Good cars (I prefer Japanese cars..........assembled here )

Good beer

Good sausages

And deny it all you want, if Angela Merkel was our leader, we'd probably be cheering her from the rooftops

Oldest friends of England (Not Scotland, they had their own alliances in the past) in Europe, along with Portugal, until WW1 spoilt that somewhat. Even now people are often surprised how much Germans feel an "okness" with Brits, though this is tested by headbangers who bring up the war from 70 years ago during football matches