MORE PLACES IN GERMANY
So you’ve decided to visit Berlin. Congratulations. Your pretentious friends went to Paris. Your haughty friends went to London. And your lost friends went to Belarus. But you decided on Berlin. You’...
Known derisively for the past 50 years as the Hauptdorf (capital village), Bonn (pop. 319,800) was basically a non-entity before falling into the limelight by chance. Konrad Adenauer, the Federal...
Cologne is the fourth largest city in Germany (after Berlin, Hamburg, and Munich), but it feels decidedly provincial. Perhaps it’s the way that its famous cathedral owns all the other buildings in...
Another worthy destination along the Bergstr. is the modern city of Darmstadt, though this locale is much more known for its Jugendstil Art Nouveau architecture and technical university than any age-...
Fate has not smiled kindly upon Dresden. A fire in 1685 destroyed most of the city north of the river, leading to reconstruction and a new name, Neustadt (New Town). The city suffered heavy damage in...
Düsseldorf—a destination for art lovers and barhoppers alike—is perhaps most frequently visited by travelers en route to Amsterdam, Belgium, or larger German cities. Located on the Rhein River,...
You may have come to Germany for half-timbered houses and cobblestone roads. Well, forget all that: in Frankfurt, Allied bombs splintered the timbers and clobbered the cobblestones. During the...
Take a classic German city: cobblestone streets, copper roofs, and so many towers that a malfunctioning parachute is a one-way ticket to public impalement. Now add water—a lot of water. Enough water...
Over the years, this sun-drenched town on the Neckar and its
crumbling schloβ have beckoned to much of the world’s intellectual elite, from Mark Twain
and Victor Hugo, to Wolfgang von Goethe,...
If you want a nice hike around Heppenheim whilst learning abut the
wine culture, pick up an English-language map of the UNESCO Geo-Naturpark Bergstrasse
(titled Adventure Trail Wine and Rocks). If...
Unlike many tourist hotspots, Jena (YEH-nah) is enjoyed more by its
locals than by visitors. In any market and on every strasse, crowds of university students
and residents make tourists the minority...
Leipzig is a growing town, with a similarly expanding array of festivals and events that make it a hub for Germany’s alternative culture. From Indie music festivals to the world’s largest Goth...
The jewel of the Lahn Valley, Marburg was once the capital of Hesse, home of St. Elizabeth, and site of the world’s first Protestant university. The university has produced an illustrious list of...
Moritzburg, a former residence of artist Käthe Kollwitz, is best known for its beautiful Baroque Schloß Moritzburg. Located outside of Dresden, it is a great day trip if you’ve got the extra time.
If you ask the average traveler about this Bavarian capital, you’ll hear beer, beer, and more beer. The birthplace of Oktoberfest, Munich (pop. 1,380,000) is the third largest German city and one of...
While Stuttgart may not immediately come to mind when one lists
prominent German cities, the capital of Baden-Württemberg is home to one of the
most important German exports: cars. Probably thanks to...
In its prime, Weimar, a small German town of 64,000, was a watering
hole for cultural icons such as Goethe, Schiller, and Johann Gottfried von Herder
(grandfather of the Romantics) whose fame still...