Burkard meint...

Germany is not as bierernst (beer-serious) as you ever thought. Let me try to give some examples:

Wuppertal does exist. I have seen it. But Wuppertal has 8 or more gateways to the Autobahn (highway). Some people say they are for leaving this city as far as possible.

But I believe that B**l*f*ld does not exist! THEY tell us that this city exists.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bielefeld_Conspiracy
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bielefeldverschwörung

I've heard about a movie where a robot comes to Bavaria (in Southern Germany). The robot only speaks a few Bavarian words like "Jo mei!", "Servus!", "Zefix noamoi!", "A Bier!". Nobody in Bavaria recognizes that this robot is not a human/ Bavarian. Sounds like a true story to me.

Mallorca is part of Germany. Every German knows that this is true.

In the 1990th the German railway company Deutsche Bahn started a special offer: the Wochenendticket, a ticket for 5 people, the whole contry, the whole weekend for only 15 Deutsche Mark (7.50 Euro). Sylt, a very popular Northern German island, was overcrowded at that time. The trains to Sylt were extra long. Travelling was like being in a community - with people who wanted to travel with you to save money.
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Swiss German is different to German. Though Swiss people often speak German with only little accent at German TV, they are subtitled with the German "translation".

There's a very funny book about German people: "Planet Germany. Eine Expedition in die Heimat des Hawaii-Toasts" by Eric T. Hansen. If you understand German you should read this book to understand Germans!