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Food & Drink in Edmonton
Food
There are two major dining centres:
• Downtown and Oliver
Many restaurants
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Night Life
Andorra's characteristically safe streets help to create a thriving nightlif
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Key Facts of Germany
LocationWestern/Central Europe.
Time
GMT + 1 (GMT + 2 from last Sunday in March to last Sunday in October).
Area
357,021 sq km (137,847 sq miles).
Population
82.6 million (UN estimate 2007).
Population Density
231 per sq km.
Capital
Berlin. Population: 3.4 million (2007).
Geography
It is bordered to the north by Denmark, to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic, to the south by Austria and Switzerland, and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands.The country is divided into 16 states, including Berlin. Featured with the Rhine, Bavaria and the Black Forest, the landscape of Germany is massively varied. In eastern Germany, the country is lake-studded with undulating lowlands which give way to the hills and mountains of the Lausitzer Bergland, the Saxon Hills in the Elbe Valley and the Erzgebirge, while the once divided areas of the Thuringian and Harz ranges in the central part of the country are now whole regions again. River basins extend over a large percentage of the eastern part of Germany, the most important being the Elbe, Saale, Havel, Spree and Oder.The western area of the country consists of the Rhineland, the industrial sprawl of the Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen), Hessen, the Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) and the Saarland. In the southern area of the country are the two largest
states, Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria (Bayern), which contain the Black Forest (Schwarzwald), Lake Constance (Bodensee) and the Bavarian Alps.
EU
Member since 1958.
Government
Federal Republic.
Head of State
President Horst Köhler since 2004.
Head of Government
Chancellor Angela Merkel since 2005.
Language
German. Some English is spoken and French is also spoken, particularly in the Saarland. In the north of Schleswig-Holstein, Danish is spoken by the Danish minority and taught in schools. In eastern Brandenburg and Saxony, Sorbic is spoken by the Slavic minority called
the Sorbs and is also taught in about 50 schools. Regional dialects often differ markedly from standard German.
Religion
Approximately 34% Protestant, 34% Roman Catholic, 4% Muslim, with Jewish and other non-Christian minorities.
Electricity
230 volts AC, 50Hz. European-style round two-pin plugs are in use.
Social Conventions
Smoking is prohibited where notified and on public transport and in most public buildings.
Germans are well-known for stiff, brusque and strict with rules character. The sense of “politeness” also differs from the other countries. Germans highly value honesty, straight talking, being able to cope with criticism and generally not wasting other people’s time. Consequently, business meetings are relatively shorter.Germans do care about punctuality. They always arrive 5-10 minutes early and take this for granted from everyone. Regular delays are seen as disrespect for the other participants.In Germany it is not allowed to photograph or film people or private place without asking permission first.
