Lüneburg is a small Hanseatic city in Lower Saxony. The city was a salt trader and important economic center because of its geographic location near Lubeck. As you know, salt used to be very important and expensive in former times as it was used in many processes, in particular, allowed long-term storage of food. Therefore, cities with salt had a good income read more...

Lüneburg Heath is not a desert as it may seem from the title. It's a huge park. Until 1800 the entire north of Germany was full of such empty spaces, but now only this place remains. Here grows mostly heather, meadow flowers and juniper read more...

A large hotel complex, built in 2007 in the forest, in the middle of the Mecklenburg Lake Plateau read more...

The picturesque castle on the shore of the pond, surrounded on all sides by water read more...

The Goseck Circle is one of the oldest solar observatories in the world. Good place for outdoor walking, especially with children read more...

The castle stands on the territory of the feudal estate, founded in the 14th century. The modern, neo-Gothic building was built in the years 1853-1874. The general design of the estate was created by the architect Conrad Wilhelm Hase, known for many buildings, for example, the best castle in Lower Saxony - Marienburg read more...

I dont know if there is such statistics, but the North Rhine-Westphalia region in Germany is the unequivocal leader in the remediation of lands that were previously used for mining or for factories. In almost every city here you can find parks or residential quarters created on the site of former factories, quarries or heaps read more...

Oldenburg is best known as the medieval residence of the dynasty of the same name. Until 1773, the Earl of Oldenburg was also the king of Denmark, which means the weight of the title was huge read more...

Emden is the main city in the historic region of East Frisia. Like 300 years ago, it lives off the port, from where Volkswagen cars are dispatched all over the world. The city-forming factory is located in the port as well read more...

It's not a tourist spot, we found it by chance, on google maps. There were very beautiful pictures of mountains reflecting in the lake read more...

Willy-Spahn Park is a good place to watch the spring blooms. The park was founded in 2004 on the site of an old marl quarry that had existed here since 1850. The central object is a restored and the only preserved in the region lime kiln, built in 1925 read more...

Like every other major German city, Bremen hosts a traditional Christmas market. In 2020, its special feature was the colorful illumination of the buildings, which created a real festive atmosphere read more...

A resort town in Germany. It has parks, a half-timbered old town and an animal enclosure read more...

We stopped in the spa town of Bad Driburg for a walk in the Count's Park (Gräflicher Park). Usually such parks are called Spa Parks, but here it is named after the owners read more...

The Christmas market in Neustad is small, located on just one street. However, its distinctive feature is the colorful illumination of the buildings read more...

Bremerhaven is located on the northern coast of Germany, and it is also a relatively new city. In this regard, the market has several features. First of all the there can be quite a cold wind due to nearby sea, which is a minus. Secondly there are not many people here, which is a plus, and thirdly there is quite a lot of free space. This can be either a plus or a minus, depending on how you prefer read more...

Winterberg or Winter Mountain is a popular ski resort, although there is plenty to do during other seasons. We came to the Adventure Mountain Kappe (Erlebnisberg Kappe) in April, when there was no more snow and little of tourists read more...

This article lists family restaurants with playgrounds or children's areas around Hanover. If you can add to the article, please write in the comments read more...

On June 3, 1998, near the German town of Eschede, the largest high-speed train crash in history occurred, killing more than 100 people read more...

A small resort in the Deister Mountains, first mentioned between 856 and 869 as “Munimeri”. The healing power of the salty, sulphurous and bitter springs from this place was known in the area. Monks from Minden used to walk almost 50 kilometers because of the salt springs. This may have led to the name Münder, from Minden. Salt mining, which existed here since 1033, was stopped in 1924 read more...

The original medieval castle on this site first mentioned in documents in 1170. The castle complex was built by Widukind von Rheda, who passed it on to the noble lords of Lippe. From the beginning of the 17th century, the complex was enlarged and became the princely residence of the Bentheim-Tecklenburg dynasty. Members of the princely family still own the castle and the park read more...

A 45-hectare park in the style of an English landscape garden on Mount Orberg in the municipality of Emmerthal. It was created around 1818 by Georg Adolph von Hake near his estate. Entrance to the park is free and it is still owned by the von Hake family read more...

