Here's how it works

We’ve highlighted the top choices that received the highest number of votes for every category (such as Asian restaurant or furniture store) in each community. Those with the most votes were highlighted as winners.

The Best of Germany promotion is a result of feedback received from Bavaria, Kaiserslautern, Rhein Main-Wiesbaden and Stuttgart military community members. Readers submitted online ballots. For each region and category, entries that received the most votes were declared winners and are featured in this publication. Top pick awards were given to entries with the most votes in each section and region. If winners could not be determined in a given category, awards were not given.