PDF Mediadaten

Welcome to Germany

Welcome to Germany - A magazine packed with ideas for your next holiday or business trip. Germany is known all over the world as an attractive destination for business and holiday travel at the heart of Europe. Every year a growing number of international visitors come to enjoy the romantic scenery dotted with medieval castles and magnificent palaces, cities and towns with histories going back a thousand years, historic monuments, modern shopping malls, traditional festivals, world-class sporting events, trade shows and exhibitions, anniversary festivities, pleasant and hospitable accommodation and outstanding local and international cuisine.

From Flensburg in the North to Füssen in the South, from Aachen in the West to Zittau in the East, Germany offers travellers a wonderfully varied range of places to see and things to do. The magazine Welcome to Germany provides an ideal introduction to the great variety of Germany's cities, towns and regions and the many opportunities for everything from sightseeing, art and culture to active adventure holidays of all kinds. It is published twice a year in English, once in the spring and once in the autumn. In addition to providing a wealth of ideas and tips for travel in Germany it is also full of useful information to help you plan your next holiday or business trip - including important telephone numbers, Internet addresses and events listings - giving you everything you need to plan your own individual itinerary.

Welcome to Germany is available in countries like the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zewland, South Africa, Japan, China, India, United Arab Emirates / Dubai, Bahrain, Great Britain, Ireland and Russia, at tourist industry fairs and at the Goethe-Instituts all over the world.


Winter Issue 2009

©Urlaubsregion Allgäu
The European Capital of Culture RUHR.2010, the final of the 20th anniversary year of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Luther Decade 2008-2017 are the current main themes of the 2009/ 2010 winter edition of Welcome to Germany. The articles on these subjects provide information on original sites and museums you can visit and on the many events being staged on the occasion of these three themes. For example, visitors to the Ruhr metropolis in 2010 will be able to witness extraordinary, magnificent cultural festivities, which will convey in a fascinating way the spectacular changes which have turned the area into a cultural metropolis of a new kind. The article on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall will naturally focus on Berlin, but readers will also find information on Potsdam, on Leipzig where the famous “Monday demonstrations” started the peaceful revolution, on Dresden and also on the old German-German border, which is now a fascinating strip of green, unspoilt scenery running through the entire length of the country, with many hiking and cycle trails, monuments and museums along the way.

This issue also covers Berlin and Potsdam-Babelsberg as famous film locations for international first class productions. Film buffs to the German capital can become acquainted with important sites during special sightseeing tours presented in the article.

Historical subjects in this issue include the 600th anniversary of Leipzig University with a series of events to commemorate its six hundred year history of success; a year of events being staged to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of the famous composer and music critic Robert Schumann and the Oberammergau Passion play which is being celebrated from May to October 2010.

Visitors who enjoy city tours will find an article on Germany’s most popular shopping destinations like e.g. Munich, Frankfurt, Cologne, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf and Berlin. This issue’s Germany’s Fascinating Towns section presents short portraits of another 15 interesting small towns throughout the country.

As usual, this issue of Welcome to Germany also informs on attractive tourist routes and regions like e.g. the German Gemstone Route and the Weser Renaissance Route.

Other articles present romantic Christmas markets and the boisterous carnival celebrations of Germany’s “5th season”.

For those who enjoy outdoor activities there is a wealth of information on attractive new hiking trails and Germany’s winter sports areas. The travel tips are rounded off with some information on wellness and health holidays, for which Germany is also famous.

Welcome to Germany also provides information on new museums and on the most spectacular exhibitions in the autumn/winter season.

If you would like to learn German during your holiday you will find plenty of useful information and tips in the article on the language courses offered by the Goethe Institutes.

Last but not least, there are also a regular comprehensive calendar of events and a section with useful general information for visitors to Germany.

Orschel Verlag GmbH / Verlag für wirtschaftliche Informationen E-mail
Malvenweg 4

51061 Köln / Germany

Tel.: ++ 49 + 221 - 9635640
Fax: ++ 49 + 221 - 96356427
homepage: http://www.orschel-verlag.de
E-mail: orschel-verlag@orschel-verlag.de
Geschäftsführer: Mathias Orschel,
Amtsgericht Köln: HRB 36934 Ust.-ID: DE 219362820