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Goldener Saal
The meticulously restored Goldener Saal is a main meeting hall. Its a dazzling space canopied by a gilded and coffered ceiling, interspersed with frescoes.
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Domkammer
The Domkammer, which is reached via the Doms hidden cloisters, counts an 11th-century, gem-studded golden head reliquary of St Paul among its finest pieces.
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Deichtorhallen
Two grandly restored brick market halls built in 1911 and 1913 respectively, are home to high-profile special exhibitions of modern art and photography.
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Instrumenten Museum
Music buffs should catch one of the Friday lunchtime concerts (€3) at the Instrumenten Museum , occupying a former wine depot topped by a Bacchus statue.
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Beatles
Designed like a vinyl record, it has abstract steel sculptures resembling cookie cutters of the fab four (including a hybrid of Ringo Starr and Pete Best).
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Domschatzgewölbe
More riches await in the Domschatzgewölbe , where highlights include an altar painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder and a heart-wrenching 14th-century pietà.
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Olympiaturm
When the sky is clear youll quite literally have Munich at your feet against the breathtaking backdrop of the Alps from the top of the 290m Olympiaturm.
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Oberer Schlossgarten
The Oberer Schlossgarten (Upper Palace Garden) is framed by eye-catching landmarks like the columned Staatstheater and the ultramodern glass-clad Landtag.
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Torhalle
The AD 860 Carolingian Torhalle houses medieval objets dart, sculpture and changing exhibitions of regional paintings from the 18th to the 20th centuries.
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Erich Maria Remarque Friedenszentrum
This small museum uses photos and documents to chronicle the writer Erich Maria Remarque’s life (1898–1970) and work (All Quiet on the Western Front et al).
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Boxers Sculpture
Harings sculpture shows two cut-steel stick figures – one blue, one red – seemingly punching each other out. Or are they embracing each other? You decide.
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Burg Sooneck
The state-owned Burg Sooneck , an impressive castle, was carefully restored in the 19th century and is filled with neo-Gothic and Biedermeier furniture and paintings.
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Rosgartenmuseum
The one-time butchers’ guildhall now harbours the Rosgartenmuseum, spotlighting regional art and history, with an emphasis on medieval panel painting and sculpture.
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Museum in der Majolika
A line of 1645 blue majolica tiles, called the Blaue Linie, connects the Schloss to the Museum in der Majolika, exhibiting glazed ceramics made in Karlsruhe since 1901.
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Heimatkundliches Museum
The town museum has an eclectic collection ranging from embroidery (originally manufactured in the building) to animal specimens (about 4700) and religious objects.
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Halligalli Kinderwelt
On the top floors of the MyZeil shopping mall, kids can bounce around a 1500-sq-metre indoor playground complex. Its an especially good option on rainy or chilly days.
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Märchenparadies
Children adore the kitschy cuteness of Märchenparadies , a mini-theme park with gentle rides, play areas and fairy-tale characters from Snow White to Rumpelstiltskin.
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Technikmuseum Hugo Junkers
Aviation fans will be wowed by the vintage aircraft at the Technikmuseum Hugo Junkers. Tram 1 goes straight to the museum (get off at Junkerspark) from the Hauptbahnhof.
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Gelandet Sculpture
Crane your neck to spot Auke de Vriess Gelandet (Landed) teetering on the edge of the roof of the DaimlerServices building (look for the square tower with the green top).
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Russische Kirche
Beautiful, if a little incongrous, Baden-Badens Byzantine-style 1882 Russian Church is topped with a brilliantly golden onion dome and lavishly adorned with frescos.
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