Construction of Neuschwanstein Castle was started by King Ludwig II of Bavaria, also known as "Mad King Ludwig". It was named for the Swan Knight, Lohengrin, of Wagner's opera, and was designed by Christian Jank. The castle is located near Schlob Hohenschwangau, an older castle restored by Ludwig's father, Maximilian II of Bavaria. Owing to his eccentricites and his perceived use of Bavarian funds (a myth, as Ludwig actually used his own money to finance the construction of the castle), Ludwig was removed from power before the castle was completed.

The Munich Oktoberfest - known by the locals as the "Wiesn" - is the biggest public festival in the world and will be held in 2005 for the 172nd time. Each year, the Oktoberfest is attended by around 6 million visitors, who drink more than 5 million litres of beer and consume over 200,000 pairs of pork sausages - mostly in the "beer tents" put up by the traditional Munich breweries. Visitors also consume foods, such as hendl (chicken), käsespätzle (cheese noodles), and sauerkraut, along with such Bavarian delicacies as roast ox tails.

Hockenheimring was originally built as a test track for Mercedes-Benz in 1936. The original circuit was almost eight kilometres long and consisted of two long straights with long corners joining them together. After World War II a new Hockenheim circuit was built. This used to be quite large, with a very long, fast section going through forests essentially consisting of four straights of roughly 1.3km, separated by a chicane sequence, followed by a more tight and twisty "stadium" section (so called because of all the grandstands situated there) named Motodrom. The circuit has a capacity of over 120,000.

The New Palace (Neues Palais) is a palace situated on the western side of the Sanssouci royal park in Potsdam. The building was begun in 1763, after the end of the Seven Years' War, under Frederick the Great and was completed in 1769. It is considered to be the last great Prussian baroque palace. The building of the palace commenced at the end of the Seven Years' War, to celebrate Prussia’s success. The war is also variably referred to as the Third Schleswig War, owing to the dispute over the duchy of Schleswig-Holstein. In an architectural form, Frederick the Great sought to demonstrate the power and glories of Prussia attributing it as fanfaronade, an excess of splendor in marble, stone and gilt.