Sights on our route
What to see and where to walk in the cities and towns between Serbia, Austria and Germany.
Frankfurt is more than an airport
Römerberg square, a walk along the Main and an evening in the old Sachsenhausen quarter.
Nuremberg: the imperial castle and the old town
The Kaiserburg above the rooftops of the old town, Dürer's house and one of the best-known Christmas markets in Germany.
Würzburg: the Residence, the bridge and the vineyards
The UNESCO-listed Residence, the Old Main Bridge and the view of the vineyards from Marienberg Fortress.
Bamberg: the city on seven hills
A UNESCO-protected old town and the old town hall built in the middle of the river Regnitz.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber: the Middle Ages, live
A walk along the preserved town walls and lanes that look like a postcard.
Heidelberg: the castle above the Neckar
The castle ruins, the Old Bridge and the oldest university in Germany.
Regensburg: the Stone Bridge and the old town
The medieval Stone Bridge over the Danube and a UNESCO-listed old town.
Stuttgart: the city of cars
The Mercedes-Benz and Porsche museums, with parks and vineyards on the hills around the city in between.
Cologne: the cathedral you can see from afar
The UNESCO-listed Gothic cathedral, a walk along the Rhine and the Hohenzollern Bridge.
Berlin: history at every step
The Brandenburg Gate, the glass dome of the Reichstag and pieces of the Berlin Wall covered in murals.
Hamburg: the port, canals and the Elbphilharmonie
Old red-brick warehouses, the Elbphilharmonie Plaza and a fish sandwich by the harbour.
Düsseldorf: the old town and a walk along the Rhine
The old town known as “the longest bar in the world”, the Rhine promenade and the elegant Königsallee.
Leipzig: city of music and the peaceful revolution
The church where Bach worked, the cellar from Goethe's Faust and the Monument to the Battle of the Nations.
Dortmund: football, beer and a lake where a steelworks stood
The stadium with the famous Yellow Wall, the German Football Museum and Phoenix Lake.
Essen: a coal mine on the UNESCO list
The Zollverein coal mine, the Krupp family villa and Lake Baldeney.
Bremen: the city of the Town Musicians
A UNESCO-listed town hall, the statue of the four animals from the fairy tale and the Schnoor quarter.
Dresden: a Baroque pearl on the Elbe
The rebuilt Frauenkirche, the Zwinger and the terrace known as the Balcony of Europe.
Hanover: gardens and a red line through the city
The Herrenhausen Gardens, the New Town Hall with its curved lift and a walk along the red line.
Mannheim: the city of squares and spaghetti ice cream
Addresses laid out like a chessboard, a huge Baroque palace and the water tower.
Karlsruhe: the fan-shaped city
Streets radiating from the palace like rays, the pyramid on the market square and the nearby Black Forest.
Augsburg: city of the Romans and the Fuggers
The oldest social housing estate in the world still in use and the Golden Hall in the town hall.
Bonn: Beethoven's city on the Rhine
The house where Beethoven was born, a former capital and streets full of cherry blossom.
Münster: city of bicycles and peace
A market street of gabled houses, the hall where the Peace of Westphalia was signed and a path around the old town.
Freiburg: a sunny city at the gateway to the Black Forest
Little water channels running through the streets, a cathedral with a tall spire and the view from the Schlossberg.
Ulm: the tallest church spire in the world
The minster with its 161-metre spire, the Fishermen's Quarter and the Danube flowing towards Serbia.
Vienna in one day: what you can fit in
Schönbrunn, St Stephen's Cathedral and the Prater, planned so the day goes by without rushing.
Munich on foot: from Marienplatz to the English Garden
The old town, the Viktualienmarkt and a huge city park, all within walking distance.
Salzburg: Mozart's city below the fortress
Mozart's birthplace, the Getreidegasse and the view from Hohensalzburg Fortress.
Graz: the clock tower on the Schlossberg
The climb up the Schlossberg to the clock tower and the view of the old town's red roofs.
Innsbruck: a city in the middle of the Alps
The Golden Roof in the old town and mountains you can see from every street.
