Transport
With its central location in Europe, Germany is a hub for international air traffic and there are air connections to all regions of the world.
Most important airports:
- frankfurt-airport.de
- munich-airport.de
- dus.com
- ber.berlin-airport.de/en.html
- hahn-airport.de/en
- stuttgart-airport.com
- hamburg-airport.de
- mdf-ag.com/reisende-und-besucher/flughafen-leipzig-halle
Germany has an extensive rail network of 38,500 kilometres of track. The network is well coordinated and offers excellent connections: every day there are more than 250 direct connections from Germany to about 80 European cities.
Ticket prices vary and can be quite expensive. In order to pay less for tickets it is advisable to book very early (up to 3 months prior to your journey). The reference site for the German long-distance rail network (Deutsche Bahn AG) and the regional local networks is bahn.de.
You can also access the section "Find money-saving offers".
Germany has an interregional road network of more than 230 000 km. About 12 900 km of this are motorways. There are generally no speed limits on these, but a general speed of 130 km/h is 'recommended'. In built-up areas the limit is 50 km/h, and outside these areas 100 km/h. There are no motorway tolls.
By bus: long-distance buses are another cheap way to travel around Germany. There are more than 200 long-distance bus lines serving all major German cities.
For information on connections: busliniensuche.de and fernbusse.de.