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A Day Trip to Amsterdam

Apart from the Rijksmuseum, the Van Gogh Museum and the Anne Frank House, Amsterdam has many more great places to visit.

Visiting Berlin: What to See and Do

Although Berlin almost totally lacks historical grandeur, its many monuments, museums & memorials are well worth a visit.

A Day Trip to Bremen

Almost all of Bremen’s must-sees are located around its market square or just within walking distance.

Saxon Switzerland in a Day

Königstein, just 40 minutes from Dresden, is the perfect starting point for exploring the Elbe Sandstone Mountains.

The Court of Augustus the Strong

Thanks to King Augustus the Strong, Dresden became renowned for its extraordinary cultural brilliance.

Groningen’s Surrounding Countryside

Off the beaten track to many, rural Groningen is a great region to explore and for making spiffing discoveries.

A Day Trip to Groningen

The city of Groningen is perfect for a day out, featuring the Groninger Museum, the Martini Tower, and poffert.

A Day Trip to The Hague

The Hague is generally not high on the bucket list for visitors to the Netherlands, but it’s a city well worth a visit.

A Day Trip to Hamburg

Hamburg’s main attractions are the Hamburger Kunsthalle, the Elbphilharmonie, and, if you like model railways, Miniatur Wunderland.

Visiting Paris: First-Hand Experiences

How to avoid having to break off your summit expedition halfway up the Eiffel Tower and other useful tips for visiting Paris.

A Day Trip to Potsdam

The main reason to visit Potsdam is to see Sanssouci Palace. Other highlights are Cecilienhof Country House and Museum Barberini.

Visiting Prague: First-Hand Experiences

What to see in the city of a hundred spires and other useful tips for visiting Prague.

Visiting Vienna: First-Hand Experiences

After seeing the Hofburg and Schönbrunn Palace and The Kiss by Gustav Klimt, you can have Wiener schnitzel in more places than just Figlmüller.

The Largest Museum of the Netherlands

Eighteen churches & synagogues provide an exceptional example of the best of what the Netherlands has to offer church-wise.

Cheese and Cheese Markets

Of the cheese markets in Alkmaar, Edam, Gouda, Hoorn and Woerden only the one in Alkmaar features cheese carriers running around with cheese.

The Bauhaus in Weimar and Dessau

Despite existing for only fourteen years, the Bauhaus was the world’s most important school of design.

Aachen Cathedral

Charlemagne’s sacral centre of the Holy Roman Empire.

Charlemagne’s Palatine Chapel

Aachen Cathedral, built by Charlemagne around 800, is home to works of art that are among the highlights of their time.

Aare Swimming

Swim the river Aare from Altenbergsteg bridge to the Lorraine swimming pool.

Aarhus Art Museum

Art museum with Olafur Eliasson’s Your Rainbow Panorama on its roof.

Aarhus Cathedral

ABBA The Museum

Museum dedicated to Agnetha, Björn, Benny & Anni-Frid.

Abbey Library of St Gall

This most exquisite late baroque library is Switzerland’s oldest library.

Abbey of Lorsch

Abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel

Abbey of Val-Dieu

Divine brewery.

Abegg Foundation

Museum of textiles & applied art.

Academy Building

Former convent church, home to Leiden University since 1581.

Academy of Arts

Achensee Railway

The Achensee Railway is a 6¾-km-long steam-powered rack railway running between Jenbach and Seespitz on Lake Achen in Tyrol.

Adelskerk Church

Church with a magnificent tomb depicting the late Carel Hieronymus van In- & Kniphuisen and his wife Anna van Ewsum.

Admont Abbey

Abbey featuring the largest library hall in the world.

Aduarderzijl

There is nothing specific to see here but the view of Aduarderzijl is nevertheless definitely worth a detour.

AEG Turbine Factory

Coolest turbine factory ever, by architect Peter Behrens.

Aeroseum

Military aviation museum.

Affenberg Salem

Primate zoo featuring 200 free-roaming Barbary macaques.

Affenwald

Primate zoo.

Air and Space Museum

Aviation museum.

Airborne at the Bridge

Exhibition dedicated to the 1944 Battle of Arnhem.

Aircraft Museum Zeltweg

Air Museum Kbely

Military aviation museum.

Airport Tempelhof

Airport terminal by architect Ernst Sagebiel.

Airspace Surveillance Tower 7O1

15½-m-high Cold War watchtower for spotting Soviet airplanes.

Aisne Tourist Tram

This 11¼-km-long metre-gauge vicinal tramway along the river Aisne connects Erezée to Lamoremenil.

Ajuda Botanical Garden

Ajuda National Palace

Neoclassical palace.

Akershus Fortress

Albertina

Museum of drawings & prints and modern art.

Albertina Modern

Museum of modern & contemporary art.

Albertinum

Art from romanticism to the present.

Albrecht Dürer’s House

Albrechtsburg Castle

15th-century castle, in use as porcelain manufactory from 1710 to 1863.

Albula Railway Adventure Trail

3-stage hike along the Albula Railway, from Preda via Bergün to Filisur & the Landwasser Viaduct.

Albula Railway Museum

Museum dedicated to the Graubünden railways.

Aldus Manutius’ House

Coolest printer ever lived here.

Alimentarium

Museum dedicated to food & nutrition.

Alkmaar Cheese Market

Running around with cheese on Friday mornings.

Allard Pierson Museum

Museum dedicated to archaeology, history of books, cartography, graphic design, Jewish cultural history & zoology.

Allied Museum

How enemies became friends.

Allwetterzoo Münster

Alnwick Castle

Aka Hogwarts.

Alpenzoo

Alpine zoo.

Alpineum Museum

Alpine dioramas.

Alpirsbach Monastery

Alsatian Museum

Alster Boat Trips

City boat tours.

Altar of the Fatherland

The national monument to Victor Emmanuel II.

Alte Galerie

Fine art from the Middle Ages to the late 18th century.

Alte Mainbrücke

Bridge with statues of St John of Nepomuk & eleven other saints.

Alte Nationalgalerie

Romantic & impressionist paintings & sculptures.

Caspar David Friedrich’s Infinite Landscapes

An exhibition at the Alte Nationalgalerie explores the life & work of the German romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich.

Alte Oper

Concert hall.

Alte Pinakothek

One of the most significant art museums in Germany, home to hundreds of paintings from the 14th to the 18th centuries.

Five Centuries of European Painting

The Alte Pinakothek is one of Germany’s most significant art museums, featuring hundreds of paintings from the 14th to the 18th centuries.

Altes Museum

Museum of classical antiquities by architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel.

Altona Museum

Regional history museum.

Altzella Monastery Park

Amalienbad Pool

Art-nouveau & art-deco indoor swimming pool.

Amalienborg Museum

Ambras Castle

Amerongen Castle

17th-century manor house where German Emperor Wilhelm II signed his abdication papers.

A Mansion in Dutch Classicist Style

Amerongen Castle, near Utrecht, is an imposing 17th-century mansion in Dutch classicist style.

Amersfoort Zoo

Small zoo.

Ammersoyen Castle

Medieval fortress.

Ampelmann Shop

Ampelmännchen everywhere.

Amphitheatre

2nd-century Roman theatre.

Amphitheatre

2nd-century Roman theatre.

Amsterdam City Archives

Office building by architect Karel de Bazel.

Amsterdam Museum

Local history museum.

Amsterdam Water Supply Dunes

Nature reserve.

Anatomical Museum

Home to the skeleton depicted in De humani corporis fabrica (1543).

Ancher House

Artist’s house.

Ancient Appian Way

Ancient Ostia

Angermuseum

Anker Clock

Art-nouveau clock by painter & sculptor Franz Matsch.

Anne Frank Centre

Exhibition that focuses on the diary & the story of the life of Anne Frank.

Anne Frank House

Museum dedicated to Anne Frank, her diary, and the secret annex.

Ansbach Residence

Antikenmuseum Basel

Museum of Mediterranean antiquities.

Antonín Dvořák Museum

Museum dedicated to composer Antonín Dvořák.

Antonite Church

The second copy of Ernst Barlach’s angel Der Schwebende hangs here.

Antwerp Central Station

One of the most beautiful railway stations in the world.

Antwerp Zoo

19th-century city zoo.

Apenheul

Primate zoo.

Apsley House

The Georgian London home of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, and his offspring.

Aquarium Berlin

Aquarium Geomar

Aquarium Museum

Aqua Terra Zoo

Indoor zoo in a former Flak tower.

Aquatis

Europe’s largest freshwater aquarium.

AquaZoo

Zoo with mostly aquatic mammals & birds.

Aquazoo Löbbecke Museum

Zoo, aquarium & natural history museum.

Arc de Triomphe

Arch celebrating Napoleon’s victory in the Battle of Austerlitz (1806).

Arcen Castle Gardens

Archaeological Museum

Archaeological Museum Frankfurt

Archaeological Museum Hamburg

Archaeological Museum of the University of Münster

Archaeological Park Xanten

Archaeology Museum

Archeon

Living history museum.

Architekturzentrum Wien

Architecture museum.

Arch of Constantine

Arch celebrating Constantine’s triumph over Maxentius in 312 A.D.

Arch of Titus

Arch celebrating Titus’ triumph in the siege of Jerusalem in 70 A.D.

Arctic Train

Norway’s northernmost railway passes through dramatic Arctic landscapes, featuring majestic mountains, beautiful waterfalls & stunning views of the fjords.

Ardèche Railway

The Ardèche Railway operates two Mallet tank engines along its 33 km from Saint-Jean-de-Muzols to Mastrou.

Ardennes American Cemetery

World War II cemetery.

Arenenberg Castle

The tastefully furnished home & enchanting garden of Napoleon’s stepdaughter & sister-in-law Hortense de Beauharnais.

Areuse Gorges

11⅖-km-long hike to Boudry along the gorgeous Saut de Brot bridge.

