Celje Museum of Recent History
Eastern Slovenia
The permanent Living in Celje: 1900–2000 exhibition here records the story of Celje from the late 19th century onwards. It's not the most interesting of…
Must-see attractions in Central Europe
Spreewald
An old school building now houses the Spreewald Biosphere Reserve information centre where you can learn all about the region's natural development,…
Munich
The rather pompous neo-Romanesque Pfarrkirche St Anna im Lehel arrived on the scene in 1892 when the Klosterkirche St Anna im Lehel became too small…
Monument of the Slovak National Uprising
Bratislava
The central feature of broad Nám SNP is a bronze monument honouring the antifascist revolt for which the square is named. In November 1989 huge crowds…
Mahn- und Gedenkstätte Steinwache
Dortmund
This municipal memorial uses the original rooms and cells of a Nazi prison as a backdrop for a grim exhibit about Dortmund during the Third Reich. Over 66…
Esztergom
Cross the bridge from Watertown over to Primate Island (Prímás-sziget) and to the southwest is the Mária Valéria Bridge, connecting Esztergom with the…
Gdańsk & Pomerania
Occupying the town’s northern corner, the impressive red-brick stepped gable of this 14th-century church fronts an interior containing doored rococo…
National Museum of Slovenia – Metelkova
Ljubljana
This modern building in what is now becoming known as the Museum Quarter contains a bizarre assortment of mostly applied art and objets d’art (furniture,…
Karlovy Vary
This museum deals with all things Becherovka, the town's famed herbal liqueur. Entry is by guided tour only, which must be booked in advance at the museum…
Prague
The Goethe Institute, an elegant art nouveau building, was formerly the East German embassy. Nearby, at No 26, is a beautiful art nouveau apartment…
Baden-Baden
Vine-swathed steps lead from Marktplatz to the 15th-century Neues Schloss, the former residence of the Baden-Baden margraves, which is set to reopen at…
Regensburg & the Danube
The Heimatmuseum is in possession of a golden chalice and a skullcap that was used by Pope Benedict XVI in his private chapel in Rome. It is only open to…
Budapest
A controversial statue of Hungary's intra-war leader, Miklós Horthy, considered a hero by the right wing but reviled as a fascist dictator by many others,…
Prague
The Futura Gallery focuses on all aspects of contemporary art, ranging from painting, photography and sculpture to video, installations and performance…
Moselle Valley
Above Beilstein looms Burg Metternich, a ruined hilltop castle reached via a footpath off Im Mühlental (at the top of cobbled Bachstrasse). Built in 1129,…
Warsaw
Designed by Marcin Urbanek, this mural is dedicated to Warsaw's favourite musical son and was painted in 2010 to mark the bicentenary of the composer's…
Munich
Your lift ticket to the Olympiaturm also buys access to the small if quirky Rock Museum. Ozzie Osbourne's signed guitar, a poem penned by Jim Morrison and…
Southwestern Slovenia
One of a number of small galleries to have opened in Hrastovlje in recent years, this quiet space exhibits works by sculptor Jožeta Pohlen (1926-2005),…
Budapest
Attached to the Lutheran church, the presbytery, which also functioned as a school (attended at one point by the poet Sándor Petőfi), contains the…
Ljubljana
The small gilded statue on top of a column at the western end of Kongresni trg is a copy (the original is in the National Museum) of the Roman-era Citizen…
Carpathian Mountains
Housed in a handsome 16th-century tenement behind Tarnów Cathedral, this well-curated museum dates to 1888, and now comprises five distinct rooms: a…
Michelsberg Synagogue Memorial
Wiesbaden
The site of Wiesbaden’s largest pre-war synagogue, built in 1869 and destroyed in 1938, is marked by a memorial that includes an outline of the structure …
Brno
Gregor Mendel (1822–84), the Augustinian monk whose studies of pea plants and bees at Brno's Abbey of St Thomas established modern genetics, is…
Ulm
This bronze plaque marks where Albrecht Berblinger, a tailor who invented a flying machine, attempted to fly over the Danube in 1811. The so-called …
Hamburg
This moderately interesting collection is devoted to the art and culture of northern Germany since the 18th century. An unusual aspect is the focus on…
Český Krumlov
This hillside house served as artist Egon Schiele's residence and studio in 1911. He created several important works here, including his 'Dead Town' and …
Potsdam
In Potsdam's historic centre, around the Alter Markt (old market), the great patina-green dome of Karl Friedrich Schinkel’s neoclassical Nikolaikirche …
Castle District
This imposing neoclassical palace dates back to 1806 and now serves as the official residence of Hungary's president (János Áder who was re-elected to a…
Harz Mountains
The early classicist poet Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724–1803) is one of Quedlinburg’s most celebrated sons. He was born in this 16th-century house,…
Košice
Within the zanily colourful walls of Múza Hotel is a collection of Andy Warhol originals; call ahead to arrange a visit, including an interesting…
Kreuzberg
Rounded Heads is a house-sized mural by internationally renowned Berlin street artist Nomad that shows a faceless person embracing a hooded character.
Warsaw
Commemorating the child soldiers who fought and died during the Warsaw Rising, this poignant statue is of a boy wearing an adult helmet and holding a…
Kraków
The small, shingled Church of St Bartholomew dates from the mid-15th century, which makes it Poland’s oldest surviving three-nave timber church. It was…
Staré Město
One of Prague's leading independent art galleries, the DSC specialises in promoting modern art of international importance from the United States, Britain…
Füssen
Below the Hohes Schloss, and integrated into the former Abbey of St Mang, this museum highlights Füssen's heyday as a 16th-century violin-making centre…
Parish Church of St Elizabeth of Hungary
Carpathian Mountains
The Parish Church of St Elizabeth of Hungary is two blocks south of the Rynek and dates from the town’s 13th-century beginnings. It's been altered…
The Julian Alps
The former town hall (mestna hiša) contains the most important holdings of the Gorenjska Museum, including a permanent exhibition on regional art and the…
Lake Geneva & Vaud
About 2km north of Nyon, this 18th-century mansion houses a branch of the Musée National Suisse covering Swiss history from 1730 to 1920. Or simply opt…
Basel
Designed by Herzog & de Meuron, this sharply contoured, modernist art bunker displays huge video screens on the front facade, giving you a foretaste of…
Berlin
The Siedlung Schillerpark is the oldest of Berlin’s five sprawling, modernist, 1920s housing estates that were inscribed on Unesco’s list of World…
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