Germany
- the food changes as much as the landscape
- Every region has got its own specialties that encompass a wide variety of seafood, poultry, vegetable and meat and of course cakes in all styles
- you get the taste of 300 kinds of bread, a wide assortment of specialty cheeses and other dairy products.
- Spätzle (a kind of noodles), Bratwurst (fried sausage), Haxn (pork hocks), Leberkäs (liver cheese) or Lebkuchen (gingerbread) and many other tidbits a must.