15 Best Things to Do in Ingolstadt (Germany)
A youthful university city on the Danube in the heart of Bavaria, Ingolstadt is the headquarters of the car manufacturer Audi. You can return to the very origins of the …
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15 Best Things to Do in Solingen (Germany)
In the hilly and forested Bergiches Land, Solingen is a town just upriver on the Wupper from Wuppertal. Since the Middle Ages Solingen has had the nickname, Klingenstadt (City of …
15 Best Things to Do in Ulm (Germany)
On the Danube in Baden-Württemberg, Ulm will forever be synonymous with its epic minster. The city, also the birthplace of Albert Einstein, is a heady juxtaposition of Medieval and modern: …
15 Best Things to Do in Hamm (Germany)
The easternmost stop on the Ruhr’s Industrial Heritage Trail, Hamm is a quiet, former coalmining town that has now switched to manufacturing and logistics. Where most cities in the Ruhr …
15 Best Things to Do in Mülheim (Germany)
Straddling the Ruhr River, Mülheim is an a historic city encircled by smaller settlements all born during industrialisation in the 19th century. Mülheim was one of the first cities in …
15 Best Things to Do in Rostock (Germany)
A Hanseatic trading city, Rostock was granted city rights in the 13th century and since then has been a nexus point for trade, learning and shipbuilding on the Baltic. The …
15 Best Things to Do in Chemnitz (Germany)
In the state of Saxony, Chemnitz is a manufacturing city that came to the fore during industrialisation in the 19th century. That boom era is recorded by an excellent industrial …
15 Best Things to Do in Mainz (Germany)
Germany’s wine capital, Mainz was founded by the Romans on the left bank of the Rhine and has more than 2,000 years of history. Looming over the Altstadt’s romantic warren …
15 Best Things to Do in Karlsruhe (Germany)
The German nickname for Karlsruhe in Baden-Württemberg is “Fächerstadt”, which means “Fan City”. When you see a map the city you’ll know why. Karlsruhe follows a clean geometric plan devised …
15 Best Things to Do in Kassel (Germany)
Home of the Brothers Grimm, Kassel shines with the wealth of the Hessian Landgraves and Electors who gave the city two of Europe’s greatest gardens. In the west is the …