With the presence of a large Muslim community in Germany, especially from the Turks and the Syrians, the issue of finding halal food has become a daily and important issue for many residents and tourists from Islamic countries alike.
The number of Muslims in Germany is estimated at more than five million, which made the demand for permissible products and restaurants continuously, albeit with a noticeable disparity from one city to another.
Between abundance and trouble
In major cities such as Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt and Munich, it is relatively easy to find Turkish, Syrian, Lebanese or even Asian restaurants, which offer various halal meals, in addition to Turkish and Arab grocery stores that sell halal meat and reliable products for a Muslim, whether tourist or resident of the country.
For example, Berlin is famous for its multicultural neighborhoods such as “Nukolin” and “Crionsburg”, where kebab, grill and eastern cuisine restaurants are spread in abundance.
On the other hand, Muslims in small cities and the German countryside may find more difficulty in finding halal options, some of whom are forced to search for vegetable or marine alternatives.
In villages and small cities, restaurants that offer halal food may not be available, because they need a minimum of customers that guarantee them a profit.
And because moving to nearby cities will be costly, the remaining option is a mixture of dependence on vegetable alternatives, fish, seafood, or cooking at home in the event that it is available for halal meat or chicken, and keep it in the refrigerator and then use it when needed.
Smart solution option
With the spread of smartphones, some modern applications helped Muslims find halal eating places more easily in Western countries, including Germany.
Among these applications is the “Food Expatriate” application that targets Muslim communities in Europe, and provides a database for restaurants and halal stores with assessments, pictures and delicate addresses.
There are also other applications such as “Zabihah” and “Halaltrip”, which cover many German cities, and are offered to users the closest options for them with the working hours of the work of sales stores.
In these applications, it is enough for you to put the name of the product or image or take the “barcode” image by the application that will tell you if this product is permissible or forbidden.
With the accelerated development of industrial intelligence in the recent period, he also entered this ring, and you can ask artificial intelligence If the product is permissible or forbidden.
The question of this question is either by writing the name of the product, or providing some of its details or placing its image, and as soon as you do so, the platforms of artificial intelligence will tell you about this product, and if not sure, it will also tell you that.
In addition to phone applications and artificial intelligence platforms, anyone who plans to travel to Germany can see Halal travel guide Issued by the German National Tourism Council, which is the governmental body that deals with marketing and promoting German destinations.
The council issued a guide this year in both Arabic and English, in which it is monitored among other things that are halal food and mosques, as well as a list of hotels near the places of halal food, in major cities: Berlin, Hsaddin and Derdroff Munich.
Germany is a destination for Muslims
The growing German interest in this category of consumers has not come from a vacuum. In the report of the Global Travel Index 2025 issued by MasterCard and “Cristeut Ritting”, Germany responded within the appropriate tourist destinations for Muslims, because it provides halal restaurants, mosques and atmosphere that welcomes cultural and religious difference.
A report indicates “The Global Travel Index 2025” To the fact that the growing interest in Germany as a tourist destination for Muslims did not come from a vacuum, but rather reflects a growing awareness of Germany of the importance of this group of consumers in the tourism sector, and the great economic opportunity it represents in light of the increasing number of Muslim tourists globally.
According to the same report, Germany is characterized by providing a set of services that make it a friendly destination for Muslims, including restaurants that provide halal foods, the availability of mosques and prayer places, in addition to the open atmosphere that respects cultural and religious diversity, and allows visitors to practice their religious rituals freely.
According to my personal experience in major German cities such as Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich, Hanover, Colin and Olm, it is not difficult to find restaurants serving halal food, and of course, Turkish restaurants are offered, given the large number of Turks residing in the country.
Tips for travelers and residents
- When traveling to a new city in Germany, it is always useful to search in advance on the Internet or via applications for halal restaurants and stores.
- In the normal German supermarket you may find products written on “Halal” (HALAL), especially in Muslim -intensity neighborhoods, but it is better to verify the certificates provided by the authorities responsible for submitting a halal license.
- Meat in traditional German restaurants such as sausage restaurants or chinitzel (it is a plate of Austrian origin, which is the phrase meat slices or bone chicken covered with rusk and a fry, and sometimes it is prepared in Germany with pork), usually not halal, so vegetable dishes or fish can be requested as an alternative option.
- Many Turkish “Donmer Kwab” stores offer halal meat, but not always. Be sure to ask the seller if the meat is slaughtered in the Islamic way.
Although there is a disparity between cities, it is noticed that German society has become more aware of the food needs of Muslims, which is reflected in the spread of stickers indicating halal, allocating separate menus in some restaurants, and even the presence of spaces in festivals and major events that take into account these needs.
Cities provide halal
It can be said that the journey of searching for halal food in Germany combines challenge and opportunity, and remains an indication of the extent of society’s openness and its development in absorbing religious and cultural diversity, which has become a prominent feature of modern Europe.
After these tips, my dear reader may have an important question related to German tourist cities, and does it provide more options regarding halal food compared to the rest of the country’s cities.
In fact, the German cities that Arab and Muslim tourists intend a lot, such as Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt, and Cologne, feature more halal food options compared to the lower cities tourist or rural villages.
This is due to the fact that these cities are witnessing a larger population density than Muslims and migrants, in addition to the prosperity of the Arab tourism movement in them, which makes the owners of restaurants and stores eager to meet this important group of customers, through halal menus, or even restaurants that are fully specialized in halal eating.
In the capital, Berlin, for example, Turkish, Syrian, Lebanese and Moroccan restaurants can be easily found, as well as grocery stores and oriental markets spread in multicultural neighborhoods.
What about prices?
The cost of halal food in Germany is not very different from its non -halal counterpart in most cases. In Turkish or popular Arab restaurants, prices are affordable, and the closest to German food restaurants.
In luxury restaurants that announce the provision of halal meat with official certificates, the prices may be slightly higher due to the quality of the service and the materials used.
In general, it can be said that obtaining a halal meal in Germany does not constitute a great financial burden, provided that the resident or the foreign tourist knows where to find these places, and how to search for it.