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Saarland
Table of Contents
Regions / Cities / Other destinations / Culture and History / Talk / Travel to Saarland, visa requirements Flights to Saarland, airtickets / Get around / Saarland attractions and sightseeing / City tours / Good restaurants and cheap meals / Saarland nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs. / Hotels, youth hostels, lodging / Get outThe Saarland [1] is a small federal state of Germany, located in the west of the country and forming part of the German border with France and Luxemburg.
Regions
There are 16 regions in Germany and Saarland is the smallest of them all. Saarland has a population of just over one million, so it isn't that big.
Cities
- Homburg
- Merzig
- Neunkirchen
- Saarbrücken - the capital city of Saarland
- Saarlouis
- St Wendel
Other destinations
Culture and History
Talk
Travel to Saarland & Visa Requirements
Flights and airtickets to Saarland
Airports close to or in Saarland include Ensheim, Saarbrücken, Zweibrücken Frankfurt-Hahn Airport.
Tours & Getting around Saarland
Saarland attractions and sightseeing
Saarland city tours
Saarland Restaurants: cheap, moderate and expensive
The people from Saarland love their food. Their food is a mixture of German and French flavours and styles.
- "Dibbelabbes" (a potato soufflé with bacon)
- "Kappes und Grumbeere" (white cabbage and potatoes)
- "Gequellde" (potatoes cooked in their skin)
- "Gefilde" (dumplings in a creamy bacon gravy)
This is the region’s favourite dish. "Lyoner" (a ring of pork sausage is eaten with) "Kerschdscher" (raw potato cubes fried in hot lard), "Grumbeersalat" (potato salad with mustard and a roll) and "Schwenkbraten" (marinated pork cutlets grilled).
The also love their delicacies such as cured veal cheeks with fried goose liver, coq au vin from the capon-chicken cooked in wine, and slices of turbot stuffed with shrimp.
Saarland nightlife, bars, clubs & pubs
There are many drink festivals around Saarland all year long. Merzig has fantastic cider and is honoured at the Viez festival. An entire "wine summer" is dedicated to the grape. The wine of the Saar is made in the upper Moselle valley. The wine is made from Elbling grapes and grapes from Auxerrios and burgundy vines.
Saarland cheap and luxurious hotels, youth hostels & lodging
Get out
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