I’m going to Germany on exchange soon but I’m a vegetarian. In Australia, most people are happy to accommodate that, and at restaurants/cafe’s – there is always vegetarian food, and it’s usually marked. Is it like this in Germany, is it easy to be vegetarian or would people not be so happy about it?
Note: I’m vegetarian for ethical reasons, not ‘resource’ related or environmental reasons.
That shouldn’t be a problem. I’m not from Germany, but I know that at least Berlin has much to offer vegans and vegetarians when it comes to cafés and restaurants, and I know vegans living there without any trouble at all. I think you’ll be fine. I’ve yet never been to a restaurant or a café in Europe that won’t have at least some vegetarian options.
Is it easy to be vegetarian in Germany?
December 22, 2009 By 6 Comments
That shouldn’t be a problem. I’m not from Germany, but I know that at least Berlin has much to offer vegans and vegetarians when it comes to cafés and restaurants, and I know vegans living there without any trouble at all. I think you’ll be fine. I’ve yet never been to a restaurant or a café in Europe that won’t have at least some vegetarian options.
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going totally vegetarian is not the only solution to the lack of resources. Oriental cuisine for thousands of years uses meat as a flavoring agent, only western cultures have meat as the main course.
imagine fish n chips v/s mashed potato with a little anchovy bits
Of course if you go veggie for other reasons, thats your busines
to answer your question I would assume that any cosmopolitan city worth its salt would have a wide variety of restauraunts. Although the culture is meat loving, its not impossible to find. First link is a powerpoint that will help
http://faculty.ccri.edu/panaccione/SPRING08presentations/VegetarianismGermany.ppt
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&num=50&newwindow=1&ei=F4gOS5awA9yXkAXb4viiBw&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&ved=0CAYQBSgA&q=germany+vegetarian+restaurants&spell=1
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It may be difficult but surely Possible…be Veggiiii
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I live in Germany, my sister is a vegetarian and she never ever had a problem in her 5 or so years not eating meat.
There is some kind of agreement that every restaurant has to offer vegetarian food, although the selection may be a little bit limited. I don’t think that they specifically say which food is vegetarian and which is not but asking the waiter will certainly give you your desired answer. Some restaurants I’ve been in just mark their food with a little (v) or (veg.) on the menu.
In addition Germany is an agricultural country, we still have countless farmers who produce most of the country’s vegetables and fruits and our vegetarian community is well developed.
As long as you don’t feel the need to eat in every rotten shack where nobody can even read the menu, you will be just fine.
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i’ve never been to germany but i live in the uk, and a lot of the veggie mock meat ranges are quite often german or at least have half english half german descriptions on, therefore at a guess i’d say they’re sold in germany! (thats if you dont mind eating mock meats).
i get the impression they are quite ‘green’ in germany and into environmentalism,(i have a german friend to back this up!) so they’d probably have lots of healthy /natural/organic foods (most often than not this type of food is veggie)
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I was in Germany last Christmas (I’m also from Australia, btw) and it depends on what kind of vegetarian you are. Being vegan was fairly difficult, but not impossible, but I saw tons of lacto-ovo vegetarian options – its normally quite obvious if something doesn’t have meat, but avoid soup unless its marked as vegetarian.
At least most people speak English over there, so you can always ask for help.
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