Europe Travel Destinations | Cities & Places to Visit

Oldenburg

A canal-lined ducal city in Lower Saxony known for its palace, cycling culture, and hearty kale cuisine - a laid-back gateway to northern Germany.

Paderborn

A 1,200-year-old cathedral city in Westphalia where more than 200 springs feed Germany's shortest river right in the historic centre.

Wolfsburg

A purpose-built car city in Lower Saxony, Wolfsburg pairs Volkswagen's massive Autostadt complex with striking modern architecture.

Göttingen

A historic Lower Saxony university town of half-timbered streets, Nobel-laureate heritage, and easy day trips into central Germany.

Heilbronn

Heilbronn is a lively wine city on the Neckar in Baden-Württemberg, rebuilt after WWII and ringed by vineyard hills and river paths.

Ingolstadt

A Bavarian university city on the Danube where medieval towers sit minutes from Audi's home turf and a major designer outlet.

Pforzheim

Pforzheim pairs Germany's jewelry-making capital with a hillside trailhead into the Black Forest, at the meeting point of three rivers.

Bremerhaven

Bremerhaven pairs Germany's biggest fishing port with standout museums on emigration, climate, and the sea, right on the North Sea coast.

Reutlingen

A half-timbered Swabian city near Stuttgart, known for its Gothic church, the world's narrowest street, and its role as gateway to the Swabian Jura.

Koblenz

A compact German river city at the confluence of the Rhine and Moselle, framed by vineyard hills, a hilltop fortress, and easy access to fairytale castles.

Siegen

A hillside university town in western Germany crowned by two historic castles, birthplace of painter Peter Paul Rubens, and gateway to the Sauerland hills.

Salzgitter

Germany's largest city by area in Lower Saxony, a patchwork of villages built around a WWII-era steel plant, with a spa quarter, castle, and lake nearby.

Gera

A former princely capital in eastern Thuringia, Gera pairs Reuss-dynasty architecture and Otto Dix heritage with a compact, tram-laced old town.

Hildesheim

A 1,200-year-old cathedral city in Lower Saxony, home to two UNESCO World Heritage churches and one of northern Germany's finest half-timbered old towns.

Erlangen

A Baroque university town north of Nuremberg, built around a Margrave's palace and famous for hosting one of Germany's oldest beer festivals.

Passau

A Bavarian river town on the Austrian border, built where three rivers converge beneath a Baroque old town and a hilltop fortress.