Useful links for living and travelling in Germany

Travel & Information

• Budget places : find cheap hotels, hostels, bed & breakfast, and apartments in Germany.

• Hotels.com : one of the world's most trusted hotel search engines. Extensive listing, competitive prices and extremely reliable service.

• Rail Europe : check national and international timetables and fares, and purchase discounted tickets and railcards online.

• CarRentals.co.uk : compares car rental prices from multiple companies.

• American Express Travel Insurance : make sure you are covered while you travel with this world renowned and competitive travel insurance.

• Germany Tourism : official website of the German Tourist Board.

Life in Germany

• Yellow Pages (in German only) : business telephone directory for Germany.

• GuteKueche (in German only) : nation-wide restaurant search engine.

• Cinema.de (in German only) : cinema timetables in all Germany.

• Viagogo : online ticket exchange that allows people to buy and sell live event tickets in a safe and guaranteed way. Available for Germany and other countries.

• Monster.de : job search engine for Germany.

• The Local : daily news about Germany in English.

• Deutsche Welle : daily news about Germany in 30 languages.

Emergencies & Services

• The German Post : include tariffs and a post code search engine.

• Klinik-Kranenhaus.de (in German only) : search engine of hospitals and clinics in Germany.

• List of banks in Germany.

• The German Federal Police (in German only).

Government

• Germany Portal : official portal directory with commented link in six languages.

• Bundesregierung: information about the German Federal Government.

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs : includes information about visas, naturalisation, as well as a list of German embassies and consulates around the world.

• German Tax Information : online tax payment and information about taxation.

• Destatis : socio-economic statistics about Germany.

Travel Community

Ask your travel questions on the Germany Travel Forum