Linz: the Danube, a mountain tram and Linzer torte
The main square on the Danube, the steep tram up the Pöstlingberg and one of the oldest cakes in the world.
Klagenfurt: the city on Lake Wörthersee
The dragon fountain, a warm lake among the mountains and a hundred-metre wooden lookout tower.
Villach: on the Drava, close to Italy and Slovenia
A walk along the Drava, thermal baths and Mount Dobratsch with a view into three countries.
St. Pölten: a Baroque town near the Wachau
Austria's youngest state capital, a Baroque old town and the Danube vineyards close by.
Duisburg: the largest inland port in Europe
An old ironworks turned into a park, a walkable roller-coaster sculpture and a boat trip around the port.
Bochum: mining, a musical and nightlife
A mining museum with tunnels underground, a musical that has run for decades and a lively nightlife district.
Wuppertal: the city of the suspension railway
A train hanging above the river since 1901, the birthplace of Friedrich Engels and green hills.
Bielefeld: the city that “doesn’t exist”
Sparrenburg Castle above the town, a joke all of Germany knows and the home of a famous pudding powder.
Wiesbaden: spa, casino and a Russian church
Hot springs in the centre, a casino where Dostoevsky gambled and golden domes on the Neroberg hill.
Mönchengladbach: football, art and a Renaissance castle
Borussia’s stadium, an unusual modern art museum on a hill and Rheydt Castle surrounded by water.
Gelsenkirchen: Schalke, a zoo and an old mine
A stadium with a retractable roof and a pitch that slides outside, a zoo arranged by continent and a park on a former mine.
Aachen: the city of Charlemagne
The cathedral where Charlemagne is buried, hot springs and the point where three countries meet.
Braunschweig: the city of Henry the Lion
The bronze lion in front of the castle, the cathedral and the most colourful house in Germany.
Chemnitz: the giant head of Karl Marx
A huge bronze monument, European Capital of Culture 2025 and a district of handsome old buildings.
Kiel: sails, ships and the Baltic Sea
The largest sailing event in the world, the busiest artificial waterway and beaches on the Baltic.
Halle: Handel’s city on the Saale
The birthplace of Handel, the oldest chocolate factory in Germany and a market square with five towers.
Magdeburg: city of the first emperor and the water bridge
The cathedral with the tomb of Otto the Great, the colourful Green Citadel and a canal that crosses a river on a bridge.
Krefeld: the city of velvet and silk
Medieval Linn Castle, houses by Mies van der Rohe and a tradition of silk weaving.
Mainz: Gutenberg, the cathedral and wine
The museum of the man who invented printing, a thousand-year-old cathedral and wine taverns on the Rhine.
Lübeck: queen of the Hanseatic League and city of marzipan
The Holsten Gate, an old town island on the UNESCO list and the famous marzipan.
Erfurt: a bridge lined with houses and a cathedral above the steps
A bridge people live on, a cathedral above a wide flight of steps and the oldest surviving synagogue in central Europe.
Rostock: a Hanseatic city and the beach at Warnemünde
A church with an astronomical clock over five hundred years old, a wide beach and big ships entering the port.
Kassel: Hercules, water features and the Brothers Grimm
A hillside park on the UNESCO list, the documenta exhibition and the Brothers Grimm museum.
Hagen: the gateway to the Sauerland
An open-air museum of old crafts, an Art Nouveau villa and lakes on the Ruhr and Volme.
Potsdam: palaces and parks next to Berlin
Sanssouci Palace, the Dutch Quarter and the palace where the Potsdam Conference was held.
Saarbrücken: a German city with a French touch
The Baroque Ludwigskirche, the great bend of the Saar and an ironworks on the UNESCO list.
Hamm: a glass elephant and a great temple
A park with a giant glass elephant, one of the largest Hindu temples in Europe and the river Lippe.
Oldenburg: a palace, a pedestrian zone and an autumn fair
The yellow palace in the centre, one of the first large pedestrian zones in Germany and the Kramermarkt fair.
Osnabrück: the city of the Peace of Westphalia
The hall where peace was negotiated in 1648, the hometown of the writer Remarque and a large zoo.
Leverkusen: the home of Bayer and aspirin
Bayer 04 football club, a Japanese garden and a palace with an art museum.
