Other interesting places or events - Germany
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Dinopark near Lake Steinhude (Dinopark Münchehagen) | Rating: 6.60 |
| An open-air park-museum built around the Dinosaur Footprints of Münchehagen (Naturdenkmal Saurierfährten Münchehagen). The exhibits are mainly life-size models of dinosaurs, read more... |
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Rhododendron Festival in Westerstede | Rating: 6.60 |
| We came to Westerstede for the rhododendron festival. There are at least two other places with rhododendrons around the town, so we included them all in one trip, read more... |
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Wohldenberg Castle (Burg Wohldenberg) | Rating: 6.60 |
| Small and little known ruins of a castle dating back to 1153. Although most of it is not preserved, the castle is located in a forest and is quite picturesque, read more... |
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Derneburg castle (Schloss Derneburg) | Rating: 6.60 |
| Since 1213, there was a monastery on the site, which was confiscated in favor of the state in 1803. King Georg III donated the abandoned former monastery of Derneburg and its property to the Hanoverian minister Ernst Friedrich Herbert zu Münster, read more... |
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Schoeningen Castle and Park (Schloss Schoeningen) | Rating: 6.60 |
| A former hunting lodge built by Duke Welf Magnus I. (Welfenherzog Magnus I.) in Schöningen in the first half of the 14th century, read more... |
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Herford | Rating: 6.60 |
| Herford is one of the most important and most fortified trading towns in Westphalia, was a member of the Hanseatic League from 1342 and is one of the founding members of the Westphalian Hanseatic cities. It was a free imperial city until its annexation by Prussia in 1652, read more... |
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Train Station in Uelzen | Rating: 6.40 |
If you are traveling from Hamburg to Hannover or back, you will definetely visit Uelzen with its unusual ..., read more... |
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Blankenburg | Rating: 6.40 |
Blankenburg is a tourist town near the Harz mountains in eastern Germany. It is located 10 kilometers from Wernigerode, ..., read more... |
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Oderstausee Reservoir | Rating: 6.40 |
| Reservoir in the mountains of the Harz. The dam was built in 1934 to protect against floods and to producе electricity. You can park near the dam and walk along it, read more... |
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Oker reservoir | Rating: 6.40 |
| Reservoir in the mountains of the Harz. The dam was built in 1956 to protect against floods, regulate water levels and generate electricity. You can park near the dam and walk along it, there is also a restaurant, read more... |
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Dohren cliffs (Doerenther Klippen) | Rating: 6.40 |
| Popular place in the region around Münster (Münsterland). The main attraction is an unusual rock in the form of... somebody, read more... |
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Three castles Drei Gleichen | Rating: 6.40 |
| The complex of three castles located on the hills in the middle of the fields. The place is quite famous, as the castles are located near one of the German autobahns, read more... |
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Water tree (Wasserbaum) | Rating: 6.40 |
| An absolutely unknown, but very unusual place. It is called the Water Tree and it has an interesting story, read more... |
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Huelsede Castle (Wasserschloss Huelsede) | Rating: 6.40 |
| The first building on this site was first mentioned in 1310. In the 16th century the castle was fortified with moats. In 1584, it passed into the hands of the Von Mengersen family, who reconstructed it in the Weser Renaissance style. Also farm buildings were attached, they still exist nowadays, read more... |
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Path above the trees between Germany and Austria (Baumkronenweg) | Rating: 6.40 |
| There are quite a few similar places in Europe, but this one is unique, it starts in one country and ends in another. The parking lot is in Austria, near the end of the route, from there you walk to the entrance in Germany, read more... |
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Viewpoint on the Garzweiler surface mine | Rating: 6.40 |
| Garzweiler is one of Germany's largest lignite coal pits. Like many other quarries it will become a huge lake in the future, the project starts in 2045 and will last for decades, read more... |
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Benkhausen castle (Schloss Benkhausen) | Rating: 6.40 |
| The castle was built between 1657 and 1683 and has not been rebuilt since. The castle building itself is not particularly interesting, but in combination with the other buildings of the estate and especially the castle park, it leaves a pleasant impression. Entrance is free, so if you're in the neighborhood, be sure to take a walk in the park, read more... |
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Monument to Kaiser Wilhelm near Dortmund (Kaiser-Wilhelm-Denkmal) | Rating: 6.40 |
