15 Best Things to Do in Lübeck (Germany)
A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Lübeck is a must-visit city in Schleswig-Holstein. As the capital of the Hanseatic League the city was a central node in a network of ports …
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15 Best Things to Do in Erfurt (Germany)
A city with more than 1,200 years of history, Erfurt is the capital of the Free State of Thuringia and has one of Germany’s most complete Medieval centres. Here, St …
15 Best Things to Do in Magdeburg (Germany)
One of the oldest cities in Germany’s eastern federal states, Magdeburg is 1,200 years old and was once a member of the Hanseatic League of merchant cities. In the 10th …
15 Best Things to Do in Herne (Germany)
In the middle of the Ruhr area between Dortmund and Gelsenkirchen, Herne is a run-of-the-mill city at first glance. But there’s a lot more happening than first meets the eye. …
15 Best Things to Do in Halle (Germany)
The largest city in Saxony-Anhalt, Halle is a former ducal town rich in history. The Baroque composer George Frideric Handel was born in Halle in 1685 and lived here to …
25 Best Things to Do in Hanover (Germany)
Lower Saxony’s capital is a university city and economic centre that was once the seat of an Imperial Electorate. The royal line, the House of Hanover, gave the United Kingdom …
15 Best Things to Do in Oberhausen (Germany)
The cradle of industry in the Ruhr, Oberhausen is a city that didn’t even exist before the 1860s. A joint metallurgy and coalmining venture brought thousands of families, and they …
15 Best Things to Do in Augsburg (Germany)
The third oldest German city after Neuss and Trier, Augsburg was founded by the Romans in 15BC. The city had always been at the nexus of European trade, but its …
15 Best Things to Do in Krefeld (Germany)
On the left bank of the Rhine, not far from Düsseldorf, Krefeld is a conurbation of towns incorporated into a city at the start of the 20th century. At that …
15 Best Things to Do in Kiel (Germany)
The capital of Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel is a maritime city in the 17-kilometre Kiel Fjord. That is a huge natural harbour, just the spot for Germany’s Navy to dock its Baltic …