Nuremberg - that’s with half a million inhabitants Bavaria’s second largest city and ranks high among the world’s most livable towns. It had always been a center of politics - in the Middle Ages it was preferred residence of German Emperors and later Nuremberg Germany became burdened by the legacy of the Nazis. Although bombed to rubble in WWII, the medieval city center with its main buildings had been reconstructed, using the original stone. Packed with sights Nuremberg Germany is one of the biggest tourist draws today. The pulse of the city beats at the market square Hauptmarkt - that lively place is dominated by the beautiful Church Frauenkirche and the Gothic fountain Schöner Brunnen, one of the most visited sights in Nuremberg Germany. In December it gets really crowded there, because then it’s time for the world famous Christmas market Christkindlesmarkt!
For many people Nuremberg is most known for its specialities like those little sausages and gingerbread, but did you know that between Nuremberg and Fürth the first German railway line was opened in 1835? Nuremberg was also home to some great personalities such as the poet Hans Sachs, the painter Albrecht Dürer, Martin Behaim who built the first Globus here or Peter Henlein, who made the first pocket clock.
Daily 1 pm, meeting point Tourist Office at the Hauptmarkt.
The main sights of Nuremberg, the churches like Sebaldus and St. Lorenz, romantic half-timbered houses in the castle quarter, cobblestoned squares and the majestic Nuremburg Kaiserburg Castle create a nice medieval atmosphere in the Old Town, which is almost completely surrounded by a five kilometers long historic city wall from the 15th/16th century.