Picture choosen by: MissCinidi Things to See in Germany In Germany, you can find lively cities with wonderful architecture, charming villages and friendly festival in every region. There are also many castles and palaces, since there you can admire the picturesque countryside. Summarizing, Germany is a country of thousands of possibilities.

• Don't miss the German Parliament (Reichstag), the imposing neo-Renaissance Reichstag, located in the heart of Berlin's city centre near the River Spree and the Branden.

• Stroll along part of the path of the Berlin Wall, clearly marked in the road, from the Brandenburg Gate to glitzy Potsdamer Platz, derelict during Germany's divided years, but now restored as a modern focal point for the city. A few small segments of the Wall still stand here.

• Visit the Berlin Wall Museum (Mauermuseum) (website: www.mauermuseum.de) at Checkpoint Charlie, where has provided its visitors with a guide who will help you to take a glimpse down the road of history

• Take a cruise on the Rhine from Koblenz (website: www.koblenz.de), Koblenz is a city where the mosel and rhine rivers meet, with its hilltop fortifications opposite the mouth of the Moselle river to Bingen,

• Head into southwest Bavaria near Füssen, close to the Austrian border, to see the impossibly fantastical Neuschwanstein castle (website: www.neuschwanstein.com), built in the 19th century by Bavarian King Ludwig II (‘Mad King Ludwig').

• Visit the garden island, Mainau(website: www.mainau.de) on the north shore of Lake Constance, is famous for its historic buildings, multicolored roof and flowers.

• Marvel at the jewellery, sculpture and many other treasures in Dresden's restored Grünes Gewölbe (Green Vault) (website: www.skd-dresden.de), home of 18th century leader August the Strong's huge collections, and now a focus of the city's UNESCO-designated architectural heritage.

• Visit one of Germany's host of romantic university towns. Freiburg (website: www.freiburg.de) is gateway to the Black Forest, and home to a gothic Cathedral (12th to 15th centuries) with magnificent tower. Heidelberg (website: www.cvb-heidelberg.de) on the Neckar River is Germany's oldest university town.

• Experience architectural heritage in one of Germany's UNESCO World Heritage Site towns: Bamberg (website: www.bamberg.info) a city in Bavaria that was built on seven hills and therefore is also referred to as Franconian Rome.

• In Hessen (website: www.hessen-tourismus.de), follow the German Fairy Tale Road. Schwalmstadt (website: www.schwalmstadt.de) was the home of Little Red Riding Hood. In the Reinhardswald,Sababurg (website: www.sababurg.de), now a castle-hotel, inspired the Brothers Grimm to write Sleeping Beauty.

• Enjoy the relaxed atmosphere of Frankfurt am Main‘s (website: www.frankfurt.de) historic Römer district, which contrasts starkly with the modern skyline of the city nowadays commonly known as ‘Mainhattan' due to its shiny skyscrapers and financial power.

• Relive the days of the Roman Empire at the Saalburg (website: www.saalburgmuseum.de), a reconstructed Roman settlement near Bad Homburg in the forested Taunus hills to the north of Frankfurt am Main.

• Pause for thought at Dresden's reconstructed Frauenkirche (website: www.frauenkirche-dresden.de), destroyed in the firebombing of the city in February 1945. Now rebuilt and re-consecrated, it is a poignant symbol of the past.

• See the southern 1,000-year-old town of Weimar (website: www.weimar.de), home to many great men, including Goethe, Luther, Bach, Liszt, Wagner and Schiller. An important cultural centre of the past, the city experienced its golden age in the 18th and 19th centuries.

• Take a train ride east from Freiburg into the spectacular countryside of the Hochschwarzwald (Upper Black Forest) (website: www.hochschwarzwald.de), a year-round holiday area, popular for winter sports in winter, and walking, boating and nature trails in summer.