Things to see in Nuremberg
Nuremberg is a city in Germany, with an urban population of about 737 thousand. Below are 20 notable places within about 5 km of the centre, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
1Nuremberg Castle History
Nuremberg Castle is a group of medieval fortified buildings on a sandstone ridge dominating the historical center of Nuremberg in Bavaria, Germany.
2Germanisches Nationalmuseum Museum
The Germanisches Nationalmuseum is a museum in Nuremberg, Germany. Founded in 1852, it houses a large collection of items relating to German culture and art extending from prehistoric times through to the present day.
3St. Sebaldus Place of worship
St. Sebaldus Church (St. Sebald, Sebalduskirche) is a medieval church in Nuremberg, Germany.
4St. Lawrence Place of worship
St. Lorenz (St. Lawrence) is a medieval church of the former free imperial city of Nuremberg in southern Germany.
5Frauenkirche Place of worship
The Frauenkirche ("Church of Our Lady") is a church in Nuremberg, Germany. It stands on the eastern side of the main market.
6Nazi party rally grounds Landmark
The Nazi party rally grounds collectively describe a complex of megastructures and clearings which together occupy around 11 square kilometres (1,100 ha) of land to the southeast of Nuremberg, Germany.
7Albrecht Dürer's House Art
Albrecht Dürer's House is a Nuremberg Fachwerkhaus that was the home of German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer from 1509 to his death in 1528.
8City walls of Nuremberg History
The city walls are the medieval defensive mechanism surrounding the old city of Nuremberg, Germany. Construction started in the 12th century and ended officially in the 16th century.
9Staatstheater Nürnberg Arts & culture
The Staatstheater Nürnberg is a German theatre company in Nuremberg, Bavaria. The theatre is one of four Bavarian state theatres and shows operas, plays, ballets and concerts.
10Nuremberg Transport Museum Museum
The Nuremberg Transport Museum (Verkehrsmuseum Nürnberg) in Nuremberg, Germany, consists of Deutsche Bahn's DB Museum and the Museum of Communications (Museum für Kommunikation).
11Christkindlesmarkt Shopping
The Christkindlesmarkt of Nuremberg is a Christmas market that is held annually in Nuremberg, Germany. It takes place during Advent in the Hauptmarkt, the central square in Nuremberg’s old town, and in adjoining squares and streets.
12Nuremberg Zoo Park
Nuremberg Zoo is a zoo located in the Nuremberg Reichswald ("imperial forest"), southeast of Nuremberg, Germany. With an area of 67 hectares (170 acres), approximately 300 animal species are kept by the zoo.
13Fleischbrücke (Nürnberg) Landmark
The Fleisch Bridge or Pegnitz Bridge (Pegnitzbrücke) is a late Renaissance bridge in Nuremberg, Germany. The bridge crosses the river Pegnitz in the center of the old town, linking the districts St. Sebald and St.
14Neues Museum Nürnberg Art
Neues Museum Nürnberg (NMN) is a museum for modern and contemporary art and design in Nuremberg.
15Katharinenkirche, Nuremberg Place of worship
St. Katharina (St. Catherine's Church) in Nuremberg, Bavaria, was an important medieval church, destroyed during the Second World War and preserved as a ruin.
16Nassauer Haus Landmark
The Nassauer Haus or Schlüsselfeldersche Stiftungshaus in Nuremberg is a medieval residential tower made of so-called red castle sandstone. Although originally built in Romanesque style, after several reconstructions the house is still characterized by Gothic style elements.
17Nuremberg Toy Museum Museum
The Nuremberg Toy Museum (also known as Lydia Bayer Museum) in Nuremberg, Bavaria, is a municipal museum, which was founded in 1971. It is considered to be one of the most well known toy museums in the world, depicting the cultural history of toys from antiquity to the present.
18St. Egidien Place of worship
St Egidien on Egidienplatz is the former Benedictine Abbey of Saint Giles (Egidienskirche), now a church in the former free imperial city of Nuremberg, southern Germany.
19St. Martha Place of worship
St. Martha is a medieval church in the old town of Nuremberg in southern Germany.
20St. Jakob Place of worship
St. Jakob (St James the Greater) is a medieval church of the former free imperial city of Nuremberg in southern Germany.
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