Requirements may be subject to short term change. Contact Embassy before departure. Travellers cheques in all major currencies are accepted everywhere. Main branches do not close for lunch. English and French may also be spoken.
Summers are warm and winters are cold.
There is rain throughout the year. Roman Catholic and other Christian denominations are also practised. An efficient service operates. There is little inequality between men and women in Germany. It will take some time for the network in Eastern Germany to be brought up to Western standards.