Ariana Museum

Ceramics & glass museum.

Arithmeum

Museum of mechanical calculating machines & computers.

ArkDes

Architecture & design centre.

ARKEN

Contemporary art museum.

Arlberg Via Ferrata

The Arlberger Klettersteig is one of the most demanding Alpine tours.

Armistice Memorial

You’ll find the Compiègne Wagon in the museum close to the memorial.

Armoury

See the Turkish Chamber.

Armoury

Museum of Tyrolean cultural history.

Army Museum

Army Museum

Military history museum.

Army Museum Žižkov

Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery

Commonwealth World War II cemetery for servicemen killed in the Battle of Arnhem.

Arp Museum

Contemporary art museum by architect Richard Meier.

Ars Electronica Center

Museum of the future.

Art and History Museum

Œuvres d’art et des objets historiques.

Art and History Museum

Museum of archaeology, fine art & applied art.

Art & History Museum

Museum of antiquities and ethnographic & decorative arts.

Artis Zoo

The oldest zoo in the Netherlands.

Ashmolean Museum

Asian Art Museum

Aston Hall

Jacobean house.

Astrup Fearnley Museum

Contemporary art museum by architect Renzo Piano.

Atomium

The main pavilion of the Universal Exposition of 1958, the Atomium is Belgium’s most iconic landmark.

Atta Cave

Dripstone cave.

Attersee Tramway

The Attersee Tramway is a 13⅜-km-long metre-gauge tramway connecting Attersee to Vöcklamarkt.

Aubette 1928

Augusta Raurica

Archaeological living history museum.

August Horch Museum

Car museum.

Augustian Museum

Augustinian Monastery

Old Palace that houses the Julius Exter Art Gallery & the Maler am Chiemsee Gallery.

August Kestner Museum

Egyptian & Graeco-Roman art, applied art, and modern design.

August Macke House

Museum dedicated to painter August Macke.

Augustus Bridge

Bridge by architect Matthäus Pöppelmann.

Augustusburg Castle

One of the few castles in the world that hold a Cranach altarpiece & a motorcycle museum at the same time.

Augustusburg Funicular

Augustusburg Palace

Rococo palace.

Aula Palatina

Emperor Constantine’s throne hall.

Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art

Ethnographic museum.

Austrian National Library

The library’s baroque State Hall, noted for its elaborately decorated dome & numerous frescoes, is just magnificent.

Austrian Open-Air Museum Stübing

Living history museum.

Austrian Postal Savings Bank

Post office by architect Otto Wagner, now a café.

Austrian Sculpture Park

Contemporary sculpture park.

Auto- und Uhrenwelt

Autobau

Car museum.

Automobile Museum

The Schlumpf collection.

Automobile Welt Eisenach

Museum dedicated to the history of the Automobilwerk Eisenach car factory.

Automuseum Prototyp

Car museum.

Autostadt

Autoworld

Museum retracing the history of the automobile from its birth in the 19th century to the modern age.

Autrique House

Art-nouveau house by architect Victor Horta.

Auvers-sur-Oise Castle

The Impressionist Vision exhibition is okay-ish.

Aventine Keyhole

Key hole that offers a magnificent view onto the Basilica of St Peter.

Aviation History Museum

Babelsberg Palace

Gothic Revival castle.

Bach House

Museum dedicated to composer Johann Sebastian Bach.

Bach Museum

Museum dedicated to composer Johann Sebastian Bach.

Baden-Württemberg House of History

Museum devoted to the history of Baden-Württemberg from 1790 to the present.

Baden Museum of History

Local history museum.

Badenweiler Roman Bath Ruins

Badeschiff

Floating swimming pool with a unique panoramic view of the river Spree, the Oberbaumbrücke & Berlin’s iconic TV tower.

Badisches Landesmuseum

Art & regional history museum.

Bahnpark Augsburg

Bains des Pâquis

Outdoor swimming pool.

Ballenberg Open-Air Museum

Living history museum.

Ballinstadt Emigration Museum

Museum dedicated to emigration to the New World.

Bamberg Art Gallery

Bamberg Cathedral

Bamberg Historical Museum

Bamberg State Library

Bank of England Museum

Museum about money, the economy, and the history of the Bank of England.

Baptistry of San Giovanni

Barbara Baths

Barbara Tower

22-m-high observation tower.

Barbier-Mueller Museum

Tribal art museum.

Bargello National Museum

Barkenhoff

Museum dedicated to Heinrich Vogeler, co-founder of the Worpswede artists’ colony.

Barnaart House

Early-19th-century mansion with Empire-style furnishings.

Baroque House

The historical library hall is nice.

Barracco Museum

Museum of antique sculpture.

Bartolotti House

17th-century merchant’s house with an impressive rococo hall.

Basel City Walks

Five walking tours to explore Basel’s old town.

Basel Historical Museum

Local history museum.

Basel Minster

Romanesque church.

Basel Paper Mill

Museum for paper, writing & printing.

Basel Zoo

BASF Visitor Center

Chemistry exhibition.

Basilica della Salute

Basilica of Our Lady

Gothic Revival church, built 1852–57.

Basilica of Our Lady

Basilica of Our Lady Star of the Sea

Romanesque church.

Basilica of Saint-Denis

Medieval abbey church.

Basilica of St Clement

Basilica of St John

Baroque church by architect Friedrich Joachim Stengel.

Basilica of St John Lateran

Another church with a Holy Door.

Basilica of St Lawrence

Renaissance church & burial site for the Medici family.

Basilica of St Lawrence Outside the Walls

Basilica of St Martin

Baroque church with an organ by Joseph Gabler.

Basilica of St Nicholas

Late 19th-century church.

Basilica of St Paul outside the Walls

Not just a church named after St Paul: the tomb of St Paul is here.

Basilica of St Peter

Basilica of Sts Agatha and Barbara

The Basilica in Oudenbosch is a smaller version of the Papal Basilica of St Peter in the Vatican.

Basilica of St Servatius

Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers

Church by architect Balthasar Neumann.

Basilica Santi Giovanni e Paolo

Bastei Bridge

The Bastei is the most famous rock formation in Saxon Switzerland.

Bastogne Barracks

World War II museum.

Bastogne War Museum

Batavialand

Museum dedicated to land reclamation & seafaring, featuring a replica of the East Indiaman Batavia.

Bauernbarock-Kirche

Bauhaus Archive

Closed for renovation until 2027.

Bauhaus Dessau

The Bauhaus was located in Dessau from 1925 to 1932.

Bauhaus Museum Dessau

The Bauhaus Museum Dessau presents the second-largest Bauhaus collection worldwide.

Bauhaus Museum Weimar

The Bauhaus Museum Weimar presents the world’s oldest collection of Bauhaus artefacts.

Bauhaus University Weimar

The Bauhaus was located in Weimar from 1919 to 1925, before moving to its iconic new building in Dessau.

Bauhaus Walk

Walk along historic Bauhaus sites.

Bauhaus Workshop Museum Dornburg

Baur Foundation

Museum of Far Eastern art.

Bauschänzli

Pentagonal island in the Limmat with a Biergarten & restaurant.

Bautzen Memorial

Former Stasi prison.

Bautzner Strasse Memorial

Former Stasi prison.

Bavarian Forest Treetop Walk

Bavarian National Museum

Museum dedicated to the art, culture & history of Bavaria.

Bavarian Railway Museum

Bavarian Zugspitze Railway

The Zugspitzbahn is Germany’s highest rack railway, reaching 2,588 m at the end of its 19½-km route.

Bayeux Tapestry

68⅜-m-long 11th-century tapestry depicting the Norman conquest of England in 1066.

Bayeux War Cemetery

Commonwealth World War II cemetery.

Bayreuth New Palace

B.C. Koekkoek House

Museum dedicated to painter Barend Cornelis Koekkoek & Dutch landscape painting from the Romantic era.

Bear Park

Eltern haften für ihre Kinder.

Bebenhausen Monastery

One of the best-preserved Cistercian monasteries in southern Germany.

Bedřich Smetana Museum

Museum dedicated to composer Bedřich Smetana.

Beer Garden Tschechen & Söhne

This open-air café on the Karlshöhe ridge offers great beer with an even better view.

Beethoven House

Museum dedicated to composer Ludwig van Beethoven.

Begijnhof

Almshouses for beguines.

Beguinage

Former almshouse for beguines.

Beguinage

Behnhaus-Drägerhaus Museum

Belém Cultural Centre

Cultural centre by architects Vittorio Gregotti & Manuel Salgado.

Belém Tower

Landmark tower with typical Manueline decoration.

Belfry

Belfry

Belfry

Belgian Military Cemetery

World War I cemetery.

Belvedere 21

Contemporary art museum.

Belvedere Castle

Castle, park & orangery.

Belvedere in Charlottenburg’s Palace Gardens

Pavilion by architect Carl Gotthard Langhans, housing porcelain from Frederick the Great’s manufactory.

Belvedere of São Pedro de Alcântara

Garden with a panoramic view across the city.

Belvedere on Klausberg

Belvedere on Pfingstberg

BELvue Museum

Museum dedicated to Belgium & its history.

Benrath Palace

18th-century palace by architect Nicolas de Pigage.

Bentheim Castle

Medieval hilltop castle.

Berchtesgaden Castle

Bergen-Belsen Memorial

Former Nazi concentration camp.

Bergen op Zoom Canadian War Cemetery

World War II cemetery.

Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery

Commonwealth World War II cemetery.

Bergen Railway

Connecting Oslo with Bergen, this 371-km-long railway offers one of the world’s most beautiful train journeys.

Berger Memorial

20-m-high tower providing a wonderful view of the Ruhr Valley.

Bergius Botanic Garden

Beringen Mine Museum

Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial

Former Stasi prison.

Berlin Cathedral

19th-century church by architect Julius Raschdorff.

Berlin City Models

Four models of Berlin’s inner city for urban development.

