Hamburg
This small but rewarding private gallery is worth a look if you're in the area. Its focus is on northern German expressionism.
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.
Regensburg
Disciples of astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler should visit the house he lived in while resident in Regensburg.
Regensburg & the Danube
The former ducal residence Herzogsschloss is an austere 14th-century building which houses the town's tax office.
Northern Germany
Schwerin's vividly orange arsenal dates from 1840 – its facade is these days more impressive than threatening.
Freiburg
The marvellously extravagant Haus zum Walfisch sports a late-Gothic oriel garnished with two impish gargoyles.
Münster
A fun open-air museum where you can stroll among historical Westphalian buildings, including a mill and bakery.
Hamburg
This still-functioning pharmacy has been around since 1656… wander in to admire the splendid period touches.
Konstanz
The 13th-century Kloster Zoffingen is Konstanz' only remaining convent, still in the hands of Dominican nuns.
Sad Girl with Rabbit Ears Mural
Friedrichshain
The British-born, Berlin-resident street artist Boxi created this classic hand-cut, black-and-white stencil.
Aachen
This small applied arts museum recreates the living spaces and lives of 17th- and 18th-century patricians.
Leipzig
This pretty pond surrounded by trees backs onto Leipzig's opera house and is a charming place to wander.
Regensburg & the Danube
Straubing's Karmelitenkirche is a baroque church belonging to the Carmelite Convent, located next door.
Wiesbaden
There’s a hot springs tap at the Bäckerbrunnen, a little brick building a block south of Goldgasse.
Konstanz
On the Rheinsteig is the medieval Rheintorturm, a defensive tower with a pyramid-shaped red-tile roof.
Munich
For pinpointing Munich's landmarks without losing your breath, catch the lift up this 85m-tall tower.
Konstanz
Standing sentinel above the Rhine is the squat 14th-century Pulverturm tower, with 2m-thick walls.
Stuttgart
A bronze equestrian statue of German Emperor Wilhelm I (r 1871-1888) stands proud on Karlsplatz.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber
For a great lookout point on the town wall head for the Röderturm in the east of the old town.
Swabian Alps Region
The Gotischer Fischbrunnen (1509) is a large iron tub once used for storing fish before sale.
Stuttgart
Topped by two mismatched towers, this largely 15th-century church has Romanesque origins.
Kiel
This small aquarium has a good collection of marine life from the Baltic and North Seas.
Konstanz
The orange-red, baroque Domprobstei was once the residence of the cathedral provosts.
Hamburg
This spice and herb museum invites you to exercise your olfaction to the fullest.
Wiesbaden
On the Schlossplatz, the Marktbrunnen dates from 1753 and was restored in 2016.
Berlin
Berlin's own version of Hollywood's Walk of Fame features 101 (and counting) brass stars embedded in a red-asphalt 'carpet' along Potsdamer Strasse. They…
Berlin
The fabulous collection of early-20th-century art housed at the Neue Nationalgalerie is off view until renovations of the gallery, led by architect David…
Berlin
While in office, the German president makes his or her temporary home in this snowy white neoclassical palace on the edge of the Tiergarten. Built in 1785…
Berlin
Germany's first actress to hit the big time in Hollywood, Marlene Dietrich was born in Schöneberg in 1901. In 1992 the 'Blue Angel' moved into her final…
Prince Frederick Arthur of Homburg, General of Cavalry Sculpture
Berlin
Frank Stella's otherworldly Prince Frederick Arthur of Homburg, General of the Cavalry (1999) is made of white-silver aluminium, steel carbon and…
Berlin
Crane your neck to spot Auke de Vries's Gelandet (Landed, 2002), a dronelike iron sculpture teetering on the edge of the roof of the Daimler Services…
Berlin
This 1987 sculpture by the American artist Keith Haring shows two cut-steel stick figures – one blue, one red – seemingly punching each other out. Or are…
Berlin
In the middle of a pond is Mark Di Suvero's Galileo, an abstract jumble of rusted steel T-beams assembled into a gravity-defying sculpture.
Prenzlauer Berg
This rambling listed brewery compound has been adapted to house cultural venues, resto-bars, a hostel and offices. Beer production resumed in 2013 with…
Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark
Prenzlauer Berg
Behind a short segment of the Berlin Wall (now an officially sanctioned practice ground for graffiti artists) loom the floodlights of the Friedrich-Ludwig…
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