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Seaside Beach
On hot summer days theres an undeniable holiday feeling at the Seaside Beach , a 250m-long stretch of sand perfect for swimming, windsurfing, picnicking and playing beach volleyball. Its also a stop for the cruise boats plying the lake from April to September.
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Museum für Konkrete Kunst
This unique art museum showcases works and installations from the Concrete Movement, all of a bafflingly abstract nature. The movement was defined and dominated by interwar artists Max Bill and Theo van Doesburg whose works make up a large share of the collections.
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MesseTurm
Frankfurt’s famous Messe trade fair grounds are anchored by the instantly recognisable MesseTurm, a 256m-high skyscraper nicknamed der Bleistift (the pencil) because its round body is topped by a 36m-high pyramid that makes its silhouette look like a stubby pencil.
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Grenzwachturm Schlesischer Busch
East German guards, machine guns at the ready, used to keep an eye on the inner-city border and the infamous ‘death strip’ from the top of this grey concrete watch tower. The nonprofit organisation Kunstfabrik uses the protected building as a project space.
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Domgrabungsmuseum
Map out the city’s past with a romp of the rocks at this subterranean archaeology museum beside the Dom. Particularly of interest are fragments of Roman mosaics, a milestone hewn from Untersberg marble and the brickwork of the former Romanesque cathedral.
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Fachwerkmuseum im Ständerbau
Germany’s earliest half-timbered houses were built using high perpendicular struts. The building from 1310 that now houses the Fachwerkmuseum im Ständebau is a perfect illustration of this, and inside there are exhibits on the style and construction technique.
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Theater Figuren Museum
Even if you think you eschew puppets, don’t miss this wondrous collection of some 1200 puppets, props, posters and more from Europe, Asia and Africa. The artistry is amazing, as is the ancient alley where its located; try to catch a performance at its theatre .
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Schüttesäge Museum
The riverfront Schüttesäge Museum focuses on Schiltach’s rafting tradition with reconstructed workshops, a watermill generating hydroelectric power for many homes in the area and touchy-feely exhibits for kids, from different kinds of bark to forest animals.
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Petrikirche
Thanks to a lift, even the fitness-phobic get to enjoy panoramic views from the 50m-high platform in the tower of the 13th-century Petrikirche. No longer an active parish, the starkly whitewashed interior hosts exhibits and events.
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Brass Monkey
On the Altstadt, at the entrance to the bridge side, is a statue of a Brass Monkey holding a mirror and surrounded by mice: touch the mirror for wealth, the outstretched fingers to ensure you return to Heidelberg and the mice to ensure you have many children.
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Basilika St Ludgerus
Werden’s main sight is solid-stone St Ludgerus (1175), a beautiful late-Romanesque church named for the Frisian missionary buried here. It has an impressive exterior as well as a commendable treasury housed in the old abbey. The interior has sumptuous carvings.
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Gänseliesel
The city’s symbol, the Gänseliesel (little goose girl) statue is hailed locally as the most kissed woman in the world – not a flattering moniker, you might think, but enough to make her iconic. After graduating, doctoral students climb up to peck her on the cheek.
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Fürstenzug
The 102m-long Fürstenzug mural is depicted on the façade of the former Stallhof (royal stables). The scene, a long row of royalty on horses, was first painted in 1876 by Wullhelm Walther and then transferred to some 24,000 Meissen porcelain tiles in 1904.
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Kleinhesseloher See
Sooner or later in the Englischer Garten youll find your way to the Kleinhesseloher See, a lovely lake at the centre of the park. Work up a sweat while taking a spin around three little islands, then quaff a well-earned foamy one at the Seehaus beer garden .
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Neptunbrunnen
This elaborate fountain was designed by Reinhold Begas in 1891 and depicts Neptune holding court over a quartet of buxom beauties symbolising the rivers Rhine, Elbe, Oder and Vistula. Kids get a kick out of the water-squirting turtle, seal, crocodile and snake.
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Neue Kammern
The New Chambers were originally an orangery and later a guesthouse. The rococo interior drips in opulence, most notably in the Ovidsaal , a grand ballroom with a gilded relief, and in the Jasper Hall , drenched in precious stones and lidded by a Venus fresco.
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Schifffahrtsmuseum
Rostocks excellent Schifffahrtsmuseum is moored on the shores of the flower-filled IGAPark on the northwest riverbank. Aboard the ship, theres a rundown on shipping from the Hanseatic period to today, plus the chance to play captain and other hands-on activities.
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Rautenstrauch
This museum boldly makes a statement with a huge rice boat from Sulawesi that fills the lobby. Over three floors there are exhibits on the cultures of the world; fear not about getting your knuckles rapped – these are interactive and youre encouraged to touch.
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Weinhaus Huth
This rare eyewitness to the pre-WWII Potsdamer Platz was designed in 1912 as one of the first steel-frame buildings in town. It miraculously survived both WWII and the Berlin Wall. The free Daimler Contemporary gallery on the 4th floor presents contemporary art.
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Nibelungenhalle
The 1913 Nibelungenhalle is a templelike shrine to the composer Richard Wagner, decorated with scenes from his opera cycle Ring of the Nibelungen . Tickets include access to the Drachenhöhle, a cave inhabited by a 13m-long stone dragon, and a small reptile zoo.
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