St Pauli & Reeperbahn
The 1886 three-masted steel windjammer Rickmer Rickmers is now a museum ship; from the restaurant on deck you have fine harbour views.
Must-see attractions in Central Europe
Lugano
Bearing the hallmark of famous Ticinese architect Mario Botta, this striking cluster of buildings was formerly known as the Banca del Gottardo.
Eastern Slovenia
This lovely art-nouveau pavilion at the southern end of Zdraviliški trg was built in 1904. Today it's home to a couple of hum-drum boutiques.
Malá Strana
The Czech poet Jan Neruda (famous for his short stories, Tales of Malá Strana) lived at the House of the Two Suns from 1845 to 1857.
The Julian Alps
The 17th-century Martin House leans on part of the Old Town wall. It has a wooden 1st floor, a late-Gothic portal and a vaulted entrance hall.
Ljubljana
Opposite and to the west of the Cankarjev Dom are the remains of a Roman wall dating from 14–15 AD.
Augsburg
See how residents lived in the Fuggerei before running water and central heating in this museum located in one of the building's apartments.
Central Germany
This restored and enlarged museum boasts the original Magdeburger Reiter statue from 1240. A gilded copy is on Alter Markt.
Silesia
Originally guarding a gate to Nysa's city walls, the white-plastered Wrocław Tower was built in the 14th century and added to in the 17th.
Zürich
Housed in the renovated Löwenbräu brewery, this well-funded contemporary art museum focuses on innovative work from the past few decades.
Trier
A pink rococo confection looks out over the lawns, pools and fountains of the formal Palastgarten.
Harz Mountains
This delightfully crooked little local-history museum has a neat collection of exhibits on geology, town history and half-timbered houses.
Eastern Slovenia
In Mestni Park, the Victory Monument is an impressive stone grouping Yugoslav Partisans and Soviet soldiers, a rarity in modern Slovenia.
Trier
On the Hauptmarkt, the Rotes Haus was the house of the bakers' guild master and secretary of the cathedral chapter, Johann Wilhelm Polch.
Prague
Designed by Ludvík Kysela in 1927, the Lindt Building is one of the Czech Republic’s earliest examples of functionalist architecture.
Northern Germany
Just north of the Schelfstadt is the early-18th-century baroque Schelfkirche. It's not usually open to the public, except for services.
Regensburg & the Danube
Pope Benedict XVI's baptismal font can be viewed at the Pfarrkirche St Oswald, which is open for viewing except during church services.
Linz
Founded in 1236 and redesigned in rococo style with delicate pink stucco, this church contains altar paintings by Bartolomeo Altomonte.
Castle District
Love it or hate it, this 1933 church is an excellent example of Bauhaus architecture, and its concrete tower is certainly eye-catching.
Mazovia & Podlasie
Once attached to a monastery, this medieval church received a glamorous baroque makeover in the early 18th century. It's often closed.
Bohemia
The 1901 red-and-yellow brick St Vladimír Church is a plush, Byzantine–style Orthodox church with an amazing porcelain iconostasis.
Fairy-Tale Road
Seven temporary exhibitions of contemporary art each year are fleshed out with recitals of experimental music in this compact gallery.
Warsaw
Inside Wilanów Park, the Orangery sometimes acts as an art gallery for temporary exhibitions.
Munich
Paths converge in the Hofgarten at the renaissance Dianatempel, a striking octagonal pavilion honouring the Roman goddess of the hunt.
Lausanne
This timber-canopied staircase with tiled roof heads up the hill from Pl de la Palud to Rue Pierre Viret and beyond to the cathedral.
Gdańsk & Pomerania
To the west of the beach stands the lighthouse, which you can climb for panoramic views. There's a small mineral museum in the base.
Alpen-Adria-Galerie im Stadthaus
Klagenfurt
Visiting art exhibitions are installed at the small Alpen-Adria-Galerie im Stadthaus, usually featuring local contemporary artists.
Zermatt
Zermatt's main church, at the end of the main street, was built in 1913 and has a beautiful 18th-century altar. Feel free to enter.
Northern Germany
The restored 1737 Schleswig-Holstein-Haus contains a gallery that features changing contemporary art exhibitions.
Central Germany
Martin Luther delivered his last sermons in the St Andreaskirche, a late-Gothic hall church on the hill behind the central Markt.
Eastern Slovenia
The Water Tower, built between 1451 and 1473, is part of the city wall and ramparts. Many of the blocks used are of Roman origin.
Stuttgart
The poet-dramatist Friedrich Schiller is immortalised in bronze on cobbled Schillerplatz.
Salzburg
Making a graceful leap across the Salzach River, the Art Nouveau–style Mozartsteg is named after the city's most famous son.
Hamburg
This small but rewarding private gallery is worth a look if you're in the area. Its focus is on northern German expressionism.
Lake Constance
The 51m-high Blaserturm is a part of Ravensburg's original fortifications and has superb views over the Altstadt from up top.
The Julian Alps
The 16th-century granary at Spodnji trg's northern end is where the town's grain stores, collected as taxes, were once kept.
Ticino
This ochre-hued church is noteworthy for its huge fresco of St Christopher and a smaller one of the Virgin Mary and Christ.
Villach
This museum covers local history, archaeology and medieval art; it also hosts occasionally interesting special exhibitions.
Église de Notre Dame des Champs
Valais
This baroque church in central Martigny hides remains of Romanesque and Gothic churches, and even a 4th-century baptistery.
Regensburg
Disciples of astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler should visit the house he lived in while resident in Regensburg.
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