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Tourist Attractions in Germany

The most interesting and beautiful tourist sites in Germany

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About Germany

Germany is one of the safest countries for tourism, a fact that attracts millions of travellers every year. The country has a rich history and cultural tourism is one of the main destinations. Palaces, fortresses and castles – many of them built during the Middle Ages. Many of the most diverse sights are UNESCO historical heritage sites.

The tribute to the past is reflected in “”military”” tourism. It is difficult to call this direction entertaining, however, it is a part of the country’s history. Fans of event tourism will be delighted by the most popular beer festival – Oktoberfest. For family holidays, walks in park areas and sightseeing of natural sights are suitable, as well as visiting the zoo in the capital and Europa-Park in Rust.

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Top-35 Tourist Attractions in Germany

Brandenburg Gate

4.7/5
156714 reviews
Symbol of the German capital, since 1989 symbol of the reunification of the country. It was built by the architect Karl Gottgard Langgans. He modelled the design of the gate on the Acropolis passageways. The construction in the style of classicism perfectly combines with the rest of the buildings on Paris Square. The decoration of the gate is a quadriga 6 metres high with a chariot driven by Victoria, the goddess of victory. The bas-reliefs on the inner walls depict the feats of Hercules.
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Reichstag Building

4.7/5
8361 reviews
State Assembly Building. This monumental structure is 137 metres long and 103 metres wide. It was built in the Italian Renaissance style in 1894. The four towers of the building symbolise the German kingdoms. Their height is 46 metres. You can climb to the top of the glass dome, from where you can see the government quarter and the city itself.
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Marienplatz

4.7/5
110406 reviews
The city’s central square, founded in 1158. The name translates as “Maria Square”, after the column of St. Mary built in 1638. In the Middle Ages, the square was the venue for jousting tournaments. Since the Middle Ages, the square has also been home to the Viktualienmarkt market. The highest cathedral in Munich, the Frauenkirche, is a landmark of the square. An underground interchange runs beneath the square.
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Oktoberfest

4.5/5
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A unique, world-famous beer festival. The largest folk festival in the world. It takes place in Munich and is attended by around 6 million people each year. Traditional events at the festival include a costume parade and a procession of beer tent owners, as well as the opening ceremony of the first beer barrel. Amusement rides include a Ferris wheel and several roller coasters.
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Topography of Terror

4.6/5
35459 reviews
The remains of the destroyed Berlin Wall, preserved as a memorial complex. Part of the complex, the Window of Remembrance, is dedicated to the Germans who died while fleeing to West Berlin from East Berlin. The rusted steel monument features their black and white photos in several rows. The Chapel of Reconciliation is also part of the complex. The entire Berlin Wall complex covers an area of 4 hectares.
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Museum Island

4.7/5
2840 reviews
The cultural and architectural museum complex is a UNESCO heritage site. It is located on the northern tip of the island of Spreinsel. The Pergamon Museum is considered to be the most visited. In its building are presented objects of culture and art of the Ancient Assembly and West Asia, as well as reconstructions of ancient buildings of different nations. Both tourists and art historians from all over the world come to Museum Island.
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Miniatur Wunderland

4.8/5
82460 reviews
The world’s largest railway layout. A must-see in Hamburg. The construction covers an area of 1,500 m² and features more than 10 zones with different themes in 1:87 scale. These are cities and countries, airports and railway stations, gardens and parks. More than 1000 trains move between them, 400 000 human and animal figures are placed. Some parts of the layout are actuated and controlled by buttons.
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Monday: 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM
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Green Vault

4.7/5
6081 reviews
Thanks to the collection of jewellery in the museum, the Green Vault is called one of the richest treasuries in the world. The museum has thousands of objects on display, of which about 1100 pieces belong to the jewellery art. One of the most luxurious objects is the tabletop composition “Palace Reception in Delhi”, set with 5,223 diamonds, 175 emeralds, 189 rubies, 53 pearls and one sapphire.
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Monday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Tuesday: Closed
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Porsche Museum

