Germany
Germany is one of the 193 UN member states, in Western Europe. UN Tourism counted 39.6 million international arrivals there in 2019, more visited than 93% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Metallic.
- International arrivals
- 39.6 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 14th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Metallicrarer than 7%
- Area
- 356,372 km² (137,596 sq mi)
- Population
- 83.1 millionNatural Earth estimate
- States
- 16in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 38with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 50on Globestamp’s list
Does Germany count as a country?
Yes. Germany is one of the 193 UN member states, so every common list counts it: the UN’s 193, Globestamp’s 250 and the Travelers’ Century Club’s 330.
| List | Counts Germany? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Germany |
| European Union | Yes, a member state |
| Schengen area | Yes, since 26 March 1995 |
The Germany stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Germany’s is Metallic: ink with mica in it, the finish for places with 15 to 40 million visitors a year. With 39.6 million international arrivals in 2019, Germany is more visited than 93% of the 199 places with figures. See every stamp on the stamp wall, or the rarest on the least-visited countries.
What counts as a visit to Germany
The common rule among travelers is that you set foot there: an airport layover usually doesn’t count, and a port where you went ashore does. Globestamp counts Germany when one of your photos was taken on its ground, or just off its coast; a photo taken from a plane never counts. Photos only at an airport make a transit stamp in lighter ink, counted only if you count layovers. Read more in how to count the countries you’ve visited.
Places in Germany you can collect
Under the country itself, Globestamp keeps layers of places on your globe, and a photo taken at one ticks it. These are the ones it knows in Germany, from 50 World Heritage Sites to 40 volcanoes.
World Heritage Sites 50
Cologne Cathedral (1996) · Aachen Cathedral (1978) · Museum Island (1999) · Wartburg (1999) · Speyer Cathedral (1981) · Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (2007) · Reichenau Island (2000) · Augustusburg and Falkenlust Palaces (1984) · Maulbronn Monastery (1993) · Muskau Park (2004) and 40 more. On the bucket list →
National parks 10
Berchtesgaden National Park · Eifel National Park · Hainich National Park · Müritz National Park · Bavarian Forest National Park · Jasmund National Park · Harz National Park · Saxon Switzerland National Park and 2 more. On the bucket list →
Famous landmarks 3
Neuschwanstein Castle · Brandenburg Gate · Cologne Cathedral. On the bucket list →
Volcanoes 40
Vogelsberg · Kaiserstuhl · Hohe Acht · Hoher Hagen · Hoher List · Fuchskaute and 34 more. On the bucket list →
Ski resorts 13
Oberstdorf · Garmisch Classic · Langlaufzentrum Silberhütte · Skihalle Neuss · Skiliftkarussell Winterberg · Kreuzberg ski area and 7 more. On the bucket list →
Wine regions 53
Bernkastel-Kues · Rüdesheim am Rhein · Mosel · Rheingau · Ahr · Rheinhessen and 47 more. On the bucket list →
Theme parks 66
Europa-Park · Phantasialand · Heide Park · Hansa Park · Legoland Deutschland · Erlebnispark Tripsdrill and 60 more. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 225
Berlin Zoological Garden · Tierpark Hagenbeck · Tierpark Berlin · Hellabrunn Zoo and 221 more. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 138
Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin · King's House on Schachen · Botanischer Garten München-Nymphenburg · Herrenhausen Gardens and 134 more. On the bucket list →
Science museums and planetariums 81
Deutsches Museum · German Museum of Technology · Technik Museum Sinsheim · Technik Museum Speyer and 77 more. On the bucket list →
Events in Germany
Globestamp’s calendar knows Oktoberfest (Theresienwiese, Munich): a photo there on the days it runs ticks “Be in a city for its big festival”.
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Berlin | 3,406,000 |
| Stuttgart | 2,944,700 |
| Frankfurt | 2,895,000 |
| Mannheim | 2,362,000 |
| Hamburg | 1,757,000 |
| Essen | 1,742,135 |
| Duisburg | 1,276,757 |
| Munich | 1,275,000 |
Airports
Germany has 38 airports with scheduled flights, 22 of them large. Each is a dot on Globestamp’s airports layer, and every flight you log adds to how far you’ve flown (try the flight distance calculator).
16 states to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Germany into 16 states (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 16
Baden-Württemberg · Bavaria · Berlin · Brandenburg · Free Hanseatic Bremen · Hamburg · Hesse · Lower Saxony · Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania · North Rhine-Westphalia · Rhineland-Palatinate · Saarland · Saxony · Saxony-Anhalt · Schleswig-Holstein · Thuringia
Questions people ask
Is Germany a country?
Yes. Germany is one of the 193 UN member states, so every common list counts it: the UN’s 193, Globestamp’s 250 and the Travelers’ Century Club’s 330.
How many tourists visit Germany a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 39,563,000 international arrivals in Germany in 2019, the 14th most of the 199 places with figures. Countries count arrivals in different ways (some include day-trippers and cruise passengers), so treat it as a rough rank rather than an exact number of tourists.
How rare is a Germany stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Metallic, the finish for places with 15 to 40 million visitors a year, rarer than 7% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Germany count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Germany”, one of its 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Germany
Near Germany
Sources
- Countries, cities and regions: Natural Earth 10m admin-0 (public domain); lists as of October 2026.
- Visitors: UN Tourism via the World Bank, ST.INT.ARVL (International tourism, number of arrivals), CC BY 4.0, data updated 2026-10-08. Each country's latest year before 2020. Countries count visitors differently; use as a rough rank.
- World Heritage Sites, parks, landmarks and the bucket-list places: Wikidata (CC0), as compiled in the app, October 2026.
- Airports: OurAirports (public domain), airports with scheduled service.
- Travelers’ Century Club: the club’s list of 330 destinations, as of January 2022.