'''Cottbus''' [http://www.cottbus.de/index.en.html] is a city in Brandenburg, Germany with a population of 102,000.

Understand

Cottbus is a small city and due to high unemployment the city has to suffer from the brain drain to more prosperus German cities. The proximity to Berlin allows a lot of people to commute between the cities.

Get in

Either via the Autobahn from Berlin or Dresden. There is an hourly train from Berlin to Cottbus.

Get around

Public transport or by bike

See

Do

Cottbus is known for two things: #[http://www.fcenergie.de '''FC Energie Cottbus'''] - '''FC Energie Cottbus''' is Cottbus' professional soccer team in the 1. Bundesliga (federal football leaque). # Lignite extraction in the open pits aorund the town

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Get out

  • Berlin