4.7/5
25807 reviews
Germany is the “birthplace of the automobile” and the cradle of the automotive industry. The country is home to factories of the world’s leading automotive giants. Car-loving tourists can visit the headquarters and museums of their favourite car manufacturers. Familiarise themselves with the history of the enterprises and the biographies of the people who created them. View car models, from the earliest exhibits to modern concepts. Drive on race and test tracks.
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Monday: Closed
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Mercedes-Benz, VW and Audi, BMW and Porsche museums

Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

4.6/5
44484 reviews
Memorial to the murdered Jews of Europe. Opened in 2005 in Berlin, it was designed by Peter Eisenman. It is a field with 2700 grey concrete slabs of different sizes. According to the author’s idea, the labyrinths of passages between the blocks evoke a feeling of inconsolation and fear, understanding the meaninglessness of the terrible deaths of millions of people. Under the memorial there are halls of the Holocaust Museum and an information centre for relatives of the victims.
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Topography of Terror

4.6/5
35459 reviews
A memorial centre built in 1987. It was created to comprehend and document the terror during National Socialism. The project was originally housed in the Gestapo cellars, but in 2010 a special building was built for it. The exhibition area covers 800 m². The centre complex also includes an open-air exhibition on the site of Prince Albrecht’s palace. About 500,000 people visit the centre every year.
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Neuschwanstein Castle

4.6/5
85954 reviews
An architectural masterpiece in the forests of the Bavarian Alps. The castle is incredibly popular with tourists. The decoration of the halls amazes with its luxury. Many architectural and artistic elements trace the “swan motif”. The swan is the heraldic symbol of the family of the Counts of Schwangau. Louis II, who initiated the construction of the castle, belongs to this family. He took a significant part in the design of the palace, but lived in it for only 172 days. The construction of the castle took 17 years.
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Nymphenburg Palace

4.6/5
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Summer residence of the rulers of Bavaria. The Baroque palace is located in a beautiful park in the west of Munich. The park area is decorated in the French style, similar to Versailles. The grand hall of the palace is in Rococo style and is decorated with frescoes. In the Gallery of Beauties there are 36 portraits by Stihler. The palace has a carriage museum and a porcelain museum. The Blutenburg Castle is within sight of the palace walls.
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Zwinger

4.7/5
48148 reviews
Neo-Renaissance and Baroque architectural complex. Its buildings house the Physico-Mathematical Salon, the Dresden Picture Gallery and museums of porcelain, mineralogy, sculpture and geology. The first building of the complex was constructed of wood in 1709. The Dresden Picture Gallery contains more than 750 paintings by artists of Western Europe. Most of them were painted before the beginning of the 18th century.
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Monday: 6:00 AM – 8:00 PM
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Sanssouci Palace

4.6/5
24126 reviews
The park was created in the 18th and 19th centuries. Its area is 290 hectares and the length of all the park’s walkways is 70 kilometres. The most interesting building on its territory is the palace of Frederick the Great, built in 1745-1747. At the same time the vineyards were laid out. In addition to the palace, the Antique Temple and the Temple of Friendship, the Picture Gallery built in 1764 and the Neptune Grotto are also worth seeing. The Sans Souci complex is on the UNESCO list.
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Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Wednesday: 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
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Sans Souci Palace and Park (Potsdam)

Heidelberg Palace

4.7/5
52338 reviews
A symbol of German Romanticism architecture. It is situated on the 80 metre high Königstuhl mountain. French raids in the 17th century left the castle in ruins. The castle received a patron in the person of Charles de Gremberg, a count from France. He devoted his life to looking after the ruins of the castle and published a guidebook. This is what attracted millions of tourists to the castle, mostly from Japan and America.
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Frauenkirche Dresden

