Spot a Bavarian "Servus" greeting sign
Find a Bavarian "Servus" or "Grüß Gott" greeting on a shop window, doormat or pub sign. Photograph the lettering.
Spot a Bavarian blue-and-white flag
Find a Bavarian flag (white-and-blue diamond / lozenge pattern) flying on a balcony, bus or pub. Photograph the rhombi.
Spot a Bavarian deer or hunting trophy
Find a deer trophy mounted on a Bavarian beerhall wall, or an alpine hunting horn, or stuffed Bavarian fauna. Photograph the trophy.
Spot a Bavarian pretzel (Brezn)
Find a giant Bavarian Brezn (pretzel) at a bakery or biergarten. The salt crystals on the dark crust. Photograph the loop.
Spot a Bayern Munich kit
Find a red FC Bayern Munich shirt on someone or in a shop window (or a poster of Müller, Kane, etc). Photograph the kit.
Spot a beer garden
Find a Biergarten with wooden benches, gravel underfoot and beer steins on the tables (Prater in Prenzlauer Berg, Tiergarten cafés). Photograph the rows of tables.
Spot a beer garden long table
Find a Munich biergarten with wooden long tables, gravel underfoot and beer steins everywhere. Photograph the rows.
Spot a Berlin Bear
Find a painted Buddy Bear statue (the painted bears scattered around the city for the United Buddy Bears art project). Photograph one full body.
Spot a Berliner pastry
Find a Berliner (jam-filled doughnut, called Krapfen elsewhere) in a bakery window. Photograph the dusted-sugar top.
Spot a BMW logo
Find a BMW logo on a parked car, a billboard, the BMW Welt facade or a souvenir. Photograph the blue-white propeller.
Spot a Brandenburg Gate quadriga close-up
Walk close enough to the Brandenburg Gate to photograph the Quadriga (the four-horse chariot statue) on top of the gate. Photograph the horses against the sky.
Spot a Checkpoint Charlie sign
Find the "You are leaving the American sector" sign at Checkpoint Charlie on Friedrichstraße (or in any museum display). Photograph the bilingual sign.
Spot a chunk of the Berlin Wall
Find a preserved segment of the Berlin Wall (East Side Gallery, Bernauer Straße Memorial, Topographie des Terrors, a souvenir-shop chip). Photograph the graffiti or concrete.
Spot a currywurst
Find a currywurst on a paper plate at any Imbiss stand (Curry 36, Konnopke's, any Späti corner). Photograph the curry-powder-dusted sausage with the fries.
Spot a döner kebab
Find a döner kebab being made on a spit or served in a pita at a kebab joint. Berlin claims to have invented the modern döner. Photograph it.
Spot a Fischbrötchen
Find a Fischbrötchen (Hamburg fish sandwich with pickled herring, prawns or fried fish) at a harbour stall or a Brücke 10 booth. Photograph the bun.
Spot a Franzbrötchen
Find a Franzbrötchen (Hamburg cinnamon-sugar pastry, the city's signature bake) in a bakery window. Photograph the swirl.
Spot a German beer stein
Find a beer stein or tall pilsner glass on a beer-garden table. Photograph the head of foam on top.
Spot a German bratwurst
Find a grilled bratwurst (a longer, finer sausage than currywurst) on a paper plate or in a roll. Photograph it with mustard on the side.
Spot a German pretzel
Find a Brezel (German soft pretzel) in a bakery window or on a café table. Photograph the salt-studded loop.
Spot a graffiti tag
Berlin is one of the world graffiti capitals. Find a striking tag, throw-up or mural (Kreuzberg, Friedrichshain, RAW Gelände). Photograph the wall.
Spot a Hamburg Beatles reference
Find a Beatles reference on the Reeperbahn or Große Freiheit (the Beatles came up here playing the Star-Club and Indra). Photograph a Beatles statue or plaque.
Spot a Hamburg brick facade
Find a red-brick Hanseatic warehouse or office building (Speicherstadt or the Kontorhaus district). Photograph the brick patterning.
Spot a Hamburg Christmas market or seasonal scene
In December find a Hamburg Christmas market on Rathausmarkt or Jungfernstieg. Outside the season, find any market stall with Hanseatic goods. Photograph the scene.