Home Sweet Deutschland

 
Here are some fun facts about Juliana's home, Germany: 
 
  • At approximately 80 million, Germany has two and a half times as many inhabitants as Canada
  • Geographically Germany is 357 km2 and would fit 30 times into Canada 
  • Comparatively there are 232 people per square km in Germany versus 3.91 people per square km in Canada
  • Germany is a Federal Parliamentary Republic with 16 constitutional states
  • Germany was unified in 1990
  • Capital and biggest city: Berlin
  • President: Joachim Gauck
  • Chancellor: Angela Merkel
  • Germany is the 2nd most popular migrant destination
  • Germany has a diverse landscape
  • Places Juliana recommends to visit are Schwerin Castle, Dresden, Berlin Wall, Nuremberg Christmas market, Neuschwanstein Castle (Disney theme castle), CologneGermany has the largest economy in Europe and the 4th largest in the world with a GDP of 3.85 trillion dollars
  • The top 5 exports from Germany are: vehicles, machineries, chemical goods, electronic products, and electrical equipment. Some familiar brands are Volkswagen, Daimler, and Bayer.
  • The unemployment rate in Germany is 4.5%
  • Germany is called the "land of poets and thinkers" including Albert Einstein, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich von Schiller, Immanuel Kant, Siegmund Freud, Friedrich Nietzsche, Johannes Gutenberg, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Karl Marx, Carl Benz, and Gottlieb and Wilhelm Daimler.
  • Juliana calls it the "land of cheese and bread" and good food in general -- Black Forest cake, beer, and pretzels
  • Juliana lives in Göttingen which was founded in 953, the home of Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm, has 120,000 inhabitants, and is a university town with the students making up 30% of the population
  • A popular sight of Göttingen is the statue of Gänseliesel, "the goose girl," which all of the university students kiss upon completing their studies.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  • Two of Juliana's favourite things are soccer and skiing.
 
 
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