Shop like an Arab Sheikh, eat pastry like the Pope and enjoy one of the Rhine’s best promenades.

Is Dusseldorf really the dour city in which the eighties cult series Auf Weidersehen was shot.

Dusseldorf and dour definitely do not belong in the same sentence. Auf Weidersehen was not shot here and the “Boys from the North” would be amazed at the quirky architecture of the Media Harbour District – Mediahafen. If you think that the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is cutting edge modern check out the architect Frank Gehry’s fabulously strange Der Neue Zollhof office block.

Some of the buildings are

Stuttgart… a 2000 year old wine city, green city and air conditioned by Mother Nature.

The home of Porsche and Mercedes Benz but a city that it is home to parks, festivals, a winery and mineral spas rather than traffic jams.

Stuttgart’s earliest roots are Roman hence the vineyards dating back to 3AD.

Germans see Stuttgart as a city loving fast cars, fine dining and ambition suited & booted younger generations.

It may be partly so but Stuttgart is an academic city – of city of sciences, technology and research. And… above all a city that loves festivals, night life

“What I enjoy most is doing something I’ve never done before.” (Karl Lagerfeld)

And if you have never been to Hamburg take your next event to Karl’s home city – a great place to enjoy events.

Just remember – “You haven’t experienced Germany until you have been to Hamburg” (Mail & Globe Alexandria Breen)

Hamburg has many claims to fame – it was the Beatles second birthplace back in the 60’s, is Germany’s second city, Germany’s wealthiest city & infamous for the Reeperbahn whose clubs provided The Beatles with their early international stage.

But there is so much more. It is a

ΠΛΕΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΟΙΝΟΠΑ ΠΟΝΤΟΝ ΕΠ ΑΛΛΟΘΡΟΟΥΣ ΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΥΣ ”. Homer book I line 183.

And this quotation sits above the Main’s Eiserner Steg (Iron Bridge).

Most apt for Frankfurt – a city that houses over 180 nationalities and whose population is 40% “foreign”.

Foreigners have been flocking to Frankfurt for centuries – it is has been hosting trade fairs since 1240 and there are still traces of old Roman settlements. However the city was named after later settlers – the Franks and their ford over the Maine river.

On many levels this is a Capital city. Germany’s skyscraper Capital: Germany’s Capital of capital,

“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.” (Leonardo d Vinci).

So if you want to accomplish a great event why not come to Cologne and let albamy DMC help your event happen to you.

Founded as Colonia Claudia Ara Aggripinensium … Cologne was attracting visitors back in 38 BC. The Romans.

Today Cologne is frequently voted the best tourist city in Germany.

From Roman trading post to current times Cologne has always been a great trading hub.

Cologne  – where

The Northern Florence – a gem on the banks of the Elbe.

Captured on canvas by Canaletto and many others the city views from the river captivate.

Dresden – iconic, beautiful and dramatic.

A city of culture and a party city with characterful pubs, riverside beer gardens and nightlife quarters.

And it’s not just the pubs with gardens – Dresden is home to Germany’s first garden city, over one hundred years old.

And for dinner,  from Michelin to Ostrich Goulash, the choice is great

It is not just a kitchen that might be open – Dresden has its own open factory. An

“Berlin is the newest city I have come across. Even Chicago would appear old and gray in comparison” (Mark Twain, U.S. Writer, Chicago Daily Tribune, 1892)

“Berlin – The greatest cultural extravaganza that one could imagine.” (David Bowie, singer, on 1970s Berlin)

“Berlin is a pulsing, exciting city with so many varied and distinctive neighborhoods, iconic history all around, great food at all levels and from every corner of the world … an excellent place to set up camp and make a great record.” (R.E.M. on recording their 2010 album in Berlin)

Berlin – a city that has appealed over the last three centuries

Munich is Marvellous – Made for MICE in all seasons. Did you know that locals claim there is a fifth season – Starkbierzeit that lasts for two weeks in March!!!

Munich/Bavaria offers the Alps, rivers and lakes along with amazing greenscapes, if you escape the city. That said you can stay in the city and enjoy the green of Munich’s Englischer Garten Park, larger than either Central Park New York or Hyde Park London. And…. strangely enough you can surf board in Englischer Garten!!

Art, culture, nightlife abound and there is fine food from Michelin starred or listed restaurants or equally tasty Bavarian