Cultures and Traditions
Germany has a deep history and has been a major player in Europe’s past. From this stems a culture that is filled with meaningful customs and traditions, celebrated holidays and events, and myths and folktales. Germans take pride in their traditional celebrations whether they are patriotic such as Tag der deutschen Einheit (Day of German Unity), religiously based such as Allerheiligen (All Saints) and Allerseelen (All Souls), well known holidays such as Weihnachten (Christmas) and Ostern (Easter), more personal events such as weddings, birthdays, and funerals, or large public events like the well known Oktoberfest.
Food
Fränkische Bratwurst is composed of beef, pork or veal and is traditionally served with sauerkraut or potato salad or simply in a breadroll. They vary greatly in size and seasoning from region to region but are often considerably thinner than the equivalents elsewhere in Germany.
Safety
Safety statistics in Germany. Overall, safety in Germany is in the European average. While, if you consider international safety data, Germany has very low levels of crime. Numbeo places the safety index of Germany at 67.37 out of a possible maximum of 100 (meaning no crime at all).
Welfare
Social Security in Germany. Approximately 90% of the population participates in the social security system in Germany. The German version of the welfare state includes a national pension plan, public healthcare and nursing care, unemployment benefits, work-related accident insurance, and welfare aid. Unlike many of the world’s advanced countries, however, Germany does not provide its citizens with health care, pensions, and other social welfare benefits through a centralized state-run system. … By international standards, the German welfare system is comprehensive and generous.
Health
Germany has a universal multi-payer health care system paid for by a combination of statutory health insurance (Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung) officially called “sickness funds” (Krankenkassen) and private healthinsurance (Private Krankenversicherung), colloquially also called “(private) sickness funds”.
The health care system that took such good care of Sabina is not funded by government taxes. But it is compulsory. All German workers pay about 8 percent of their gross income to a nonprofit insurance company called a sickness fund.
Transport
Germany’s cities and larger towns have efficient public-transport systems. Bigger cities, such as Berlin and Munich, integrate buses, trams, U-Bahn (underground, subway) trains and S-Bahn (suburban) trains into a single network. Fares are determined by zones or time travelled, sometimes by both. A group ticket for 4-5 people to travel across one of 16 federal states in Germany for one day. The average price is around 25 euros for the first person and 4 euros for each additional person.