Best city in Germany to visit (apart from Munich)?

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Weirdo Wulf version 2

My favourite city is Weimaa in Thuringia
I also like Eissinack

Vee

Rothenburg - it is a small town, but VERY authentic, definitely a favorite amongst tourists. Lots of unique things to do as well: you can enjoy a "Knight's Meal", check out the medieval crime museum, visit the all-year-round Christmas store (Kaethe Wohlfahrt). Check out the tourism homepage: http://www.rothenburg-online.de/cgi-bin/search/rothenburg.cgi?search=CAT&Category=Rothenburg and http://www.rothenburg.de/index.php?get=121 .

If you are absolutely intent on visiting a larger city, then I'd go with Hamburg. While it is also famous for being a seaport town, it definitely has its own charming character. There are also the Hamburg Dungeon, the Panoptikum (wax museum), various other museums, the SS Rickmer Rickmers, parks and much more. You certainly wouldn't get bored. Check out its homepage: http://www.germany-tourism.de/ENG/destination_germany/master_tlstadt-id1097-fstadt_allgemein.htm?cc_lang=

And to answer your question about Heidelberg, while it is a lovely city, it is very much comparable to Trier.

Ladybird

You could visit Frankfurt, I went there a few months ago. I liked Koln alot but if you're not keen on a cathedral city then that might not be your best option.
You could visit Stuttgart as it's a bit nearer to Munich than alot of the bigger cities but if distance doesn't matter to you then you could go anywhere!
The places I liked best in Germany were Koln, Munich and Weisbaden.

Good luck and have fun.

Biedronka

Berlin! I live here and it is worth visiting if you can. There is Brandenburg gate, Reichstag etc. Huge history with museums, a part of the Berlin wall. I love it here.

Potsdam, is also worth a visit if you like Prussian architecture and is close to Berlin so you can bag two cities. (google Scloss Sanccoussi or Neue Palais for examples of architecture)

Hamburg is really pretty and has a nice nautical atmosphere.

Dresden is an amazing city as well and takes about a week to take in all the sights.

What do you mean by 'typical' German?I find the further east one travels the more likely one is to hear German and to practice it, as there tend to be less tourists.

Bella

Berlin. It's got an fascinating history and it's really interesting to see how it has reinvented itself to a certain degree.

teamteam

Kassel is really nice and different from the big cities. There are lots of great things to see; WilhelmshÃ¶he Palace, above the city, is now a museum and houses an important collection of graeco-roman antiques and a fine gallery of paintings comprising the second largest collection of Rembrandts in Germany. It is surrounded by a beautiful park with many appealing sights. The LÃ¶wenburg ("Lions Castle") is a replica of a medieval castle, also built during the reign of Wilhelm IX.
Another large park is the Karlsaue along the Fulda River. Established in the 16th century, it is famous for the Orangerie, a palace built in 1710 as a summer residence for the landgraves. Today there is also a planetarium in the park.
Kassel is scene of Documenta, an important international exhibition of modern and contemporary art. Museums include: Schloss WilhelmshÃ¶he (Antiquities Collection and Old Masters; wall paper museum), Museum fÃ¼r Sepulkralkultur (the only German Museum of the culture of funerals); Art Gallery (Albrecht DÃ¼rer, Rubens, Rembrandt, Frans Hals, Anthony van Dyck), New Gallery (Tischbein Family, Joseph Beuys).

Kassel is also where the brothers Grimm lived!

Piwo

Visit Wuppertal, their i live!! We have this: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuppertaler_Schwebebahn and we have some very old buildings!!

Wolfgang

dusseldorf,

Alwin E

Did you consider Regensburg (Ratisbon)? It is beautifully located on the river Danube (the river most visitors to Germany want to see, except the Rhine), has a wonderful cathedral, and was a Roman fortress in ancient times, and the remnants of the ancient Roman city walls can still be seen there. It's a university town, too, so you're likely to meet people who are more or less fluent in English. They have a castle, too, owned by the Thurn und Taxis family, but I don't know if it's open to visitors. The cloister, St Emmeram, might be, however. And they have the best "WeiÃŸwurst" and beer in the whole of Bavaria; they beat Munich by miles!

Laury Sparks

I would suggest visiting Stuttgart perhaps only for a day's trip.

There are many beautiful sights and it is near the black forest region. Stuttgart is also home to many fascinating museums including the Mercedes and Porsche museums!

Ian M

Heidelberg is well worth a visit. it's noted for it's university and the great night life is geared up for the younger generation.

While there you can travel up the river towards Mannheim to check out the vineyards, maybe buy a bottle or two and visit Mannheim. Much more industrial but has a great castle and is small enough that it's practical to see the city centre on foot.

Fly in the highest (mari)

Lunen :) it's small but it's awesome

and saarland :)

robertc50

try annsbach or wiesbaden&mianiz
best is annsbach old cobbled streets old houses and churches great place to live in was there for six months for work know it well small not big city feel to it.wiesbaden is more post war germany some old parts
not many nice all the same

bob t

Hamburg

Thomas t

Hamburg

Its a good contrast to those "thougt to be typical" cities in southern germany.
Bavaria is not germany !!

lulay

Frankfurt.I used to work there.A good area is Sachen Hausen.Its a small area of cobbled strreets.

rdrnnr1972

I would suggest NÃ¼rnberg (Nuremberg). If nothing else, it does have the German National Museum, which can take a whole day by itself to go through. The architecture of the "pedestrian" zone (old city) is amazing, I can spend a day just walking around there. Don't miss the SchÃ¶ne Brunnen in the old market square, or the original castle and guard towers. The Hauptbahnhof (main train station) and the Opera house are always worth a look.When my family members come over to visit, NÃ¼rnberg is always a "must see".

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