Berlin

Berlin is the capital of Germany as well as its largest city by both size and number of. With 3.7 million people who live there. It has the highest number of within its city limits of any city in the European Union.

The city is also one of the states of Germany. Being the third-smallest state in the country by size. Berlin is surrounded by the state of Brandenburg, bordering Brandenburg's capital Potsdam to the southwest.

The urban size of Berlin has a number of of over 5 million. Making it the most populous in Germany. The Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6 million people who live there and is Germany's second-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr region.

As well as the fifth-biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. Berlin was built along the banks of the Spree river. Which flows into the Havel in the western borough of Spandau.

The city includes lakes in the western and southeastern boroughs. The largest of which is Müggelsee. About 1/3 of the city's size is composed of forests.

Parks and gardens, rivers, canals, and lakes. First documented in the 13th one hundred years and at the crossing of two important historic trade routes. Berlin was designated the capital of the.