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today we joined indian youtube and d. w. travel reporter drove rattie on his tore of germany. he's visited 3 of the most exciting, major cities, berlin, munich, and cologne. together with his gun friend hughley able present us with some of the top sites that should be on every travel itinerary to germany. lead stars in the capitol, the berlin, one of the more psychotic cities in europe, hip and in the last creative and progressive, a modern city full of history, which was 112 bits divided into and then the united. this is berlin. and as they say in german mil, common in bed lead, ah

ah, one of the 1st things that come in your mind when you think about berlin is brandon bo get the most iconic attraction in berlin was building the 18th century in the new classical style and today it is a symbol of unity for europe and the unification of germany. right next to the brandenburg gate. we have the holocaust memorial. it's made of more than $2700.00 concrete blocks like these, which are made, laid out in a grid formation. it's dedicated to the jewish victims of the world war 2 who died in the nazi genocide. ah, ah,

there's also small memoria here in the garden next to brandon will get. it's dedicated to the also prosecuted cindy and go more people in this beautiful boulevard and have been in, takes you right through the middle of berlin with if you also get tired walking around on a hot day like this, you can relax in this beautiful path, right? here it's all to me by it's called the growth 30 garden right next to the gate. we have the stunning and impressive building behind me called the right stock. the german parliament is incited after the world war 2. it was destroyed the lot in the bombing. so they had to be built lot after, but today you can go all the way up to the globe that you see on the top of the building. it offers so impressive views of the whole berlin city. but unfortunately,

it's not something that you can do spontaneously. you have to book an appointment before online, approximately 2 to 3 weeks before. if you have to go inside it. berlin is a paradise for any foodie. you can find anything from traditional dishes to different kinds of st foods. there are plenty of vegetarian or even bigger options as well. there are 2 very iconic dishes. you can try when you're in berlin. when is the carrier was to slice sausage or as we say, that was tough with kerry ketchup. the other one is the den of course, and his type of do not keep up where the meat is put in the pita. fred was press, crated in berlin by a turkish guest latter. nowadays, it's one of germany's favorite and most available kind of fast food and actually considered typically german. there are many different activities. you can enjoy

berlin, but my personal favorite one is kayaking. it's not only a good sport, but you can also enjoy in this river a gigantic sculpture called the molecule man. look how big that is with if you're looking from museums and berlin, don't worry. there's an island full of them. you heard that right? i'm literally standing here on a bridge which goes to an island, popularly known as the museum island. it's an island in the middle of the river near the main city, which has 5 different museums on it. for example, the boarding museum right next to me has buys in time art and sculpture. the whole area is designated as a unesco void. heritage site. another landmark in berlin is this famous double leg

over bomb bridge, which i'm currently walking on the meat. it was built in 1896, and after the world war 2, it was closed because it was a connection between east berlin and west virginia. after the fall of berlin wall was a symbol of re unification. also between the east and west. a i'm walking here at the east side gallery. it's the largest open air gallery in the whole world. it's a 1.3 kilometer long part of the former berlin wall. today it has been transformed very color for me into a nice, beautiful gallery by the various artists around the world. it's a symbol of reconciliation and freedom. many visitors leave berlin without itself

in front of the east that gallery. so if you come to berlin, don't miss out. one of the most popular and best don't pieces of art. is this for 50 painting? the socialist fraternal kiss of the little horn and rage near below, it says in german, my god helped me to survive this deadly love. there were many famous crossing points between east and west berlin. one of the most famous ones was this checkpoint chatting. there's also museum here called the volume museum. if you want to know more about the cold war history, you can check me the choice to go in was the german history museums. it's an amazing him. it shows more than 2000 years of german history. all the way up from the middle ages, the fall of the berlin wall, there's more than 7 held an exhibit, but at the cause it tells him square meters. if you like to party,

