Most restaurants and bars provide specific non-smoking areas. If you are a smoker, exercise discretion and sensitivity when selecting a place in which to smoke. Many Germans may become upset if people smoke near them, so the best advice would be not to smoke unless others around you do so. The continuing integration of the European nation states has recently led to the introduction of the single European currency unit, or Euro. The Euro, although not yet available in bank note form, is now used for financial transactions by credit card and traveller's cheques.
Berlin is a world-famous city and one of Europe's largest.
Culturally, Berlin is home to one of the world's greatest historical treasure houses, the Pergamon Museum. More recent history can still be experienced at Haus am Checkpoint Charlie, which houses the Berlin Wall Museum. Beer is a popular drink in Germany and a local speciality is Berliner Weisse mit Schuss, which is beer flavoured with fruit syrup. Many traditional German restaurants specialise in meat dishes and in particular, pork.