Welcome Mat?
Hannover is known for having large trade shows. Every year Hannover hosts CeBit which is the largest technology conference in the world. There are trade shows about 3 times a month during Spring and Summer. Now, when there are trade shows, the trams that take you throughout the city will announce the stop, which side the doors open on as well as whether or not you can transfer to other trains at said stop. During the trade show period, these announcements are not only in German, but they are also in English. As soon as the trade show is over, the English announcements disappear.
This might not seem odd, because of course I am in Germany, so the announcements should only be in German. However, in every other large city I’ve been to (Frankfurt, Munich, Berlin, Cologne), the announcements are always in German and English. So now I am sitting here wondering why Hannover doesn’t do the same. Any ideas?
2 years ago