With about 82 million inhabitants, Germany is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany's capital and largest metropolis is Berlin, while its largest conurbation is the Ruhr, with its main centres of Dortmund and Essen. The country's other major cities are Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, Leipzig, Bremen, Dresden, Hannover, and Nuremberg. Elevation ranges from the mountains of the Alps in the south to the shores of the North Sea in the northwest and the Baltic Sea  in the northeast. The forested uplands of central Germany and the lowlands of northern Germany are traversed by such major rivers as the Rhine, Danube and Elbe. Germany's alpine glaciers are experiencing deglaciation. When thinking of Germany, beer, lederhosen and Alpine hats quickly come to mind, but these stereotypes mostly relate to Bavarian culture and do not represent Germany as a whole. Germany is a vast and diverse country with 16 culturally unique states that have been politically united since 1871. Even within states there is often considerable cultural diversity.

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You can have fun at the seaside or on a mountainside, stay in a luxury hotel or on a farm, enjoy big-scale events in Hannover, the state capital, or sample cultural traditions in smaller towns and villages across the state. You will have limitless sport opportunities: hiking, clambering, walking, sailing, cycling, horse-riding, canoeing, kayaking or skiing. In its capital, Hannover, Herrenhausen Gardens include the baroque Great Garden and English landscape gardens. The Lower Saxony State Museum displays art from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. The city of Braunschweig is home to the rebuilt medieval Dankwarderode Castle and the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, with its vast collection of European art.

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Your slow travel guide

Soltau

Wiedensahl

Hanover

Pattensen

Goslar

Celle

Norden

Bispingen

Rosengarten

Alfeld (Leine)

Cloppenburg

Emden

Meppen

Wilhelmshaven

Oldenburg

Lingen (Ems)

Haren (Ems)

Osnabrück

Uelsen

Belm

Upgant-Schott

Hinte

Lütetsburg

Borkum

Nordhorn

Bruchhausen-Vilsen

Brunswick

Wittmund

Sehnde

Bramsche

Fürstenberg

Hildesheim

Friedland

Hameln

Syke

Gifhorn

Rodenberg

Lüneburg

Twistringen

Salzhemmendorf

Wenzendorf

Aurich

Nordenham

Cuxhaven

Nienburg (Weser)

Oldendorf (Luhe)

Esens

Wolfsburg

Weyhe

Uelzen

Osterholz-Scharmbeck

Göttingen

Großefehn

Rinteln

Stadthagen

Holzminden

Harsefeld

Buxtehude

Buchholz in der Nordheide

Lohne (Oldenburg)

Lüchow (Wendland)

Neu Wulmstorf

Ankum

Winsen (Luhe)

Herzberg am Harz

Löningen

Peine

Jever

Quakenbrück

Worpswede

Helmstedt

Delmenhorst

Wunstorf

Barßel

Stade

Vechta

Wedemark

Langenhagen

Lauenau

Oyten

Varel

Salzgitter

Osterode am Harz

Werlte

Wolfenbüttel

Hattorf am Harz

Leer (East Friesland)

Laatzen

Rehburg-Loccum

Verden (Aller)

Barum

Neustadt am Rübenberge

Hude (Oldenburg)

Wildeshausen

Garbsen

Adendorf

Obernkirchen

Seevetal

Achim

Bad Harzburg

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