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 …
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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 …
15 Best Things to Do in Cottbus (Germany)
Germany’s easternmost city is in the state of Brandenburg. Cottbus is the unofficial capital of Lower Lusatia, home to a minority known as the Sorbs, who have their own Western …
15 Best Things to Do in Bremerhaven (Germany)
There was a time when Bremerhaven had the largest fishing port and the largest emigration port in all of Europe. So it’s apt that this harbour city on the North …
15 Best Things to Do in Velbert (Germany)
On the high hills of the Bergisches Land, Velbert is a town that has always echoed with the clink of metal forges. And while nearby metalworking cities like Solingen specialised …
15 Best Things to Do in Cochem (Germany)
There may not be a lovelier scene in Germany than the town of Cochem, couched in the high, vine-clad slopes of the Moselle Valley. The town of half-timbered houses, scurrying …
15 Best Things to Do in Düren (Germany)
A northern outpost of the Eifel region, Düren is an industrial city between Aachen and Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia. From the 16th century up to the 1980s Düren was Germany’s …
15 Best Things to Do in Wilhelmshaven (Germany)
Germany’s first naval port is tucked into the western lip of the Jade Bight, a natural harbour on the North Sea. Wilhelmshaven was founded by Kaiser Wilhelm I in 1869 …
15 Best Things to Do in Ratingen (Germany)
On Düsseldorf’s northeast shoulder, Ratingen is a well-off city where many international computer brands and high-tech manufacturers have their HQs. Ratingen’s innovative flair goes back at least as far as …
15 Best Things to Do in Marl (Germany)
One of the last mining cities in Germany, Marl is at the very north of the Ruhrgebiet in North Rhine-Westphalia. As Marl is in a conurbation you have quick connections …