| The huge monument is clearly visible from the A1 motorway, that is how we spotted it. There is a similar monument nearby, in Porta Westfalica, there has recently undergone a big reconstruction, read more... |
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Smarties wind turbine (Smarties am Turm) | Rating: 6.40 |
| There is an unusual wind turbine near Hannover. It is remarkable because it is decorated with lights in the style of children's candy. There is almost no information about it on the internet, but it can be seen from the A7 motorway. The dots light up when the windmill is spinning, and the harder it spins, the more they glow, read more... |
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Memorial To German Soldiers Near Bad Essen | Rating: 6.20 |
On the way to Bad Essen I found an interesting place in the forest: a memorial to German soldiers that ..., read more... |
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Ringelheim Castle | Rating: 6.20 |
Ringelheim Castle is a former monastery, founded in the tenth century. Around the castle there's an English style park with a ..., read more... |
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Atta Сave | Rating: 6.20 |
The Atta Cave is located in Attendorn. This is one of the most visited caves in Germany and the main source ..., read more... |
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Horizon Observatory | Rating: 6.20 |
| In the process of reclamation of slag heaps of the Ruhr region, the largest of them was turned into a thematic, astronomical park. The central object of the park is the Horizon Observatory (Horizontobservatorium). The construction was built in 2008 at an altitude of 152 meters, read more... |
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Lembeck castle | Rating: 6.20 |
| The construction of the castle began in 1190, when Count of Lembek built the first defensive tower. Its remains can be found in the north wing. The castle itself was built around the tower during the next 450 years. It stands on two islands, in the middle of the lake. This is a typical structure for the castles of North Rhine-Westphalia, read more... |
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Slag Heap Haniel | Rating: 6.20 |
| Slag Heap Haniel is the highest elevation in the Ruhr region. It consists of two parts: the southern part has been turned into a landscape park, while the northern one continues to be used by Prosper Haniel Coal Mine. From the top there is a view of the entire Ruhr region. On a warm summer evening this is an excellent place to meet the sunset, read more... |
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Falkenstein Castle in Harz | Rating: 6.20 |
| Falkenstein Castle in the Harz mountains was built between 1120 and 1150 years. It did not take part in the battles and was used as a living house for local counts. At the moment it houses a small museum and is used as a venue for weddings and various events, read more... |
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Buxtehude | Rating: 6.20 |
| Buxtehude is a small town in Lower Saxony. It is included in the national Fairy tales route thanks to the tale of William Schroeder "The Hare and the Hedgehog". It became widely known after Brothers Grimm included it into their tales, read more... |
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Schlitz castle | Rating: 6.20 |
| Was built in 1806 in the style of classicism by Count Hans von Schlitz on the location of the old ruined castle, read more... |
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Cuxhaven | Rating: 6.20 |
| The city consists of two parts, one is a large port, the second is a seaside resort, read more... |
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Trail over the treetops in Bad Harzburg (Baumwipfelpfad) | Rating: 6.20 |
| In 2015, a new landmark opened in Bad Harzburg - the trail above the treetops. Such constructions are now opening across Europe, read more... |
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Oberwerries Castle | Rating: 6.20 |
| Oberverris Water Castle consists of several buildings. The central palace was built at the end of the 17th century. The territory is small, though there is a baroque garden. It is mainly used for conferences and receptions, read more... |
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Wildlife Park in Mueden | Rating: 6.20 |
| A small zoo designed for visits with children. A distinctive feature is the ability to buy food for 1 euro in the machine and feed some animals. There are also performances and feedings, read more... |
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Tuechersfeld | Rating: 6.20 |
| The village of Tuchersfeld is located in a mountainous area called Franconian Switzerland. Its main feature is a 150 million years old fossilized reef, read more... |
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Ballenstedt | Rating: 6.20 |
| We came to Ballenstedt to see the castle and the park around it in the late Baroque style, an example of garden art of the 18th - 19th centuries, read more... |
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Gegenstein Rocks near Ballenstedt | Rating: 6.20 |
| The rocks near the town of Ballenstedt on the northern edge of the Harz Mountains. There are two of them: Großer Gegenstein and Kleiner Gegenstein ("Big Gegenstein" and "Little Gegenstein"), read more... |
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Vegesack | Rating: 6.20 |
