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Breite Strasse
Essentially the main street of Wernigerode, Breite Strasse accommodates the pretty Café Wien building (1583) at number 4, today a dignified cafe and worthwhile stopover for both architectural and gastronomic reasons. It’s almost impossible to miss the carved facade of the Krummelsc
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Schlossgarten
The fountain-dotted Mittlerer Schlossgarten draws thirsty crowds to its beer garden in summer. The Unterer Schlossgarten is a ribbon of greenery rambling northeast to the Neckar River and the Rosensteinpark, home to the zoo. Sitting south, the Oberer Schlossgarten (Upper Palace Gar
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Haus Rüschhaus
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff did some of her finest writing at the smallish Haus Rüschhaus, where she lived for 20 years from 1826. The building was once the private home of star architect Johann Conrad Schlaun, who magically morphed a farmhouse into a baroque mini-mansion backed by
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Albrecht
Dürer, Germany’s most famous Renaissance draughtsman, lived and worked at the Albrecht-Dürer-Haus from 1509 until his death in 1528. After a multimedia show, there’s an audioguide tour of the four-storey house, which is narrated by ‘Agnes’, Dürers wife. Highlights are the hands-on
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KW Institute for Contemporary Art
In an old margarine factory, non-profit KW helped chart the fate of the Scheunenviertel as Berlin’s original post-Wall art district. It still stages ground-breaking shows reflecting the latest – and often radical – trends in contemporary art. Free tours (with reduced admission) run
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Half
Several half-timbered houses survived WWII. At Bierstrasse 24 is the baroque Romantik Hotel Walhalla, with a portal flanked by cheeky cherubs. Theres a good row of shops at Hackenstrasse 3. At Krahnstrasse 4 you’ll find a beautiful house (1533), with a cafe taking up the ground flo
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Zeitgeschichtliches Forum
This fascinating, enormous and very well curated exhibit tells the political history of the GDR, from division and dictatorship to fall-of-the-Wall ecstasy and post-Wende blues. Its essential viewing for anyone seeking to understand the late countrys political power apparatus, the
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Lakefront
A promenade runs through the lakefront, sculpture-dotted Stadtgarten park along Uferstrasse, a great spot for a picnic or stroll. Pedal and electric boats can be rented at the Gondelhafen (€9 to €23 per hour).The western end of Friedrichshafen’s promenade is anchored by the twin-on
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Labyrinth Kindermuseum
Don’t be scared off by the word ’museum’ – this place inside an old factory is a fun and educational playground for the pre-teen set. Staff put on different themed exhibits every nine months to subtly teach cultural sensitivity, tolerance, community spirit and other good values. Ex
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Grafeneckart
Adjoining the Rathaus, the 1659-built Grafeneckart houses a scale model of the WWII bombing, which starkly depicts the extent of the damage to the city following the night of 16 March 1945, when 1000 tons of explosives were dropped on the city and 5000 citizens lost their lives in
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Dreiflusseck
The very nib of the Altstadt peninsula, the point where the rivers merge, is known as the Dreiflusseck (Three River Corner). From the north the little Ilz sluices brackish water down from the peat-rich Bavarian Forest, meeting the cloudy brown of the Danube as it flows from the wes
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Festspielhaus
North of the Hauptbahnhof, the main venue for Bayreuth’s annual Wagner Festival is the Festspielhaus, constructed in 1872 with King Ludwig II’s backing. The structure was specially designed to accommodate Wagner’s massive theatrical sets, with three storeys of mechanical works hidd
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Burg Trausnitz
Roosting high above the Altstadt is Burg Trausnitz, Landshut’s star attraction. The 50-minute guided tour (in German with English text) takes you through the Gothic and Renaissance halls and chambers, ending at an alfresco party terrace with bird’s-eye views of the town below. The
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Bleikeller
Located inside Dom St Petri but accessed via a separate entrance south of the main door, the Lead Cellar was formerly the cathedral’s cellar and today is a crypt in which bodies have mummified in the incredibly dry air. You can see eight preserved bodies in open coffins here, inclu
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Bachhaus
Johann Sebastian Bach, who was born in Eisenach in 1685, takes the spotlight in one of Germany’s best biographical museums. Exhibits trace his professional and private life through bilingual panelling, and culminate in a modern annexe, where you can sit in suspended bubble chairs a
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Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart
Berlins contemporary art showcase opened in 1996 in an old railway station, whose loft and grandeur are a great backdrop for this Aladdins cave of paintings, installations, sculptures and video art. Changing exhibits span the arc of post-1950 artistic movements – from conceptual ar
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Alter Hof
Alter Hof was the starter home of the Wittelsbach family and has its origins in the 12th century. The Bavarian rulers moved out of this central palace as long ago as the 15th century. Visitors can only see the central courtyard, where the bay window on the southern facade was nickn
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Schottenkirche St Jakob
The sooty 12th-century main portal of the Schottenkirche St Jakob is considered one of the supreme examples of Romanesque architecture in Germany. Its reliefs and sculptures form an iconography that continues to baffle the experts. Sadly its protected from further pollution by an a
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Prora
The beach just north of Binz still bears testament to Nazi plans to create the worlds largest resort: six hideous six-storey buildings, each 500m long lining the sand. Begun in 1936, Prora was intended as a Kraft-durch-Freude (strength through joy) escape for 20,000 workers. The ou
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Monsterkabinett
If you want to meet Püppi the techno-loving go-go dancer or Orangina the twirling six-legged doll, you need to descend a steep spiral staircase into Hannes Heiners surrealist underground world. Inspired by his dreams, the artist has fashioned a menagerie of mechanical robot-monster
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