Harz

Rammelsberg Mining Museum

Authentic drift mine with underground galleries accessible to visitors.

Goethe Trail

16-km-long hiking trail to Mount Brocken’s summit, following possibly the same route as Goethe did in 1777.

Selke Valley Railway

The Selke Valley Railway is the most romantic line of the Harz narrow gauge network.

Goslar City Walk

Goslar is a medieval town with over 1,500 colourful half-timbered houses and cobblestone streets.

Hahnenklee Stave Church

Consecrated in 1908, this church was modelled on the medieval church in the Norwegian village of Borgund.

Monsterroller Braunlage

Ride down Mount Wurmberg on a monster scooter.

Affenwald

Primate zoo.

Borderland Museum Bad Sachsa

Former inner German border museum.

Brocken Railway

Riding the overcrowded Brocken Railway is one way to get to Mount Brocken’s summit, but hiking is more fun & less expensive.

Castle Museum

Local history museum, closed for renovation until 2025.

Cistercian Museum Walkenried Monastery

Eckartsberga Labyrinth

Super-difficult 3,000 m² maze.

Halberstadt Cathedral

Harzdrenalin

The zip line alongside the Rappbode dam is pretty cool.

Harzkristall Glassworks

Harz Museum Wernigerode

Regional history museum.

Harz Railway

The Harz Railway runs north to south right across the Harz Mountains from Wernigerode to Nordhausen.

Harz Tree Top Trail

Heinrich Heine Trail

Hiking trail following the same route as Heinrich Heine did after his stay at Mount Brocken in 1824.

Imperial Palace of Goslar

They keep the imperial throne in the basement.

Klopstock House

Museum dedicated to poet Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock.

Luther’s Birthplace

Luther’s Death House

Luther’s Parental Home

Lyonel Feininger Gallery

Museum dedicated to painter Lyonel Feininger.

Mittelbau-Dora Memorial

Former Nazi concentration camp.

Mönchehaus Museum Goslar

Contemporary art museum.

Mount Brocken

Don’t ride the Brocken Railway to get to the summit (1,141 m) but hike the Goethe Trail from Torfhaus instead.

Museum of Half-timbered Architecture

Architecture museum.

Museum Schiefes Haus

Museum dedicated to typographer Paul Renner & models of watermills.

Quedlinburg Cathedral

Romanesque church.

Quedlinburg City Walk

Röhrig Mine

Authentic shaft mine with underground galleries accessible to visitors.

Sondershausen Palace

Sorge Border Landscape

Former inner German border.

Sorge Border Museum

Former inner German border museum.

St Burchardi Church

John Cage’s 369-year-long organ piece Organ²/ASLSP is being played here.

Upper Harz Mining Museum

Wernigerode Aviation Museum

Aeronautical museum.

Wernigerode Castle

Gothic Revival castle.

Wurmberg Cable Car

Mount Wurmberg is the second highest mountain in the Harz.