Berliner Philharmonie

Concert hall by architect Hans Scharoun.

Berlinische Galerie

Contemporary art museum.

Berlin Museum of Medical History at the Charité

Medical science museum.

Berlin Park Railway

7½-km-long miniature railway largely operated by children, formerly aimed to foster communist ideals.

Berlin River Cruise

Boat trips on the Spree & Landwehr Canal.

Berlin TV Tower

Television tower nicknamed St Walter (Ulbricht) for its cross-shaped reflection of the sun.

Berlin Wall Memorial

The Berlin Wall Memorial commemorates the partition of the city with a large exhibition on the former border strip.

In Search of the Berlin Wall

One of the reasons tourists visit Berlin is to see the Wall, but it has long since disappeared except for a few remnants.

Berlin Wall Trail

160-km-long hiking & cycling trail that traces the course of the former GDR border fortifications encircling West Berlin.

Bern Cathedral

Gothic cathedral, built 1421–1893.

Bern Historical Museum

Local history museum.

Bernina Express

The highest railway across the Alps, reaching 2,253 m at the Bernina Pass halfway along its 183-km journey.

Crossing the Alps on the Bernina Express

By far the greatest train ride in Switzerland is the Bernina Express, which connects Chur to Tirano via the Albula & Bernina Railways.

Beuren Open-Air Museum

Living history museum.

Beuron Abbey

The Mercy Chapel is a fine example of the 19th-century Beuron School style.

BFI Southbank

Four screens open seven days a week for the widest choice of great films.

Bible Museum

Bibliotheca Augusta

Home to the Codex Guelferbytanus 64 Weissenburgensis.

Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica

Library of Hermetic philosophy.

Bibliotheca Thysiana

17th-century library, open by appointment only.

Bibliotheca Wittockiana

Book arts & bookbinding museum.

Bica Funicular

Funicular railway to Largo Calhariz.

Bicycle Snake

Bicycle bridge.

Biesbosch Museum

Bildhalle

Contemporary photography gallery.

Bindweide Visitor Mine

Authentic drift mine.

Biology Center Linz

Natural history museum.

Biosphere Potsdam

Indoor rainforest.

Bird Park Avifauna

Birmingham Botanical Gardens

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

Museum of art, applied art, social history, archaeology & ethnography.

Birnau Minster

Baroque pilgrimage church.

Black Forest Open-Air Museum

Living history museum.

Black Forest Treetop Walk

Blakesley Hall

Tudor house & gardens.

Blegny Mine

Authentic shaft mine with underground galleries accessible to visitors.

Blenheim Palace

Baroque palace, built 1705–22 as a reward for John Churchill, the victor of Blindheim (1704).

Bletchley Park

Home of the World War II codebreakers.

Bloemendaal War Cemetery

Dutch World War II cemetery.

Blonay–Chamby Railway

This steep, 3-km-long metre-gauge railway is operated as part of the Blonay–Chamby Railway Museum.

Bluebell Railway

The Bluebell Railway is a 17⅔-km-long heritage railway connecting Sheffield Park to East Grinstead.

BMW Museum

Museum dedicated to the history of car manufacturer BMW, featuring some 125 cars, motorcycles & engines.

Boboli Gardens

Bocholt Textile Factory

Industrial heritage museum featuring a spinning mill & a weaving mill.

Bochum Railway Museum

Railway museum operating a Wismar railbus.

Bock Casemates

Bocq Railway

The Chemin de Fer du Bocq is a 21-km-long heritage railway winding along the picturesque Bocq valley, featuring an SNCB Class 46 railcar.

Bodega de Posthoorn

Delightful old-fashioned café.

Bode Museum

Sculpture & Byzantine art museum.

Bodleian Library

Divinity School & Duke Humfrey’s Library are must-sees.

Bodoni Museum

Type & printing museum.

Bogstad Manor

Manor house from the 1700s with an English landscape park.

Bois-du-Luc

Former mining site.

Bois du Cazier

Former mining site.

Bokrijk Open-Air Museum

Living history museum.

Bolo Museum

Nerdvana.

Bonnefantenmuseum

Art museum by architect Aldo Rossi.

Book Burning Memorial

Where they burn books, they will ultimately burn people as well.

The Book of Kells Exhibition

One of Ireland’s finest national treasures, the Book of Kells is a lavishly decorated medieval manuscript of the four Gospels.

Borderland Museum Bad Sachsa

Former inner German border museum.

Borderland Museum Eichsfeld

Former inner German border museum.

Border Memorial Hötensleben

Former inner German border.

Border Museum Schifflersgrund

Former inner German border museum.

Borges Labyrinth

Maze designed in honour of the writer Jorge Luis Borges.

Borghese Gallery

Works by Caravaggio, Titian, Raphael, Bernini & Canova.

Borgund Stave Church

Norway’s most visited stave church, built around 1180.

Borg Verhildersum Estate

14th-century moated manor house with a formal garden.

Bornstedt Crown Estate

The Italian village of Potsdam.

Boros Collection

Contemporary art packed in a World War II bunker.

Botanical Gallery

Herbarium with botanical exhibition.

Botanical Garden

Botanical Garden

Botanical Garden

The Chinese garden is quite nice.

Botanical Garden

Botanical Garden

Botanical Garden

Botanical Garden

Botanical Garden

Botanical Garden

Botanical Garden

Botanical Garden

Botanical Garden

Botanical Garden

Botanical Garden

Botanical Garden

Botanical Garden

Botanical Garden

A place of rest & wonder.

Botanical Garden

Botanic Garden

Botanic Garden

Botanic Garden

Botanic Garden & Botanical Museum

Botanic Gardens

Botanic Garden Zuidas

Botanika

Asiatic garden.

Bothmer Palace

Baroque palatial manor house with a 270 m-long lime-tree-lined avenue.

Böttcherstraße

Expressionist architecture.

Bouillon Castle

Medieval castle.

Bourbaki Panorama

Panorama by Edouard Castres depicting the Franco-Prussian War.

Bourse de Commerce

Contemporary art museum.

Bourtange Fortress

Pentagonal stronghold with ramparts, moats, ravelins & the whole shebang.

Bozar

Cultural venue by architect Victor Horta.

Brandenburg Gate

Iconic city gate by architect Carl Gotthard Langhans.

Brandenburg Gate

The other one.

Brede Manor

Brede Works

Museum with a focus upon the industrialisation of Denmark.

Breidablik

Villa from the 1880s.

Breitachklamm

Bremen Town Musicians

Sculpture by artist Gerhard Marcks.

Bremerhaven Zoo

Břevnov Monastery

Brewery Museum

Museum dedicated to the Dortmund beer industry.

Brickworks Museum

Industrial heritage museum.

Brickyard Park Mildenberg

Industrial heritage site.

Bridge of Sighs

Bridge of Sighs

Brienz Rothorn Railway

It takes roughly one hour to travel this 7⅗-km-long steam-powered rack railway all the way up to Mount Rothorn.

British Library

The Treasures of the British Library exhibition is definitely worth a visit.

Medieval Women: In Their Own Words

An exhibition at the British Library introduces the women of medieval Europe through their own words, visions & experiences.

British Museum

Britain’s foremost museum, featuring a great number of national treasures from nations across the globe.

The Rosetta Stone and the Royal Game of Ur

The Rosetta Stone at the British Museum is just fine, but the thing you really want to see here is the Royal Game of Ur.

British Normandy Memorial

World War II memorial.

Brittany American Cemetery

World War II cemetery.

Brocken Railway

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

The Harz Narrow-Gauge Railways

One metre wide and 140 km long, the narrow-gauge railways of the Harz are a Mecca for train enthusiasts.

Bröhan Museum

Art nouveau, art deco, and functionalism.

Brohl Valley Railway

The Brohltalbahn, a 17¾-km-long metre-gauge railway in the Eifel region, is where the Vulkan-Express shuttles between Brohl and Engeln.

Bronbeek Museum

Colonial museum dedicated to the Dutch East Indies & the KNIL army.

Brother Klaus Field Chapel

Modern chapel dedicated to St Nicholas of Flüe, by architect Peter Zumthor.

Bruchsal Palace

Three-wing Baroque palace with a rococo interior, famous for architect Balthasar Neumann’s opulent staircase.

Brücke Museum

Museum dedicated to the art movement Die Brücke.

Brucknerhaus

Concert hall.

Brühl’s Terrace and Dresden Fortress

Brunssum War Cemetery

Commonwealth World War II cemetery.

Brusio Circular Viaduct

Supercool single-track nine-arched stone spiral railway viaduct.

Brusk

Art gallery.

Bucerius Kunst Forum

Art gallery.

Buchenwald Memorial

Former Nazi concentration camp.

Buchheim Museum

Expressionist art museum.

Buckingham Palace

The King's official London residence is open to the public every summer.

Buddenbrook House

Buffet Trześniewski

This sandwich bar’s most popular sandwich is Speck mit Ei.

Bundesbank Bunker Museum

Bundeskunsthalle

Art & Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Bunker Museum

Burg Badenweiler

Burg Castle

Refurbished medieval castle.

Bürgel Ceramics Museum

Bürger Museum

Local history museum.

Bürgerpark

Municipal park.

Burgers’ Zoo

Burgers’ Zoo is probably the most beautiful zoo in the Netherlands.

Burghausen Castle

Burgholzhof Observation Tower

25-m-high observation tower overlooking Bad Cannstatt’s vineyards.

Burg Hülshoff

Museum dedicated to poet Annette von Droste-Hülshoff.

Burgtheater

Theatre by architects Gottfried Semper & Karl von Hasenauer.

Burg Vischering

The Burrell Collection

Butterfly House

Art-nouveau palm house, home to some 400 butterflies.

Cadolzburg Castle

Ca’ d’Oro

Renaissance palazzo housing the Franchetti Gallery.

Caen Memorial Museum

World War II museum.

