Germany

The most comfortable and environment-friendly way to travel Germany is without doubt by train: According to Deutsche Bahn all their long-distance trains (ICEs, ICs and the German-driven ECs) are powered by renewable energies, and all destinations listed below can be reached by these trains directly or (as in the case of Heidelberg) by urban trains from the next ICE hub.

ICE and IC trains usually come with a restaurant car offering a number of organic items on the menu so that you (as of April, 2024) can have vegan organic porridge or an organic roll for breakfast, two, sometimes three main courses, a variety of teas, lemonade ("Völkel" and "Vio" brand), and hot chocolate as well as vegan potato chips, ice-cream and an oat bar with chocolate and peanut crunch. The coffee is fairly traded, yet not organic, and none of the vegan meals is organic. When you came with your own mug to buy hot drinks you had been entitled to a 20 cents discount for a while, but I don't know whether this is still applicable. Make sure to ask the service for multi-trip crockery to avoid waste.

Along bicycle routes (inner German and trans Europe)

• Bodenseeradweg (Lake Constance cycle route) (covering Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Austria, and Switzerland)
• Elberadweg (Elbe cycle route) (covering Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Bohemia)
• Mangfallradweg (Mangfall cycle route) (Bavaria)
• München–Venezia (Munich–Venice) cycle route (covering Bavaria, Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige and the Veneto)
• Skulptour II cycle route (Bavaria)
• Veldenbahnradweg (Veldenbahn cycle route) (Bavaria)
• Vilstalradweg (Vilstal cycle route) (Bavaria)
• Skulptour II cycle route (Bavaria)
• Weser cycle route (Bremen, Lower Saxony)

Baden-Württemberg

• Heidelberg
• Esslingen
• Friedrichshafen
• Kirchheim (Teck)
• Langenargen
• Mannheim
• Stuttgart

Bavaria (Bayern)

• Augsburg
• Dorfen
• Glonn and around
• Grafing
• Hof (Saale)
• Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn
• Munich
• Neubiberg
• Nuremberg

Berlin

• Berlin-Kreuzberg
• Berlin-Moabit

Bremen

• Bremen
• Bremerhaven

Hamburg

• Hamburg

Hesse (Hessen)

• Bad Sooden-Allendorf
• Eschwege
• Kassel

Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen)

• Göttingen
• Lilienthal

Saxony (Sachsen)

• Dresden
• Heidenau
• Leipzig
• Pirna
• Radebeul

Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt)

• Dessau-Roßlau

Thuringia (Thüringen)

• Dietzenrode
• Erfurt

Germany: Munich

The Bavarian capital can easily be reached by train, with direct connections both from Italy, Austria, the Hungarian capital of Budapest, Croatia and Slovenia with the Austrian railway service ÖBB, German cities with Deutsche Bahn and the TGV from Paris. All these (and non-direct) connections can be booked with Deutsche Bahn, both on-line as well as anonymously at railway stations. ÖBB runs direct night trains to and from Munich, every night, the Nightjet to and from Amsterdam being the only direct train connection between these two cities. There's also a weekly night train from the island of Sylt, via Hamburg.

Eating out

• Cafes, coffee and tea houses
• Ice-cream parlours
• Self-service eateries and streetfood
• Burgers
• Pizza
• Restaurants

Shopping

• Responsible shopping chains
• Convenience stores with lunch or snack options, delis and speciality shops
• Artisanal bakeries and butchers'
• Books, wine, coffee, fashion and delicatessen
• Open on Sun- and holidays
• Supermarkets
• Zero waste

A day out in the countryside

• Dorfen
• Glonn and around
• Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn

Germany: Nuremberg

• Cafes and coffee houses
• Restaurants
• Sustainable shopping
• Fashion stores
• Supermarkets, bakeries, and convenience stores
• Packaging-free food and necessities