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Schloss Britz This 18th-century country estate, with its frilly neo-Renaissance facade and surrounding park, once served as the residence of Prussian ministers and high-ranking court officials. Today its a nice place for strolls, picnics or summer concerts in the park or to catch a glimpse of th
Schillerhaus Rudolstadt The Schillerhaus Rudolstadt is a small museum in the very house where Schiller first bumped into Goethe, while a guest of the literary-minded sisters Charlotte and Caroline von Lengefeld. Schiller developed a close relationship with both women and, although he ended up marrying Cha
SeaLife If youre looking to keep the kids amused (and can stomach the budget-busting admission, SeaLife is the place to head. Reef sharks, moray eels and seahorses are among the 10,000 creatures on display, all presented in aquariums with recessed glass viewing ports. Tunnel walkways lead
Burg Dankwarderode This former castle of Heinrich der Löwe is now a museum housing a glittering medieval collection, including golden sculptures of arms, medieval capes and Braunschweig’s symbol, the original bronze lion statue cast in 1166. Upstairs is a huge, spectacularly adorned Knights’ Hall, wh
Alte Brücke Heidelbergs 200m-long ‘old bridge’, built in 1786, connects the Altstadt with the river’s right bank and the Schlangenweg (Snake Path), whose switchbacks lead to the Philosophenweg (Philosophers Walk). Next to the tower gate on the Altstadt side of the bridge, look for the brass sc
Friedrichstadtpassagen Even if you’re not part of the Gucci and Prada brigade, the architectural wow factor of this trio of shopping complexes (called Quartiere ), linked by a subterranean passageway, is undeniable. Highlights are Jean Nouvel’s shimmering glass funnel inside the Galeries Lafayette, the d
Museum Schloss Lübben The prettiest building in town is the petite Schloss, now home to a nicely curated regional history museum. Exhibit highlights include an interactive town model and a 2m-long medieval executioner’s sword. Follow up with a (free) wander around the Schlossinsel , an artificial archip
Museum Frieder Burda A Joan Miró sculpture guards the front of this architecturally innovative gallery, designed by Richard Meier. The star-studded collection of modern and contemporary art, featuring Picasso, Gerhard Richter and Jackson Pollock originals, is complemented by temporary exhibitions, such
Museum für Moderne Kunst The highly respected Museum of Modern Art – dubbed the ‘slice of cake’ because of its triangular footprint – focuses on European and American art from the 1960s to the present, with frequent temporary exhibits. The permanent collection (not always on display) includes works by Roy
Reduit Tilly This 19th-century fortress has an undeniable aesthetic, having been designed by Ludwig Is chief architect. It was named after Johann Tilly – a field marshal of the Thirty Years War who was known as the butcher of Magdeburg – and features exhibits covering the history of WWI and pos
Karl Marx Haus The early-18th-century baroque town house in which the author of The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital was born in 1818 now houses exhibits that cover Marxs life, work, allies and enemies, social democracy, his decades of exile in London, where he died in 1883, and his intellectu
Industriedenkmal Bengel The Jakob Bengel jewellery factory, built more than a century ago, is now the charmingly decrepit Industriedenkmal Bengel , a jerry-built but engaging historic industrial plant where you can imagine fin de siècle working-class life while watching ancient, clacking machines transfor
Knoblauchhaus This private rococo home features a series of painstakingly restored period rooms that impart a sense of how the well-to-do lived, dressed and spent their days during the Biedermeier. The structure once belonged to the prominent Knoblauch family, which included politicians, archite
Gedenkstätte Bautzen Left exactly as it was in the late 1980s, the Bautzen II prison is now the Gedenkstätte Bautzen for the victims of political oppression. You can see prisoner transport vans, recreated prison cells from the facilitys various phases, the isolation wing and historical background exhib
Burg Reichenstein Looming above the village of Trechtingshausen, 8km downriver from Bingen, mighty Burg Reichenstein harbours a lavish collection of furnishings, armour, hunting trophies – even cast-iron oven slabs. To get a taster of what living here would be like, book into one of its 21 individua
Alte Nationalgalerie The Greek temple-style Old National Gallery is a three-storey showcase of 19th-century European art. To get a sense of the periods virtuosity, pay special attention to the moody landscapes by Romantic heart-throb Caspar David Friedrich, the epic canvases by Franz Krüger and Adolf M
Rotkäppchen Sektkellerei Established in 1856, and the biggest sparkling-wine producer in Germany, the Rotkäppchen Sektkellerei is one of the few companies that survived the GDR and, since reunification, has acquired enough muscle to buy other brands, including Mumm. Tours include the historic cellars and t
Museum im Kulturspeicher In a born-again historic granary right on the Main River, youll find this absorbing art museum with choice artworks from the 19th to the 21st centuries. The emphasis is on German impressionism, neo-realism and contemporary art, but the building also houses the post-1945 constructiv
Kloster Chorin A popular day trip from Berlin, this romantically ruined monastery near a little lake and surrounded by a lush park was built by Cistercian monks in the 13th century. It is widely considered one of the finest red-brick Gothic structures in northern Germany. The monastery was secula
Historisches Museum Saar The Saarbrücker Schloss’ basement and a modern annex house the well-designed Museum of Regional History. The section covering Saarland from 1870 to the 1950s includes a 1904 film of Saarbrücken street life. From here you can descend to the castle’s massive bastions and Kasematten (

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