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Krämerbrücke
Flanked by cute half-timbered houses on both sides, this charming 1325 stone bridge is the only one north of the Alps thats still inhabited. To this day people live above little shops with attractive displays of chocolate and pottery, jewellery and basic souvenirs. See the bridge f
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Anne Frank Zentrum
This exhibit uses artefacts and photographs to tell the extraordinary story of a girl who needs no introduction. Who hasn’t read the diary of Anne Frank penned while in hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam? Frank perished from typhus at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp just days befo
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Historische Mühle
This 18th-century Dutch-style windmill contains exhibits about historic and contemporary mill technology and offers a close-up of the grinding mechanism and a top-floor viewing platform. According to legend, Frederick the Great ordered its owner to demolish the original mill becaus
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Former Reichsluftfahrtministerium
Designed by Ernst Sagebiel in 1935 and 36, this behemoth was not only Hermann Göring’s power centre but also where the resistance group Red Orchestra conspired until being caught and executed in 1942. Theres a memorial to them in the foyer of what is today the Federal Finance Minis
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Oberharzer Bergwerksmuseum
The Oberharzer Bergwerksmuseum has an interesting open-air exhibition of mine buildings and mining methods, including a horse-driven carousel that was used to power a lift into the mine. The museum has an English-language brochure with background information and explanations on the
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Marmorpalais
The neoclassical Marble Palace was built in 1792 as a summer residence for Friedrich Wilhelm II by Carl Gotthard Langhans (of Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate fame) and has a stunning interior marked by a grand central staircase, marble fireplaces, stucco ceilings and lots of precious Wed
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Roselius
A combined museum with its neighbour, the Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum , this 16th-century house contains a private collection of art from medieval times to the baroque era, which belonged to none other than Ludwig Roselius, the man who gave the world decaffeinated coffee and used
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Zoo Leipzig
One of Germanys most progressive, Leipzig Zoos stand out attraction is Gondwanaland, a jungly wonderland of 17,000 plants and 300 exotic animals. Rare and endangered species such as Komodo dragons and pigmy hippos roam around spacious enclosures in a climate-controlled hall amid fr
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Universitätsmuseum
The three-room University Museum, inside the Alte Universität building, has paintings, portraits, documents and photos documenting the university’s mostly illustrious history. Only the signs on the Third Reich period are in English but the admission fee includes an English audiogui
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Münzenberg Museum
Across Wipertistrasse, on the hill west of the castle, are the ruins of Münzenberg , a Romanesque convent. It was plundered during the Peasant Wars in 1525, and small houses were later built among the ruins. A small private Münzenberg Museum is located here behind the cafe - its ce
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Grosses Fass
With a capacity of about 228,000L, the mid-18th-century Great Wine Barrel, shaped from 130 oak trees, is the world’s largest wine cask. Describing it as being ‘as big as a cottage’, Mark Twain bemoaned its emptiness and mused on its possible functions as a dance floor and a giganti
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Dortmunder U
You can see it from afar – the golden ‘U’ atop the tower of the defunct Union Brauerei. Once one of Dortmund’s largest and most famous breweries, the protected landmark has been reborn as a cultural centre and home to the Museum am Ostwall , Many exhibitions outside the museum are
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Friedhof St Sebastian
Tucked behind the baroque Sebastianskirche (St Sebastian’s Church), this peaceful cemetery and its cloisters were designed by Andrea Berteleto in Italianate style in 1600. Mozart family members and well-known 16th-century physician Paracelsus are buried here, but out-pomping them a
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Bundeskanzleramt
Germany’s ‘White House’, the Federal Chancellery is a sparkling, modern compound designed by Axel Schultes and Charlotte Frank and consisting of two parallel office blocks flanking a central white cube. Eduardo Chillida’s rusted-steel Berlin sculpture graces the eastern forecourt.
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Burg Guttenberg
Rising high above the Neckar Valley, lonely Burg Guttenberg is one of the most dramatic castles on this part of the route and a fine example of an intact 14th-century castle. In addition to the gobsmacking views of the surrounding vineyards and forests, the award-winning exhibition
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Braunschweiger Löwe
Braunschweig’s identity is intricately tied up with Heinrich der Löwe, a duke who was responsible for colonising the eastern regions of Germany beyond the Elbe and Saale. The Brunswick lion statue is based on the original lion Heinrich ordered to be made in 1166 as a symbol of his
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Bauhaus Archiv
Founded in 1919, the Bauhaus was a seminal school of avant-garde architecture, design and art. This avant-garde building, designed by its founder Walter Gropius, presents paintings, drawings, sculptures, models and other objects and documents by such famous artist-teachers as Klee,
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Burg Hülshoff
In Havixbeck, about 10km west of Münster, Burg Hülshoff is the birthplace of one of Germany’s pre-eminent women of letters, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797–1848). The red-brick Renaissance chateau is embedded in a lovely – partly groomed, partly romantic – park. The interior, whi
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Bildergalerie
The Picture Gallery is the oldest royal museum in Germany and shelters a prized collection of Old Masters, including works by Peter Paul Rubens and Caravaggios Doubting Thomas . The interior of the elongated hall with its gilded barrel-vaulted ceiling and patterned marble floors is
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Aufbau Haus
Injecting life into once drab and neglected Moritzplatz since 2011, the Aufbau Haus harbours a bright bouquet of creative and cultural ventures, led by the venerable namesake publishing house Aufbau Verlag, which also operates a nonmainstream theatre. The eclectic offerings include
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