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Altpörtel
The 55m-high, 13th-century Altpörtel, the city’s western gate, is the only remaining part of the town wall. The clock (1761) has separate dials for minutes and hours. On the second floor, a permanent exhibition covers the history of Speyer. Breathtaking views unfold from the top of
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Triberger Wasserfälle
Niagara they ain’t but Germany’s highest waterfalls do exude their own wild romanticism. The Gutach River feeds the seven-tiered falls, which drop a total of 163m and are illuminated until 10pm. A paved trail accesses the cascades. Pick up a bag of peanuts at the ticket counter to
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Gemäldegalerie
The principal Kulturforum museum boasts one of the worlds finest and most comprehensive collections of European art from the 13th to the 18th centuries. Wear comfy shoes when exploring the 72 galleries: a walk past masterpieces by Rembrandt, Dürer, Hals, Vermeer, Gainsborough and m
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Deutsches Historisches Museum
This engaging museum zeroes in on 1500 years of German history in all its gore and glory – not in a nutshell, but on two floors of a Prussian-era armoury. Check out the Nazi globe, the pain-wrecked faces of dying warrior sculptures in the courtyard, and the temporary exhibits in th
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Konstantin Basilika
Constructed around AD 310 as Constantine’s throne room, the brick-built basilica is now an austere Protestant church. With built-to-impress dimensions (some 67m long, 27m wide and 33m high), its the largest single-room Roman structure still in existence. A new organ, with 87 regist
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Museum Folkwang
A grand dame among Germany’s art repositories, the Museum Folkwang has sparkling digs designed by British star architect David Chipperfield. Galleries radiate out from inner courtyards and gardens of the glass-fronted building, providing a progressive setting for such 19th- and 20t
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Zitadelle Petersberg
Situated on the Petersberg hill northwest of Domplatz, this citadel ranks among Europe’s largest and best-preserved baroque fortresses. It sits above a honeycomb of tunnels, which can be explored on two-hour guided tours run by the tourist office. Otherwise, its free to roam the ex
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Chinesisches Haus
The 18th-century fad for the Far East is poignantly reflected in the Chinese House. The cloverleaf-shaped shutterbug favourite sports an enchanting exterior of exotically dressed gilded figures shown sipping tea, dancing and playing musical instruments amid palm-shaped pillars. Ins
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Rammelsberg Museum & Besucherbergwerk
About 2km south of the town centre, the shafts and buildings of this 1000-year-old mine are now a museum and Unesco World Heritage site. Admission to the mine includes a German-language tour and a pamphlet with English explanations of the 18th- and 19th-century Roeder Shafts, the m
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Schloss Neuenburg
This large medieval castle on the hill above town is one of Freyburg’s highlights. It houses an excellent museum that illuminates various aspects of medieval life. The complex includes a rare Romanesque two-storey (or ‘double’) chapel and a free-standing tower, the Dicker Wilhelm,
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St
Of the three great redbrick churches that once rose above the rooftops before WWII, only the sober redbrick St-Nikolai-Kirche, the largest of its kind in Europe, was left intact. It has elaborate carvings and a font from its older sister church, the St-Marien-Kirche. The linden-tre
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Kunsthalle Würth
The brainchild of industrialist Reinhold Würth, this contemporary gallery is housed in a striking limestone building that preserves part of a century-old brewery. Stellar temporary exhibitions have recently spotlighted the precious silver of Londons Victoria & Albert Museum and
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Städel Museum
Founded in 1815, this world-renowned art gallery has an outstanding collection of European art from masters including Dürer, Rembrandt, Rubens, Renoir, Picasso and Cézanne, dating from the Middle Ages to today. More contemporary works by artists including Francis Bacon and Gerhard
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Eisenbahnmuseum
Its a bit away from the centre, but fans of historic trains have plenty to admire at this vast museum. It displays around 180 steam locomotives (many puffing away), and coaches and wagons dating back as far as 1853. From Bochum Hauptbahnhof take tram 318 (or from Essen, the S3) to
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Burgruine Polle
About 15km south of Bodenwerder, in the tiny village of Polle, youll find this wonderfully accessible hilltop castle ruin (dating from around 1285) affording beautiful views over the Weser River valley below. You can climb to the top of the tower or just admire the views from the q
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Ozeaneum
In an arctic-white wavelike building that leaps out from the surrounding red-brick warehouses, the state-of-the-art Ozeaneum takes you into an underwater world of creatures from the Baltic and North Seas and the Atlantic Ocean up to the polar latitudes. In a huge tank you can see w
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Rheinisches Landesmuseum
A scale model of 4th-century Trier and rooms filled with tombstones, mosaics, rare gold coins (including the 1993-discovered Trier Gold Hoard, the largest preserved Roman gold hoard in the world, with over 2600 gold coins) and some fantastic glass are highlights of this museum, whi
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Phaeno
The glass-and-concrete building that houses this brilliant and engaging science centre was designed by British-based Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid. Inside are over 300 hands-on physics exhibits and experiments (with instructions and explanations in both German and English), great for
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Mittelrhein
Spread over 1700 sq m of the striking new glass Forum Confluentes building, Koblenz Mittelrhein-Museums displays span 2000 years of the region’s history, including artworks, coins, ceramics, porcelain, furniture, miniature art, textiles, militaria and more. Dont miss the collection
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DFB
Classic scenes of German football triumphs play across the facade of this vast shrine to the nations passion. Right outside the Hauptbahnhof, the museum has 6900 sq m of exhibits dedicated to the nations football passions and triumphs. Storylines familiar to every fan are explored,
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