The Atta Cave is located in Attendorn. This is one of the most visited caves in Germany and the main source ... read more...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Was built in 1806 in the style of classicism by Count Hans von Schlitz on the location of the old ruined castle read more...

The city consists of two parts, one is a large port, the second is a seaside resort read more...

In 2015, a new landmark opened in Bad Harzburg - the trail above the treetops. Such constructions are now opening across Europe read more...

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...

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...

A large beach in the town of the same name, which is called Timmendorfer Strand or Beach in Timmendorf. The town is a popular resort and in the summer is as crowded as can be. We visited it in the middle of the season to see the German Baltic beach resort read more...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The former Cistercian monastery, founded in 1127, was once one of the richest and most influential monasteries in Northern Germany read more...

The observation tower was opened in March 2015 on the site of the renovated Friedenshöhe observation tower. The new tower was built for the purpose of education about climate change. Digital tools such as the Klimaturm app and the KlimaKing quiz are available on site and can be used on smartphones and tablets. Visitors without mobile devices can print the materials in advance from the PDF read more...

The Karls entertainment farm chain has been in existence since 1921. Long ago, it was an ordinary strawberry farm, but gradually it turned into an entertainment centre with educational and entertainment programmes. There are now about a dozen such farms, and the chain is expanding. The amusement park in Loxstedt near Bremerhaven opened in 2025 and has already become a very popular destination in northern Germany read more...

The Natur Live Geopark is located in the Western part of the Harz Mountains. It is a complex of tourist forest ... read more...

Minden is famous for its water bridge, one of the most unusual structures in Germany. Being 370 meters long, it's the ... read more...

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...

The unique project of the Third Reich. The hotel building, designed for 20 thousand tourists read more...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The tower was built in 1989 on the site of an old wooden structure, on the mountain of the same name near the town of Bad Grund. It is 32 metres high and offers a panoramic view of the Harz Mountains. In good weather, you can see the Brocken mountain read more...

The Tafel Tower (officially named Ernst-Binnewies-Turm), 19 metres high, was built in 1926 on the High Tafel mountain. It was constructed on the site of an older wooden tower dating from 1877. As was often the case in those days, the money was raised through donations read more...

An artists' colony that played an important role in German art in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. First mentioned in 1218, it became widely known in 1899 when young artists such as Fritz Mackensen, Otto Modersohn, Hans am Ende, Heinrich Vogeler, and Paula Modersohn-Becker moved here to live in nature and tranquillity read more...

Göttingen is not a touristic city. This is a typical "German" with all standard cliches: station, old city, Market Square, ... read more...

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...

A small castle on the island of Rügen. It stands in the middle of a golf course and hosts a hotel inside read more...

A lake with a walking trail and several art installations read more...

We came here to see the museum of prehistoric pile dwellings (Pfahlbauten Unteruhldingen, https://www.pfahlbauten.de/), which looks quite interesting in photos, but during the coronavirus it was closed. So we just walked around the town read more...

The lake with a circular walkway, rose garden and restaurant. There is no beach. The lake is artificial, appeared in the 1970s on the site of a bankrupt gravel pit read more...

A beautiful Christmas market in a 16th century castle. Olber Castle is private and normally the territory is not accessible to the public, but during a few weekends in December, it is open to the public read more...

We discovered this observation tower by chance. It is located in the middle of an industrial area and the only normal view is of the Weser River. However, the exact same panorama can be seen from the shore read more...

A large playground in the woods. There is a fee to enter and there is an opening hours, see here. There are grilling areas that can be rented, info is here. A good place to hold a children's birthday party, however quite remote from big cities read more...

Palace Hotel on the island of Rügen, built in 1894-1896 years. The park was laid out much earlier in 1810 and was expanded after the construction of the palace read more...

A small castle, the oldest non-religious building on the island of Rügen. A distinctive feature is the unusual for Germany wall color read more...

In the very center of Germany there is a village of wild cats. It is very small, 20 by 20 meters, so a visit will not take you much time. If you are traveling by car, we recommend to visit this place read more...

In the Harz Mountains there is an interesting place where plants from all over the world are planted. In 1975, 113,000 plants from the temperate climatic zone were planted here read more...

In the forest near Überlingen there is an unusual memorial in the form of huge metal balls. It is dedicated to the plane crash over Lake Constance, in which 70 people died, most of them children read more...

The ruins are clearly visible from the A49 autobahn, we had seen them many times and decided to stop by. We parked in the center of the old town and walked to the top. The old town is there, but it's not particularly interesting, both the Market Square and the Old Market Square are used as parking lots read more...

Everstein Castle ruins are located in the town of Polle on the high banks of the Weser river. The first mention ... read more...