Germany

90 percent destroyed in WWII, painstakingly rebuilt stone by stone. A 90-minute walking tour of the medieval old town tells that story better than any book.

A working chocolate factory, a 3 metre fountain, a tropical greenhouse with cocoa trees, and 4,000 years of chocolate history. Entry 19 euro, worth 3 hours of your Cologne.

Europes largest standing terrace, 80,000 capacity, 14 euro stadium walks. Heres how to tour Signal Iduna Park and — if youre lucky — get a match ticket.

Mitte has 400 courtyards behind its street fronts. Most are locked. A small handful are open, covered in street art, and most Berlin tourists never find them.

A free timed ticket gets you up the Tube to a 37-metre viewing deck. Paid guided tours add the story behind the 866 million euro build. Heres how to plan it.

The city where the Nazi Party was born still has the intact buildings. A 2.5-hour walking tour of Feldherrnhalle, Koenigsplatz, and Hitlers favourite beer hall.

A 7-storey Nazi-era concrete bunker turned into the most unflinching Hitler exhibition in Berlin. Ticket strategy, how to prepare, and what to see first.

Seven kilometres of navigable canal and electric motorboat tours from 18 euro. The sleeper hit of German canal cruises.

Three variants, two zones, one confusing price chart. ABC versus AB versus Museum Island—which Berlin city pass actually pays for itself and which to skip.

Libeskind built the building to be wrong. The tickets are free. Here is how to book, which voids to linger in, and why 3 hours beats 90 minutes.

Three operators, two routes, one city. Here is exactly which Berlin HOHO bus to book, what each pass includes, and how to avoid the common mistakes.

Frankfurt looks different from the Main River. Glass towers, medieval rooftops, and a dozen museums slide past in under an hour -- here is how to book it.

The Town Musicians, the UNESCO Rathaus, the Schnoor quarter. Bremen packs 800 years of Hanseatic history into a walkable old town. Best tours to book.

A costumed Night Watchman, a real oil lantern, and 90 minutes of plague stories through the rebuilt Baroque Altstadt. How to book the best Dresden tour.

Munich runs on beer the way other cities run on coffee. The best beer tours, what to expect inside the halls, and how to tell Augustiner from Hofbrau.

Guide to visiting the Berlin Wall sites, from Checkpoint Charlie to the East Side Gallery, plus the best tours to book.

Berlin is flat, spread out, and laced with bike lanes. A guided cycling tour connects the Wall, the Reichstag, and the Spree in one ride.

Munich is flat, compact, and packed with history you would miss on your own. Here is how to book a walking tour covering Marienplatz and the old town.

Guide to booking Semperoper tours and performance tickets in Dresden, including prices, tips, and the best guided tour options.

Sanssouci Palace is just 25 minutes from Berlin by train. Here is how to get tickets, what to see, and which tours are worth booking.

The DDR built it to flex. Now you can ride to the top for 33 euros. Here is how the ticket system works and when to go.

The first Nazi concentration camp is a 45-minute train ride from Munich. Here is how to visit with a guided tour.

Berlin confronts its Nazi past at every turn. Here are the best Third Reich walking tours, what they cover, and how to book.