Germany Divided

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Fun fact · Our own analysis of OpenStreetMap data, not official statistics. How we measured it

Döner beats pizza

Places tagged as serving kebab for every place tagged as serving pizza, OpenStreetMap, November 2026

In every eastern state there are more kebab shops than pizzerias on OpenStreetMap (1.19 per pizzeria); in the West it is the other way round (0.65).

< 0.70 kebab shops per pizzeria0.70 kebab shops per pizzeria0.84 kebab shops per pizzeria0.99 kebab shops per pizzeria1.14 kebab shops per pizzeria≥ 1.28 kebab shops per pizzeria

Inner-German border 1949–1990 ·16 states · November 2026

Former West

0.65 kebab shops per pizzeria

excl. Berlin

Former East

1.19 kebab shops per pizzeria

excl. Berlin

Berlin

1.01 kebab shops per pizzeria

The East's figure is 1.8× the West's (November 2026).

By state

Former WestFormer EastBerlin
  1. Brandenburg1.43 kebab shops per pizzeria
  2. Sachsen-Anhalt1.19 kebab shops per pizzeria
  3. Thüringen1.16 kebab shops per pizzeria
  4. Sachsen1.14 kebab shops per pizzeria
  5. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern1.10 kebab shops per pizzeria
  6. Berlin1.01 kebab shops per pizzeria
  7. Saarland0.85 kebab shops per pizzeria
  8. Baden-Württemberg0.81 kebab shops per pizzeria
  9. Schleswig-Holstein0.80 kebab shops per pizzeria
  10. Hamburg0.76 kebab shops per pizzeria
  11. Bremen0.74 kebab shops per pizzeria
  12. Niedersachsen0.65 kebab shops per pizzeria
  13. Hessen0.63 kebab shops per pizzeria
  14. Rheinland-Pfalz0.63 kebab shops per pizzeria
  15. Bayern0.62 kebab shops per pizzeria
  16. Nordrhein-Westfalen0.55 kebab shops per pizzeria

November 2026

How we measured this

We counted every place in OpenStreetMap (nodes, ways and relations) inside each state’s boundary whose “cuisine” tag contains “kebab”, and every place whose tag contains “pizza”, via the Overpass API on 4 November 2026. Places serving both count in both. The figure is the ratio of the two counts, which cancels out differences in how thoroughly each state is mapped.

  • OpenStreetMap is compiled by volunteers; coverage is good in Germany but not complete.
  • Our counts are released under the Open Database License (ODbL), as OpenStreetMap requires.
Show the table
StateSideNovember 2026
Saarlandwest0.85 kebab shops per pizzeria
Berlinberlin1.01 kebab shops per pizzeria
Brandenburgeast1.43 kebab shops per pizzeria
Mecklenburg-Vorpommerneast1.10 kebab shops per pizzeria
Sachseneast1.14 kebab shops per pizzeria
Sachsen-Anhalteast1.19 kebab shops per pizzeria
Thüringeneast1.16 kebab shops per pizzeria
Schleswig-Holsteinwest0.80 kebab shops per pizzeria
Hamburgwest0.76 kebab shops per pizzeria
Niedersachsenwest0.65 kebab shops per pizzeria
Bremenwest0.74 kebab shops per pizzeria
Nordrhein-Westfalenwest0.55 kebab shops per pizzeria
Hessenwest0.63 kebab shops per pizzeria
Rheinland-Pfalzwest0.63 kebab shops per pizzeria
Baden-Württembergwest0.81 kebab shops per pizzeria
Bayernwest0.62 kebab shops per pizzeria