59 things to do in Germany once in a lifetime

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Berlin Cathedral from the Lustgarden

Berlin Cathedral from the Lustgarden

1. Stroll under the lime trees of the great artery of Berlin to travel to another era at its ends, from the imperial glory of l to brandenburg gate to the magnetic cathedral. Carry on in the DeLorean to the pro-Soviet futuristic aftertaste of alexanderplatz.

two. Connect with the prisms of the city. Admire it from the hemisphere that Foster devised for the Bundestag and run around to claustrophobia around the Monument to the Murdered Jews of Europe.

3. shipwreck to it Stendhal on the island of museums. To fall in love with Nefertiti , enter through the great doors of Ishtar to Babylon and engage in the fight between giants and gods on the Pergamon Altar.

brandenburg gate

Brandenburg Gate

Four. try to follow the restless spiral of gentrification which makes each new trendy neighborhood expire in three years.

5. Take comfort in knowing that we will always have Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain. Immortalize it in a Photoautomat.

6. Give a minute to each mural and/or graffiti, lest you be facing a Velazquez of the 21st century without knowing it.

7. Trace the course of the old wall to find essentials such as the East Side Gallery, Check Point Charlie or the memorial of Bernauerstrasse.

8. crown the Currywurst Like the queen of fast food.

9. Running into the Germany of 'pitiminí' through the gardens and parks of Potsdam. Silence the menuet touring Babelsberg , where the oldest studios on the planet and the first neighborhood of movie stars survive.

10. Stepping on the accelerator without remorse or many curves for the 13,000 kilometers of highways in the country.

Eastside Gallery

Eastside Gallery

eleven. Walking in conditions the old town of Lubeck , the first city in northern Europe to be declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO back in 1987.

12. Finding Hamburg's most monumental side by admiring its town hall, the paintings in the Kunsthalle and the skeleton bell tower of Sankt Nicholas. Sigh on one of the 2,400 bridges that connect the city.

13. Take an aquatic stroll through the Elba to enjoy the portuense hamburg , from the city of warehouses to the current port, not forgetting the charming wharf and fish market of Sankt Pauli.

14. Scoundrel like the young Beatles through the gambling dens of the Grosse Freiheit and the Reeperbahn. Note that the most explicit, red and sexual Sankt Pauli has been domesticated.

fifteen. Summer sophisticated on the island of Sylt.

16. Hallucinate with the monumental potential of the center of Bremen . Take a photo with the statue of its famous musicians and cross yourself before the waste of its town hall.

island of sylt

island of sylt

17. Be touched while walking the charming alley of Schnoor.

18. Venerate volkswagen in the hilarious and avant-garde Autostadt in wolfsburg.

19. Toggle yesterday and tomorrow on Hanover , between its medieval buildings in the center and Gehry's constructions with which, in the year 2000, it was modernized for its own Expo.

twenty . Check that in Hamelin no rats left Not just flutists...

twenty-one. Become a fan of Street markets , whether they are the Christmas ones or the weekly ones that populate the city centers.

22. Surprise yourself with cities with unsuspected potential such as Munster , where there is no lack of an amazing cathedral or a most palatial castle.

23. Sneaking into the old ‘monumentalised’ factories and mines throughout the ruhr area such as Zollverein (Essen), Landschaftpark (Duisburg) or Zollern (Dortmund).

Munster

The beautiful cathedral of Münster

24. Forgive the industrial voracity of these cities by visiting the museums that came hand in hand with progress, such as the Kunstmuseum Bochum , the Folkwang in Essen or the Kunsthalle in Düsseldorf.

25. Rollerblading in the pronunciation of anywhere.

26 . Marvel at the impressive cathedral of Cologne . Caress its bells, explore its roof and pay attention to the curious stories that its stained glass windows tell.

27. Translating Aachen for Aachen while spending a day soaking in its waters and remembering that the Germanic kings were crowned here in the time of Charlemagne. Remember its splendor in the shadow of its extremely powerful town hall and its regal cathedral.

28. Search for Beethoven in Bonn , among souvenirs, statues and concert halls that exploit his bust.

bonn

Beethoven statue in Bonn

29. Follow the course of the river through the upper valley of the Middle Rhine, leaving castles, cliffs and bastions on the banks such as the Pfalz.

