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Dokumentationszentrum
A visit to the Dokumentationszentrum in the north wing of the Kongresshalle helps to put the grounds into some historical context. A stunning walkway of glass cuts diagonally through the complex, ending with an interior view of the congress hall. Inside, the exhibit Fascination and
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Deutsches Bergbau
Bochum is worth a quick stop if only to get down and dirty in the German mining museum, one of the nations most-visited museums. Besides learning about all aspects of life unter Tage (below ground), you can descend into the earths belly for a spin around a demonstration pit followe
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Marie
Home to the parliamentary library, this recently expanded, extravagant structure has a massive tapered stairway, a flat roofline jutting out like a springboard and giant circular windows. In the basement is an art installation by Ben Wagin featuring original segments of the Wall. A
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Block der Frauen
A pale-pink sandstone sculpture on Rosenstrasse called Block der Frauen (Block of Women) by Jewish-German artist Inge Hunzinger (1915-2009) marks the the site where non-Jewish German women peacefully but tenaciously protested against the planned deportation of their Jewish husbands
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Belvedere
This pint-size palace with the distinctive cupola got its start in 1788 as a teahouse for Friedrich Wilhelm II. Here he enjoyed reading, listening to chamber music and holding spiritual sessions with fellow members of the mystical Order of the Rosicrucians. These days, the late-roc
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August
The expressionist painter August Macke (1887–1914) lived in this neighbourhood in the three years before his untimely death on the battlefields in WWI. At his neoclassical home, you can soak up the master’s aura in his re-created studio and see some originals; the finest works, tho
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AlliiertenMuseum
The original Checkpoint Charlie guard cabin, a Berlin Airlift plane and a reconstructed spy tunnel are among the dramatic exhibits at the Allied Museum, which documents the history and challenges faced by the Western Allies during the Cold War. Theres also a survey of events leadin
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Stadtgeschichtliches Museum
Leipzigs beautiful Renaissance town hall is an atmospheric setting to recount the twists and turns of the citys history from its roots as a key medieval trading town to the present, including stops at the Battle of the Nations and the 1989 peaceful revolution. A nearby modern exten
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Vitra Design Museum
Sharp angles contrast with graceful swirls on Frank Gehry’s strikingly postmodern Vitra Design Museum. The blindingly white edifice hosts thought-provoking contemporary design exhibitions. Buildings on the nearby Vitra campus, designed by prominent architects like Nicholas Grimshaw
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Landgrafenschloss
Perched at the highest point in town, a steep walk up from St-Marien-Kirche or the Marktplatz, is the massive Landgrave Castle, built between 1248 and 1300. It offers panoramic views of bucolic hills, jumbled Marburg rooftops and the Schlosspark , the amphitheatre of which hosts co
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Rotes Rathaus
The hulking Rotes Rathaus is the office of Berlins senate and governing mayor. The structure blends Italian Renaissance elements with northern German brick architecture and is framed by a terracotta frieze that illustrates Berlin milestones until 1871. The moniker red, by the way,
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Ulmer Museum
This museum is a fascinating romp through ancient and modern art, history and archaeology. Standouts include the 20th-century Kurt Fried Collection, starring Klee, Picasso and Lichtenstein works. Archaeological highlights are tiny Upper Palaeolithic figurines, unearthed in caves in
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Steingasse
On the right bank of the Salzach River, this narrow, cobbled lane was, incredibly, the main trade route to Italy in medieval times. Look out for the 13th-century Steintor gate and the house of Joseph Mohr , who wrote the lyrics to that all-time classic of a carol ‘Silent Night’. Th
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Siedlung Schillerpark
The Siedlung Schillerpark is the oldest of Berlins five sprawling, modernist, 1920s housing estates, inscribed on Unesco’s list of world cultural heritage sites in 2008. Designed by Bruno Taut, it was inspired by red-brick Dutch-style architecture and sits east of the Schiller Park
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Moderne Galerie
One of Saarland’s cultural highlights, the Saarland Museum’s Moderne Galerie covers European art from the late 1800s to the present and is especially noteworthy for its works of German Impressionism (eg Slevogt, Corinth and Liebermann), French Impressionism (eg Monet, Sisley and Re
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Pop
A rather more contemporary Zittau attraction is this once drab cluster of GDR-era buildings that have been transformed into a colourful and fanciful living quarter dreamed up by Berlin artist Sergej Alexander Dott. Giant sheep clambering around bright orange facades, and centaurs a
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Jagdtier
Jagdtier- und Vogelkundemuseum has adorable dioramas featuring local feathered and furry creatures - a likely winner with the kiddies. Admission is also good for several antler-filled rooms dealing with the palaces hunting history. The main reason for coming up here, though, is to
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BlackBox Kalter Krieg
This small pop-up museum chronicles the history of the Cold War. Using photographs, maps, original footage and recordings and various memorabilia, it seeks to explain how the Berlin Wall fit into the conflict and how surrogate conflicts in Korea and Vietnam fuelled the rivalry betw
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Spreewald
Take a trip down the Spreewald memory lane at this regional-history museum imaginatively set up like an historic department store. Stops include a grocery, a bakery, a furrier and shoemaker as well as a clothing store featuring traditional Sorb garb. A modern annex houses the locom
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Studentenkarzer
From 1823 to 1914, students convicted of misdeeds such as public inebriation, loud nocturnal singing, freeing the local pigs or duelling were sent to this student jail for at least 24 hours. Judging by the inventive wall graffiti, some found their stay highly amusing. Delinquents w
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