Café 101

The Salvation Army’s Café 101 serves delicious food at affordable prices.

Café Americain

The living room of Amsterdam, serves breakfast, lunch & dinner.

Café Bigg Cake

Cozy café serving good coffee & a wide variety of cakes.

Café de Burcht

Grand café at Leiden’s most intimate square, close to the citadel.

Café des Deux Moulins

Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain.

Café Dudok

The apple pie from Dudok’s patisserie is quite delicious.

Café Frauentor

Where Thomas Klier bakes Thüringer Schmandkuchen every day.

Café Goudkantoor

Former tax office in northern Mannerist style, now a café.

Café Graaf Floris

Don’t leave Utrecht without having coffee & appelbol here.

Café Hammingh

Bie Hammingh is t aaltied goud.

Café Kuchentratsch

Grandma-style traditional German coffee & cake.

Café Moscow

Café Olivier

Belgian beer café in a former church.

Café Paris

Upscale French-style café with art-nouveau decor.

Café Sacher

Home of the Sachertorte, noted for its lengthy queue outside.

Café Strauss

A tranquil resting place at the Friedrichwerder Cemetery.

Café Zum Arabischen Coffe Baum

Germany’s oldest coffee shop.

Calouste Gulbenkian Museum

Museum of Egyptian, Greco-Roman, Islamic & oriental art, old coins, and European painting & decorative arts.

Cambrian Railway

The Cambrian Railway is a scenic railway along the Welsh coast, from Aberystwyth via Dovey Junction to Pwllheli.

Cambridge University Library

Cambridge University Press Museum

Camera Work

Photographic art gallery.

Camp Adventure

Climbing park & observation tower.

Campus Galli

Medieval constructing like 1200 years ago.

Camp Vught National Memorial

Former Nazi concentration camp.

Canadian National Vimy Memorial

World War I memorial by sculptor Walter Allward.

The Battle of Vimy Ridge

The Canadian National Vimy Memorial is dedicated to the memory of all Canadians who served their country in battle during the First World War.

Cannenburch Castle

18th-century castle.

Canterbury Cathedral

Cantonal Museum of Fine Art

Ca’ Pesaro

Contemporary art gallery.

Capitoline Museums

The bronze sculpture of the Capitoline she-wolf is here.

Cap San Diego Museum Ship

Cargo steamer, built in 1961.

Caputh House

Ca’ Rezzonico

Museum of 18th-century Venice.

Carl Bosch Museum

Carl Eldh Studio Museum

Museum dedicated to sculptor Carl Eldh.

Carl Maria von Weber Museum

Museum dedicated to composer CMvW.

Carl Nielsen Museum

Museum dedicated to composer Carl Nielsen.

Carl Nielsen’s Childhood Home

Museum dedicated to composer Carl Nielsen.

Carlo Goldoni’s House

Carmo Archaeological Museum

Carnavalet Museum

Museum dedicated to the history of Paris.

Carriage Museum

Closed until further notice.

Carris Museum

Public transport museum.

Car & Tractor Museum

150 tractors & 200 cars & motorbikes.

Casa dos Bicos

A 16th-century survivor of the 1755 earthquake with a typical facade.

Casa Martelli

Casino Marino

Ireland’s miniature architectural masterpiece.

Castle Church

On 31 October 1517, Martin Luther made his 95 theses public on the main door of this church.

Castle Museum

Local history museum, closed for renovation until October 2026.

Castle of the Counts

Medieval castle.

Catacombs of St Callixtus

Cathedral Museum

Cathedral Museum.

Cathedral Museum

Cathedral of Our Lady

Gothic & Gothic Revival cathedral featuring four works by Peter Paul Rubens.

Cathedral of St Bavo

Church by architect Joseph Cuypers.

Cathedral of St Gall

Baroque church.

Cathedral of St James

Cathedral Treasury

Home to the bust of Charlemagne.

Cauchie House

Art-nouveau house by architect Paul Cauchie.

Caves of Han

Cecilienhof Country House

Venue of the 1945 Potsdam Conference on what to do with Germany.

Celestial Vault

Artwork by James Turrell.

Cenacle Church

Early-20th-century church with a magnificent dome.

Center of Contemporary Art Geneva

Contemporary art gallery.

Centovalli Railway

The scenic Centovalli Railway is a 52-km-long metre-gauge railway connecting Locarno to Domodossola.

Centraal Museum

Art museum.

Centre Charlemagne

Museum dedicated to Charles the Great & the history of Aachen.

Centre de la Photographie Genève

Photographic art gallery.

Centre Dürrenmatt Neuchâtel

Museum dedicated to Friedrich Dürrenmatt.

Centre Pompidou

Contemporary art museum by architects Richard Rogers & Renzo Piano.

Centre Pompidou Metz

Contemporary art museum.

Chabot Museum

Museum dedicated to painter & sculptor Henk Chabot.

Chamber of Crafts

Weser Renaissance trade chamber.

Changing the Guard

The changing of the King’s Guard offers a spectacular display of British pageantry.

Chantilly Palace

Impressive château featuring a large art collection & a fine reading room.

Chapel Bridge

Iconic covered bridge.

Chapel of Reconciliation

Chapel by architects Peter Sassenroth & Rudolf Reitermann.

Charles Bridge

Bridge with statues of St John of Nepomuk & 29 other saints.

Charles Dickens Museum

Museum dedicated to Charles Dickens, located in the house where he wrote Oliver Twist.

Charlier Museum

Museum featuring Belgian art from the 19th century.

Charlottenburg Palace

Rococo palace of Sophia Charlotte, the first Queen Consort in Prussia.

Charlottenhof Villa

Neoclassical villa by architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel.

Chatsworth House

Lavish stately home with a noted art collection, starring as Pemberley in the 2005 film Pride & Prejudice.

Checkpoint Bravo

Former inner German border crossing.

Checkpoint Charlie

Former inner German border crossing.

Cheisacher Tower

25-m-high wooden observation tower.

Chemist Van der Pigge

The shop’s interior has changed very little since its opening in 1849.

Chemnitz Museum of Industry

Industrial heritage museum.

Chemnitz Park Railway

2⅓-km-long miniature railway largely operated by children, formerly aimed to foster communist ideals.

Chemnitz Tram Museum

Public transport museum.

Chemnitz Zoo

Chester Beatty Library

Manuscripts, miniature paintings, prints, drawings, rare books & decorative arts.

Chetham’s Library

The oldest public Library in Britain.

Chiemsee-Schifffahrt

The ship to the Herreninsel & the Fraueninsel.

Chiemsee Railway

This 1887 metre-gauge steam tram snorts & whistles its way along the 1⅘-km-long route between Prien railway station and the harbour below.

Chiesa del Santissimo Redentore

Chiesa di San Giorgio Maggiore

Chiesa di Santa Maria dei Miracoli

Renaissance church by architect Pietro Lombardo.

Chile House

Brick expressionism office building.

Chillon Castle

Medieval fortress on the shores of Lake Geneva.

Chinese Garden

Traditional Chinese garden with various pavilions.

Chinese Garden

Teeny-weeny traditional Chinese garden providing a corner of calm for visitors to mellow out for a while.

Chinese Garden

Chinese House in Sanssouci Park

Chinoiserie rococo pavilion.

Chinese Pavilion

Chiswick House & Gardens

Chiswick House is among the most glorious examples of 18th-century British architecture.

Chocolate Museum

Chorin Abbey

Brick gothic architecture.

Christ Church Cathedral

Christ Church Cathedral

Christiansborg Palace

The Gobelin tapestries in Great Hall are quite nice.

Christmas Village

Käthe Wohlfahrt’s christmas shop that is open year round.

Christuskirche

Art-nouveau church.

Churchill War Rooms

The underground headquarters where the British planned the course of World War II.

Church of Garmerwolde

13th-century church with 16th-century frescoes and a freestanding climbable tower with an Escher-like staircase.

Church of Hornhuizen

Church with a climbable tower which offers a great view of the Wadden Sea.

Church of Noordbroek

Church with a detached tower & and a superb organ by Arp Schnitger.

Church of Our Lady

Church with stained-glass windows by artist Alfred Manessier.

Church of Our Lady

Church of Our Lady

Neoclassical church by architect Christian Frederik Hansen.

Church of Our Lady

Thank God it was rebuilt in 2005.

Church of Our Lady

Brick Gothic church.

Church of Our Lady

Gothic church.

Church of Our Lady before Týn

Church of Peace

Church by architects Fritz Schupp & Martin Kremmer, who also designed the Zollverein & Rammelsberg mines.

Church of Peace

Byzantine Revival church by architect Ludwig Persius.

Church of St John

The 72 stained-glass windows are the highlight of European glass painting.

Church of St Lawrence

Rotterdam’s only surviving medieval building.

Church of St Leodegar

Renaissance church with an organ featuring a rain machine.

Church of St Leopold

Art-nouveau church by architect Otto Wagner.

Church of St Mary the Virgin

Church of St Peter

13th-century church with a 91-m-high climbable tower.

Church of the Holy Spirit

Church of the Infant Jesus

Church famous for its statue of Jesus at the age of 4–5 years.

Church of the Most Sacred Heart of Our Lord

Modern church by architect Josip Plečnik.

Church of the Redeemer

Byzantine Revival church by architect Ludwig Persius.

Church of the Sacred Heart

Modern church by architectural firm Allmann Sattler Wappner.

Church of Wies

A perfect example of Bavarian rococo architecture.

CIMA

Museum of self-playing musical instruments.

Cinémathèque française

Film archives & museum by architect Frank Gehry.

Circle Bridge

Pedestrian bridge by artist Olafur Eliasson.

Circus Maximus

Cismar Monastery

Cistercian Museum Walkenried Monastery

Citadel

Fortress & local history museum.

Cité de la Mode et du Design

Fashion & design museum.

Cité de l’architecture & du patrimoine

Architecture museum.

Cité des sciences et de l’industrie

Science & technology museum.

