Bonn
A buttercup-yellow baroque Palais (palace; now the post office) forms a photogenic backdrop for the Beethoven Monument, unveiled in 1845, 75 years after…
Must-see attractions in Germany
Cologne
This arch outside the Dom is a rare vestige of Cologne's ancient Roman city wall and once formed the northern gateway into the colony.
Düsseldorf
A Brutalist '60s cube built from prefabricated blocks of concrete houses the Kunsthalle, which hosts bleeding-edge contemporary art shows. The…
Hanover
Make a wish and turn the small brass ring embedded in the ironwork of this ornate 1896 fountain three times and – according to local legend – your wish…
Regensburg & the Danube
Gracing the Altstadt is the Stadtresidenz, a Renaissance palace built by Ludwig X that hosts temporary exhibitions on historical themes. Admission is by…
The Romantic Road
Head up the spiral staircase of the Löpsinger Torturm for an engaging exhibition on the history of the town's defences, an apt place to kick off a circuit…
Kreuzberg
Italian artist Blu created this house-sized mural that depicts a creature composed of hundreds of writhing pink bodies. Note the lone white guy crouched…
Hamburg
This weekly eco-market (think organic farmers' produce) adds a little life to Friday afternoons in the heart of St Georg. It sometimes shifts to Friday…
Nuremberg
At the eastern end if the Hauptmarkt stands this ornate Gothic church, also called the Frauenkirche. Its clock’s figures spring into action every day at…
Children & Young People’s Museum
Nuremberg
This undervisited museum has lots of educational exhibitions and heaps of hands-on fun for children and their parents – just a pity it's not open more…
Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung
Munich
Fünf Höfe, a fashionable shopping mall, also houses the Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, a modern gallery space renowned for quality cross-genre…
Rhine Valley
Just off Boppard’s main commercial street, the pedestrianised, east–west oriented Oberstrasse, is the ancient Marktplatz, today a favourite local hang-out.
Cologne
This jaunty tower marks the northwest corner of the ancient Roman town fortifications, which stretched for 4km and had at least nine gates and 19 round…
Ulm
In the Marktplatz is the Fischkastenbrunnen, a fountain where fishmongers kept their river fish alive on market days.
Wiesbaden
Across the Schlossplatz from the Altes Rathaus is the Neues Rathaus (1887). Its interior is closed to the public.
Harz Mountains
A 16th-century tower holding a collection of such late-medieval delights as torture implements, coats of armour and weapons used during the Peasant Wars.
Ulm
On Bahnhofstrasse sits Max Bill’s memorial (1979) to the great physicist – a stack of red-granite pillars marking the spot where Einstein was born.
St Pauli & Reeperbahn
The seminal venue for the Beatles opened in 1962. It has since burnt down and there is a sad historical marker. Thai karaoke now echoes off the walls.
Erfurt
Erfurt's most experimental art space offers a rigorously curated program of exhibitions, incorporating graphic art, audiovisual art and installations.
Central Germany
Lutherstadt Wittenburg's restored Renaissance Rathaus (town hall) is the present home to local government offices and not-for-profit organisations.
Swabian Alps Region
Statues of four women representing the seasons grace the Neptunbrunnen, the centrepiece of Am Markt square.
Heidelberg
The Neckar’s grassy northern bank between Theodor-Heuss-Brücke and Ernst-Walz-Brücke is a favourite student hang-out when the weather is warm.
Ulm
Part of Ulm's original medieval fortifications, the 36m-high, colourful tile-roofed Metzgerturm does a Tower of Pisa by leaning 2.05m off-centre.
Wiesbaden
Out the front of the Kurhaus Wiesbaden, the Bowling Green is flanked by an elegant, 129m-long colonnade.
Münster
Dinosaurs and the universe are the stars at this large state-run nature museum, which also has a popular planetarium (programs in German only).
Aachen
The Dom's visitor centre is your go-to stop for tour tickets, information and to peruse the displays and a short introduction to the cathedral.
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.
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.
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.
Trier
On the Hauptmarkt, the Rotes Haus was the house of the bakers' guild master and secretary of the cathedral chapter, Johann Wilhelm Polch.
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.
Munich
Paths converge in the Hofgarten at the renaissance Dianatempel, a striking octagonal pavilion honouring the Roman goddess of the hunt.
Fairy-Tale Road
Seven temporary exhibitions of contemporary art each year are fleshed out with recitals of experimental music in this compact gallery.
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.
Stuttgart
The poet-dramatist Friedrich Schiller is immortalised in bronze on cobbled Schillerplatz.
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