the faithful flock here to see the shrine of the 3 kings, a relic where he thought to contain the bones of the biblical magi. an archbishop brought the shrine to cologne in the 12th century. ah, cologne has also undergone a facelift in recent years, especially the areas right on the rhine, with striking convoys which resemble cranes on the one side of the river and a new promenade on the other. a few kilometers further west is germany's very 1st unesco world heritage site ah. hand cathedral emperor, charlemagne ordered its construction in the 8th century over its 1200 year history . the cathedral has undergone many extensions and reconstructions. 31 german kings

and 12 queens were also crowned in it's palatine chapel these days the monuments to north ryan west failures industrial past have also become tourist attractions. the thoughtful i and coal mine industrial complex, in essence, is now a lively museum, offering an array of cultural activities as well as a piece of unesco weld heritage. in another wise rural part of the state of westphalia, lies muenster. the city of over 3 116000 residence is one of germany's 10 major university towns in the center of the old town. the nif isn't facades of old merchants houses from the hey day of the hands. the attic league lou european history was written in minnesota. in 6 scene 48. the piece of westphalia,

treaty was signed here at the historical city hall, putting an end to the that he is will do to it's mike friendly. infrastructure monster has been called the bicycle capital of germany. it's promenade is a popular car free route, which in sack of the city center with berlin is both the german capital and us city state. it's also the 4th most popular german state with foreign visitors in 2020 some 3700000 of them stayed here for at least one night. berlin attracts many long distance travelers. before the pandemic,

berlin ranked 2nd among the german states, with almost $16000000.00 overnight stays per year. so restrictions on, foreign traveled to and from germany have hit the capital hot. in the years since the fall of the wall, berlin has broken one visit a record after another. for instance, after german reunification people flocked here to see the newly constructed government district that sprang up around the hike stock. ah, ah. among berlin's many highlight saw museum island with its ensemble of 5 museums, including the altar, nazi anal gallery and altima museum. museum island has been on unesco, welled heritage list since 1999.

ah, just a stone's throw from museum island and the berlin cathedral is the newly reconstructed berlin palace. it houses the humboldt form which incorporates the ethno logical museum and the museum of asian art. the humboldt forum open to the public in july 2020 was running along berlin's former internal border, the east side gallery as both a tourist magnet and a memorial to the once divided city. the longest piece of the berlin wall still standing, was decorated by international artists after the war fowl right

next to it on the banks of the river by visitors can get an impression of berlin as typical attitude towards life inflator, his hein quotes back ah, in the ranking of german states most popular with foreign travellers has sick with its capital vis. badden comes in at number 5. the state recorded 2800000 overnight stays hesse's largest and best node city is frankfurt. ah. as home to germany's largest commercial airport frankfurt has suffered greatly during the pandemic. here, the number of foreign visitors sank by 70 percent and 2021

terrorist highlight is the dom, wilma quarter, the new frankfurt old town completed in 2018. it's a partial reconstruction of the historical city center, which was almost completely leveled in world war 2. visitors can also learn how frankfurt played a major role in the development of democracy in germany at saint paul's church. it was the seat of the $1848.00 frank put parliament the 1st publicly and freely elected german legislative body. ah

ah, i was drive south lies darmstadt. once the seat of the grand duchy and a center for art nouveau. at the turn of the 20th century, the grand duke of hazard darmstadt invited artists to create a colony on the matilda and hood the buildings around the wedding tower created by the artist themselves, a part of the colony, which unesco declared a piece of wild cultural heritage in 2021 typical for the latter landscape of hair, sir, is the long valley nestled between the vest of al and town a slow mountain ranges. ah, a long land or is a lie?

well kept towns which were the residences of local nobility. for example, inviolable on the lawn river, counts from the houses, matthau constructed shall smile bold. one of the most blended barrack places in hesser ah ah bod factor in domestic tourism, and the list of the most visited states looks a bit different. then lower saxony ranks forth on the list in its state capital, hanover, the new town hall built in the early 20th century, and the has on house and gardens are among the main attractions. it's great garden begun in the late 17th century is considered one of the most distinguished barrack

gardens in europe. though, historically, goslin is possibly even more important. in the 11th century, it's forma imperial palace on the edge of the hot mountains, was a power center in the holy roman empire. as always mind here, since ancient times goslin is also home to industrial monuments like that, simon's back mine along with as it is old town. it's another reason why goss law is on unix goes wild heritage list. ah, but lois saxony also boasts unique natural landscapes like the vault and see this system into tidal sands and mud flats in the north sea was granted well,

natural heritage status in 2009. ah. german tourists also flocked to mecklenburg, western pomeranian germany's northern most state with its capital. shipping ranks of 5th with domestic tourists with the state is home to historically important hands. the attic cities likes 1000 with its magnificent red, brick, gothic buildings, trousers med, evil, old town together with v smells has been listed as a piece of unesco world heritage. since 2002 ah,

ah mecklenburg, western pomeranians popularity also has much to do with its abundance of water. it's baltic sea beaches and its proximity to the german capital. even over a century ago, the island of wisdom was nicknamed berlin's bath tub. it's imperial spars, but also favored by the german emperors. ah ah ah ah, with the baltic c resort town of bonder can also be quickie reached from berlin. yet it

still retained a bit of the charm of an old fishing village. at least that's the way van amanda presents itself on its promenade. the alto storm, with like most everywhere, germany's tourism industry was hard hit by the pandemic. and the resulting restrictions during 20202021. that also changed people's travel habits. instead of going abroad, many travelers opted to explore destinations closer to home. ah, ah, ah

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