HALLO FREUNDE

I’m going to talk about Germany, which is also known as the Federal Republic of Germany.

Germany is in Western and Central Europe, with Denmark bordering to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, France and Luxembourg to the southwest, and Belgium and the Netherlands to the northwest.

The country consists of 16 states and its capital and largest city is Berlin. It is the most populous member state in the European Union. Germany is the major economic and political power of Europe. The official language is German, although The most used immigrant languages are Turkish, Kurdish, Polish, the Balkan languages, and Russian. 

Its motto is:  "Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit" (German), which means "Unity and Justice and Freedom".

Its flag and its shield

It’s a federal parliamentary republic.

Its president is Joachim Gauck, since 2012 and its chancellor is Angela Merkel, since 2005. And the ethnic groups are in this way: ---->

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Let’s see some aspects of culture, food, sport…

->In German classical music we can distinguish some of the world's most well-known composers, including Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert, Georg Friedrich Händel, Robert Schumann, Felix Mendelssohn…

->Football is the most popular sport in Germany. The German Football Association is the largest sport organisation of its kind worldwide. The Bundesliga, the top league of German football, is the most popular sports league in Germany. The most well-known footballers are Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller, Jürgen Klinsmann, Lothar Matthäus, and Oliver Kahn.

Other popular spectator sports include winter sports, boxing, handball, ice hockey, water sports…

Germany is one of the leading motor sports countries in the world. BMW and Mercedes are manufacturers in motor sport. Furthermore, Porsche has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and Audi has won it 11 times. The Formula One driver Michael Schumacher has set many motor sport records during his career and Sebastian Vettel has won the some championships.

 ->The typical food in Germany is different in each region but here are some of them:

Schwarzwalder Kirschtorte(1), kasespatzle(2), eintopf(3), wurst(4), brezel(5), kartoffelpuffer(6), rote grutze(7) and apfelstrudel(8)

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Finally, I’m going to put a video where you will see places to visit in Berlin. If you have the opportunity to go there, you must do it, trust me!! I hope you like my post and you enjoy reading it and watching the video.

Questions:
1. Would Germany be one of your favourite countries to visit? Why?
2. You can see some typical plates of Germany in one of the pictures. What will you eat? Why?

3. What place would you visit in Berlin? Why? (Of course, places that are mentioned in the video)

Here you have a page where you can know new things about the daily life of a German teenager. (Click on the word ‘here’)

Goodbye class!!