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Motor Sport Museum
Has a fantastic collection of historic motorcycles, some a century old, and a fine ensemble of historic race cars. Upstairs, check out the reconstruction of the world’s first motorcycle, built of wood by Maybach and Daimler in 1885.
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Niederburg
Best explored on foot, Konstanz’ cobbled heart, Niederburg, stretches north from the Münster to the Rhine. The twisting cobbled lanes lined with half-timbered town houses are the place to snoop around galleries and antique shops.
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Bismarckturm
Göttingens stone Bismarck Tower, completed in 1898, has a viewing platform 31m above the ground from where you can see as far as the Göttingen Forest to the east, the Werra mountains to the south and the Weser mountains to the west.
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Stadtmuseum Schleswig
Schleswig’s city museum incorporates a treacly (and kid-friendly) Teddy Bear Haus in a half-timbered building off the courtyard. More sober displays outline the citys history. It’s a signposted five-minute walk north of the Bahnhof.
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Kirche St Michael
Steps lead spectacularly up to the late-Gothic Kirche St Michael, which was built in place of the original three-aisled basilica. Note also the Gotischer Fischbrunnen (1509), a large iron tub once used for storing fish before sale.
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Riding Bikes Sculpture
Robert Rauschenbergs Riding Bikes consists of two recycled bicycles illuminated by multicoloured neon tubes. Its an excellent example of his approach to turning reality into art while creating as little wastage as possible.
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Prince Frederick Arthur of Homburg, General of Cav Sculpture
Ponder Frank Stellas otherworldly Prince Frederick Arthur of Homburg, General of Cav . Made of white-silver aluminium, carbon and fibreglass, it explores the relationships of space, colour and form in a three-dimensional setting.
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Amalienburg
The royal gardens take the form of a magnificently landscaped English-style park. They contain a number of follies, including the Amalienburg , a dainty hunting lodge with a domed central room and the Pagodenburg Chinese teahouse.
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Spirit of Mozart
A tribute to Mozart stands by the Salzach River in the shape of Marina Abramovic’s Spirit of Mozart , a cluster of chairs surrounding a 15m-high chair, which, as the name suggests, is said to embody the spirit of the composer.
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St Johanner Markt
The heart of Saarbrücken (and its nightlife hub) historic St Johanner Markt is a long, narrow public square anchored by an ornate fountain designed by Friedrich Joachim Stengel and flanked by some of the town’s oldest buildings.
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Schönheitengalerie
The most famous room in the Schloss Nymphenburg is the Schönheitengalerie (Gallery of Beauties), in the southern wing, a portrait gallery of 38 beauties from all walks of life and parts of the world hand-selected by Ludwig I.
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Poppenspäler Museum
Kids – and kids at heart – will be enchanted by the puppets on display at the Poppenspäler Museum. In summer, it presents a series of outdoor shows from its century-old puppet wagon. Check with the museum for annual schedules.
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Barkenhoff
The creative heart of the Worpswede artists’ colony was this half-timbered structure remodelled in the art nouveau style by its owner Heinrich Vogeler. Today it houses the Heinrich-Vogeler-Museum, with paintings and applied arts.
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Museum
The archaeology museum hides the 35,000-year-old Vogelherd figurines, the worlds oldest figurative artworks. These thumb-sized ivory carvings of mammoths and lions were unearthed in the Vogelherdhöhle caves in the Swabian Alps.
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Museum Industruriekultur
A former screw-manufacturing plant now houses the Museum Industruriekultur, with quirky exhibits such as talking washing machines, a fully functional 1920s cinema, and a kids fun learning lab with various vehicles to test drive.
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Schauinsland Peak
Looming above Freiburg, the Schauinsland peak is topped by a lookout tower commanding fabulous views to the Rhine Valley and Alps, plus walking, cross-country and cycling trails that allow you to capture the scenery from many angles.
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Personenaufzug
This ancient lift, which dates from 1905, whisks you up a 50m-high tower for views and access to a footbridge linking to a pretty forest path that runs into the national park. Its on the road out of town, towards the Czech border.
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Röntgen Gedächtnisstätte
Winner of the very first Nobel Prize in 1901, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered X-rays in 1895; his preserved laboratory forms the heart of this small exhibition which is complemented by a film on Röntgens life and work in English.
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Veste Wachsenburg
Housing a museum, hotel and restaurant, this well-preserved hilltop castle was built in the 10th century and extensively reconstructed in the 17th and 19th centuries. It offers stunning views of the surrounding Thuringian basin.
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Löwenburg
Situated within Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe, the Lions Castle was built between 1793 and 1801 in a medieval style. Tours take in the Rüstkammer (Museum of Armaments) and Ritterzeitsmuseum (Museum of Chivalry). Bus 23 will get you here.
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