Towns to visit

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smifffymoto

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4,527 posts

204 months

Wednesday 28th November 2018
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We have just got back from an impulsive trip which took in Leipzip,Nurmburg and Rothenburg.
Any other typically German towns with good beer and sausages to put on the list?
I have fallen in love with German beer as I only really get Belgian beer at home(France).

Nunga

332 posts

107 months

Friday 4th January 2019
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If you’re driving from France you’d be mad to not see the little spa town Baden Baden. Right on the edge of the Black Forest as well, so the driving there is amazing.

toon10

6,140 posts

156 months

Friday 4th January 2019
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I used to be in a relationship with a girl from Magdeburg and she took me to Wernigerode and Quedlinburg which are nice characterful German towns with some lovely old buildings, plenty of good German beer and sausage! If you're in the middle of the Leipzig, Hanover and Berlin triangle, I can recommend.

cardigankid

8,849 posts

211 months

Sunday 3rd February 2019
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+1

These parts of the Harz Mountains used to be in the East Zone, so less well developed, but extremely attractive. A couple of rather fine Gastro-Gasthauses in Quedlinburg as well.

NoVetec

9,967 posts

172 months

Sunday 24th February 2019
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Bamberg Altstadt is a nice, little place. Either the or one of places in Germany wth the most breweries per square blah blah.



Edited by NoVetec on Sunday 24th February 18:08

generationx

6,644 posts

104 months

Sunday 24th February 2019
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Cologne. 4000 bars.

irocfan

40,152 posts

189 months

Sunday 24th February 2019
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Kulmbach for the beer (Kulmbacher Eku)
Füssen for the scenery

dcb

5,834 posts

264 months

Sunday 24th February 2019
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generationx said:
Cologne. 4000 bars.
All serving pretty much the same stuff.

Another North German city which had the Bomber Harris treatment.
Very little architecture older than 1950 and the main shopping street is so dull,
it makes Dortmund look good. OTOH, the Cologne Cathedral is pretty good.

I also notice that Cologne is twinned with Rotterdam. I wonder which one is prettier ?

If you want world-class drinking, it's in Bavaria. Plenty of beer styles
and plenty of it. Litre steins by default and even the women sup half-litres
with their breakfast.

Wacky Racer

38,099 posts

246 months

Sunday 24th February 2019
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Herrenberg near Stuttgart

Heidelberg

cardigankid

8,849 posts

211 months

Sunday 28th April 2019
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Trier to Koblenz, Stralsund, Rugen, that whole north coast, Berlin, Harz mountains as suggested, Sachsische Schweiz, Meissen, Thuringia, Weimar (Determined Old School Brits can visit Colditz - the locals will think you are nuts/strange but hey ho.) There really are so many fantastic places to go in Germany it’s hard to go wrong. Just avoid the major industrial centres - Neckarsulm comes to mind - but nearby you have Hockenheim, Schwabisch Hall, Langenburg. Go swimming in the Jagst.

Man, it’s paradise. Just point your car towards Germany and depress the accelerator. Particularly at 04.00 on a summer’s morning on a derestricted Autobahn.

Edited by cardigankid on Sunday 28th April 10:20

cardigankid

8,849 posts

211 months

Sunday 28th April 2019
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You’re never too old to relocate!

smifffymoto

Original Poster:

4,527 posts

204 months

Monday 20th May 2019
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Well I am back,a quick tour with Mrs S in the van.So far,Hamburg,Bremen,now foloowing some of the fairytale route.I want to go to Bonn and visit the Bike Discount mega store before heading home.

Rubins4

780 posts

124 months

Tuesday 21st May 2019
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dcb said:
generationx said:
Cologne. 4000 bars.
All serving pretty much the same stuff.

Another North German city which had the Bomber Harris treatment.
Very little architecture older than 1950 and the main shopping street is so dull,
it makes Dortmund look good. OTOH, the Cologne Cathedral is pretty good.

I also notice that Cologne is twinned with Rotterdam. I wonder which one is prettier ?

If you want world-class drinking, it's in Bavaria. Plenty of beer styles
and plenty of it. Litre steins by default and even the women sup half-litres
with their breakfast.
This.

Also try Augsburg, lovely place.

Frankfurt was a bit too much like Cologne for my taste.



Kewy

1,462 posts

93 months

Tuesday 21st May 2019
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Baden-Baden and the whole of the Black Forest is awesome, as others have said.

My vote would be Schiltach in the Black Forest, beautiful little town in the heart of the forest.

AlpinaB5

72 posts

64 months

Tuesday 13th August 2019
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I live in Trier, the oldest city in Germany and it is beautiful! Just happens to be twinned with my home city of Gloucester too. Don't go there though it's a dump! Lots of nice areas to visit too close by as it's in the Mosel valley.

Bodo

12,368 posts

265 months

Wednesday 18th September 2019
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Rubins4 said:


Frankfurt was a bit too much like Cologne for my taste.
Frankfurt had a lot more of its pre-war architecture rebuilt. The central old town only a couple of years ago. While Cologne beer is closer to American beer, Frankfurt not only has a history with brewing, but also has a gastronomic culture that is pretty much unique - Applewine is nothing like cider.
https://youtu.be/8ngzifuCJmA Deep in Germany's Apple Wine Country: Al-Kee-Hol

only1ian

684 posts

193 months

Sunday 8th March 2020
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If your cruising along the A2 back from Berlin after passing Hannover check out Bückeburg! Picturesque castle, nice old town with a decent brewery and a helicopter museum that has the tiger used in James Bond golden eye on display! Got married there.

cardigankid

8,849 posts

211 months

Wednesday 1st April 2020
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AlpinaB5 said:
I live in Trier, the oldest city in Germany and it is beautiful! Just happens to be twinned with my home city of Gloucester too. Don't go there though it's a dump! Lots of nice areas to visit too close by as it's in the Mosel valley.
Isn’t Trier marvellous? Where would you look for property in the Trier area these days, I was thinking of relocating?

irocfan

40,152 posts

189 months

Wednesday 1st April 2020
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cardigankid said:
AlpinaB5 said:
I live in Trier, the oldest city in Germany and it is beautiful! Just happens to be twinned with my home city of Gloucester too. Don't go there though it's a dump! Lots of nice areas to visit too close by as it's in the Mosel valley.
Isn’t Trier marvellous? Where would you look for property in the Trier area these days, I was thinking of relocating?
Tbh whilst I quite liked Trier I loved Monschau (though my heart will always be in Bavaria

cardigankid

8,849 posts

211 months

Thursday 2nd April 2020
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Looks pretty! Certainly worth a visit, though it is some way from Trier.