you'll enjoy berlin at night. berlin is famous for an amazing night life. each district has its own unique nightline vibe. so whether you prefer a techno classic cocktails or just want to hang out at a be a garden, there's countless bars pups, empty ones for everyone's taste over. all berlin is a very big and lively city. you can easily spend 7 days here because there's just so much to see and do ah, next tourist hotspot on days chic in special edition is munich. the bavarian capital is a magnet to perform visitors. even though this year's october 1st had to be cancelled for the 2nd time due to the plan, demick drove and hughley had a lot of fun in munich. let's start out. all right, from the center of munich city. this marine blood squared is the 1900 years old,

and it's the heart of the city in the olden times and the 1st few centuries this place was used as a central marketplace. and today it's used for festivities. cultural, political, and fort celebration, events behind me is the magnificent new town hall, and there's also an old town hall on the other side. ah, with the new city hall is probably one of the most impressive buildings in munich. more than 600 employees walk inside here. in the $400.00 rooms, you can also go up the tower to have fantastic views over the city. and at the very top, you can see there's a statue called the munich child. it's a symbol of the munich city. and these balconies that you see behind me there are popular plays for sports teams to celebrate their dice.

ah, if you keep walking through the old city, you'll eventually reach this majestic gate fort, cause sure it's the entrance to the biggest pedestrian area and munich. and this where here is 4 cars plus, also known as stock, but there's a very big should have found in here in the summer, like right now. and in winter, this area becomes the place for a big ice getting, getting at. you can see this whole squared, it's pretty busy with if you get tired of all the sites thing and want to have a quick bite this week to allan mocked is the place to beat. it offers a huge selection of food items from sandwiches to soups and roasted potatoes to small. these. just make sure that you don't come on a sunday like today. otherwise, all the stores for the clothes. but i'll also show you how it looks in normal times

. ah well you are waiting for your food. take a look at the fountains that can be found throughout the market. you can find 6 characters, community history here. if you're looking for a snack, how about you? try a pretzel. ah, but it's a and chairman. it is a traditional type of baked pastry made from dough that is commonly shamed into a knot and has salt seasoning on the outside. in noon at $375.00, hector's english garden is one of the largest in a city parks in the world. and it is even larger than the central park in new york . even has

a chinese tower and the japanese tea house inside noon louis within this garden, there is a very unexpected activity that you can enjoy surfing with well, i could not manage to get the way. but if you want to try, there are a few sort of rental shops in the old city area where you can then the surf board from. but do remember, it takes a lot of practice and it is at your own risk if

you're not interested in therapy, you can also swimming this river. there's a heavy cut in, which makes you go all the way downstream. just remember to be cautious. and once again to set your order, it will show you how it's done. oh, my god, it's it's, it's really good with munich has no shortage of historic buildings, palaces and churches. one of the cities landmark is this building behind me called brown kitchen. these higher towers are almost a 100 meters started. and as a fun facts inside this whole city and no building is allowed to be higher than with

right in front of the found gear. chevy have a nice to read the map of the old munich city, and you can use this to orient yourself very well. because all the main highlights are very easily visible here. the found kids here, the noise that are housed, the st. the church, the victim ali, unmarked, and the old i hope that's the bit outside the old city. we have this majestic building of the barbarian state, parliament known as the maxine millennial. it was originally built as a home for gifted students, which means that students who excelled in their studies were provided with accommodation and food for the duration of their studies inside. with just like in berlin, we have a museum island in munich also. and on this museum island, we have the duchess museum,

one of the most amazing and largest science and technology museums in the whole world. let's go have a look what they have in sight. i manage to light enough. tell 1000 to watch with i yeah. there are very different areas in the museum with a huge variety and themes, agriculture and food technology, astronomy, chemistry, photography and film, aerospace oceanography, physics, shipping, telecommunications, and time keeping about 5 kilometers from the old city and munich. you will find this majestic infant booked spanish. it's so huge that it spread over $200.00 acres the garden surrounding it. you'll find here, beautiful flowers and sculptures ducks, swans, and even canadas. this area as often known as the benefits of munich because

