| “Tobacco Tourism” Is Getting Popular With Germans (21 Jan. 2008) - Smoking ban forces Germans to visit the neighboring Poland to have a smoke in a restaurant, because this country doesn't have such severe restrictions for now, though this opportunity is also not for a very long time. |
| Polar bear cub from Nuremberg has been named Snowflake (19 Jan. 2008) - Another snow bear cub is born in Germany and the society is as before thrilled with this event and has actively taken part in the choosing of the name for the animal. |
| Entrance to German Cities is Restricted (29 Dec. 2007) - A law on fine dust is operating in Germany starting from March 2007. It forbids the cars with too high emission level to enter the centers of big cities, which suffer the most from ecology problems. The entrance in the centers of Berlin, Hanover and Cologne will be closed beginning from January of the year 2008 for those road-users, who do not have special ecological certificate. |
| Do not enter the first-class carriage without a ticket (25 Dec. 2007) - German railways (DB) demanded from the second-class passengers not to get in first-class carriages under any circumstances. |
| Air Traveler guzzled liter of vodka (14 Dec. 2007) - Inhabitant of the Germany, passing through customs control in Nuremberg airport was not allowed to take a bottle of vodka with him. He snowed of avidity, by guzzling a liter of alcoholic drink in full view of customs officers. |
| German tourists prefer to spend their vacation among compatriots (10 Dec. 2007) - The majority of Germans prefer to have a rest in their own circle. Only some of them try to contact other tourists or local residents. The experts of the German market GfK institute came to such a conclusion. |
| Hotels of the GDR style are popular among tourists (7 Dec. 2007) - In Germany you can stop in the hotel of the GDR epoch and to plunge into the atmosphere of that time. It is interesting that the new direction in the hotel business of the country has found many admirers. |
| Tower-candle attracts stares of tourists (5 Dec. 2007) - They have lit the greatest Christmas candle in the world on the Christmas market in the German small town of Schlitz, situated in the east of the Land of Hessen. |
| First Class Passengers of German Trains Shall be Fed Free of Charge (4 Dec. 2007) - Together with introduction of the new schedule German railways improve service for first class passengers. Starting with the next week in the first class carriages of express trains ICE free snacks, drinks and newspapers shall be offered. Besides, they shall have conductors. Earlier, there was no special service personnel in these carriages. |
| Christmas Markets Opened in Germany (4 Dec. 2007) - As an ancient tradition demands, Christmas markets are organized on the old squares of German cities on the eve of Advent (period of four weeks before Christmas according to western tradition), the markets will be opened till December 24. |
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