Darmstadt: a city of Art Nouveau and science
The Mathildenhöhe artists’ colony on the UNESCO list, the Wedding Tower and a chemical element named after the city.
Paderborn: three hares, computers and the shortest river
The three-hares window in the cathedral, the largest computer museum in the world and a river that rises in the city centre.
Ingolstadt: Audi, an old town and Frankenstein
Audi’s car museum, the Kreuztor gate and the city where Frankenstein created his monster.
Heilbronn: vineyards on the Neckar
Vineyards around the city, the largest science centre in Germany and St Kilian’s Church.
Pforzheim: the golden city at the gateway to the Black Forest
A jewellery museum, a panorama in an old gasometer and Black Forest woods right behind the town.
Wolfsburg: the city of Volkswagen
The Autostadt car theme park, the phaeno science centre and a city built because of one factory.
Göttingen: the university of Nobel laureates
The most kissed statue in Germany, half-timbered houses and a city of students.
Reutlingen: the narrowest street in the world
A street only about thirty centimetres wide, a Gothic church and Lichtenstein Castle nearby.
Koblenz: where the Moselle meets the Rhine
The German Corner, a cable car over the Rhine to the fortress and a valley of castles on the UNESCO list.
Bremerhaven: the port of emigrants to America
The emigration museum, a climate house that takes you around the world and a maritime museum.
Erlangen: beer in the cellars on the hill
The Bergkirchweih beer festival, a Baroque palace with gardens and a city of science and Siemens.
Trier: the oldest city in Germany
The Roman Porta Nigra gate, Roman baths and the house where Karl Marx was born.
Jena: city of optics and the planetarium
The oldest working planetarium in the world, a tower with a view and the city of Goethe and Schiller.
Siegen: the birthplace of Rubens
The Upper Castle with paintings by Rubens, wooded hills and hiking trails.
Hildesheim: the thousand-year-old rose bush
Two churches on the UNESCO list, a rose bush that has grown on the cathedral for centuries and the finest half-timbered house.
Cottbus: a park with a pyramid and the canals of the Spreewald
Branitz Park with its pyramid in a lake, punt rides through the Spreewald and Sorbian culture.
Zwickau: Schumann, Audi and the Trabant
The birthplace of the composer Schumann, the August Horch car museum and the cathedral.
Gera: the city of Otto Dix and underground cellars
The birthplace of the painter Otto Dix, cellars beneath the old town and a park with an orangery.
Schwerin: a fairy-tale castle on a lake
A castle with golden domes on an island, the city of seven lakes and a peaceful old town.
Flensburg: the rum town on the Danish border
Germany’s northernmost city, a harbour with old sailing ships and a history of rum trading.
Konstanz: the city on Lake Constance
The rotating Imperia statue in the harbour, the Council building and Mainau, the island of flowers.
Passau: the city of three rivers
Where the Danube, Inn and Ilz meet, a cathedral with an enormous organ and a fortress on the hill.
Rosenheim: on the way to the Alps
The autumn festival, exhibitions in the old engine shed and Lake Chiemsee nearby.
Bayreuth: Wagner’s city
The Richard Wagner Festival, a Baroque opera house on the UNESCO list and the Hermitage park.
Landshut: the tallest brick tower in the world
St Martin’s Church, Trausnitz Castle and the famous wedding of 1475.
Kempten: a Roman town in the Allgäu
An archaeological park of the Roman town, a Baroque basilica and the Alps close by.
Fulda: the Baroque city of St Boniface
The cathedral with the tomb of St Boniface, the city palace and the Rhön mountains.
Giessen: a city of students and mathematics
The world’s first mathematics museum, Germany’s oldest botanical garden in its original place and the city of the chemist Liebig.
Kaiserslautern: the hilltop stadium and the Palatinate Forest
The Fritz Walter Stadium, one of the largest Japanese gardens in Europe and vast forests around the city.
Offenburg: wine, the Black Forest and Strasbourg next door
An old town where demands for freedom were made in 1847, wine villages and Strasbourg half an hour away.
Görlitz: a film city on the Polish border
Germany’s easternmost city, a bridge to Poland and streets where Hollywood films were shot.
