How can I get a German IP address?
Also asked as: How do I connect to a VPN server in Germany? · Is there a free Germany VPN?
Direct answer
Connect to a VPN server located in Germany. Install VPNmine, sign in or skip, and choose Germany from the server list; the app opens an encrypted tunnel to VPNmine's Frankfurt server and every site you open sees a German address. It is free, with no ads and no card, and Frankfurt is usually the fastest exit anywhere in Europe.
The steps
Install VPNmine on your desktop, phone, TV or browser, sign in or skip, and pick Germany from the server list. The app opens a WireGuard tunnel to the Frankfurt server, and every site you open afterwards sees that server's address instead of yours. To confirm, open the IP checker on this site with the tunnel up: it should report Germany.
Why Frankfurt
DE-CIX Frankfurt is the largest internet exchange in the world by peak traffic, and the data-centre cluster around it is where a very large share of European networks meet directly. Traffic leaving a Frankfurt server usually reaches its European destination in one hop. If you are anywhere between Lisbon and Warsaw and do not need a specific country, it is usually the fastest server on the list.
Germany and retention
Germany's blanket communications-data retention regime was found incompatible with EU law by the Court of Justice in September 2022, and no general obligation replaced it for services like this. The protection that matters is still the same one: VPNmine keeps no record of the sites you open, so there is nothing to produce.
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