Germany: Leipzig

• Sunday-open supermarkets and groceries
• Eat and sleep
• Ice-cream

Germany: Kassel

The historic capital of the former Landgraviate of Hesse and host of the quintienale of modern arts documenta can easily reached by train. Long distance trains stop at Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe, located between the city centre and the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe" with its impressive water features. Kassels main train station, the Hauptbahnhof, located near the inner city and the documenta sites, can usually only be reached by regional trains (also from Wilhelmshöhe). Watch out: The main train station does no longer have a large display of all departures (each local train has its dedicated fixed track), and you can have difficulties to find a railway staff member, so come with sufficient time to read the displays at the tracks if you aren't familiar with the departures to different destinations.

• Restaurants, cafes and eateries
• Ice-cream
• Fashion

Germany: Mannheim

• Eateries, gastro pubs and cafes
• Shopping
• Zero waste

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