15 Best Things to Do in Salzgitter (Germany)
A 20-minute drive south of Braunschweig (Brunswick) in Lower Saxony, Salzgitter is an industrial city with a reputation for its steel production. A new city, Salzgitter was only founded in …
15 Best Things to Do in Iserlohn (Germany)
In the early days of industrialisation Iserlohn was the largest city in Westphalia. Iserlohn’s growth spurt happened early because of a burgeoning metalworking industry. This had been around since the …
15 Best Things to Do in Offenbach (Germany)
A few short kilometres upriver from Frankfurt, on the left bank of the Main sits the city of Offenbach. In times past, two of the big industries in Offenbach were …
15 Best Things to Do in Reutlingen (Germany)
Resting in the north-western foothills of the Swabian Jura, Reutlingen is a likeable historic city and a jumping off point for people exploring the mountains. The main sights are in …
15 Best Things to Do in Siegen (Germany)
In rural and hilly south Westphalia, Siegen is a university city that was once a residence for the Counts of Nassau. That noble family had a difficult period in the …
15 Best Things to Do in Gera (Germany)
In Thuringia, Gera is a former textile city sitting in the Weiße Elster River valley. For hundreds of years the city was ruled by the House of Reuß-Gera. And for …
15 Best Things to Do in Koblenz (Germany)
In the UNESCO-listed Upper Middle Rhine Valley, Koblenz is a 2,000-year-old city where the Moselle joins the Rhine. Right at the confluence of those rivers the Teutonic Order founded one …
15 Best Things to Do in Moers (Germany)
In the Lower Rhine Valley, a short way west of the river is Moers, an understated former mining city with a sweet old centre. Moers’ historic core is still walled …
15 Best Things to Do in Bergisch Gladbach (Germany)
The city of Bergisch Gladbach was born in 1975 when the namesake town and Bensberg merged during a territorial reform in North Rhine-Westphalia. Now it’s a rural, low-key kind of …
15 Best Things to Do in Esslingen (Germany)
The enchanting Medieval city of Esslingen is an arm of the Neckar River upstream from Stuttgart. Esslingen is blessed with centuries old architecture and has more than 200 half-timbered houses …