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1 Editor's Pick Berlin's Brandenburg Gate
1 Editor's Pick Berlin's Brandenburg Gate

Berlin's Brandenburg Gate Share: Modeled on the Acropolis in Athens and built for King Frederick William II in 1791, the monumental sandstone Brandenburg Gate in Berlin's Mitte district was the city's first Neoclassical structure.

2 Cologne Cathedral (KöLner Dom)
2 Cologne Cathedral (KöLner Dom)

Cologne Cathedral (German: Kölner Dom, officially Hohe Domkirche Sankt Petrus, English: Cathedral Church of Saint Peter) is a Catholic cathedral in Cologne, Northrhine-Westfalia, Germany. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and of the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne.

3 The Black Forest
3 The Black Forest

The Black Forest (German: Schwarzwald, pronounced [ˈʃvaʁt͡svalt]) is a large forested mountain range in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany. It is bounded by the Rhine valley to the west and south. Its highest peak is the Feldberg with an elevation of 1,493 metres (4,898 ft).

4 The Ultimate Fairytale Castle: Neuschwanstein
4 The Ultimate Fairytale Castle: Neuschwanstein

Neuschwanstein Castle – Germany's fairytale castle. Neuschwanstein is known all over the world as a symbol of idealised romantic architecture and for the tragic story of its owner. After losing sovereignty in his own kingdom, Ludwig II withdrew into his own world of myths, legend and fairytales.

5 Miniatur Wunderland and the Historic Port of Hamburg
5 Miniatur Wunderland and the Historic Port of Hamburg

About Miniatur Wunderland Miniatur Wunderland is the world’s largest model train exhibit, and still growing. See trains running through recreations of Hamburg and the coast, Austria, the Grand Canyon and Scandinavia.

6 The Rhine Valley
6 The Rhine Valley

Rhine Valley The Rhine Valley is storybook Germany, a fairy-tale world of legends and robber-baron castles. Cruise the most castle-studded stretch of the romantic Rhine as you listen for the song of the treacherous Loreley.

7 Museum Island in Berlin
7 Museum Island in Berlin

I'm considering whether to get Welcome Card, Museum Pass or not. If we get Welcome Card including museum island for the adults, is a child of 8 years of age also free to enter the museums? The reply from Visit Berlin says all children until 18 are free to enter all museums. I'm just very confused as all museums show a reduced rate for kids up to 15.

8 Bamberg and the BüRgerstadt
8 Bamberg and the BüRgerstadt

Bamberg's timbered Alte Hofhaltung, the Old Court, is considered to be one of the finest creations of the German Renaissance. Built as the Bishop's palace in 1576, it now houses the town's Historical Museum with its fine collections of applied and decorative art.

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