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Most German cities in Germany? (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by idkifimalive@alien.top to c/digitalnomad@expats.zone

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Google didn’t help for some reason

I want to see Germans in their natural habitat. And I prefer lively cities. Which cities I should visit (or avoid) for that?

I have the same question for Netherlands and Belgium if you happen to know

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[–] UnoBeerohPourFavah@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Avoid Frankfurt am Main. Being from the UK I sometimes refer to it as Kröydenfurt or Birmingham am Main since it reminds me of both Croydon and Birmingham.

Now don’t get me wrong, Frankfurt isn’t terrible, and I wouldn’t consider the people there “not-German” but I was a little surprised when I went to visit for the motor show, it’s basically not like any other German city I’ve visited. It’s like I asked ChatGPT “create me a European version of Gotham in Cities Skylines” and that was the end result.

I think Hanover is an often overlooked city to visit that I really liked and what I would expect for Germany as a tourist. Hamburg might be better if you wanted something more lively.

A really useful indicator is the concept of “twin cities”. I found them to be pretty accurate.