Germany's national highway system — commonly known as the Autobahn — looks like many other highway systems in the world, except for its most famous feature: long stretches where you are legally ...

The first iteration of Germany’s autobahn, in 1932, was modest—a roughly 20-mile stretch that ran between Cologne and Bonn. Within six years, it had expanded to 1,860 miles and, by 2016, over 8,000.

The future is becoming less car-centric. But in Germany, the autobahn runs a whopping 13,000 kilometers. It’s not only one of the longest and most dense road systems globally but a love letter to ...

The answer to whether Germany's Autobahn has a speed limit is — yes and no. While around half of the Autobahn system has no posted speed limits, one-third of the Autobahn has a permanent, posted limit ...