25 Best Things to Do in Hanover (Germany)
Lower Saxony’s capital is a university city and economic centre that was once the seat of an Imperial Electorate. The royal line, the House of Hanover, gave the United Kingdom …
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15 Best Things to Do in Oberhausen (Germany)
The cradle of industry in the Ruhr, Oberhausen is a city that didn’t even exist before the 1860s. A joint metallurgy and coalmining venture brought thousands of families, and they …
15 Best Things to Do in Augsburg (Germany)
The third oldest German city after Neuss and Trier, Augsburg was founded by the Romans in 15BC. The city had always been at the nexus of European trade, but its …
15 Best Things to Do in Krefeld (Germany)
On the left bank of the Rhine, not far from Düsseldorf, Krefeld is a conurbation of towns incorporated into a city at the start of the 20th century. At that …
15 Best Things to Do in Kiel (Germany)
The capital of Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel is a maritime city in the 17-kilometre Kiel Fjord. That is a huge natural harbour, just the spot for Germany’s Navy to dock its Baltic …
15 Best Things to Do in Bonn (Germany)
On the Middle Rhine, Bonn is a city that everyone knows for being the capital of West Germany up to 1990. Germany’s current constitution was declared in Bonn in 1949 …
15 Best Things to Do in Leipzig (Germany)
Having long been a centre for trade, culture and learning, the city of Leipzig was where East Germany’s Peaceful Revolution gained traction in the 1980s. The Monday Demonstrations were held …
15 Best Things to Do in Nuremberg (Germany)
The capital of Franconia is a city that has lived through momentous world events, from the time of the Holy Roman Empire to the 20th century. The Altstadt (Old Town) …
15 Best Things to Do in Bielefeld (Germany)
The city of Bielefeld is in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe, a region powered by high-tech manufacturing and where multinational corporations have their headquarters. One company most people will know is Dr. Oetker, …
15 Best Things to Do in Wuppertal (Germany)
The largest city in the Bergisches Land, a hilly region in North Rhine-Westphalia, Wuppertal is a constellation of smaller towns on the high banks of the Wupper River. In the …