| Germany's national sport is Fußball (football) | Sport |
| Motor racing is popular. The BMW, Porsche and Mercedes teams are German | |
| Germany's "second sport" is handball | |
| Tennis is popular and several tennis stars hail from Germany | |
| After football and handball, ice hockey is the next most popular sport | |
| Karl Benz invented the petrol powered car in 1885 | Inventions |
| The first Christmas trees were German, back in the 16th Century | |
| Denim is French, but jeans were invented by a German | |
| Johannes Gutenberg invented the reusable printing press in 1450 | |
| X-rays were discovered by physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen in 1895 | |
| The Brandenburg Gate, once a gate into Berlin, is a symbol of the city | Landmarks |
| Also in Berlin, the Reichstag is the home of the German Parliament | |
| Heidelberg has some amazing mediaeval architecture still standing | |
| Neuschwanstein Castle has the beauty of a fairy tale castle | |
| Nuremberg Christmas Market is one of the world's oldest and most famous | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven, arguably the most famous composer, was German | People |
| Adolf Hitler was not German. He was Austrian | |
| Albert Einstein was not American or Swiss as some claim. He was German | |
| Hugo Boss was a famous German fashion designer | |
| George I, ancestor to the modern royals, was the first German King of Britain | |
| Germany is the 7th largest country in Europe covering 357,386 km² | Geography |
| A third of Germany is forested. The most famous is the Black Forest | |
| It also has mountains. The highest is Zugspitze at almost 3 km tall | |
| The Rhine is the longest river in Germany | |
| Germany is the most populous country entirely within Europe | |
| Berlin is home to 7,000 to 8,000 wild boars | Wildlife |
| In 2007, there were 36 wolf packs in Germany, Today there are 128 | |
| Several species, like Bavarian Scurvy-grass, are found only in Germany | |
| Berlin has more bats than any other city in Central Europe | |
| The European hamster was first discovered in Germany | |
| German is the most widely spoken language in the EU | Language |
| Most languages have two genders. German has three | |
| The longest German word has 42 letters, or some claim it has 80 | |
| The German alphabet has 27 letters. "Eszett" (ß) is pronounced as "ss" | |
| In German all nouns are capitalised, not just proper nouns as in English | |
| Four German cities have populations over one million | Cities |
| Bonn is a small city but it was West Germany's capital before reunification | |
| Hamburg is 110 km inland but it has a busy port | |
| Munich is world famous for its Oktoberfest | |
| Cologne is most famous for the perfume named after it | |
| Germany is most famous for its sausages or "wurst" | Foods |
| There are more than 300 kinds of bread available in Germany | |
| Germans have coffee and cake as the equivalent of teatime in England | |
| One of the most popular cakes is the German Black Forest Gateaux | |
| Germans love beer. The world's oldest brewery is in Germany | |
| Many of the fairy tales we know and love were collected by the Grimm Brothers | Culture |
| Apart from Beethoven, Germany has produced a multitude of composers | |
| Three quarters of Germany's Autobahns have no speed limit | |
| The German equivalent of Father Christmas is "Christkindl" | |
| Punctuality is a part of German culture | |
