Must-see attractions in Germany
Gedenkst盲tte und Museum Sachsenhausen
Around Berlin
About 35km north of Berlin, Sachsenhausen was built by prisoners and opened in 1936 as a prototype for other camps. By 1945, some 200,000 people had鈥
Bavaria
Officially called the KZ-Gedenkst盲tte Dachau, this was the Nazis鈥 first concentration camp, built by Heinrich Himmler in March 1933 to house political鈥
Munich
This commanding palace and its lavish gardens sprawl around 5km northwest of the Altstadt. Begun in 1664 as a villa for Electress Adelaide of Savoy, the鈥
Munich
Home to Bavaria's Wittelsbach rulers from 1508 until WWI, the Residenz is Munich's number-one attraction. The amazing treasures, as well as all the鈥
Munich
Installed for the city's 850th birthday (2008), the M眉nchner Stadtmuseum's Typisch M眉nchen (Typically Munich) exhibition 鈥 taking up the whole of a鈥
City West & Charlottenburg
Charlottenburg Palace is one of Berlin's few sites that still reflect the one-time grandeur of the Hohenzollern clan, which ruled the region from 1415 to鈥
Cologne
Cologne鈥檚 geographical and spiritual heart 鈥 and its single-biggest tourist draw 鈥 is the magnificent K枚lner Dom. With its soaring twin spires, this is鈥
Cologne & Northern Rhineland
Serenely tucked within beautiful Eifel countryside, Abteikirche Maria Laach is one of the finest examples of a Romanesque church in Germany. Part of a 900鈥
Aachen
It鈥檚 impossible to overestimate the significance of Aachen鈥檚 magnificent cathedral. The burial place of Charlemagne, it鈥檚 where more than 30 German kings鈥
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The vast Unesco-listed Residenz, built by 18th-century architect Balthasar Neumann as the home of the local prince-bishops, is one of Germany鈥檚 most鈥
Bavarian Alps
A pocket-sized trove of weird treasures, Schloss Linderhof was Ludwig II鈥檚 smallest but most sumptuous palace, and the only one he lived to see fully鈥
Munich
Munich's main repository of Old European Masters is crammed with all the major players who decorated canvases between the 14th and 18th centuries. This鈥
Munich
The sprawling English Garden is among Europe's biggest city parks 鈥 it even rivals London's Hyde Park and New York's Central Park for size 鈥 and is a鈥
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Appearing through the mountaintops like a mirage, Schloss Neuschwanstein was the model for Disney鈥檚 Sleeping Beauty castle. King Ludwig II planned this鈥
Munich
Germany's largest modern-art museum unites four significant collections under a single roof: 20th-century art, applied design from the 19th century to鈥
Munich
Picture the classic 19th-century museum, a palatial neoclassical edifice overflowing with exotic treasure and thought-provoking works of art, a repository鈥
Chiemsee
An island just 1.5km across the Chiemsee from Prien, Herreninsel is home to Ludwig II鈥檚 Versailles-inspired castle. Begun in 1878, it was never intended鈥
Friedrichshain
Berlin鈥檚 oldest public park has provided relief from urbanity since 1840, but has been hilly only since the late 1940s, when wartime debris was piled up鈥
Fairy-Tale Road
Erected between 1707 and 1717 by Landgrave Karl and declared a Unesco World Heritage site in 2013, the 8.25m-high copper Herkules statue stands atop a鈥
Fairy-Tale Road
One of the joys of Marburg is simply strolling around its steeply winding medieval core. Its focal point is the Marktplatz; on the southern side is the鈥
Northern Germany
Gothic and Renaissance turrets, Slavic onion domes, Ottoman features and terracotta Hanseatic step gables are among the mishmash of architectural styles鈥
W枚rlitz Park & Schloss W枚rlitz
Central Germany
With peacocks feeding on the lawn before a neo-Gothic house, a tree-lined stream flowing towards a Grecian-style temple and a gap in a hedge framing a鈥
Central Germany
You鈥檒l find the four surviving 惭别颈蝉迟别谤丑盲耻蝉别谤 鈥 Gropiushaus, Haus Feininger, Haus Muche/Schlemmer and Haus Kandinsky/Klee 鈥 on leafy Ebertallee, a 15鈥
Dresden
A collaboration between the architect Matth盲us P枚ppelmann and the sculptor Balthasar Permoser, the Zwinger was built between 1710 and 1728 on the orders鈥
Munich
If you鈥檙e one of those people for whom science is an unfathomable turn-off, a visit to the Deutsches Museum might just show you that physics and鈥
Berchtesgaden
Gliding serenely across the wonderfully picturesque, emerald-green 碍枚苍颈驳蝉蝉别别 makes for some unforgettable memories and photo opportunities. Cradled by鈥
Nuremberg
This enormous castle complex above the Altstadt poignantly reflects Nuremberg's medieval might. The main attraction is a tour of the renovated residential鈥
Nationalpark Kellerwald-Edersee
Fairy-Tale Road
Hesse's first national park encompasses the Kellerwald, one of the largest extant red-beech forests in Central Europe and a rare survivor of the last Ice鈥
Heidelberg
Towering over the Altstadt, Heidelberg鈥檚 ruined Renaissance castle cuts a romantic figure, especially across the Neckar River when illuminated at night鈥
St Pauli & Reeperbahn
Here's the perfect excuse to stay up all Saturday night. Every Sunday in the wee hours, some 70,000 locals and visitors descend upon the famous Fischmarkt鈥
Berlin
This museum ranks among the world's finest and most comprehensive collections of European art with about 1500 paintings spanning the arc of artistic鈥
Dresden
Dresden's extraordinary Renaissance city palace, home to its Saxon rulers from 1485 to 1918, now shelters multiple precious collections 鈥 including the鈥
The Black Forest
The Schwarzw盲lder Freilichtmuseum spirals around the Vogtsbauernhof, a self-contained early-17th-century farmstead. Farmhouses shifted from their original鈥
Rostock
Central Rostock鈥檚 pride and joy is the 13th-century Marienkirche, the only main Rostock church to survive WWII unscathed (although restorations are鈥
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King Ludwig II grew up at the sun-yellow Schloss Hohenschwangau and later enjoyed summers here until his death in 1886. His father, Maximilian II, built鈥
Berchtesgaden
At 1834m above sea level, the Eagle's Nest was built as a mountaintop retreat for Hitler, and gifted to him on his 50th birthday. It took around 3000鈥
Freiburg
With its lacy spires, cheeky gargoyles and intricate entrance portal, Freiburg鈥檚 11th-century minster cuts an impressive figure above the central market鈥
Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurt鈥檚 red-sandstone cathedral is dominated by a 95m-high Gothic tower, which can be climbed via 328 steps. Construction began in the 13th century;鈥
Munich
Next to the Olympiapark, the glass-and-steel, double-cone tornado spiralling down from a dark cloud the size of an aircraft carrier holds BMW Welt, truly鈥
