Germany Travel Information
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Time Difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
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Capital City: Berlin
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Airports: 318
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Travel Climate: Germany is in the Temperate Zone and enjoys frequent weather changes, sometimes daily. The country has four distinct seasons...
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Area Comparative: slightly smaller than Montana
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Travel Currency: euro (EUR)
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Language Spoken: However, the German taught in school and used in the media is often not the German spoken daily. Various dialects...
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Languages: German
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Ethnic Groups: German 91.5%, Turkish 2.4%, other 6.1% (made up largely of Greek, Italian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish)
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National Holiday: Unity Day, 3 October (1990)
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Inflation Rate: 2%
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Geographic Coordinates: 51 00 N, 9 00 E
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Location: Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark
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Terrain: lowlands in north, uplands in center, Bavarian Alps in south