It can be hard to figure out what's actually worth seeing in Europe and what has just earned publicity because of its historically fortified status. With years of built-up expectations, travelers ...

The forest has shaped German society for centuries: from the wood shortage of the Middle Ages, to the forest as a source of identity in the Romantic period, to the so-called "Waldsterben" of the 1980s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A fire-fighting battles a forest fire on Germany's Harz Mountains. Matthias Bein/dpa Forest fires in Germany affected an area ...

ENZKLOSTERLE, Germany (AP) — The Black Forest gets its name from a canopy of trees so dense that the woods seem dark, pierced only by shafts of sunlight. Mushrooms sprout across the damp forest floor.

EUTIN – It's timber over Tinder in a forest in northern Germany where the Bridegroom's Oak has connected lovers for more than a century. Known as “Bräutigamseiche” in German, the Bridegroom’s Oak has ...