In addition to the gorgeous zoo, Hanover has another, little-known place with animals. Tiergarten was founded in 1678/79 by Duke Johann Friedrich Kahlenberg, who released 120 doe in the park for hunting. Nowadays nobody hunting the animals and they walk freely on the whole territory of 112 hectares read more...

There is a a very interesting park in Kassel. Of all the parks we've seen, this one is the most ... read more...

Prior to visiting the Westfalenpark in Dortmund, we considered the Wilhelmshöhe Park in Kassel to be the best park in Germany, but now we have the two leaders. You can enter the park from 9 am, and I strongly recommend that you do so, because only in the morning you can see the real beauty read more...

On a hill above the town of Schwangau there is a beautiful park, which offers fabulous views of the valley, the mountains, and Neuschwanstein Castle read more...

Surprisingly, Berlin is often not considered by mass tourists as a tourist city. We began our journey to Germany in the capital and did not regret it read more...

Düsseldorf is the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia. This city is not often included in tourist routes and is not associated with ... read more...

Bad Oeynhausen is a small town that no one heard of. You don't expect anything from it, but it will ... read more...

Potsdam is a suburb of Berlin. Being relatively small, the city has an incredible number of attractions and rich history. ... read more...

City of Ludwigslust is quite young. In 1724 Prince Christian Ludwig, son of the Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, decided to build ... read more...

We visited Magdeburg in the fall to take a stroll in the city park Rotehorn (Stadtpark Rotehorn). The park is located on an island on the Elbe River, right in the middle of the city. You can either walk there by the old railway bridge or drive by car read more...

We stopped in Merseburg on the way and spent the night at the local Radisson (booking.com). Right next to the hotel there is a rather large and beautiful castle-palace, as well as a park. That's why we chose the town, since it's quiet and we had fun walking around read more...

Bad Pyrmont is a resort with more than 500-year history. There are about 50 towns in Germany with the "Bad" ... read more...

On one of the hills on the outskirts of Weimar stands colorful Belvedere Palace. It was built in 1724-1732 years ... read more...

Land North Rhine-Westphalia is known for its large-scale projects of transforming industrial monsters into modern recreation areas and residential quarters. Almost all the main attractions of the region are former metallurgical plants or mines read more...

The park appeared here with the construction in 1715 of the Old Palace, the residence of Margrave Georg William. After his death, the residence passed to his son Frederick, and he presented it to his wife Wilhelmina. The name Hermitage is translated from French as a place of solitude read more...

There is an unusual place in the spa town of Bad Nendorf. About 100 years ago, an avenue of rare copper beech trees was planted here. These trees have, so far, an undisclosed genetic disorder that causes them to grow sideways instead of upwards read more...

A large, beautiful castle that we recommend visiting. The first mention of it dates back to the 11th century, when the castle was owned by Count Otto von Northeim, one of the most influential Saxon nobles read more...

A small and little-known park in the spa town of Bad Holzhausen. There are several ponds with a variety of fish, old majestic trees and artistically designed flowerbeds. Ducks, birds and other feathered friends give the park a unique flavor. There are numerous recreation areas, pavilion and shady, cozy corners read more...

Nymphenburg Palace was built in 1664-1675 by order of Ferdinand Maria. At that time it was outside Munich, but now ... read more...

The 18th century Rococo Palace, built by order of the Archbishop and Elector of Cologne, Clemens August Bavarian read more...

Luxury Baroque castle-palace read more...

The Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz (Gartenreich) is a fairly large park complex in Saxony-Anhalt, a UNESCO cultural heritage site. It includes about a dozen different palaces and parks around the city of Dessau-Roßlau. This article is about the pearl of the complex - a park in the town of Wörlitz read more...

Palace and park ensemble of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Included in the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List as part of the Park Kingdom of Dessau-Vörlitz read more...

Bad Muskau is a location of a wonderful palace and park ensemble. The town itself is close to the border with Poland, so when you walk through the park, you will visit two countries at once read more...

Munich is one of the largest cities in Germany. It is the second most visited city in Germany, after Berlin. And Bavaria is the most visited region in the country read more...

In the southern part of Essen, on the high banks of the river Ruhr, stands villa of a wealthiest family ... read more...

Burgdorf is a town near Hanover. It has a small half-timbered center and a beautiful park, which we visited in November read more...

The spa and park complex in Wilhelmsbad was built between 1777 and 1785 by order of the crown prince and ruling count of Hanau, Wilhelm IX read more...

An excellent family park in Magdeburg, covering about 100 hectares, which we recommend. It was created for the 1999 garden festival and, so far, we haven't visited a better place in Germany to hold such festivals, though we've visited quite a few. This is most likely due to the fact that the scale of festivals has decreased recently read more...

In a small town of Bückeburg, in a beautiful park lies the majestic palace, the residence of Schaumburg-Lippe Princes . It was a small principality with an area of 340 square kilometers on the territory of Lower Saxony. The last of the princes abdicated in 1918 read more...

Royal Gardens of Herrenhausen in Hannover are made up of several different gardens: Large Garden, Berggarden, Georgengarden and Welfengarden. We visited the Large Garden which has always been one of the most distinguished baroque formal gardens of Europe. It was created by Princess Sophia of Hannover from 1696 to 1714 read more...

Frankly speaking, we didn't know about Weimar before our visit. But afterward it became clear that one day was not ... read more...

Automotive city in Wolfsburg or Autostadt is the largest German, and maybe European, car entertainment center read more...

Small palace of the early 18th century. It was built by a representative of one of the branches of the noble family Lippe, and later belonged to various graphs of Lippe read more...

A little known and rather well hidden park, on the outskirts of Hanover. One of the first landscape gardens in Germany read more...

One of Germany's most famous bridges, which can often be seen on Instagram. In reality, it is not even a real bridge, but an art object located in the middle of a rhododendron park read more...

Hünnefeld Castle is located several kilometers from the Ippenburg Castle. The area was first mentioned in 1146. The first castle was ... read more...

There are several interesting sights in the town of Leer in northern Germany. The most notable of them is the ... read more...

Mülheim(Ruhr) is a city in the largest metropolitan area in Germany. The division into cities here is purely conditional, as ... read more...

The architectural ensemble of the three palaces in the city of Dornburg. All three buildings are located in a line at the top of a hill and are built in different styles read more...

In addition to Automotive City, there is a pretty good park with a castle in Wolfsburg read more...

Family safari park in northern Germany in Lower Saxony. You can visit it, both on the park bus, and on your car. The latter option is much more interesting read more...

The Luisium palace and gardens were created between 1774 and 1778 as a gift to Princess Louise von Brandenburg-Schwedt, wife ... read more...

The original castle complex was built around 1230 by the Margraves of Meißen. In 1280 the castle was ruled by a knight named Heidenreich von Lichtenwalde, after whom the castle got it's name read more...

Hannover calls itself "Messestadt" (Exhibition City). That's why upon arrival of the train at the main station you hear the words "Welcome to the Exhibition City Hannover" read more...

Karlsruhe is a scientific and industrial center and the second largest river port in Germany. The city is young; according ... read more...

Erfurt is the capital of Thuringia, city with 1270 years of history. Due to the excellent location, at the crossroads ... read more...

Wiesbaden is the capital of Hesse, although it is not the biggest city in the region. All places of interest ... 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...

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...