Munich is easily the most exciting city in West Germany, largely because it is a young city. More than half of its 1,160,000 inhabitants are under 40, and 89% have yet to reach 65.

President John F. Kennedy toured West Germany on June 26, 1963. During a speech to a crowd of about 150,000 people in West Berlin, he pledged that the United States would defend the city's freedom.

For more than two decades, West Berlin has lived and prospered despite its isolation inside Communist territory. The economic cost of accomplishing that feat is now getting higher and higher.

From Oktoberfest in Munich to hiking in the Black Forest or cruising the Rhine, the best time to visit Germany depends on ...

NPR's Guy Raz reports from the eastern German city of Schwerin that since East Germany adopted the West German currency ten years ago, the road to economic reform in the East has been rocky.

Germany begins 3 days of reunification celebrations 10/01/2022 October 1, 2022. Unity Day on Monday will mark 32 years since East and West Germany were reunited after the fall of the Berlin Wall.