15 Best Things to Do in Heilbronn (Germany)
More than 1,200 years in the making, Heilbronn on the Neckar River has a few strings to its bow. The city is Württemberg’s wine capital, and has a wine festival …
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15 Best Things to Do in Gelsenkirchen (Germany)
At the very centre of the Ruhr Area, Gelsenkirchen is an industrial city just northeast of Essen. Taking off in the 19th century, coalmining boosted Gelsenkirchen’s population by hundreds of …
15 Best Things to Do in Bochum (Germany)
Between Essen and Dortmund, Bochum is a city born on the back of the Industrialisation of the Ruhrgeniet at the end of the 19th century. The days of coal mining …
15 Best Things to Do in Hagen (Germany)
On the south bank of the Ruhr, Hagen is a city that mixes culture, industrial history and wide open parks. In fact Hagen is the greenest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, …
15 Best Things to Do in Dresden (Germany)
On the Elbe in the state of Saxony, Dresden is a city of Baroque wonders that have been resurrected since the war. The Wettins were a long line of Electors …
15 Best Things to Do in Münster (Germany)
A historic university city, Münster is the capital of Westphalia and has a skyline shaped by the Romanesque and Gothic towers of its medieval churches. For hundreds of years up …
15 Best Things to Do in Wiesbaden (Germany)
The capital of the state of Hesse, Wiesbaden is a spa town on mineral springs that have been harnessed since the Romans. The city has all the regal architecture and …
15 Best Things to Do in Freiburg (Germany)
Wreathed in vineyards in Baden-Württemberg, Freiburg is a Medieval university city on the edge of the Black Forest. The minster has to be the first thing you see in Freiburg, …
25 Best Things to Do in Duisburg (Germany)
An industrial giant in the Ruhr, Duisburg is still Germany’s largest steel-producing city when a lot of the other heavy industry in the region has powered down. Helping to transport …
25 Best Things to Do in Bremen (Germany)
In Medieval times the Weser River brought Europe to Bremen’s door, and the city grew in stature as a Free Hanseatic City from the 12th Century. Sea trade has always …