| We came here because found a city with a funny name on the map. As it turned out, no one knows exactly where the name came from, and it's not officially a separate city now, but a district of Bremen. The period from 1618 to 1623, when the first artificial river port in Germany was built here by the Bremen Council, can be considered the moment of the city's foundation. However, by the end of the 18th century, due to the siltation of the Weser River, large ships could no longer use it. With the incorporation of Bremen in 1803, the situation improved. At the beginning of the 20th century, Vegesack was even home to Europe's largest herring harvesting fleet, read more... |
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Natur Live Geopark in the Harz Mountains | Rating: 6.00 |
The Natur Live Geopark is located in the Western part of the Harz Mountains. It is a complex of tourist forest ..., read more... |
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Minden | Rating: 6.00 |
Minden is famous for its water bridge, one of the most unusual structures in Germany. Being 370 meters long, it's the ..., read more... |
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Klink castle | Rating: 6.00 |
| Beautiful castle in the neo-Renaissance style in the Müritz National Park. It was built in 1898 on the isthmus between two lakes. The architecture copies the castles of the Loire Valley in France, read more... |
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High Stone Rocks (Hohenstein Klippen) | Rating: 6.00 |
| Landmark of the river Weser mountain area (Weserbergland). 50-meter cliffs with a good view, where you can meet the sunset. Find here maps with hiking trails, we used the one which starts from the parking lot, read more... |
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Mechlenbruch swamp (Hochmoor Mecklenbruch) | Rating: 6.00 |
| In Germany, quite a lot of protected areas are swamps, this is one of them. There is nothing special to do here, you can stop by and take a walk in nature, especially with children. Theoretically, you can see some birds, but we found only a hare, read more... |
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Ancient Corals and Ith Tower | Rating: 6.00 |
| We offer you the option of a weekend trip. The length of this route is 4.5 km one way, the elevation is approximately 200 meters. The trail is available at any time, but it is better to choose good weather. You can go in the spring, during flowering, as well as in autumn and summer. We walked at 30 degrees heat, but since almost the entire route runs under the trees, it was quite comfortable to walk. In the summer, by the way, there are also quite a lot of flowers, read more... |
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Schaumburg Castle | Rating: 6.00 |
| Since the 12th century, the castle has been a tribal nest of the count family of Schaumburg. In 1866, it passed over to the Hohernzollern family, as a result of victory in the Austro-Prussian War. Though in 1907, Emperor Wilhelm II presented the castle to Prince Georg Schaumburg-Lippe as a gift for a silver wedding, and thus the castle returned to its historical owners. In 1913, they carried out a thorough reconstruction. The castle is currently owned by the Schaumburg-Lippe family, read more... |
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Georgium Park | Rating: 6.00 |
| In 1780 Prince Johann Georg (1748-1811), the younger brother of the reigning Prince Leopold III (Anhalt-Dessau), began laying out his large landscape garden northwest of Dessau, read more... |
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Ueberlingen | Rating: 6.00 |
| A small spa town on the shores of Lake Constance, founded in 1268. It developed actively due to its status as a free imperial town, but after the Thirty Years' War the development slowed down and the town turned into a resort, read more... |
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Bog trail in Resse (Moorerlebnispfad Resse) | Rating: 6.00 |
| In Germany, bog trails are quite popular. They are made for educational purposes, you can walk around and read information about the flora and fauna of the bogs. In summer you can walk around the swamp barefoot. I can't say it's something very interesting, but families with children should enjoy it, read more... |
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Mount Bocksberg in the Harz Mountains | Rating: 6.00 |
| A great destination for a weekend trip with children. An old cable car leads up to an altitude of 727 metres where, in addition to the restaurant, there is a large children's playground, a very good summer toboggan run, mountain bike tracks, a rope park and a slide for inflatable rings, read more... |
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Goettingen | Rating: 5.80 |
Göttingen is not a touristic city. This is a typical "German" with all standard cliches: station, old city, Market Square, ..., read more... |
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Rosstrappe | Rating: 5.80 |
| Rosstrappe is a natural landmark, a 400 meter high granite mountain in the Bode Gorge. The views from it are not particularly picturesque, but the trail is interesting. Near the entrance to the trail there is a hotel and a restaurant, read more... |
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Ranzow castle | Rating: 5.80 |
| A small castle on the island of Rügen. It stands in the middle of a golf course and hosts a hotel inside, read more... |
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