Great places to visit in Germany
Germany
Germany, a land steeped in history and innovation, offers a captivating blend of medieval charm, vibrant cities, and scenic landscapes.
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Places to visit in Germany
Why not take a look at these fab places to visit.
Aachen
Visit Charlemagne’s shrine at Aachen Cathedral and get pampered at Carolus Thermen spa complex
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Aschaffenburg
City by the River Main with Schloss Johannisburg is a grand 17th-century Renaissance palace with a large painting collection.
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Bad Doberan
Popular bathing resort, thanks to Heiligendamm, a district of Bad Doberan situated directly at the cliff line of the Baltic.
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Baden-Baden
Spa town in southwestern Germany’s Black Forest, near the border with France. Its thermal baths led to fame as a fashionable 19th-century resort.
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Bamberg
UNESCO town in northern Bavaria, laid out over 7 hills with 11th to 19th century buildings including the muraled Altes Rathaus (town hall)
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Berlin
Berlin, Germany's capital and largest city, is a vibrant metropolis steeped in history and renowned for its art scene, energetic nightlife, and cultural attractions.
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Binz
Largest seaside resort city on the German island of Rügen that's known for its well-kept historical resort architecture and natural scenery
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Bochum
Home to the German Mining Museum chronicling the history of mining and steel production.
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Bremen
City straddling the Weser River known for its role in maritime trade, represented by Hanseatic buildings on the Market Square.
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Celle
North German city filled with half-timbered houses like the ornate Hoppener Haus and a castle, the Schloss Celle
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Chemnitz
City with huge Karl Marx Monument commemorating the socialist pioneer for whom the city was once named.
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Cologne
Located on the banks of the Rhine, it's best known for its Gothic cathedral, its Roman heritage and its carnival.
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Constance
City on Lake Constance (Bodensee), in southern Germany. Its preserved medieval district of Niederburg includes the Romanesque Konstanz Cathedral
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Dortmund
City in North Rhine-Westphalia best known for its football team but with lots of other things to do and see
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Duisburg
City in western Germany, at the junction of the Rhine and Ruhr rivers. It's known for its large harbour and the Innenhafen (Inner Harbour) with its waterfront dining and nightlife.
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Essen
City in western Germany containing the Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, which has been transformed to house several museums.
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Frankfurt
Major financial hub that's home to the European Central Bank. It's the birthplace of famed writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Frankfurt (Oder)
City on the Oder River, at the Polish border, known for its red-brick Gothic buildings.
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Freiburg
At the edge of the Black Forest, it's one of the greenest and sunniest cities in Germany.
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Fürth
City now part of the larger conurbation on Nuremberg which was a centre of Jewish study.
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Füssen
Town in Germany, just north of the Austrian border with a Gothic castle, Hohes Schloss, housing a regional art museum.
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Goslar
Town in Germany’s Harz Mountains known for its medieval old town and half-timbered houses.
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Gotha
Fifth-largest city in Thuringia and original home of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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Heidelberg
One of the most romantic cities in Germany, thanks to its picturesque setting on the Neckar river.
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Heiligenhafen
A little fishing port and marina which attracts tourists every summer to its 10-day harbour festival
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Ingolstadt
City in Bavaria, Germany, known for the Audi Forum and its museum of classic cars.
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Jena
City of Science' known for the Optical Museum (and planetarium), displaying vintage Zeiss microscopes and a spectacles collection.
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Karlsruhe
City in southwestern Germany. Housed in a former weapons factory, the vast ZKM Center for Art and Media includes video, audio and interactive installations.
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Kassel
City in central Germany, known for its Documenta art exhibition. and Wilhelmshöhe park
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Kiel
One of Germany's major maritime centres, known for a variety of international sailing events
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Leipzig
Old university city in Saxony with long music tradition and flashpoint for the fall of communism in 1989.
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Lüneburg
Town in northern Germany with a red Brick Gothic–style buildings around Am Sande square and a salt mining museum in the old works.
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Lutherstadt Wittenberg
University town along the River Elbe and home of the UNESCO Lutherhaus
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Magdeburg
City on the Elbe River and last resting place of Holy Roman emperor Otto the Great.
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Mainz
City on the Rhine, known for its old town, with half-timbered houses and medieval market squares.
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Mannheim
City on the Rhine and Neckar rivers with baroque Quadrate, Marktplatz Square and palace.
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Mittenwald
Town amid the Alpine peaks of Bavaria known for its colorful painted houses and its violin-making history
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Munich
The capital of Bavaria is a popular destination for its Oktoberfest, its beer halls and its fairy-tale castles.
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Nuremberg
The city of Nuremberg is famous for its medieval old town, it's Christmas market and its role in the Nazi era.
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Paderborn
City in western Germany with romanesque Paderborn Cathedral is known for its large crypt and the Drei-Hasen-Fenster
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Passau
Known as the Three Rivers City, it's overlooked by the Veste Oberhaus, a 13th-century hilltop fortress.
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Potsdam
City on the border of Berlin and place of Frederick the Great's summer home, Sanssouci Palace.
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Prora
With its beautiful beaches and family-friendly attractions, Prora would be a great place to visit in any case. But it also has a dark secret as the site of a Nazi era holiday camp.
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Rastatt
City located in South West Germany, bordered by the Rhine and the Black Forest. Home to Schloss Rastatt.
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Rendsburg
An otherwise perfectly normal north German town has something of a thing for record breaking.
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Schwangau (Neuschwanstein Castle)
Village in Bavaria and gateway to the grand Neuschwanstein Castle
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Schweinfurt
City in Lower Franconia that's a home to the Museum Georg Schäfer which focuses on German art
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Schwerin
State capital of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern known for its neo-Renaissance Schwerin Castle
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Sellin
Resort town on the German island of Rügen. It's known for its Baltic Sea beaches and Seebrücke (pier), with a 1920s-style pavilion.
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Simbach
Border town on the River Inn in Bavaria. Over the bridge is the Austrian city of Braunau am Inn.
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Stuttgart
Capital of southwest Germany’s Baden-Württemberg state, is known as a manufacturing hub. Mercedes-Benz and Porsche have headquarters and museums here.
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Titisee
Municipality in the Southern Black Forest Nature Park with Badeparadies Schwarzwald, a large water park with slides and saunas.
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Trier
City in the Moselle wine region containing several well-preserved Roman structures like the Porta Nigra gate
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Warnemünde
German port town on the Baltic Sea, near Rostock. It's known for its long beachfront and marina
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Weimar
Home of Goethe, Schiller, Bauhaus Weimar Classicism and seat of the interwar government.
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Wertheim
Medieval town with half-timbered houses and small streets dominated by the castle Burg Wertheim
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Wiesbaden
City in Hesse with neoclassical Kurhausand and the Kurpark, an English-style landscaped garden
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Winterberg
Winter resort town known for the ski slopes and foot and cycle trails in the surrounding mountains.
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Wismar
City in northern Germany, on the Baltic Sea, known for its well-preserved medieval buildings
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How to get to Germany flight-free
Aachen is just an hour away from Brussels by ICE, so a day trip to the ancient capital of the Holy Roman Empire from London is perfectly possible.
How to get from London to Berlin by rail
There are many fun ways to get to Berlin from London but here are the most direct.
Other popular routes
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