Overview
- MPB’s analysis places the Brocken (Saxony-Anhalt) and Schloss Neuschwanstein (Bavaria) joint first with 51 out of 61 points.
- Winterberg (North Rhine–Westphalia) ranks third with 45 points, Partnachklamm (Bavaria) fourth with 44, while the Allgäu and the Harz share fifth.
- Bavaria features repeatedly in the top ten, with the Zugspitzregion seventh, Schwangau tied with the Erzgebirge for eighth, and Burg Hohenzollern in tenth.
- The study evaluated 30 landscapes using weighted factors that include Google search volume and its growth, average November temperatures, and average November snow days.
- MPB notes a 61% rise in searches for “Schnee im November”; monthly searches include 246,000 for Neuschwanstein and Winterberg and 135,000 for the Brocken, which averages 10–12 November snow days.