Cité radieuse

Brutalist architecture by Le Corbusier.

City Art Centre

City Castle

Closed for renovation until 2030.

City Chambers

City Hall

City Hall

One of the oldest city halls in the Low Countries.

City Hall

Brabantine Gothic city hall.

City Hall

City hall by architect Martin Nyrop, inspired by Sienna’s Palazzo Pubblico.

City Hall

City hall with an impressive Renaissance facade.

City Hall

Where the the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony takes place.

City Hall

Flemish Gothic town hall by architect Friedrich Schmidt.

City Hall

City hall by architect Gottfried Semper.

City Hall Belfry

The tallest belfry in France (104 m).

City Halls

City Museum

City Museum at Fembo House

Local history museum.

City Museum Weimar

Local history museum.

City of Paris Fine Art Museum

Fine art museum.

City of Paris Museum of Modern Art

Contemporary art museum.

City of Prague Museum

City Palace

Ceci n’est pas un château.

City Tower

Clarté Building

Prototype Unité d’habitation by architect Le Corbusier.

Claude Monet’s House & Gardens

Clemenskirche

Baroque church by architect Johann Conrad Schlaun.

Clemens Sels Museum Neuss

Clementinum

A great baroque library, but the guided tour is quite disappointing.

Clervaux Castle

Home to Edward Steichen’s The Family of Man photographic exhibition.

Climate House Bremerhaven

Climate museum.

Clock Museum

Seven hundred clocks from around the globe.

Clock Tower

13th-century city tower.

Clock Tower

Clock Tower

Cluny Museum

Home to the famous The Lady & the Unicorn tapestries.

Coastal Tram

The Kusttram is a 67-km-long metre-gauge tramway along the Belgian coast connecting De Panne to Knokke.

Cobra Museum

Museum dedicated to the Cobra art movement.

Coin Cabinet

Numismatic museum.

Coin Cabinet

Numismatic museum.

Colditz Castle

World War II prisoner-of-war camp for officers of the Western allies.

Collection de l’Art Brut

Outsider art museum.

Colloredo-Mansfeld Palace

Baroque city palace.

Cologne Cable Car

Cable car from the Zoo to the Rheinpark.

Cologne Cathedral

Gothic cathedral, built 1248–1880.

A Most Popular Pilgrimage Destination

A tourist attraction since the Middle Ages, Cologne Cathedral is the largest Gothic church in Northern Europe.

Cologne City Museum

Local history museum.

Cologne Sculpture Park

Contemporary sculpture park.

Cologne Zoo

Colonna Palace

Colosseum

Comics Art Museum

Museum dedicated to comic-strip art.

Compiègne Palace

Built by Louis XV & XVI & remodelled by Napoleon I & III.

Computer Museum

Concertgebouw

Concert hall praised for its excellent acoustics.

Concertgebouw Brugge

Concert hall.

Conciergerie

Prison that held, among others, Marie Antoinette & Robespierre.

Confeitaria Nacional

Don’t even think about skipping this famous confectionery.

Congress Graz

Concert hall.

Consolidation Mine

Home to artist Werner Thiel’s collection of mining artefacts.

Convent of St Agnes of Bohemia

Medieval & early Renaissance Bohemian art museum.

Convent of St John

Abbey church with Carolingian frescoes.

Copenhagen Concert Hall

Concert hall by architect Jean Nouvel.

Copenhagen Contemporary Art Centre

Contemporary art gallery.

Copenhagen Zoo

Zoo with an elephant house by architect Norman Foster.

Corbusierhaus

Brutalist architecture by Le Corbusier.

Corpus

A journey through the human body.

Corrie ten Boom House

Museum dedicated to The Hiding Place, the subject of a book by Corrie ten Boom.

Corvey Abbey

Former imperial abbey.

Cosmonaut Centre

Sigmund Jähn was here.

The Courtauld Gallery

Art museum best known for its collection of impressionist & post-impressionist paintings.

The Courtauld Gallery

The Courtauld Gallery is home to one of Britain’s finest art collections and is particularly known for its impressionist & post-impressionist paintings.

Court Church

Church with the tomb of Emperor Maximilian I.

Court Garden

Couven Museum

Upper middle class domestic culture in the 18th & 19th centuries.

Cranach Courtyards and Houses

Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder & Christian Döring.

Crich Tramway Village

Home of the National Tramway Museum.

Cruquius Museum

Home to the worlds’ largest steam engine ever built, used to empty the Haarlemmermeer polder.

Steam-Powered Land Reclamation

The Cruquius Museum, a former steam pumping station, tells the story of the age-old Dutch battle against the water.

Cube Houses

Cube-shaped house by architect Piet Blom.

Cultural History Museum

Art & local history museum.

Cutty Sark

Built in 1869, Cutty Sark is the last surviving tea clipper and the fastest ship of its time.

Cuypershuis Museum

Museum dedicated to architect Pierre Cuypers.

Cycling through Water

Czech Museum of Music

Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site

Former Nazi concentration camp.

Dachau Palace

Pretty straightforward baroque palace, featuring a banqueting hall with a coffered ceiling.

DAF Museum

Car museum.

Dählhölzli

Zoo.

Dalheim Monastery

Museum of monastic culture.

Dancing House

Office building by architects Vlado Milunič & Frank Gehry.

Danish Architecture Center

Danish Jewish Museum

Danish Museum of Science & Technology

Danish Music Museum

Closed until further notice.

Danish Poster Museum

Danish Railway Museum

Danish War Museum

Military history museum.

Dankwarderode Castle

Medieval exhibition.

Danube Swabian Museum

Danube Tower

252-m-high observation tower offering a 360° panoramic view.

Dartmouth Steam Railway

Former Great Western Railway branch line running along the glorious English Riviera coastline.

DASA Working World Exhibition

Museum dedicated to the past, present & future of work & working conditions, especially safety.

Das Minsk Kunsthaus

Museum dedicated to art from the former GDR.

Das Steingut

Farm refreshments by Sabine & Uwe Hähnel.

DB Museum

Railway museum.

DB Museum Halle

Railway museum.

DB Museum Koblenz

Railway museum.

DDR Museum

Museum dedicated to the German Democratic Republic.

DDR Museum Pirna

Uncritical sentimental journey down memory lane for East Germans.

De 9 Straatjes

Nine picturesque streets with quirky shops & eateries.

De Doelen

Concert hall.

Deer Moat

Wild glen with a modern pedestrian tunnel by architect Josef Pleskot.

De Haar Castle

Built at the turn of the 20th century, De Haar Castle in Haarzuilens matches the ideal image of a medieval fortress.

A Fine Fake Medieval Castle

A highlight of Gothic Revival architecture, De Haar Castle in Haarzuilens is beyond doubt one of Europe’s finest fake medieval castles.

De Hoge Veluwe National Park

Nature reserve known for its diverse landscape and the Kröller-Müller Museum.

Mouflons and Van Goghs

De Hoge Veluwe National Park offers a great opportunity for a day out, with its diverse landscape and the fascinating Kröller-Müller Museum.

Deichtorhallen

Contemporary art gallery.

Dekema State

16th-century manor house.

Den Botaniek

Small landscaped botanical garden in the city centre.

Dendermonde–Puurs Steam Railway

Heritage railway traversing 14 km of fairly unremarkable landscape, home to two Belgian-built tank engines.

De Oosterpoort

Concert hall.

De Pont Museum

Contemporary art museum.

Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen

Publicly accessible art depot by architectural firm MVRDV.

De Quack House

House by architect Jan de Quack.

Der Aa Church

Medieval church with baroque spire & an organ by Arp Schnitger.

De Ruien

Walk through the former canals & sewers of Antwerp.

Design Museum

Museum devoted to contemporary design in every form.

Design Museum Brussels

Design Museum Danmark

Design Museum Dedel

Design Museum Den Bosch

Design Museum Gent

Closed for renovation until October 2026.

Deutsch-Deutsches Museum Mödlareuth

Former inner German border (Tannbach).

Deutsches Hygiene-Museum

Medical & public health museum.

Deutsches Klingenmuseum

Museum dedicated to blade weapons, knives & cutlery.

Deutsches Museum

The Deutsches Museum is the largest technological museum of its kind in the world.

Masterpieces of Science & Technology

The Deutsches Museum explores the fields of science & technology, ranging from aviation and chemistry to robotics and health.

Deutsches Museum Bonn

Contemporary masterpieces of science & technology.

Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleißheim

Aviation museum.

Deutsches Museum Nürnberg

Science & technology museum.

Deutsches Museum Verkehrszentrum

Transport museum.

Deutsches Sport & Olympia Museum

Sports & olympic museum.

The Devastated City

Sculpture by Ossip Zadkine to commemorate the bombing of Rotterdam on 14 May 1940.

D’Haus

Theatre.

DialogMuseum

Experience being blind.

Dialogue in the Dark

Experience what it’s like to be blind or deaf.

Didcot Railway Centre

Die Glocke

Concert hall.

DieselHouse

Museum dedicated to diesel engines.

Dilsberg Fortress Ruins

Diocesan Museum

Home to the Staurothek, a cross relic dating back to the 10th century.

Diözesanmuseum

Discovery Museum

Science & technology museum.

Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft

Museum of applied art.

Diva Museum

Museum for jewellery, silver & diamonds.

Documentation Centre Nazi Party Rally Grounds

Doge’s Palace

Dokumentation Obersalzberg

Dolder Railway

1⅓-km-long rack railway on the south slope of the Adlisberg mountain overlooking Lake Zurich.

Dolfinarium

Europe’s biggest marine mammal park.

Döllnitz Railway

The Döllnitz Railway is an 18⅝-km-long narrow-gauge railway operating a Saxon IV K tank engine.

Dom Cathedral

Dome Church

Church with Napoleon’s tomb.

Dom Fernando II e Glória Frigate

Portugal’s last sailing warship.

