Aside from the fact that it is one of the most popular roads in the world, there’s no doubt that Autobahn is one of the oldest and interesting things you’ll see in your whole life. Even though ...

Ah yes, “ze Autobahn”. Few other landmarks represent Germany more than its freeway system. Cologne’s cathedral is distinctively West German, and the TV Tower in Berlin is a GDR feat of engineering, ...

Germany’s autobahn is not just a freeway network, it is also one of the country’s best known cultural exports. Ask a gearhead to nominate facts about Deutschland and the lack of speed limits over much ...

The round sign is iconic, printed on T-shirts and keychains. A black circle rings the perimeter, with five black lines slicing diagonally from bottom left to top right. To spot this sign in the wild, ...

Boy, do those Germans know how to throw a party... The famous German Autobahn was closed to auto traffic on a 60 kilometer (37 miles) portion on Sunday, as Germans were gearing up for what became the ...

Older readers will probably remember German synthesiser pioneers Kraftwerk from their legendary appearance on BBC1’s Tomorrow’s World back in 1975. Normally one tries to avoid racial stereotyping, but ...

Every time I get back to the U.S. from Germany, my friends ask me if I drove on the Autobahn. When I respond "yes," they often tell me they're jealous. But my friends shouldn't envy me, because the ...