Nuremberg (Nuremberg) is the second largest city in Bavaria. For centuries Nuremberg was considered the unofficial capital of the Holy Roman Empire and the seat of German kings, in the 19th century was the center of the industrial revolution in Germany. During the bombing of Nuremberg by the Allies in the Second World War, the entire city was turned into ruins.
After the Second World War, Nuremberg was chosen as the venue for the War Crimes Tribunal, known as the Nuremberg Trials. Later, after a thorough renovation, almost all the main buildings, including the castle and the old churches in the Old Town, were restored. Now Nuremberg can boast of beautiful architecture and a lively atmosphere, in favor of which says the influx of tourists in the summer months and at Christmas.
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Tourist centers
Nuremberg Info is located opposite the main railway station. station on the street Königstraße 93. Time schedule: from Mon. on Sat. from 09:00 to 19:00, in the sun. from 10:00 to 16:00.
The second tourist center is located on the main market square at the address: Hauptmarkt 18. Opened from Mon. on Sat. from 09:00 to 18:00, from May to October and during the Christmas market from 09:00 to 19:00.
How to get to Nuremberg
Nuremberg Airport is located 7 km north of the city center and accepts both domestic and international flights.
The railway connection connects Nuremberg with Frankfurt (fare 39 EUR, travel time 2 hours 30 minutes), Munich (41 EUR, 1 hour 30 minutes), Berlin (77 EUR, 6 hours 30 minutes), Vienna (96 EUR, 5 hours 30 minutes) and Prague (42 EUR, 6 hours).
BerlinLinienBus organizes a regular bus service to Berlin (39 EUR, 4 hours), buses depart from the main railway station. railway station.
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Weather in Nuremberg
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| at night | -4 | -4 | +0 | +2 | +6 | +10 | +12 | +11 | +8 | +4 | +0 | -2 |
Transport
The old city is better to explore on foot, the rest of the city can be traversed by buses and trams. The ticket for one trip will cost 1, 4 EUR, travel for a day - 3, 6 EUR. Other cities can be reached by the S-Bahn and R-Bahn high-speed rail.
It is possible to rent a bike at the rental point Ride on a Rainbow, located on the street Adam-Kraft-Strasse 55, for 10-18 EUR per day.
Shopping
The old town of Nuremberg is divided by the Pegnitz River into two parts - the northern Sebalder Alstadt and the southern Lorenzer Altstadt. The main shopping area of the city is the southern part of Lorenzer Altstadt. There are three central shopping streets leading from the tower of Weißer Turm to the Church of St. Lorenz.
Major shopping centers: City Point at Breite Gasse 5, Franken-Center at Glogauer Straße 30-38, and also the market at Äußere Bayreuther Strasse 80. Shops are usually open from Monday to Saturday from 09:30 to 20:00, small shops can be closed earlier.
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Cuisine and restaurants of Nuremberg
In Nuremberg, you should definitely taste the Nürnberg fried sausages of Bratwürste, which in most restaurants are served with sauerkraut or mashed potatoes. In expensive restaurants, you can order Saure Zipfel - fried sausages in a vinegar-onion sauce with fresh horseradish and bread. And in street tents Drei im Weggla are sold - the same sausages, but wrapped in rolls. Another traditional local delicacy is Lebkuchen ginger bread.
Food stalls and fast food restaurants can be found on Königstraße Street, moving in the direction of the main railway station. station in the direction of the Old Town.
Restaurant Bratwursthäusle specializes exclusively in Nürnberg sausages and is located on Rathausplatz 1, and local cuisine is prepared in the restaurant Heilig Geist Spital on Spitalgasse 16 or Steichele, Hotel & Weinrestaurant at Knorrstraße 2-8.
Entertainment, excursions and attractions of Nuremberg
The medieval Nuremberg fortress and the city wall, Burgviertel quarter with buildings that survived the bombing during the Second World War, the Church of St. Sebalduskirche, the oldest of the large city churches of Nuremberg, the medieval church of St. Lorenzkirche are of interest in the Old Town.
In 2000, in honor of the celebration of the 950th anniversary of the former imperial city of Nuremberg, the so-called "Historic Mile of Nuremberg" was laid, which is the most popular tourist route. Mile passes through the most important sights of the Old City: the city wall, the Church of St. Marfa, the Church of St. Clara, the Mauthalle customs building, the St. Lorenz Church, the Nassauer Haus house in the Gothic style and the Holy Spirit Hospital on Heilig-Geist-Spital on the beach the Pegnitz River.
Nürnberg zoo Tiergarten (Tiergarten) is open from mid-March to early October from 08:00 to 19:30, the rest of the time from 09:00 to 17:00. Entrance fee is 8, 5 EUR.
An inquisitive one is the city observatory of the name of Johann Regiomontan, an outstanding German astronomer and mathematician of the 15th century, and the planetarium Nicolaus-Copernicus-Planetarium. And to explore the world of feelings, you should go to the center of Erfahrungsfeld zur Entfaltung der Sinne.
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Developments
The Volksfest beer festival takes place twice a year and attracts more than a million visitors. The festival of folklore Altstadtfest Nuremberg meets annually in September, there people arrive no less.
Rock music festival Rock im Park and classical music festival Klassik Open Air are also popular among visitors and residents of the city. But in the so-called "Blue Night" (Blaue Nacht), the doors of all museums, churches and other cultural institutions are open to visitors until the morning. In October, Nuremberg hosts the "Night of Science" (Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften), when everyone can visit scientific institutes, universities and other institutions.
Every two years artists from many countries come to Nuremberg to take part in the festival of Germany's largest puppet theater, the Internationales Figurentheater-Festival]. Finally, the annual Christmas market of Christkindlesmarkt is interesting, which can be visited from late November to December, and the flea market Trempelmärkte is open every second weekend of May and the first weekend of September Photo of Nuremberg (82)