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Rickmer Rickmers
The 1886 three-masted steel windjammer Rickmer Rickmers is now a museum ship; from the restaurant on deck you have fine harbour views.
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Konsumgebäude
The former Konsumgebäude today houses an information centre with a permanent exhibition on the history of the Törten housing estate.
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Nuremberg Zoo
An open-air zoo and Dolphinarium with enclosures as close as possible to the animals natural habitats. Take bus 5 from the Hauptbahnhof.
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University Headquarters
The highlight here is a Minerva bust by Rodin and a wall-sized painting showing Jena students going off to fight against Napoléon.
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Museum in Der Kaiserpfalz
The museum inside the Kaiserpfalz presents excavated items from the days of Charlemagne, including drinking vessels and fresco remnants.
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Wulflamhaus
A beautiful 15th-century town house named after an old mayor, the turreted step gable imitates the Rathaus facade across the square.
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Stadtpfarrkirche St Stephan
To the west of Stadtplatz rises the spire of late-Gothic Stadtpfarrkirche St Stephan . At almost 100m, it’s one of the tallest in Austria.
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Kulturhistorisches Mueum
This recently restored and enlarged museum boasts the original Magdeburger Reiter statue from 1240. A gilded copy is on Alter Markt.
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Kreuzbergkirche
This rococo gem is lavishly decorated with gilded faux marble, frescos and a Balthasar Neumann–designed version of the Holy Steps.
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Hausmannsturm
For fine views, head up the Hausmannsturm. Numismatists might like to pop into the Münzkabinett (Coin Collection), also in the tower.
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Damenstiftskirche
More of the younger Asams masterful frescoes can be viewed in the riotously baroque Damenstiftskirche just north of Sendlinger Strasse.
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Oberes Mittelrheintal
In 2002 Unesco designated these 65km of riverscape, more prosaically known as the Oberes Mittelrheintal , as a World Heritage Site.
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Käthe
This nostalgia-inducing museum fills a former monastery with old dolls and dollhouses by world-renowned designer Käthe Kruse (1883–1968).
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Liszt
Situated on the western edge of Park an der Ilm, this house was where the composer and pianist resided in Weimar from 1869 to 1886.
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Schloss Glücksburg
Glücksburg is renowned for this horseshoe-shaped, blindingly white Renaissance palace, which appears to float in the middle of a large lake.
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Rotes Haus
On the Hauptmarkt , the Rotes Haus was the house of the bakers guild master and secretary of the cathedral chapter, Johann Wilhelm Polch.
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Playground of the Senses
Some 80 hands-on stations designed to educate children in the laws of nature, physics and the human body. Take the U2 or U3 to Wöhrder Wiese.
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Museum Für Sächsische Volkskunst
East along the Elbe, the Museum für Sächsische Volkskunst displays such quaint things as antique furniture, traditional garments and puppet theatres.
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Erich
The interactive Erich-Kästner-Museum is dedicated to the beloved childrens book author, pacifist and outspoken Nazi critic who was born nearby.
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Jüdischer Friedhof
Established in 1712, Deidesheim’s tiny Jewish cemetery is five blocks west of the Marktplatz, just north of the much larger Christian cemetery.
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