A small, picturesque town in Lower Saxony. The town is unknown in tourist terms, although there is a brown sign on the autobahn, which is how we got here read more...

Like many cities in Germany, Osnabrück was completely destroyed during the war. The city is standard, with restored historic center, Market ... read more...

Hamelin is one of Germany's "fairy tale" towns. It is known for the Pied Piper legend. In the USSR, this ... read more...

Hämelschenburg Castle was built between 1588 and 1618. It belongs to the Weser Renaissance. Southern wing of the Italian Renaissance style ... read more...

Detmold is a small town, administrative center of the Lippe district. The castle on an island in the center of the town was first mentioned in 1366. Some walls have survived from that time read more...

The Burg Castle has quite an unusual name for a German castle. It's like a dog of Lt. Colombo, which ... read more...

Einbeck is an old Hanseatic city with half-timbered houses. Hanseatic means belonging to the trade union of free German cities. ... read more...

The Hardenberg Castle and Hardenberg Palace are located close to each other and belong to the noble Hardenberg family read more...

During the preparation for the Expo 2000 in Hannover, one of the exhibits was a newly built residential area of future. All available knowledge in the field of ecological optimization of construction and communal services was used. Social aspects were considered as well read more...

Castle Ettersburg is located outside Weimar, but is included in a large list of Weimar's objects of the UNESCO World ... read more...

In the village of Etelsen stands a small and well-preserved palace built in 1885-1887 years by brothers Heimbruch for the ... read more...

Hanover Carnival is held since 1992. It lasts for several months, starting in November, and includes dozens of events, but this article is about the carnival procession read more...

A small castle-palace of the first half of the 18th century. You can walk freely on the territory, although it ... read more...

If you do not know how the buildings of the Renaissance look like, then you must visit the castle of Bevern. This is almost the most characteristic building in the whole of Germany read more...

In 1995 the Beckstrasse slag heap in Bottrop was transformed into a landscape park. At its top, a gigantic construction (weighing 210 tons) in the form of a tetrahedron was installed. The structure serves as a viewing platform read more...

Hall of Fame for prominent Germans, which is located in a picturesque place on a mountain near the Danube river read more...

Luxurious five-star hotel, located in the castle of the 16th century. It was built by Hilmar von Münchhausen on the location of the old knightly fortress. By name, you can guess that it was the ancestor of the famous Baron Munchausen read more...

The most important trading city in East Frisia. At the end of the 14th and the beginning of the 15th centuries, it was also the political center of the region. East Frisia is a historical region which is now part of Lower Saxony read more...

Benedictine monastery in Bavaria. Located in the very picturesque location on the Danube Bend read more...

High shores can be found in many places on the Baltic Sea in Germany. One of these places is located between the port and the resort of Travemünde and Nindorf. This is the Brodtener Steilufer Nature Reserve read more...

Querfurt is a large medieval castle, since the 15th century it is surrounded by fortress walls and has repeatedly participated in the battles of the Thirty Years War read more...

A colorful lighthouse on the shores of the North Sea, one of the symbols of East Frisia, a historical area in Germany. Сome here on a sunny day, the green grass cover and the blue sky will create the perfect colors. Though we arrived at sunset and the sceenery was also beautiful read more...

Until 2010, the tower of the church in Suurhusen was the most falling tower in the world. After that, the title passed to the Capital Gate tower in Abu Dhabi. At the moment, the tower slope is 5.19° and this is a degree more than the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa read more...

A small half-timbered town, very conveniently located near the autobahn. In fact, that's why we visited it, we were looking for a place to rest on the way read more...

If you want to take a little nature walk and take pictures of the Hanover Skyline, you can do it on the mountain Benter Berg read more...

This was our second time in Darmstadt. Before that we visited the unique house of the architect Hundertwasser, and now we spent the night on the way. And of course took a walk in the center read more...

The monastery was founded in 1137-1138, in the later Middle Ages it acquired considerable privileges and an important position. In the 18th century it was famous as a place of the German Rococo style. The first German savings bank was founded here read more...

In 2020, at the time of the coronavirus, there was no centralized Christmas market in Magdeburg. The facilities were scattered throughout the center, which was festively decorated. We found the most illumination on Cathedral Square (Domplatz) read more...