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Katholische Hofkirche The Katholische Hofkirche (also called Dresden Cathedral) makes up an integral part of the baroque ensemble crowning the Altstadt, and is one of Dresdens most dazzling buildings. Built between 1739 and 1751 by Gaetano Chiaveri as a Catholic rival to the Protestant Frauenkirche, its
Schirn Kunsthalle Some of Germany’s most topical and talked-about art exhibitions take place at this modern and contemporary art museum, such as retrospectives of artists like Kandinsky, Chagall, Kahlo, Giacometti and Klein, as well as digital art, and themes such as artists and prophets. The buildi
Veste Oberhaus A 13th-century defensive fortress, built by the prince-bishops, Veste Oberhaus towers over Passau with patriarchal pomp. Not surprisingly, views of the city and into Austria are superb from up here.Inside the bastion is the Oberhausmuseum , a regional history museum where you can u
Museum Ludwig A mecca of contemporary art, Museum Ludwig presents a tantalising mix of works from all major phases. Fans of German expressionism (Beckmann, Dix, Kirchner) will get their fill here as much as those with a penchant for Picasso, American pop art (Warhol, Lichtenstein) and Russian av
Drosselgasse Drosselgasse, a tunnel-like alley so overloaded with signs that it looks like it could be in Hong Kong (some of the signs are, in fact, in Chinese), is the Rhine at its most colourfully touristic – bad German pop wafts out of the pubs, which are filled with rollicking crowds. The O
Deutsches Sport & Olympia Museum In a 19th-century customs building, the Deutsches Sport & Olympia Museum is an imaginative Germany-focused tribute to the sporting life from antiquity to today. There are exhibits on the 1936 Berlin and 1972 Munich Olympic Games and on such modern-day heroes as Steffi Graf and
Stiftskirche The centrepiece of cobbled Marktplatz is this pink church, a hotchpotch of Romanesque, late Gothic and, to a lesser extent, baroque styles. Its foundations incorporate some ruins of the former Roman baths. Come in the early afternoon to see its stained-glass windows cast rainbow pa
Schloss Salem Founded as a Cistercian monastery in 1134, the immense estate known as Schloss Salem was once the largest and richest of its kind in southern Germany. The Grand Duchy of Baden sold out to the state recently, but you can still picture the royals swanning around the hedge maze, garde
Kurpfälzisches Museum The city-run Palatinate Museum has well-presented exhibits on Heidelberg’s eventful history and is especially strong on the Roman period – exhibits include original wood beams from a 3rd-century bridge. To learn about really ancient local life, check out the replica of the 600,000-
Atelierhaus Based on sketches he made in Russia, Ernst Barlachs squarish sculptures began bearing the same expressive gestures and hunched-over, wind-blown postures of the impoverished people he encountered. Banned by the Nazis, he died in 1938; after the war his works gained full appreciation
Akademie der Bildenden Künste The Academy of Fine Arts is housed in a three-storey neo-Renaissance building. Founded in 1808 by Maximilian I, it advanced to become one of Europes leading arts schools in the second half of the 19th century and still has a fine reputation today. Famous students included Max Slevo
Grüne Zitadelle Completed in 2005, this piglet-pink building with trees growing from its facade and meadows sprouting on its rooftops was the final design of Viennese artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser. It reflects his philosophy of creating unique spaces in harmony with nature, an ‘oasis for huma
Explora Optical illusions and extraordinary images dazzle at this ‘science centre’, which survives without government subsidies. Theres no information in English but visual highlights include stunning stereoscopic slides of insects and mammals; mind-boggling holograms; 3-D X-ray photos of
Elbphilharmonie A squat brown-brick former warehouse at the far west of HafenCity is the base for the architecturally bold new Elbphilharmonie, which will become a major concert hall. Pritzker Prize–winning Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron are responsible for the design, which captivates wi
DDR Museum This interactive museum does an entertaining job at pulling back the iron curtain on an extinct society. Youll learn how, under socialism, kids were put through collective potty training, engineers earned little more than farmers, and everyone, it seems, went on nudist holidays. A
Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Set in an historic munitions factory, the ZKM is a mammoth exhibition and research complex fusing art and emerging electronic media technologies. The interactive Medienmuseum has media art displays, including a computer-generated ‘legible city’ and real-time bubble simulations. The
Museum Koenig Across from the Villa Hammerschmidt, the Museum Koenig is a natural history museum but it’s hardly your usual dead-animal zoo. The ‘Savannah’ exhibit re-creates an entire habitat with theatrical flourishes: elephants drinking at a watering hole, a jaguar holed up with its kill and
Heinz Nixdorf Museumsforum You don’t have to be a techie to enjoy this museum, a high-tech romp through 5000 years of information technology, from cuneiform to cyberspace. Established by the local founder of Nixdorf computers (since swallowed by bigger corporations), it displays all manner of once-high-tech
HafenCity HafenCity is a vast new city quarter taking shape east of the harbour. When fully completed, its expected to be home to 12,000 people and offer work space for 40,000. Its a showcase of modern architecture with the biggest eyecatcher being the Elbphilharmonie, a vast concert hall ju
Willibaldsburg The walk or drive up to the hilltop castle of Willibaldsburg (1355) is worth it for the views across the valley from the formally laid-out Bastiongarten ; many locals also head up here on sunny days for the nearby beer garden. The castle itself houses two museums, the most interest

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