International Food

Over the last decades, Germany has changed tremendously. There are changes in music, lifestyle, and also in food. All these changes are induced by globalization and the guest workers. Through the integration of another culture in german society, the german food became more varied. The multicultural side has left its mark and has dramatically changed the German food over the past 50 years. In fact, the Germans are among those with the most international range of food in Europe.

The seven million foreigners who live here and who have brought their foods with them have made important contributions to this development. Practically each and every cuisine is represented: Asian and Mediterranean, Turkish and African, Thai, Chinese, Indian and Vietnamese, Greek, Spanish and Moroccan. And Italian, to name but a few.

You can’t walk anywhere in cities like Berlin or Cologne without seeing the influence of e.g. the Turkish population. Turkish restaurants, cafés and mosques are a part of the multicultural German society, and you are bound to hear some Turkish on your urban stroll.