City Guides: Austria

What to see and do in Austria Austria’s largest city and capital, Vienna (Wien), has a long and storied past. Vienna was once the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Habsburg empire, and many traces of that glorious past can still be seen there – and in...

City Guides: Switzerland

What to see and do in Switzerland Switzerland’s largest city, Zurich, is not the capital, but Zurich (Zürich in German) is the Swiss financial capital and one of the wealthiest cities in Europe and the world. With a population of just under 380,000, Zurich...

Berlin and Potsdam

What to See and Do in the German Capital Berlin is Germany’s capital and largest city in area and population. It is both a city and one of Germany’s 16 states (Bundesländer). Home to about 3.4 million residents (4.4 million in the Berlin/Brandenburg metro...

Frankfurt am Main

City Guide: Frankfurt am Main, Germany Things to see and do in Germany’s business capital There’s much more to Frankfurt than what the typical visitor sees, even if they manage to venture beyond the airport or train station. Frankfurt is definitely...

Expat Checklist 2

After You’re There This is Part 2 of our “Expat Checklists.” It covers topics that expats or potential expats in German-speaking countries need to consider once they have arrived in German-speaking Europe. BOOK: Get the book written by expats for...