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Soljanka
Google search interest for “Soljanka” by state (0–100), January–October 2026
The sour Eastern European soup that became a GDR canteen classic: East Germans search for Soljanka seven times as often as West Germans. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern leads.
Inner-German border 1949–1990 ·16 states · January–October 2026
Former West
10 index
excl. Berlin
Former East
75 index
excl. Berlin
Berlin
24 index
The East's figure is 7.2× the West's (January–October 2026).
By state
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern100 index
- Sachsen-Anhalt76 index
- Brandenburg73 index
- Sachsen68 index
- Thüringen68 index
- Berlin24 index
- Schleswig-Holstein19 index
- Niedersachsen15 index
- Bremen14 index
- Hamburg12 index
- Saarland9 index
- Baden-Württemberg9 index
- Bayern9 index
- Hessen9 index
- Nordrhein-Westfalen9 index
- Rheinland-Pfalz9 index
January–October 2026
How we measured this
Google Trends, region Germany, resolution by state, web search for the term “Soljanka”, January–October 2026, pulled on 4 November 2026. Google scales each state from 0 to 100 relative to the state with the highest share of searches for the term (100 = most interest). East and West are averages of the state values weighted by population (our calculation). A search index measures interest, not sales.
- Google samples its data, so repeat pulls vary by a few points; our repeat pulls moved the East/West ratio by at most 0.1.
- Small states with few searches can show 0 when they fall below Google’s reporting threshold.
Show the table
| State | Side | January–October 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Saarland | west | 9 index |
| Berlin | berlin | 24 index |
| Brandenburg | east | 73 index |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | east | 100 index |
| Sachsen | east | 68 index |
| Sachsen-Anhalt | east | 76 index |
| Thüringen | east | 68 index |
| Schleswig-Holstein | west | 19 index |
| Hamburg | west | 12 index |
| Niedersachsen | west | 15 index |
| Bremen | west | 14 index |
| Nordrhein-Westfalen | west | 9 index |
| Hessen | west | 9 index |
| Rheinland-Pfalz | west | 9 index |
| Baden-Württemberg | west | 9 index |
| Bayern | west | 9 index |