there's so many can eyes and nice water areas that on in the summer time you can also take on or nolan ivan these canucks. if you go over the pallet make sure to take a look inside it. also there's various museums inside ah, ah, final stop in his check in special edition is callow. the city on the rhine is at the top of the list of tourists favorites in germany, including drove. and you list that austin's, at the cities most iconic, landlocked if

you it, ivan cologne, by train. the clone cathedral will be the 1st thing you'll see. it's hard to miss it gigantic and defines the city skyline. it's the unesco void headed site and also the park or less church in the hollywood. oh, so we just went all around and trying to find the n can thought that it. i hope it's here because that the last place that flip ah so there's actually 2 different entrances. one is for going inside the computer to see the ground floor and the church area. and the 2nd is over there to go up on the power climbing the town might be very exhausting and even says here and the

stairs are never in a with and here we are at the top of the cathedral. it said the height of 157 meters. there are $2.00 here from the outside. it may seem like both are the same height, but there is a difference of thick centimeters between the height of 2000. and the view that you can enjoy from here is amazing. you can see out in the city in the distance with

quite high climbing all the way outside. thankfully, there's a nice wind up here with ah, the whole solid bridge connect the cologne center station to other european cities on the other side of the river. it's also famous for its popularity as a charming sports hook up a couple of often attach a bad luck, hit on the bridge and throw the key down in the river as a sign of it. turning up, you can see this bridge, it's full of padlocks, and there's padlocks attached to padlocks that still pads in. don't

do these love to be done in other european cities. often the weight of the lot weakens the structure of the bridge. however, this bridge is strong enough to sustain in this case with ever come to cologne, drive, finding our bad luck, i'll give you a hint. it's near by the 3rd filler of the bridge. if you have time for a store and want to relax a bit, you can take a walk right through the calon problem or not. it's next to the river offer it's beautiful sights of the old city. the city area behind me has nice, pretty looking houses, but as you can see, there are very modern stat because most of them will bit after the war in the void

war 2, almost 3 4th of the colon's city was destroyed with don't want 90 found in the city of cologne, besides me is the most famous. it's actually missed on the fatty. did you see these little norm statues near but they're actually coil hines and mention legend says that in the olden times they used to come and do cleaning and house work. and nicholas chores for the people of cologne. they used to come at night and were invisible, so people could work during the day. well, according to the legend, this went on until a taylor's wife. so curious to see like a note that she spoke peas on to the floor to make the condone slip and fall of course, economic didn't like that and got so furious that they disappeared and never returned from that time on the citizens of cologne,

had to do all the work by themselves again, while the cologne cathedral gets all the spotlight, there is also the smaller church here called the great saints martin. it's also very beautiful blue. here we have the town hall of cologne, known as the rod house, is the old building and a new building with the most popular shopping street of cologne and also one of the most visited shopping streets of the whole job. a t highlight here is the very top, a giant glass building which lose meters, them a big with you can get one of the most impressive use of the city skyline from this side of the

dynamic. however, if you want and even more impressive, you can go up on that building. was it? that building is called a triangle building and there is a viewing platform located on the top floor. unfortunately, we could not get there today because corona has seen the opening times of that building. now its only one on the weekend. ah, ah, if you want to see call on from a different perspective, you might want to try the call on keyboard car. it takes you across the rhine river

and of his nice views of columbia skyline and the cathedral, ah, one of the stations is located right at the zone and the flora and botanic got, ah, there is almost no one who does not like chocolate. that's why out of all museums in cologne, we chose to go to the chocolate museum, which is devoted to the street from

rick and see what ingredients make up the chocolate. and in what proportion? ah, you can model your favorite type of a leather seat and dark chocolate seems to be the winner year. it explains the process of how chocolate is made, something that everyone wants to know all the way from the bean, that the packet bar. you can even watch the machines do their work to glass.

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