DRIVING
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- Embrace
Europe -- Living in Europe
- by Sharon Anscomb: Great book covering everything
soon-to-be expatriates will need to know when moving to Germany. Has
links to other sites of interest.
- Expatriates
Living & Working in Germany-
by Rod Pettit: Includes information for foreigners living
in Germany including permits, housing, and-- you guessed it--
driving, including a good section on getting a license. There are
also quite a few links to related resources.
- German
Car Scene-
by Brian Zahn: A good collection of links to sites about
western and eastern German cars, traffic signs, and driving.
- USAREUR
Driver's Manual and related documents:
This site has a collection of links designed mainly for US military
personnel transferring to Germany including downloadable versions of
the Driver's Handbook and Exam manual and a handy (although not
well-organized) pocket guide to German road signs. There's also info
on the requirements to register a POV.
- Moto
Europa:
Driving information for all of Europe. If the section on Germany
sounds a little familiar, it should. Most of the information for it
came from my pages! (I don't mind-- it's kind of flattering!)
- Clever-Tanken:
Looking for cheap gas in Germany? This site has a searchable
database of the cheapest stations by town! (In German-- at the
top of the page [under "Schnellsuche"], select the fuel
grade in the"Kraftstoff Sorte" box and type in the name of
the town in the "Ort/Plz" box. Then click the right arrow.)
- Autobahn.de:
Some basic statistics and other information about the German
autobahns. (In German)
- Route planners &
distance calculators-
- Major rental car
companies operating in Germany-
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RAIL
TRAVEL |
- Deutsche Bahn (German)
(English)-
The DB's excellent web presence includes information on the various
types of trains, maps, and timetables. There is also an English
timetable site.
- The
German Way-
by Hyde Flippo: A great online version of the book by the
same name. Several topics related to German trains
are covered.
- The
ICE/ICT pages-
by Tobias Bejamin Köhler: Great history and collection of
technical information about all generations of current and future
ICE and ICT trains.
- Eurail-
Information about Eurail passes.
- Erik's
Rail News-
by Erik Sandblom: All the latest news about trains around
the world.
- Railways
in Germany-
by
Hisayuki HUH,
Yasuhiro Sakurai, Michael Froemmel: Lots of information
about and pictures of German trains.
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PUBLIC
TRANSPORT |
- EuroMetro-
by Robert Schwandl: A complete guide to European metro,
subway, U-Bahn, T-bana or underground networks.
- Public
Transport-
by Thomas Purkert: Collection of details about public
transport in lots of cities worldwide.
- Subway
Navigator-
Allows you to plan routes on subway systems in various cities around
the world.
- Regional transit
agencies:
The agencies above are the
regional transit cooperatives for the largest German metropolitan
areas. In most areas, several independent transit systems operate
under the regional umbrella agency. For a map showing many of these as
well as the transit systems in some smaller cities, see the ÖPNV
site.
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AIRPORTS |
- Berlin: Berliner
Flughäfen - A
jumping-off point for all three of Berlin's airports as well as
information about the region's new airport opening in 2007.
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MISC. |
- Germany
Information-
by Christy Parish: The site for American newcomers to
southwestern Germany.
- ExpatAccess
Germany:
A site for people relocating abroad. Features free online moving
guides and directories.
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