Stralsund: the gateway to Rügen island
A UNESCO-listed old town, the Ozeaneum aquarium and the bridge to Germany’s largest island.
Neubrandenburg: the city of four gates
Fully preserved medieval walls with four Gothic gates and Lake Tollense.
Aschaffenburg: a red sandstone palace on the Main
Johannisburg Palace, a replica of a Roman villa and the forests of the Spessart.
Schweinfurt: art and industry on the Main
The largest collection of paintings by Carl Spitzweg, a Renaissance town hall and a promenade on the Main.
Deggendorf: the gateway to the Bavarian Forest
A square with a statue of a woman throwing dumplings, the Danube and Germany’s oldest national park.
Wels: a long town square and an imperial castle
One of Austria’s loveliest squares, the castle where Emperor Maximilian died and big trade fairs.
Dornbirn: a gorge, a cable car and a view of Lake Constance
The Rappenloch gorge, the Karren cable car and the inatura nature museum.
Bregenz: opera on the lake
A stage floating on Lake Constance, the Pfänder cable car and a glass-clad art museum.
Wiener Neustadt: the oldest military academy in the world
The castle with a military academy founded in 1751, the tomb of Emperor Maximilian and the cathedral.
Steyr: a town on two rivers and the Christmas post office
An old town where the Enns and Steyr meet, Christkindl church with its Christmas post office and industrial history.
Feldkirch: a medieval town near three borders
Schattenburg Castle, an old town with arcades and Liechtenstein and Switzerland next door.
Leoben: Gösser beer and the mining university
The Göss brewery, the mining university and a main square of colourful houses.
Krems: the gateway to the Wachau
The Steiner Tor gate, the museums of the Kunstmeile and the vineyards of the Wachau.
Baden near Vienna: the spa where Beethoven composed
Sulphur springs and a spa park, the house where Beethoven worked on his Ninth Symphony and a casino.
Kufstein: a fortress and an organ that plays at noon
A fortress above the river Inn, the largest outdoor organ in the world and the Römerhofgasse lane.
Eisenstadt: Haydn’s town
Esterházy Palace, Joseph Haydn’s house and tomb, and Lake Neusiedl nearby.
Lienz: the town below the Lienz Dolomites
The jagged Lienz Dolomites, Bruck Castle with its museum and the cycle path towards Italy.
Amstetten: the heart of cider country
Pear and apple cider country, the basilica on the Sonntagberg and quiet countryside between Linz and St. Pölten.
Bruck an der Mur: a town where two rivers meet
The late Gothic Kornmesserhaus, a wrought-iron well and the meeting of the Mürz and the Mur.
Schwaz: the silver town of Tyrol
A silver mine you enter by mine train, a church with a copper roof and the nearby Ziller valley.
Bischofshofen: the finale of the Four Hills ski jumping
The ski jump where the Four Hills Tournament ends on 6 January, the Salzach valley and the Hochkönig mountain.
Belgrade for visitors from abroad
Kalemegdan, Knez Mihailova street, Skadarlija and a walk to Zemun: a city worth showing off.
Novi Sad: the fortress above the Danube
Petrovaradin Fortress, the Danube Park and a centre you can explore on foot.
Niš: a fortress in the heart of the city
Niš Fortress, taverns in Kazandžijsko sokače and a city full of history.
Subotica: Art Nouveau and Lake Palić
The Art Nouveau City Hall, a walk through the centre and an afternoon at Lake Palić.
Sremski Karlovci: Baroque, wine and bermet
The Patriarch's Palace, the Karlovci Gymnasium and wineries on the slopes of Fruška Gora.
Smederevo: the fortress on the Danube
Smederevo Fortress, one of the largest lowland fortresses in Europe, right on the bank of the Danube.
Topola and Oplenac
The Church of St George on Oplenac, endowed by King Peter I, with walls covered in mosaics.
Vršac: the town of vineyards
Vršac Tower on the hill above the town and vineyards as far as the eye can see.
Valjevo: the old Tešnjar quarter
Cobblestones and old craftsmen's shops in Tešnjar, by the river Kolubara.
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