Berlin (/bɜːrˈlɪn/; German pronunciation: [bɛɐ̯ˈliːn]) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3,711,930 (2017)[1] inhabitants make it the second most populous city proper of the European Union after London
The City Municipality of Bremen (German: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, IPA: [ˌʃtatɡəmaɪndə ˈbʁeːmən] (About this sound listen)) is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany, which belongs to the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (also called just "Bremen" for short), a federal state of Germany.
Dortmund ([ˈdɔɐ̯tmʊnt] (About this sound listen); Low German: Düörpm: [ˈdyːœɐ̯pm̩]; Latin: Tremonia) is, with a population of 601,402 (2017), the third largest city of Germany's most populous federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and Germany's eighth largest city.
