Lower Saxony (German: Niedersachsen) is a federal state in northwestern Germany. It is the second largest state by area (47,618 km²) (after Bavaria) and fourth largest by population (8 million in 2021) among the country's sixteen states. It was created after World War II by the British; most of its territory had been the Kingdom, later Province, of Hanover.
The Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg) is Germany's second-largest city and, at the same time, one of Germany's 16 federal states or Bundesländer. Prior to the formation of the modern German state, Hamburg for centuries enjoyed a status as de facto independent city state and regional power and trade hub in the North Sea.
The Free Hanseatic City of Bremen is a city in northern Germany with a major port on the river Weser. The population is 567,000 (2020). It is also the name of one of the states of Germany which consists of two separated enclaves on the river Weser.
Black Forest, Alps, and Oktoberfest. The Germany of Lederhosen, Dirndl, and picture postcard views.
The eccentric and historic capital Berlin, and rebuilt baroque beauty Dresden.
The green heart of Germany, with some of the most important cities and the ancient Thuringian Forest.
Wine country and modern cities sharply cut by the breathtaking Middle Rhine and Moselle valleys.
Windswept hills and the popular vacation destinations of the North Sea and Baltic Sea coasts
With a more extreme climate than elsewhere in Spain, this region is dominated by the capital, Madrid.
Impressive Roman ruins and popular Mediterranean beaches.