Germany’s autobahn is not just a freeway network, it is also one of the country’s best known cultural exports. Ask a gearhead to nominate facts about Deutschland and the lack of speed limits over much ...

The round sign is iconic, printed on T-shirts and keychains. A black circle rings the perimeter, with five black lines slicing diagonally from bottom left to top right. To spot this sign in the wild, ...

The answer to whether Germany's Autobahn has a speed limit is — yes and no. While around half of the Autobahn system has no posted speed limits, one-third of the Autobahn has a permanent, posted limit ...

The country is considering putting speed limits on its highway network — and the move is leading to some soul searching. Germany is known for many things - beer, World War II, cars - which brings us ...

Ah yes, “ze Autobahn”. Few other landmarks represent Germany more than its freeway system. Cologne’s cathedral is distinctively West German, and the TV Tower in Berlin is a GDR feat of engineering, ...

The autobahn. Germany. Take a poll, and you'll likely find that just about every gearhead dreams of driving on autobahns, Germany's speed-limit-free, no-holds-barred highways—though driving them isn't ...

Editor’s Note: Paul Hockenos is a Berlin-based writer focusing on renewable energy in Europe. He is the author of four books on European issues, most recently “Berlin Calling: A Story of Anarchy, ...

If you’re driving in Germany it probably won’t be too long before you encounter a stretch of autobahn. The autobahn is the German motorway network, managed by the central government in a similar way ...