Domies Toen

The Reverend’s Garden is a small botanical garden noted for its stinzen plants.

Dominicanen Bookshop

Bookstore in a former church.

Dom Museum Wien

Religious art museum.

Domnick Collection

Brutalist villa in Nürtingen housing a collection of post-war modern & contemporary art.

DomQuartier

Dom Tower

The highest church tower in the Netherlands.

DOMunder

Underground discovery tour through 2,000 years.

Dom zu Salzburg

Doorwerth Castle

The oldest part dating back to 1280, Doorwerth Castle is a lovely 17th-century castle on the bank of the Nederrijn river.

A Castle with a Pleasant Seat

The oldest part dating back to 1280, Doorwerth Castle is a lovely 17th-century castle on the bank of the Nederrijn river.

Dordrechts Museum

Art museum featuring six centuries of Dutch painting.

Dornburg Palaces

Three palaces (old, rococo & Renaissance) & a baroque garden overlooking the Saale valley.

Dornier Museum

The Luft Hansa Do B-Bal Merkur (1925) & the Do J Wal flying boat (1922) are the highlights of the Donier Museum.

The Dornier Museum

Featuring a hangar with real aircraft, the Dornier Museum in Friedrichshafen shows the history of Claude Dornier’s aerospace company.

Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building

Not all Oxford University buildings are old.

Dorpskerk Church

Church with a tomb by sculptor Rombout Verhulst.

Dort Patrician’s House

Late 18th-century home of an upper-class family.

Dovecot Studios

Tapestry manufactory & gallery.

Dowager’s Palace

Duchess Anna Amalia’s baroque palace is where Goethe & other members of the intellectual elite gathered.

Duchess Anna Amalia’s Dower House

Duchess Anna Amalia’s dower house in Weimar is now a museum featuring her former parlours and staterooms.

Drachenburg Castle

Gothic Revival castle, built 1882–84.

Drachenfels Railway

Germany’s oldest rack railway, reaching 289 m at the end of its 1½-km route to Drachenburg Castle.

Drachmann House

Dr. Carl Benz Car Museum

Museum dedicated to automotive pioneer Carl Benz.

Dreikönigskirche

Baroque church by architect Matthäus Pöppelmann.

Drents Museum

Art & regional history museum.

Dresden Cathedral

Church with a Silbermann organ & the heart of Augustus the Strong.

Dresden City Art Gallery

Art museum.

Dresden City Museum

Local history museum.

Dresden Park Railway

5⅗-km-long miniature railway largely operated by children, formerly aimed to foster communist ideals.

Dresden Railway Museum

Not the most exciting railway museum in Germany.

Dresden Royal Palace

The Green Vault & Armoury are pretty cool.

Dresden Technical Collections

Science & technology museum.

Dresden Transport Museum

A fascinating journey through the world of mobility — on land, on water and in the air.

Dresdner Molkerei Gebrüder Pfund

You might recognize Patisserie Mendl’s from the movie The Grand Budapest Hotel.

Drop Forge Hendrichs

Industrial heritage museum.

Drottningholm Palace

Dublin Castle

Dublin Zoo

Ducal Museum

Ducal Palace Museum

Looks like a palace, is a shopping mall, contains a museum.

Ducal Vault

Goethe & Schiller mausoleum.

Duchess Anna Amalia Library

The library’s oval Rococo Hall is quite impressive, as is the four-storey Bücherkubus in the new Study Centre.

The Duchess Anna Amalia Library

The oval Rococo Hall in the Duchess Anna Amalia Library, which was beautifully restored after a devastating fire, is quite impressive.

Duisburg Theatre

Opera house.

Duivenvoorde Castle

Because Duivenvoorde was never sold but always passed on through inheritance, the castle has retained its original interior.

Duke Anton Ulrich Museum

Art museum.

Dulwich Picture Gallery

Britain’s first purpose-built public art gallery, noted for its collection of old masters.

Duno Estate

The prospect from the moraine is great.

Düppel Museum Village

Living history museum.

Düsseldorf Opera House

Opera house.

Dutch Cheese Museum

Museum dedicated to cheese.

Dutch Mining Museum

Dutch Open-Air Museum

Living history museum depicting everyday life in the Netherlands from the dawn of industrialization onwards.

The Netherlands for Time Travellers

The Dutch Open-Air Museum shows what everyday life in the Netherlands was like from the dawn of industrialization onwards.

Dutch Quarter

Small neighbourhood with a distinctive Dutch look & feel.

Dutch Silver Museum

Silver objects dating from 1600 to this day.

Dutch Steam Engine Museum

Dutch Synagogue

Moorish Revival synagogue, open by appointment only.

Dutch Water Museum

Museum dedicated to water management & purification.

East Indiaman Götheborg

East Side Gallery

Open-air gallery on a 1,316-m-long remnant of the Berlin Wall, featuring 105 paintings by artists from all over the world.

Ebbelwei Express

Sightseeing tramline.

Eckartsberga Labyrinth

Super-difficult 3,000-m² maze.

Ecomare

Seal sanctuary.

Edam Cheese Market

Tourist event on Wednesday mornings.

Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh Zoo

Edwin Scharff Museum

EFA Mobile Zeiten

Car museum.

Egeskov Castle

Eggenberg Palace

The highlight of the state rooms is the Planetary Room.

Ehrenbreitstein Fortress

19th-century Prussian fortress.

Ehrenburg Palace

Ehrenfriedersdorf Tin Mine

Industrial heritage museum.

Eiffel Tower

Entrance arch to the Universal Exposition of 1889.

Einsiedeln Abbey

Monastery with an impressive baroque church.

Einstein House

Museum dedicated to physicist Albert Einstein.

Einstein Tower

Solar observatory by architect Erich Mendelsohn.

Eise Eisinga Planetarium

The oldest working orrery in the world.

Eisenbahnwelten

Garden railway.

Ekebergparken Sculpture Park

Elbe River Cruise

Paddle steam boat cruise to Saxon Switzerland.

Elbphilharmonie

Landmark concert hall with a viewing platform that offers a 360° panorama of the city, the harbour & the docks.

Electropolis Museum

Museum dedicated to electricity.

Elisabeth Orphanage Museum

The first purpose-built orphanage in the Netherlands.

Elisa Fountain

By architects Johann Peter Cremer & Karl Friedrich Schinkel.

Ellingen Residence

Eltham Palace & Gardens

Art deco mansion from the 1930s featuring a medieval hall from the 1470s.

Eltz Castle

The House of Eltz’s ancestral castle since at least 1157.

Emsland Moor Museum

Museum devoted to fenland, peat & wasteland cultivation.

Energy Factory Knappenrode

Industrial heritage museum.

Engadine Museum

Regional history museum.

Engels House

Museum dedicated to philosopher Friedrich Engels.

English Garden

Park featuring a floral clock.

English Garden

Of the three standing waves in Munich the Eisbachwelle provides the coolest surf spot.

Ephraim Palace Museum

Rococo city palace.

EPIC

Museum dedicated to Irish emigration.

Erasmus House

Museum dedicated to Desiderius Erasmus & the intellectual universe of the Renaissance.

Erlebnisbahn Zossen–Mellensee

Rail bike tours.

Ernst Barlach House

Museum dedicated to sculptor Ernst Barlach.

Ernst Fuchs Museum

Art-nouveau villa by architect Otto Wagner, now a museum.

Ernst May House

Social housing by architect Ernst May featuring a Frankfurt Kitchen.

Escher in Het Paleis

Museum dedicated to artist M.C. Escher.

Esperanto Museum

Esperantomuzeo kaj Kolekto por Planlingvoj.

Essen Cathedral

Home to the Golden Madonna of Essen.

Estates Theatre

Opera, drama & ballet performances.

Esterházy Palace

Baroque palace.

Ethnographical Museum Dresden

Ethnographical Museum Herrnhut

Ethnographic Museum

Ethnographic Museum

Ethnography Museum Geneva

Ethnological Museum

Ethnographic stuff from Africa, Asia, America & Oceania.

ETH Zurich

Polytechnic by architect Gottfried Semper.

Ettal Monastery

Eugène Delacroix Museum

Museum dedicated to painter Eugène Delacroix.

Eugensplatz

Hillside square featuring a cascading waterfall fountain and a lovely prospect of the city.

Euromast

185–m-high tower by architect Huig Maaskant.

European Hansa Museum

Museum dedicated to the history of the Hanseatic League.

European Museum of Modern Glass

Eusebius Church

Medieval church.

Eva van Hoogeveenhof

Almshouse for chaste maidens & honourable widows.

Ewsum Tea Garden

Expatiory Chapel

Mausoleum for guillotined King Louis XVI & Queen Marie Antoinette.

Experimenta

Science & technology museum.

Experimentarium

Science & technology museum.

Experiminta

Science museum for kids.

Explor Wendel Park

Former mining site.

Extavium

Science museum for kids.

EYE Film Museum

Ezinge Village Walk

Village on an artificial dwelling hill with an early 13th-century church that stands separated from its tower.

F60 Visitor Mine

The horizontal Eiffel Tower of Lusatia.

Fabrique des Lumières

Digital art centre.

Fado Museum

Portuguese melancholic songs & guitar music.

Fagus Factory

Functionalist factory by architects Walter Gropius & Adolf Meyer.

Falkirk Wheel

Rotating boat lift.

Familistère

Social palace built by industrialist Jean-Baptiste André Godin for his utopian cooperative community.

Famine Memorial

Monument to the Great Famine (1845–49) by Rowan Gillespie.

Fantaisie Palace Garden Museum

Farmhouse Museum

Farmhouse Museum

One of Liechtenstein’s oldest wooden homesteads.

Farmleigh House

Art gallery, working farm & official Irish State guest house.

Fashion & Lace Museum

Fashion Museum Hasselt

Federsee Museum

Archaeological open-air museum.

Felix Nussbaum House

Museum by architect Daniel Libeskind.