4.8/5
28784 reviews
The Church of St Mary the Virgin in Dresden. It was built in 1726-1743 in Baroque style on the site of a dilapidated old building of the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It was rebuilt after the bombing of the city in 1945. The stones of the old building stand out in black spots on the light façade of the new one. The church, 95 metres high, is designed for 3500 parishioners. It is crowned with a huge dome 26 metres in diameter and weighing 12 tonnes.
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Cologne Cathedral

4.8/5
65824 reviews
UNESCO heritage site and symbol of Cologne. The official name is the Cathedral of St Peter and Mary. The facade of the cathedral is considered the largest of all churches in the world. It is 86.5 metres wide and 144.5 metres long. The towers are 157 metres high and can be seen from anywhere in the city. The interior is decorated with stained glass windows. The sacred thing of the cathedral is the casket with the relics of the Magi who visited Christ at his birth. Also one of the valuable relics is the staff of St Peter.
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Berlin Cathedral

4.6/5
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Evangelical church, built in 1894-1905. It is built of Silesian granite. The height of the cathedral after reconstruction is 98 metres. Visitors can see the crypt of the Hohenzollern dynasty, including the magnificent sarcophagus of Friedrich Wilhelm I. There is a park around the cathedral, with a fountain in the centre. The cathedral is located on Museum Island and is visited by tens of thousands of tourists every year.
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Monday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
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Sunday: 12:00 – 5:00 PM
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Aachen Cathedral

4.7/5
14518 reviews
It was laid in 796 by order of Emperor Charlemagne. It is one of the oldest surviving churches of the Middle Ages. The central part of the cathedral is the chapel-tomb, built according to the traditions of Byzantine architecture. A memorial stone on its floor testifies that Charlemagne, the founder of the cathedral, is buried under it. Over the years, Gothic halls, chapels and the Glass House have been added to the cathedral.
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Kongresshalle

4.4/5
5228 reviews
In this area of more than 11 km² in the south-east of Nuremberg, NSDAP congresses were held from 1933 to 1938. Structures such as the stadium, the Zeppelin Stand, the assembly building and others were built especially for the congresses. Now this site has become an open-air museum. Visitors can feel the impact of the monumental architectural style. The museum offers organised guided tours, seminars and talks.
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Monday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
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NSDAP Convention Grounds (Nuremberg)

Concentration camps of the Third Reich

The most famous camps in Germany are Dachau, Buchenwald and Sachsenhausen. The camps of the Third Reich were characterised by special cruelty to prisoners and inhuman conditions of detention. Not many people find the strength to visit them. In Dachau, the exhibition tells the history of the concentration camp and the fate of its inmates. The main theme of Sachsenhausen is anti-fascist resistance. In Buchenwald, the crematorium, observation towers and camp gates with the inscription “To each his own” have been preserved. The opening of all the memorials is united by one idea – not to forget the past, so as not to repeat it in the future.
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UNESCO-Welterbe Zollverein

4.7/5
20109 reviews
Opened in 1830, now abandoned. In the mid-19th century it was one of the most productive and largest in the Ruhr area. After its closure in the 1980s, it was turned into a historical and cultural monument and placed under UNESCO protection. This interesting object of mine and factory architecture is open to tourists. The museum “Coal Road” shows all stages of mining and processing of this mineral.
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Port of Hamburg

4.7/5
2044 reviews
It is considered the third busiest port in Europe. Thousands of voyages to different countries of the world take place from here every year. In the port there are more than 300 berths for ocean and sea vessels. There is a special section of the Hamburg History Museum. There can tell about the development of the port since its opening in 1189. Unofficially, the history of the port is counted from the IX century, when citizens received the right to trade.
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Museum Holstentor

4.6/5
5852 reviews
Medieval city gate in the architectural style of “brick Gothic”. Also known as the “Holstein Gate”. It is a UNESCO protected heritage site. Until 1864 it was part of the defence complex. Two towers with cone-shaped roofs are connected by a span. Since the 1950s, the Holstentor has housed a museum of the city’s history. Cultural events are organised in the square by the gate.
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Frankfurter Römer

