Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the capital city of the Netherlands. It is covered with lots of "Grachten" (small rivers all over the city) that make walking through the city centre a real event. You can visit several museums like the "van Gough Museum" or the "Anne Frank Haus". Furthermore there are special flower markets (the most famous flower is the netherland tulip), the famous Amsterdam Artis-zoo, or simply the wonderful city centre with its own "netherlandlike" ambience. Amsterdam is also well known because of its "turbulent" nightlife.

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Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany. Here you can visit lots of famous places and buildings like the Parliament (called Reichstag), the "Brandenburger Tor", "Unter den Linden" (the most famous street of Berlin with lots of historical buildings like churches, embassies, residences, etcetera on each side) - Berlin offers everything from conservative and expensive department stores like the "Kaufhaus des Westens" up to an exciting nightlife with thousands of different clubs and bars. In fact you would stay longer than one day to see just a little bit of this wonderful city. The Brandenburger Tor in Berlin

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Brussels
Brussels is the capital city of Belgium. It is mostly famous because of its old-style historical city centre. It's called the centre of art nouveau and art deco. The largest place is called "Grand Place" where you can see several grand building of gothic style. Other famous buildings are the "Palais de Justice" (palace of justice), the "Cathédrale St-Michel et Ste-Gudule" and the "Galeries Royales St-Hubert" (shopping arcade).

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Cologne
Cologne is Germany's oldest city and with approximately 1 Million inhabitants the fourth largest city of the country. Here you can visit historical monuments, like the famous "Cologne Cathedral", spend your time by strolling through its old town (maybe drinking one or two glasses of the special cologne beer called "Kölsch"), or walk along the Rhein (Germanys largest river). The Cologne skyline can also be discovered from the river on a boat of the "white-fleet". Köln

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Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the federal city of North Rhine-Westphalia. This city offers everything from the exclusive shopping-street "Königsallee" (here you can get jewellery, clothing of very famous couturiers, etcetera, shortly said anything that is exclusive and expensive) up to the famous old town. If you are in Düsseldorf the old tow is a must. Here you can visit over 200 pubs offering the unique "Düsseldorfer Altbier", often brewed at the back of the house and offered at the front. You can walk along the Rhine and visit the "Fersehturm" the highest tower in Düsseldorf where you have a fantastic view all over the city, there is also a restaurant at the top. Düsseldorf
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Hamburg
The nordic city Hamburg owns the largest harbour in Germany and is with its 1.7 million inhabitants the second largest city of the country. It is well known because of its wonderful harbour area, musicals (for example Mozart or Lion King), lots of famous museums and theaters, music clubs at the Hafenstrasse and the hanseatic city centre. To complete your trip a round trip through the harbour area is a must. Hamburg and the Elbe river

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