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Deutsches Weihnachtsmuseum
If youre glad Christmas comes but once every 365 days, then stay well clear of the Käthe Wohlfahrt Weihnachtsdorf , a Yuletide superstore that also houses this Christmas Museum. This repository of all things Ho! Ho! Ho! traces the development of various Christmas customs and decora
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Müritz National Park
This serene national park consists of bog and wetlands, and is home to a wide range of waterfowl, including ospreys, white-tailed eagles and cranes. Its two main sections sprawl over 300 sq km to the east and (mainly) west of Neustrelitz, where the park’s waterway begins on the Zie
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Schlossberg
The forested Schlossberg dominates Freiburg. Take the footpath opposite the Schwabentor, leading up through sun-dappled woods, or hitch a ride on the recently restored Schlossbergbahn cable car. For serious hikers, several trails begin here including those to St Peter (17km) and Ka
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Römer
The photogenic Römer (old town hall) consists of three step-gabled 15th-century houses. In the time of the Holy Roman Empire, it was the site of celebrations during the election and coronation of emperors. The barrel-vaulted Kaisersaal , accessed from Limpurgerstrasse via a little
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Jüdischer Friedhof Schönhauser Allee
Berlins second Jewish cemetery opened in 1827 and hosts many well-known dearly departed, such as the artist Max Liebermann and the composer Giacomo Meyerbeer. Its a pretty place with dappled light filtering through big old trees and a sense of melancholy emanating from overgrown gr
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Museum Schloss Herrenhäusen
Opened in 2013, this spectacular reconstruction was built to the original plans for the early-19th-century palace that was destroyed by bombing in 1943. It features an authentic facade and a state-of-the-art modern interior, primarily used for high-end conferences and events. This
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Leuchtenberg
Odeonsplatz marks the beginning of the Maxvorstadt, a 19th-century quarter built to link central Munich with Schwabing to the north. Leo von Klenze masterminded its overall design and several of the buildings, including the Leuchtenberg-Palais, a stately town palace modelled after
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Nord
The 99km-long Nord-Ostsee-Kanal reaches the Baltic Sea from the North Sea at Kiel, with some 60,000 ships passing through every year. Its easy to view the Schleusen (locks) at Holtenau , 7km north of Kiel. The viewing platform here is open from sunrise to sunset. There’s a museum o
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Erfurter Dom
Erfurts cathedral, where Martin Luther was ordained a priest, has origins as a simple 8th-century chapel that grew into the stately Gothic pile you see today. Standouts in its treasure-filled interior include the stained-glass windows; the Wolfram, an 850-year-old bronze candelabru
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Haus der Natur
Kids will love the Haus der Natur, where they can bone up on dinosaurs and alpine crystals in the natural history rooms, gawp at snakes and crocs in the reptile enclosure, and glimpse piranhas and coral reefs in the aquarium. Blink-and-you’ll-miss-them baby clownfish splash around
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Fraueninsel
A third of this tiny island is occupied by Frauenwörth Abbey , founded in the late 8th century, making it one of the oldest abbeys in Bavaria. The 10th-century church, whose free-standing campanile sports a distinctive onion-dome top (11th century), is worth a visit. Opposite the c
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Mauermuseum
The Cold War years, especially the history and horror of the Berlin Wall, are engagingly, if haphazardly, documented in this privately run tourist magnet. Open since 1961, the aging exhibit is still strong when it comes to telling the stories of escape attempts to the West. Origina
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Buddenbrookhaus
The winner of the 1929 Nobel Prize for Literature, Thomas Mann, was born in Lübeck in 1875 and his family’s former home is now the Buddenbrookhaus. Named after Mann’s novel of a wealthy Lübeck family in decline, The Buddenbrooks (1901), this museum is a monument to the author of su
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Günter Grass
Born in Danzig (now Gdańsk), Poland, Günter Grass had been living just outside Lübeck for 13 years when he collected his Nobel Prize in 1999. But this postwar literary colossus initially trained as an artist, and he always continued to draw and sculpt. The Günter Grass-Haus is fill
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Schlesisches Museum zu Görlitz
The splendid Schönhof, a 1526 Renaissance residence, forms the atmospheric backdrop to this comprehensive exhibit on the culture and history of Silesia, a region thats often found itself in the crosshairs of political power players and repeatedly changed borders and identity over t
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Reichsstadtmuseum
Highlights of the Reichsstadtmuseum, housed in a former Dominican convent, include the Rothenburger Passion (1494), a cycle of 12 panels by Martinus Schwarz, and the oldest convent kitchen in Germany, as well as weapons and armour. Outside the main entrance (on your right as you’re
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Theresienwiese
The huge Theresienwiese (Theresa Meadow), better known as Wiesn, southwest of the Altstadt, is the site of the Oktoberfest. At the western end of the meadow is the Ruhmeshalle guarding solemn statues of Bavarian leaders, as well as the Bavariastatue , an 18m-high Amazon in the Stat
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St Sebalduskirche
Nurembergs oldest church was built in rusty pink-veined sandstone in the 13th century. Its exterior is replete with religious sculptures and symbols; check out the ornate carvings over the Bridal Doorway to the north, showing the Wise and Foolish Virgins. Inside, the bronze shrine
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Europäischer Kulturpark Bliesbruck
Flanking the Franco-German border about 25km southeast of Saarbrücken in the charming Blies Valley, the Europäischer Kulturpark Bliesbruck-Reinheim showcases the ruins of a 1st- to 4th-century Gallo-Roman crafts town. Most of the artisans houses, with their ovens, cellars and heati
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Kloster Eberbach
Dating from the 12th century, this one-time Cistercian monastery, in an idyllic little valley 17km west of Wiesbaden, went through periods as a lunatic asylum, jail, sheep pen and accommodation for WWII refugees. Today you can explore the 13th- and 14th-century Kreuzgang (cloister)
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