4.7/5
2821 reviews
A square in Frankfurt am Main that is the centre of attraction for many tourists. Its centrepiece is the old Römer Town Hall – the square is named in its honour. The building with its stepped facade has become a real symbol of the city. Its interior is amazingly luxurious, especially the Imperial Hall, decorated with frescoes. Today, Römer is a tourist square with many souvenir shops.
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Speicherstadt

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Hamburg’s warehouse district, a UNESCO heritage site. The warehouse line in the harbour is over 1.5 km long. The buildings reach the height of 8-storey buildings and their construction style is neo-Gothic. The peculiarity of the buildings is the deep foundation on oak logs. The construction of the district began in 1883 and lasted 44 years. There are many museums in the Speicherstadt district, including the famous Miniature Wonderland.
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Porta Nigra

4.6/5
32127 reviews
An antique gate 30 metres high. Erected in 170 AD. It is considered to be the best preserved in the world and is on the UNESCO list. Cement was not used in the construction of the gate, but was replaced by liquid tin. It and metal brackets were used to fasten the blocks, which were obtained by hand sawing multi-tonne stones. In Roman times, the Porta Nigra was used as a city gate.
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Rhine Gorge

4.6/5
147 reviews
Natural and architectural landscape on the Rhine River, between the cities of Koblenz and Rüdesheim. It is a UNESCO heritage site. The area attracts a huge number of tourists. The slopes of the mountains are covered with vineyards, among them there are more than 20 castles. On the steep banks of the river there are many rocks, one of which is called Lorelei and has a sad legend.
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Zugspitze

4.7/5
8443 reviews
The highest point in Germany is 2962 metres. It is located in the village of Greinau on the border with Austria. You can get to the top of the peak by train. The length of the line is 19.5 kilometres. The journey time is 1.5 hours. It is much faster to get to the top by one of the cable cars, it takes about 10 minutes. The summit offers a magnificent view of the Swiss Alps.
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The BASTEI Bridge

4.8/5
15469 reviews
Located in a picturesque park, this region is called the “Saxon Switzerland”. The cliffs are popular with rock climbers, rising almost 200 metres above the Elbe River. A 100 metre long bridge runs between the cliffs over a 40 metre gorge. It was built in 1824 from wood, but in 1851 it was replaced by a more durable material. A path across the bridge leads to the ancient fortress.
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Europa-Park

4.7/5
160862 reviews
The second most popular amusement park in Europe after Disneyland Paris. Its area of 90 hectares is divided into several parts, each of which symbolises a different country, where its flavour is recreated. The main attraction of the Russian part is a roller coaster with a length of 980 metres and a maximum speed of 100 km/h. There are about 100 rides in the park, and about 150 actors from different countries are involved in the show programmes.
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Monday: 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM
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Berlin Zoological Garden

4.5/5
61004 reviews
It is one of the largest zoos in the world. It was founded in 1884. More than 2.5 million people visit it annually. The zoo of the capital of Germany has about 35 thousand animals. The living conditions of the pets are close to natural. There are practically no fences in the park, but all conditions for comfortable and safe observation of animals have been created. For example, crocodiles can be watched from a suspension bridge.
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English Garden

4.7/5
60578 reviews
Established in 1792. It starts in the centre of Munich and extends 1 km to the north. The landscape design of the park is as close as possible to the natural landscape style. The park is divided by an autobahn into northern and southern parts. The sights of the southern part are the 25 metre high Chinese Tower and the Japanese Tea House. The Amphitheatre, the Tivoli Power Station and the St. Emmeram Bridge are the sights to see in the northern part.
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Tiergarten

4.6/5
23105 reviews
There are more than 30 kilometres of walking paths through the park. The composition of the park is a star. In its centre is the Big Star Square, from which 9 rays and alleys diverge. There are many attractions in the park – Bellevue Palace, Brandenburg Gate, Museum of World Cultures. For those who prefer a quiet holiday by the water, the Neuer Park Lake with its beer pub on the shore is more suitable.
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