Which city has the car plate code “B”?
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Berlin
The capital simply bears “B”.
💡 Did you know? Short codes often mean big cities.
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Almost every car in Germany carries a little secret code front and back: one to three letters that reveal where the vehicle comes from. Those who can read them recognise at a glance on the motorway whether the neighbour is from the big city or the countryside: turning every drive into a little guessing game. This pack lets you match the best-known German car plates to their cities: recognise the plain B for the capital Berlin and the coveted M for Munich, the HH for the Hanseatic city of Hamburg and the K for the cathedral city of Cologne, the F for Frankfurt am Main and the S for Stuttgart, the DD for Dresden and the L for Leipzig, the N for Nuremberg and the D for Düsseldorf, as well as the HB for Bremen and the KI for Kiel: recognise which city lies behind each code, and you will never again overlook a number plate. A boring car journey turns into a little geography quiz in which every passing vehicle reveals which corner of the country it comes from, from the busy capital to the smallest country town.
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Berlin
The capital simply bears “B”.
💡 Did you know? Short codes often mean big cities.
Munich
Bavaria's capital.
💡 Did you know? “M” is a much-wanted code.
Hamburg
“HH” means “Hanseatic City of Hamburg”.
💡 Did you know? The first H marks Hanseatic status.
Cologne
The cathedral city on the Rhine.
💡 Did you know? “K” for Köln (Cologne).
Frankfurt am Main
Germany's financial hub.
💡 Did you know? Frankfurt (Oder) instead has “FF”.
Stuttgart
The capital of Baden-Württemberg.
💡 Did you know? Home of Mercedes-Benz and Porsche.
Dresden
The capital of Saxony.
💡 Did you know? Known for the Frauenkirche and Zwinger.
Leipzig
One of Saxony's largest cities.
💡 Did you know? Known for its trade fair and music.
Nuremberg
Known for its Christmas market.
💡 Did you know? Bavaria's second-largest city.
Düsseldorf
The capital of North Rhine-Westphalia.
💡 Did you know? Known for fashion and the Königsallee.
Bremen
“HB” means “Hanseatic City of Bremen”.
💡 Did you know? Known for the Town Musicians of Bremen.
Kiel
The capital of Schleswig-Holstein.
💡 Did you know? Known for the Kiel Week sailing event.
Essen
Major city in the Ruhr area.
💡 Did you know? Was European Capital of Culture in 2010 (with the Ruhr).
Dortmund
Largest city of the Ruhr area.
💡 Did you know? Home of BVB and the German Football Museum.
Hanover
The capital of Lower Saxony.
💡 Did you know? Known for the Hanover trade fair.
Rostock
“HRO” means “Hanseatic City of Rostock”.
💡 Did you know? Largest city of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Magdeburg
The capital of Saxony-Anhalt.
💡 Did you know? Known for Magdeburg Cathedral.
Erfurt
The capital of Thuringia.
💡 Did you know? Known for the Krämerbrücke bridge.
Saarbrücken
The capital of Saarland.
💡 Did you know? Sits right on the French border.
Mainz
The capital of Rhineland-Palatinate.
💡 Did you know? Home of Gutenberg and broadcaster ZDF.
Wiesbaden
The capital of Hesse.
💡 Did you know? Hesse's capital is Wiesbaden: not Frankfurt.
Potsdam
The capital of Brandenburg.
💡 Did you know? Known for Sanssouci Palace.
Schwerin
The capital of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
💡 Did you know? Known for Schwerin Castle.
Lübeck
“HL” means “Hanseatic City of Lübeck”.
💡 Did you know? Known for the Holsten Gate and marzipan.
Augsburg
One of Germany's oldest cities.
💡 Did you know? The Fuggerei is the world's oldest social housing complex.
Regensburg
Major city on the Danube.
💡 Did you know? Its old town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Wuppertal
Major city in the Bergisches Land.
💡 Did you know? Famous for its suspension railway.
Bochum
Major city in the Ruhr area.
💡 Did you know? Known from Grönemeyer's song “Bochum”.
Duisburg
City on the Rhine and Ruhr.
💡 Did you know? Has Europe's largest inland port.
Gelsenkirchen
City in the Ruhr area.
💡 Did you know? Home of FC Schalke 04.
Bielefeld
Largest city of East Westphalia.
💡 Did you know? The “Bielefeld conspiracy” jokingly claims the city doesn't exist.
Münster
City of the Peace of Westphalia.
💡 Did you know? Considered Germany's cycling capital.
Bonn
The former West German capital.
💡 Did you know? Birthplace of Ludwig van Beethoven.
Aachen
Germany's westernmost major city.
💡 Did you know? Charlemagne made Aachen his residence.
Karlsruhe
Seat of the Federal Constitutional Court.
💡 Did you know? The “fan city”: its streets radiate from the palace.
Mannheim
The “city of squares” on Rhine and Neckar.
💡 Did you know? Carl Benz built the first automobile here.
Heidelberg
Famous for its castle and university.
💡 Did you know? Germany's oldest university (founded 1386).
Freiburg im Breisgau
Major city on the edge of the Black Forest.
💡 Did you know? Considered one of Germany's sunniest cities.
Ulm
City on the Danube.
💡 Did you know? Ulm Minster has the world's tallest church tower.
Würzburg
City on the Main in Lower Franconia.
💡 Did you know? The Würzburg Residence is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Chemnitz
Saxony's third-largest city.
💡 Did you know? Was called Karl-Marx-Stadt in GDR times.
Jena
University city in Thuringia.
💡 Did you know? World-famous for Carl Zeiss and its optics industry.
Kassel
City in northern Hesse.
💡 Did you know? Hosts the documenta art show every five years.
Oldenburg
Major city in north-western Lower Saxony.
💡 Did you know? Gave its name to the Oldenburg horse breed.
Osnabrück
City of the Peace of Westphalia (with Münster).
💡 Did you know? Birthplace of Erich Maria Remarque.
Braunschweig
The “Lion City” in Lower Saxony.
💡 Did you know? Henry the Lion made it his residence.
Wolfsburg
Headquarters of Volkswagen.
💡 Did you know? Founded in 1938 around the VW plant.
Ingolstadt
City on the Danube, home of Audi.
💡 Did you know? In Mary Shelley's novel, Frankenstein creates his monster here.
Flensburg
City on the Danish border.
💡 Did you know? Seat of the Federal Motor Transport Authority: hence Germany's famous “points in Flensburg”.
Göttingen
University city in southern Lower Saxony.
💡 Did you know? More than 40 Nobel laureates lived or worked here.
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