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Passionstheater
The Passionstheater, where the Passion Play is performed, can be visited as part of a guided-tour. The tour provides ample background on the play’s history and also lets you peek at the costumes and sets. Ask the tourist office about music, plays and opera performances that take p
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Universität Jena – Collegium Jenense
Jena’s university faculties are spread throughout town, but this was where the university was founded as Collegium Jenense in 1558, in a former monastery. Enter the courtyard to admire the coat of arms of Johann Friedrich I and to check out the free exhibit (in German) on the unive
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Händel
The house in which Georg Friedrich Händel (1685–1759) was born is now the Händel-Haus. An exhibit charts the composer’s life, achievements and impact on the evolution of classical music, with an emphasis on his wider European career. Descriptions are in German and English, and the
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St Pauli Elbtunnel
Just west of the St Pauli landing piers stands a grey structure topped by a copper cupola. This is the entrance to the St Pauli Elbtunnel. Dated from 1911, its a 426m-long passageway beneath the Elbe River. It is still used by vehicles and pedestrians, although most cars take the N
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Rock Museum
Your lift ticket to the Olympiaturm also buys access to the small if quirky Rock Museum. Ozzie Osbournes signed guitar, a poem penned by Jim Morrison and Britney Spears glitter jeans jostle for space with letters, photos and concert tickets, all the result of three decades of colle
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Viba Nougat Welt
This company has been seducing sweet-toothed Germans with their range of soft nougats and chocolate treats for over a century. Here at their flagship factory and visitor centre, you can observe the production process, gorge yourself on high-sucrose delights or take a course to earn
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Museum für Weinkultur
A Marktplatz landmark with a canopied outdoor staircase, the Altes Rathaus (old town hall) dates from the 16th century. Inside is the three-storey Museum of Wine Culture, featuring displays on winemakers’ traditional lifestyle and naive-art portrayals of the German Wine Route. An E
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Deutsches Weintor
Theres no missing the start of the German Wine Route, which is marked by this towering stone gate, the 1936-built Deutsches Weintor. Inside is one of Germanys largest wine cooperatives. At this vast Vinothek you can pick up tourist information, stock up on bottles, or taste a varie
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Filmpark Babelsberg
For visitors, the main reason to come here is the attached Filmpark Babelsberg, a movie-themed amusement park with live shows (great stunt show!), a 4-D cinema and a few rides. A highlight is the guided tram ride where you’ll be whisked past working sound stages to the studios back
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Burg Metternich
Above the village looms Burg Metternich, a ruined hilltop castle reached via a footpath off Im Mühlental (at the top of cobbled Bachstrasse). Built in 1129, it was destroyed by French troops in the Nine Years War (1688–97) in 1689. Today you can visit the ruins and have a glass of
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Weltballon Berlin
Drift up but not away for about 15 minutes aboard this helium-filled balloon that remains tethered to the ground as it lifts you noiselessly 150m into the air for panoramas of the historic city centre. Your pilot will help you pinpoint all the key sights. Confirm ahead as flights a
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Stadtmuseum & Kunstsammlung Jena
This handsome building with a half-timbered upper section, at the northern end of the town square, houses the Stadtmuseum, where you can learn how the city evolved into a centre of philosophy and science, and the Kunstsammlung, with changing exhibitions and a permanent collection o
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Historisches Rathaus
The key building on the Prinzipalmarkt is this Gothic gem, with its elegant filigree gable. In 1648 an important subtreaty of the Peace of Westphalia was signed here, marking the first step in ending the calamitous Thirty Years War. You can visit the spot of the signing, the splend
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Jagdschloss Falkenlust
Besides Schloss Augustusburg, François Cuvilliés also dreamed up Jagdschloss Falkenlust, a hunting lodge where Clemens August liked to indulge his fancy for falconry. Though small, it’s almost as opulent as the main palace. A particular gem is the adjacent chapel, which is awash wi
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Michelsberg Synagogue Memorial
The site of Wiesbaden’s largest pre-war synagogue, built in 1869 and destroyed in 1938, is marked by a memorial that includes an outline of the structure (in dark paving stones on the footpaths and street) and historic photos and biographical information on 1507 Wiesbaden Jews who
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Neue Universität
The most historic facilities of Ruprecht-Karls-Universität are around Universitätsplatz , dominated by the Alte Universität (1712–28; on the south side) and the Neue Universität (1931; on the north side), the ‘old’ and ‘new’ university buildings respectively. Nearby stands the Löwe
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Jesuitenkirche
A sumptuously ornate baroque vision, glowing with gold leaf, the Jesuitenkirche was built between 1733 and 1760. When Mozart spent time in Mannheim in the late 1700s, he praised its acoustics and atmosphere. Like the rest of the city, the church suffered damage during WWII, but it
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Wall Memorial Parlament der Bäume
Started by Ben Wagin in 1990, this art installation commemorates those who died at the Berlin Wall. Standing near the original border strip, it consists not only of trees but also of pieces of the border fortification, memorial stones, pictures and text. The names of 258 victims ar
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Martinskapelle
Named after the tiny chapel at the head of the Breg Valley, Martinskapelle attracts cross-country skiers to its forested trails in winter and hikers when the snow melts. The steep road up to the 1100m peak negotiates some pretty hairy switchbacks, swinging past wood-shingle farmhou
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Museumsberg Flensburg
This hilltop museum features two wings: one contains a collection of rooms and furniture from Schleswig-Holstein history, including a remarkably painted cembalo (early piano covered in murals). The second has excellent art nouveau works by Flensburg-born painter Hans Christiansen,
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