Felsenreitschule

Edelweiß, Edelweiß.

Fenix

Art museum about migration.

Ferdinandeum

Tyrolean State Museum focusing on Dutch & local art and the history of Tyrol.

Ferropolis

City of iron.

Festival Hall

Concert hall in a former railway station.

Festungsbahn

Funicular railway to Hohensalzburg Fortress.

FFA Museum

Aircraft & motorcar museum.

Fichtelberg Cable Car

Fichtelberg Railway

The 17⅓-km-long Fichtelberg Railway is one of rail operator SDG’s three Saxon narrow-gauge steam railways.

Field Marshals’ Hall

Loggia built in the 1840s to honour the Bavarian army.

FIFA World Football Museum

For those who like football.

Film Museum Potsdam

Museum dedicated to the Babelsberg studios.

Fine Arts Museum

Fish Church

Indoor fish market.

Fitzwilliam Museum

Fine printed books here, including the complete set of William Morris’ Kelmscott Press books.

Flåm Railway

Winding through spectacular scenery, the 20-km-long Flåmsbana is one of the steepest standard-gauge railways in the world.

Flatow Tower

46-m-high Gothic Revival observation tower.

Flood Museum

Museum dedicated to the North Sea flood of 1953.

Florence Cathedral

The landmark cathedral with the majestic dome.

Florence Nightingale Museum

Museum dedicated to the founder of modern nursing.

Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Memorial

Former Nazi concentration camp.

Foam

Photography museum.

Focke Museum

Art & local history museum.

FocusTerra

Geology museum.

Folk Life Museum

Folklore Museum

FOMU

Photography museum featuring temporary exhibitions by both acclaimed & emerging artists.

Fondation Beyeler

Contemporary art museum by architect Renzo Piano.

Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson

Photography exhibitions.

Fontainebleau Palace

Must-see royal & imperial palace.

Fools Tower

Pathological-anatomical museum.

Forchtenstein Castle

Fort de la Pompelle Museum

Military history museum.

Fort Eben-Emael

Fort Napoleon

Fortress.

Fortnum & Mason

Upscale department store serving afternoon tea, starting from £84 per person.

Fort of Breendonk

Former Nazi prison.

Fort Pampus

19th-century fort on an artificial island that was once part of the Defence Line of Amsterdam.

Fort Schoenenbourg

Maginot Line fortress.

Fort St Pieter

Former military stronghold.

Fortuny Palace

Forum Baths

Forum Groningen

Big building with a 45-m-high rooftop terrace.

Forum of Augustus

Forum of Caesar

Forum of Swiss History

Swiss history museum.

Forum Willy Brandt

Exhibition dedicated to politician Willy Brandt.

Foteviken Viking Museum

Living history museum featuring Vikings.

Fotodok

Photographic art gallery.

Fotografie Forum Frankfurt

Photographic art gallery.

Fotografiska

Photography exhibitions.

Fotomuseum Den Haag

Photographic art gallery.

Fotomuseum Winterthur

Museum for photography.

Foundling Museum

Museum dedicated to the history of the Foundling Hospital.

Fraeylemaborg Estate

18th-century moated manor house & garden.

Fram Museum

Franciscan Church

Francisco Carolinum Linz

Photography museum.

François Duesberg Museum

Decorative arts museum.

Franconian Gallery

Paintings by Lucas Cranach & sculptures by Tilman Riemenschneider.

Franconian Open-Air Museum

Living history museum.

Frankfurt Art Association

Contemporary art gallery.

Frankfurt Historical Museum

Local history museum.

Frankfurt River Cruise

Frankfurt Stock Exchange

Frankfurt Transit Museum

Museum dedicated to the evolution of mass transit in Frankfurt.

Frankfurt Zoo

Frans Hals Museum

17th-century paintings from Haarlem, especially by Frans Hals.

Frans Hals Museum HAL

Contemporary art museum.

Franz Kafka’s Head

Kinetic bust of writer Franz Kafka by artist David Černý.

Franz Marc Museum

Expressionist art museum.

Frauenbad Stadthausquai

Art-nouveau outdoor swimming pool for women only.

Fraumünster

Church with stained-glass windows by Augusto Giacometti & Marc Chagall.

Freedom Museum

World War II museum.

Freiberg Cathedral

Church with a Silbermann organ.

Freiberg Silver Mine

Freiburg City Walk

The Bächle, the small canals in the old town, are lovely.

Freiburg Minster

Freilichtmuseum Lindlar

Open-air museum.

Freilichtmuseum Neuhausen ob Eck

Open-air museum.

French Cathedral

Weekly organ concertos.

French Museum of Photography

Freudenberg City Walk

Historic town with half-timbered houses.

Frida & Fred

Children’s museum by architects Hemma Fasch & Jakob Fuchs.

Fridericianum

Contemporary art gallery.

Friedenstein Castle

Friedrichstein Palace

Home to the Hessian Hunting & Military History Collection.

Friedrichswerder Church

Gothic Revival church by architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel.

Frisian Resistance Museum

Museum dedicated to the Frisian resistance in World War II.

Fromagerie Quatrehomme

Cracking cheese, Gromit!

Frøslev Camp Museum

World War II prisoner of war camp.

Fugger and Welser Museum

Fuglsang Art Museum

Funen Village

Funeral Museum

Museum dedicated to funerary culture.

Fürstliches Residenzschloss

Fürther Miniaturwelten

Model railway.

Futurium

Interactive exhibits on vital issues for the future.

G2 Kunsthalle

Contemporary art gallery.

Gaasbeek Castle

One hour away from Brussels’ city centre, Gaasbeek Castle is a fine example of Renaissance Revival architecture.

A Neo-Renaissance Fairy-Tale Castle

Gaasbeek Castle is the neo-Renaissance fairy-tale castle where Marquise Arconati Visconte used to entertain her guests.

Gaia Zoo

GAK

Contemporary art gallery.

Galerie des Gobelins

King Louis XIV’s Manufacture des Gobelins still exists today, weaving tapestries of stunning beauty.

The Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory

King Louis XIV’s Manufacture des Gobelins still exists today, weaving tapestries of stunning beauty.

Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst

Contemporary art gallery.

Galleria dell’Accademia di Firenze

Home to Michelangelo’s David.

Gallerie dell’Accademia

Gallery of Evolution

Grand parade of stuffed animals.

Gallery of Modern Art

Gallo-Roman Museum

Garda Museum

Small museum of policing in Ireland.

Garden of Plants

Botanical garden.

Garden of Remembrance

Garden Society of Gothenburg

One of the best-preserved 19th-century parks in Europe.

Gardens of the World

Gardens from five continents.

Gasometer Oberhausen

Exhibition centre.

Gasometer Pforzheim

360° panorama by Yadegar Asisi.

Gauforum

Former Nazi office buildings & rally grounds by architect Hermann Giesler.

GDR Watchtower

One of the 302 Berlin Wall observation towers.

Gedenkstätte Deutsche Teilung Marienborn

Geierlay Suspension Bridge

Germany’s most beautiful suspension bridge spans 360 m & is up to 100 m above ground.

Gelateria Crème de la Crème

Honza Hochsteiger’s ice cream is just perfect.

Gelateria Fontanella

Spaghetti ice cream was invented here.

Gemäldegalerie

European painting from the 13th to the 18th century.

Geological and Mineralogical Museum

Geological Museum

George’s Street Arcade

Ireland’s first purpose-built shopping centre.

Georgian House

Georg Kolbe Museum

Museum dedicated to sculptor Georg Kolbe.

Georg Schäfer Museum

Home to Max Liebermann’s Altmännerhaus in Amsterdam.

Gerhard Marcks House

Museum dedicated to sculptor Gerhard Marcks.

German Architecture Museum

German Bee Museum

Museum dedicated to bee-keeping.

German Cathedral

Exhibition dedicated to German parliamentary democracy.

German Clock Museum

Closed for renovation until 2027.

German Customs Museum

German customs, as in duties levied on imported goods.

German Emigration Center

Museum dedicated to emigration to the New World.

German Film Museum

German Football Museum

Boring.

German Historical Museum

National history museum, closed until further notice.

German Inland Waterways Museum

Museum dedicated to the history of inland navigation.

Germanisches Nationalmuseum

Museum dedicated to the cultural history of the German-speaking countries.

German Leather Museum

Museum dedicated to all things leather but Lederhosen.

German Maritime Museum

Maritime museum.

German Mining Museum

Museum dedicated to hard coal, mining, mineral resources & art, with an über-cool 2½-km-long visitor mine.

The German Mining Museum

The German Mining Museum presents 30,000 years of mining history and a 2½-km-long visitor mine featuring über-cool mining machinery.

German Museum of Books and Writing

German Museum of Technology

Über-cool technology museum featuring planes, trains & automobiles, and more.

The German Museum of Technology

The German Museum of Technology offers a compelling overview of the many ways in which technology has shaped our history & culture.

German National Library

German Exile Archive 1933–45.

German National Theatre

Where the Weimar Republic was proclaimed.

German Naval Museum

Das Boot & more.

German Oceanographic Museum

German Pharmacy Museum

German Photography Museum

German Port Museum

Museum dedicated to the role of German seaports & inland ports, international trade, and globalization.

German Resistance Memorial Center

Exhibition dedicated to the German resistance against the Nazis.

German Röntgen Museum

Museum dedicated to the history of the development of X-rays.

German Spy Museum

Indoor theme park about espionage.

German Steam Locomotive Museum

German Textile Museum

German Tool Museum

Tools from the Stone Age to the 21st century.

German War Cemetery

World War II cemetery.

German War Cemetery

World War I cemetery, home to The Mourning Soldiers by Emil Krieger.

German War Cemetery

World War II cemetery.

German War Cemetery

World War I cemetery.

German War Cemetery

World War I cemetery, home to The Grieving Parents by Käthe Kollwitz.

