Germany is looking forward to a boost in tourism

[nautiker]

I'm still searching for the official press release, yet I'm convinced the German tourist board is delighted to welcome an increasing number of US visitors in the near future, most of which will be FOX viewers...

www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/02/07/fox_news_expert_on_solar_energy_germany_gets_a_lot_more_sun_than_we_do_video.html

;D

[lagatta]

That is hilarious.

I have Belgian friends who bought a country house in southwestern France for their retirement. Why didn't they just go to neighbouring northern Germany?

What is the sunniest region of Germany? The wine regions of the southwest? Parts of Bavaria?

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I am checking to see if I have suntan lotion in stock as I type this!

[nautiker]

according to the included map, it seems the southernmost bits of Germany indeed get the most sun. often considered the 'best' climate in terms of sun/temperature is the Upper Rhine Graben (Rhine Rift Valley), i.e. roughly the stretch between Freiburg and Karlsruhe...

[lugg]

;D

Well it turns out that actually Germany is not so sunny after all

www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/02/08/germany-isnt-all-that-sunny-and-case-for-diversified-energy-world/

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Oh damn, so much for global warming!

[nautiker]

damn, that's really a blow for Germany, lugg - just hope there are more fox viewers than readers, so the news won't spread too much...

[fgrsk8r1970]

The most sun my German Family & Friends get is when they visit me in Phoenix LOL - and they live in the Rhine Valley hahahaha. ;D