Zoo Karlsruhe is one of Germany’s oldest and best zoological gardens, a 22-hectare zoological park in the heart of Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, that has been delighting visitors since 1865 and is consistently ranked among the most family-friendly and attractively landscaped zoos in the country. The zoo’s historic heart is the Stadtgarten, a beautiful English-style landscape park, […]
Ulm Minster (Ulmer Münster) is a Gothic masterpiece that holds a remarkable world record: at 161.5 metres, its soaring spire is the tallest church tower in the world, higher than Cologne Cathedral, higher than the Sagrada Família, and the tallest building of any kind built before the Eiffel Tower. Located in the modest, often-overlooked city […]
Categories: Germany, Religious Monuments, Sights, Sights
Weltvogelpark Walsrode is the world’s largest bird park, a 24-hectare aviary paradise in Lower Saxony, northern Germany, home to over 4,000 birds from 675 species from every continent on Earth, including rare and endangered birds that visitors can experience in enormous walk-through aviaries, spectacular free-flight shows, and one of the world’s most comprehensive bird breeding […]
Reichsburg Cochem is the fairy-tale castle that defines the Moselle Valley, a dramatic hilltop fortress perched high above the winding river and the storybook town of Cochem, Germany. Rebuilt in the 19th century in the neo-Gothic style, it’s one of the most visually striking castles on the Moselle and a must-see for anyone cruising or […]
The Magdeburg Water Bridge (Wasserstraßenkreuz Magdeburg) is the longest navigable aqueduct in the world, an extraordinary 918-metre-long concrete channel that carries a river over a river, allowing cargo barges to cross high above the Elbe on Europe’s most audacious piece of waterway engineering. Opened in 2003 after nearly a century of planning, the bridge connects […]
Categories: Castles, Germany, Sights, Sights, Technical Monuments
The Mud Olympics (Wattolympiade) in Brunsbüttel, Germany, is one of Europe’s quirkiest and most entertaining festivals, an annual sporting event on the North Sea mudflats where teams compete in bizarre disciplines like mud football, handcart racing, and eel wrestling in the sticky grey silt of the Wadden Sea UNESCO World heritage site. Held each summer […]
Categories: Amusement and Theme Parks, Germany
Albrechtsburg Castle is one of Germany’s most important late Gothic buildings, an architectural milestone in the Saxon town of Meissen, believed to be the first castle in Germany to be conceived and built purely as a residential palace rather than a defensive fortress. Perched above the Elbe River, Albrechtsburg is also the birthplace of Meissen […]
In Hamburg, Germany there is the largest model railway in the world. It is called the Miniature Wonderland and occupies an entire floor in a former warehouse in the Speicherstadt district. The sophisticated giant layout is surrounded by realistic-looking cityscapes of Hamburg and other places of interest from around the world. The Sections and Detailed […]
Categories: Amusement and Theme Parks, Cities, Germany, Sights
Therme Erding is a gigantic thermal world located in Bavaria close to München, offering not only the longest European water slide but also the largest sauna paradise in the world. It is also the biggest thermal water world in Europe spanning thousands of square meters. The Water World and Slides at Therme Erding When you […]
Categories: Germany, Wellness, Relax & Sports, Wellness, Relax & Sports
The white chalk cliffs of Jasmund National Park on Germany’s R\u00fcgen Island are one of northern Europe’s most dramatic coastal landscapes, gleaming white Cretaceous cliffs rising 118 metres above the Baltic Sea from ancient beech forest, immortalised in the paintings of Caspar David Friedrich and now a UNESCO World heritage site. The K\u00f6nigsstuhl (King’s Chair) […]
Categories: Germany, National Parks, Nature, Nature
