Eating habits differ from region to region within Germany. Here, you can see which specialities are popular in the different regions.

1. Eating habits in Germany

2. Different regions – different habits
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3. The cuisine zones
• Traditions and eating habits vary in the
different regions. You can divide Germany
into three cuisine zones:
Northern Germany
Central Germany
Southern Germany

4. Northern Germany
Lower-Saxony:
Sea food: eel, herring, crab, mussels, trout
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5. Northern Germany
Schleswig Holstein:
• similar to Scandinavia
• milk products
• Marzipan in Lübeck
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6. Central Germany
Rhineland:
• famous wine region
• Rhineland‘s Sauerbraten
• potato based dishes
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7. Central Germany
Westphalian:
• famous for ham
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8. Central Germany
Saxony:
• Dresdner Stollen: a yeast cake for
Christmas
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9. Southern Germany
Bavaria:
• sausage
• roast goose
• roast pork
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10. Southern Germany
Baden Wurttemberg:
• influenced by the French kitchen
• Black Forest cherry cake
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11. Culinary specialities of Lower-
Saxony Commons.wikimedia.org

12. Coast
Seafood
• crab
• mussels flickr.com
• trout
• eel Günther Gumhold / pixelio.de

13. The cuisine zones
• Traditions and eating habits vary in the
different regions. You can divide Germany
into three cuisine zones:
Northern Germany
Central Germany
Southern Germany

14. The cuisine zones
• Traditions and eating habits vary in the
different regions. You can divide Germany
into three cuisine zones:
Northern Germany
Central Germany
Southern Germany

15. North Western Region
Wurst and cured meat
• fried
• boiled
• cured
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16. The Old Land
Germany’s biggest fruit garden
• apples
• plums
• cherries Commons.wikimedia.org

17. The Old Land
• near Hamburg
• especially apples
• 10,000 hectares of fields
• cakes and desserts
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18. Frisia
famous for tea culture
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19. Northern Germany
Lower-Saxony:
Sea food: eel, herring, crab, mussels, trout
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20. The white gold – Asparagus
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21. • Asparagus Road: 750 km long
• many festivals and markets
• Asparagus princesses
• one of the best known areas: Burgdorf

22. Curly kale and sausage
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23. Traditional Bavarian dishes
• hearty and rustic
• sausages, meat dishes, dumplings
• roast goose
• roast pork
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24. The ‚Weisswurst‘
Eating rules:
• cut into 2 halves
• dip it into sweet mustard
• cannot be eaten after 12pm
• uncooked sausage
Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Landwirtschaft und Forsten

25. Bavarian pretzels
• permanent part of the Bavarian cooking
culture
• important part of festivals such as the
Oktoberfest
Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Landwirtschaft und Forsten

26. ‘Schweinshaxe‘
Roasted Pig Knuckle
• often served with a knife sticking out of it
• eaten with dumplings und ‘Sauerkraut‘
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27. Northern Germany
Schleswig Holstein:
• similar to Scandinavia
• milk products
• Marzipan in Lübeck
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28. More eating habits in Germany
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