30. Immerse yourself in the afterwork life of Frankfurt to discover that not everything is offices and shops while one acculturates on the edge of the museums and puts on his boots in the coquettish kleinmarkthalle.

31. Note that the old Roman Empire continues to impress when walking through trier and find monuments such as the Porta Nigra, the amphitheater, the Basilica of Constantine or the Roman bridge.

32. taste the valley Moselle between drinks and tastings of the best Riesling German.

33. Make pellas (as in the past) through the streets of Heidelberg , while passing the charming shops of the Haupstrasse, you cross the Charles Theodore Bridge, he goes up to the castle and returns to the university, but not before having passed through the student jail.

Frankfurt

Frankfurt, a city of museums

3. 4. Appear at any monastery be advertised on the road. Find out if the monks are still making homemade beer and toast to the cry of Prost!

35. Earn a few extra years of life in the Baden-Baden spas.

36. Decide if you love your mom or dad more stuttgart . That is, prioritize a visit to the Porsche Museum or the Mercedes-Benz Museum.

37. Reconcile with the human being and his respect for nature among the dense forests and the quiet villages of the Black forest.

38. Drooling at every one of the stops Romantic Route, discovering the most monumental Germany, rural and cared for.

39 . dedicate a whole day to Rothenburg ob der Tauber to understand why it is the most beautiful, perfect and iconic town in the entire country.

40. Sailing on the lake Constance . Dock in the beautiful ports of Mainau, Meersburg and Konstanz to discover on foot the resorts where nobles spent the summer centuries ago.

41. conclude that Lindau It is the most delicate and sweet populated island in the whole world.

Black forest

black forest, germany

42. Join the madness of Luis II observing, from the bridge of Maria, the proud image of Neuschwanstein . Go through its interior to understand that the old monarch was too 'over there'.

43. Delve into the most cultured Alps to enjoy the palace of Linderhof and the polychrome houses of Oberammergau.

44. Go back to childhood enjoying like a dwarf in parks like Legoland or Playmobil Funpark.

Four. Five. Lizard in the lakes that separate the mountains from Munich . Rest from rest strolling through the expressionist galleries of murnau.

46. Respect the display of decoration that is the Marienplatz in Munich. Take the opportunity to get to know a historic center where there is no lack of a good cathedral, a royal residence and even a permanent market (Viktualienmarkt).

47. approach the Theresenwiese it is not going to be that the Oktoberfest (or similar) and one has not found out. And if it's empty, fulfill the beer ritual by visiting the charismatic Hofbräuhaus.

Rotheburg ob der Tauber

Rotheburg, one of the most beautiful

48. Challenge the famous syndrome for the neighborhood of the museums . Do not miss the appointment with the Lenbacchaus, the Neue Pinakothek, the Glyptothek and the Pinakothe ​​der Moderne.

49. Learn a bit of contemporary architecture in the BMW Welt. Continue with the design classes in its museum and top off the ecstasy with a pilgrimage to the Allianz Arena, the penultimate great architect-football temple.

fifty . Join the fantastic liturgy of a beer garden Bavarian.

51. Sunday in the Englischer Garten , between blondes surfing a river and big Chinese towers.

52. Going from everything to nothing in the north of the city, getting to know the castle of nymphenburg and the Dachau concentration camp.

53. judge positively Nuremberg after returning to the past in its medieval streets and in the recesses of its old imperial castle.

neuschwanstein castle

A fairy tale picture and a stone's throw from Munich

54. Count up to hundreds the monuments that populate Bamberg , one of those cities that has more buildings protected than unprotected.

55 . listen to an opera Wagner in Bayreuth and then mitigate the impulses of wanting to take over the world.

56. Conquer castles as impregnable as they are beautiful as the one in Wartburg the one from Hohenzöllern or the one from Schwerin.

57 . Forget any truculent past by visiting the beautiful Dresden , where icons such as the Frauenkirche, the castle or the augustus bridge show that this country can overcome any blow.

58. Celebrate with joy the reborn cultural life of Leipzig , strolling through its Spinnerei or enjoying its classical music in corners such as the Gewandhaus or the Thomaskirche.

59. Honor enough to bauhaus admiring its most emblematic constructions in Weimar and Dessau.

Nuremberg

Nuremberg

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