How widely spoken is English (by Germans) in big cities like Berlin & Munich?

You will have no problem at all. If you look for help on the street watch out for someone between 20 and 50 who looks like he or she has university education. All people in this age group learnt at least 5 years English at school, better educated 9 years (about 6 x 45 minutes per week) and people with university degree often read a lot in English or use English as their business language.

If you are e.g. in a bakery you cannot expect the salesgirl to talk about Shakespeare, but she will understand what you order. At bigger shops there should be at least someone who is more or less fluent and if not another customer may help.

Speak slowly, avoid complicated grammer, stay patient and consider yourself as welcome.

English is taught at EVERY school in Germany regardless of the federal state in some schools from grade 1 even.

That said if the people you meet will speak English with you depends on several things first how long did they go to school the higher their education the more chances they do speak good English.

It also depends on you if you ask politely most people will be helpfull if you assume everybody HAS to speak English be prepared to get some rather rude answers in German or even be totally ignored.

Munich is just a large town with: restaurant, nightlife and accommodation entries, with hotelbye , you'll have a look. Munich is the capital town of Bavaria and the third-most populous city in Germany. For centuries the seat of the Dukes, Electors, and Kings of Bavaria, the Munich Residenz is undoubtedly one of Europe's many spectacular palaces. Organized around seven big courts, the large resident complicated comprises three principal portions: the Königsbau, fronting into Max-Joseph-Platz; the Alte Residenz, experiencing Residenzstrasse; and the Festsaalbau (Banqueting Hall) overlooking the Hofgarten. The initial area of this enormous complicated to be developed was the wonderful Antiquarium, built in 1579 and now area of the outstanding Residenz Museum. Munich is just a town with lots of history, be sure to explore it whole.

Dresden is absolutely our such a lot lovely town, and it sounds as if it's but to get extra trendy amongst travelers. Dresden is stuffed with artwork, filled with historical past (destruction and resurrection), filled with combined feelings, attractive constructions. It's filled with surprised italian travelers always ;) They need to like it. Needs no less than three days, for me even four don't seem to be adequate. It's no longer the "ordinary" german constructions even though, that you as a substitute discover in smaller cities like Rothenburg, Tübingen, Quedlinburg, Rüdesheim and many others. München (Munich) has a sense of the ordinary Germany as good even though, as en instance of a better town. So if you're much less into great constructions and artwork, there is Berlin (additionally excellent constructions, however one-of-a-kind and no longer ordinary german, extra like Paris). Cologne is fairly unpleasant (I are living right here), but it surely rocks in phrases of looking and nightlife (and the beer variety "Kölsch"). Hamburg isn't my cup of tea fairly, however many persons fairly like it. Stuttgart and Frankfurt I'd omit out, not anything specific. You would wanna change them via Heidelberg and Tübingen might be, or Leipzig. Oh and the opposite writer is certainly proper... ensure you get an IC (no longer ICE!) connection from Köln to Mainz or Frankfurt, sit down on the river part of the educate, and you're going to see one of the crucial sceneric constituents of Germany with hills and ancient medieval castles! It's mighty!

as Juana said yes it is and btw nobody expects you to be fluent in German after 4 days of visiting :)

Very common all over Germany, but the more you try, the more help you'll get from them. If you just assume they speak English and use it, they'll just pretend they don't understand you, and who can blame them?