German War Cemetery

World War II cemetery for German soldiers & Dutch collaborators.

German Watch Museum Glashütte

Germany Museum

Indoor theme park about German history.

Gernheim Glassworks

Industrial heritage museum.

Gewandhaus

Concert hall by architect Rudolf Skoda.

Gewerbemuseum

Museum of applied art.

Gezellehuis

Literary museum dedicated to poet Guido Gezelle.

Ghent City Museum

Local history museum.

Giacometti Hall

Probably the world’s most beautiful police station.

Gin Museum

Museum dedicated to the history & craftsmanship of gin production.

Giotto’s Bell Tower

Glacier Berthillon

Ice-cream parlour.

Glacier Express

The Glacier Express is the world’s slowest express train, squeezing its way through the Alps in a 7¾-hour journey.

Glacier Garden

Glacier museum featuring kettle holes from the last Ice Age.

Gladstone’s Land

Glasgow Cathedral

Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Glasgow School of Art

The Mackintosh Building will be closed until further notice.

Glasgow Science Centre

Glasgow Women’s Library

Glass Museum

Glass Museum

Glass Studio of the National Glass Museum

Glienicke Bridge

Cold War spy swap site.

Globe Museum

Terrestrial & celestial globes, mainly from before 1850.

Globe of Science and Innovation

Exhibition dedicated to the world of particles.

Globe Theatre

Open-air playhouse staging works of William Shakespeare & other playwrights.

Glockenspielhaus

The carillon plays at 11h, 15h & 18h.

Gloria Funicular

Funicular railway to the belvedere of São Pedro de Alcântara.

Glyptotek

Antiquities and Danish & French art of the 19th century.

Gnandstein Castle

Goethe and Schiller Archive

Literary archive.

Goetheanum

Anthroposophical HQ.

Goethe House

Picture gallery dedicated to the Goethezeit, the Age of Goethe.

Goethe House

Museum dedicated to writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

Goethe Museum

Museum dedicated to writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

Goethe National Museum

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s residence, where the great poet, dramatist & scholar wrote his magnum opus Faust.

At Home with Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s residence in Weimar looks practically the same as it did when the great writer was still alive.

Goethe’s Garden House

Where Goethe lived until 1782, before he moved into smart premises in the centre of town.

Goethe Tower

43-m-high observation tower.

Goethe Trail

Walking trail.

Goethe Trail

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

The Goethe Trail to Mount Brocken

The Goethe Trail from Torfhaus is the most popular hiking trail to the summit of Mount Brocken, the highest mountain in the Harz.

Goetz Collection

Contemporary art museum by architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron.

Goldau–Rigi Kulm Railway

This cogwheel train takes you on a beautiful journey from Arth-Goldau to Rigi Kulm (1797 m) in just under an hour.

Goldene Waage

Reconstructed renaissance house (2018).

Golden Horseman

Monumental equestrian statue of Augustus the Strong.

GoldenPass Panoramic

Experience a breathtaking view of the surrounding Alpine landscape on this panoramic train.

Golden Roof Museum

Gornergrat Railway

The 9⅓-km-long Gornergrat Railway connects Zermatt to Gornergrat (3,089 m), offering spectacular mountain vistas.

Goslar City Walk

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

Göteborgs Konsthall

Closed for renovation until 2027.

Gothenburg Belting Works

Gothenburg Botanical Garden

Gothenburg Cathedral

Gothenburg Concert Hall

Gothenburg Museum of Art

Gothenburg Natural History Museum

Gothenburg Opera

Gottfried Silbermann Museum

Silbermann was the most important Saxon organ builder.

Gotthard Panorama Express

The Gotthard Panorama Express takes you on a scenic 2½-hour journey from Flüelen to Lugano (or vice versa).

Gottlieb Daimler Memorial

The workshop where Gottlieb Daimler & Wilhelm Maybach developed the first high-speed four-stroke combustion engine.

Gottorf Globe

Reconstructed planetarium in a baroque garden.

Gouda Cheese Market

Cheese trading by clapping hands (‘handjeklap’) on Thursday mornings.

Government Bunker

Nuclear bunker from the Cold War era.

GPO Museum

Exhibition on the General Post Office during the 1916 Easter Rising.

Grand-Place

Few European squares are as beautiful as the Grand-Place, with its opulent baroque guildhalls & private homes.

Grand Canal Theatre

Some energy supplier’s theatre by architect Daniel Libeskind.

Grand Commandery Alden Biesen

Grand Ducal Palace

Open to the public every summer.

Grande Arche de la Défense

Modern arch that used to celebrate fraternity but no longer does.

Grand Garden

Grand Palais

Art gallery.

Grand Théâtre de Genève

Opera & ballet performances.

Grand Trianon

Little palace of pink marble & porphyry, by architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart.

Granitz Hunting Lodge

Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich

The polytechnic’s collection of prints & drawings.

Grassi Museum of Applied Arts

Grassi Museum of Ethnology

Graz Castle

Castle with a double spiral staircase.

Graz Cathedral

GrazMuseum

Local history museum.

Great Beguinage

Great St Mary’s

The tower of Great St Mary’s offers the best view in Cambridge.

Great Synagogue of Stockholm

Moorish Revival synagogue.

Grebbeberg War Cemetery

Dutch World War II cemetery.

Green Vault

Augustus the Strong’s baroque treasury.

Grenzhus Schlagsdorf

Former inner German border.

Grenzland-Draisine

Rail bike tours.

GRID Graphic Museum

Printing museum, closed until further notice.

Grimeton Radio Station

Long-wave wireless telegraphy station.

Grimm World

Fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm.

Groeninge Museum

Art museum.

Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery

World War II cemetery.

Groninger Museum

Art & design museum housed in the single most exuberant museum building in the Netherlands.

A Postmodernist Place for the Arts

The Groninger Museum showcases a varied collection of art & design, including the work of the local artists’ collective, De Ploeg.

Grosscomburg Monastery

Große Kunstschau

Local art museum.

Grossmünster

Romanesque church with stained-glass windows by artist Sigmar Polke.

Grosssedlitz Baroque Garden

The Saxon Versailles of Augustus the Strong.

Grote Kerk

15th-century church.

Grote Kerk

15th-century church with an organ by Arp Schnitger.

Grottes de Remouchamps

Underground caves.

Grundtvig’s Church

Expressionist church by architects Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint & Kaare Klint.

Grunewald Hunting Lodge

Nearly thirty paintings by the Lucases Cranach to be found here.

Gruuthusemuseum

Local history museum.

Gruyères Castle

13th-century castle made of cheese.

Guildhall Art Gallery

The City of London’s art gallery, noted for its collection of 19th-century & Victorian paintings.

Günter Grass House

Günter Litfin Memorial

Memorial dedicated to one of the first victims of the Berlin Wall.

Gurten Funicular

Gurten Toboggan

Gusen Memorial

Former Nazi concentration camp.

Gustave Moreau Museum

Artist’s house dedicated to symbolist painter Gustave Moreau.

Gustav III’s Pavilion

Güstrow Cathedral

The third copy of Ernst Barlach’s angel Der Schwebende hangs here.

Güstrow Palace

Gutenberg Museum

Museum dedicated to Johannes Gutenberg, who who invented printing with movable type.

H-Bahn Dortmund

The Hängebahn at Dortmund’s university campus is a 3-km-long automatically controlled suspended monorail system.

Habsburg Castle

Ancestral seat of the Habsburgs.

Hackenberg Fortress

Maginot Line fortress.

Hadamar Memorial Museum

Former Nazi euthanasia programme site.

Hafelekar Cable Car

Hahnenklee Stave Church

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

Halberstadt Cathedral

Halle 14

Contemporary art gallery.

Halle für Kunst Steiermark

Contemporary art gallery.

Halle Gate

Museum about the medieval city of Brussels.

Hall of Fame

Neoclassical temple with busts of illustrious Bavarians.

Hall of Knights

13th-century government building, closed for renovation until 2031.

Hall of Liberation

Memorial commemorating the Wars of Liberation (1813–15).

Hall of Peace

The Treaty of Münster, part of the Peace of Westphalia, was signed here.

Hallwyl Museum

The home of Count & Countess Walther & Wilhelmina von Hallwyl.

Hal Över Weser & Harbour Cruise

Hamburger Bahnhof

Contemporary art museum.

Hamburger Kunsthalle

The Kunsthalle ranks among Germany’s most substantial art museums, boasting a rich collection of European art.

Hamburg Harbour Cruise

Boat trips on the river Elbe.

Hamburg State Opera

Opera house.

Ham House & Garden

17th-century house recognized for its superb collection of paintings, furniture & textiles.

Hampton Court Palace

Royal palace of Henry VIII and William III & Mary II, blending Tudor & baroque architecture.

Hannover Colliery

Industrial heritage museum dedicated to the Hannover Colliery, miner’s lives, and immigrant workers.

Hanover Art Association

Contemporary art gallery.

Hanover Historical Museum

Local history museum.

Hanover State Museum

Art & regional history museum.

Hanover State Opera

Hanover Zoo

Hans-Peter Porsche Traumwerk

Model railway & tiny toy collection.

Hansa Coking Plant

Once one of the largest coking plants in the Ruhr region.

Harbour Entrance

The view from the lighthouse is nice.

Harbour Museum

Museum dedicated to the history of the ports of Bremen.

Harry Graf Kessler Art Gallery

Contemporary art gallery.

Hartenfels Castle

Castle noted for its spiral staircase.

Hartenstein Airborne Museum

Museum dedicated to the 1944 Battle of Arnhem.

Hartheim Castle Memorial

Former Nazi euthanasia programme site.

H’ART Museum

Art museum.

Härtsfeld Railway

The Schättere is home to a 1913 four-wheel-drive tank engine and a charming 1934 railbus that was modernized in 1964.

Harzdrenalin

The zip line alongside the Rappbode dam is pretty cool.

Harzkristall Glassworks

Harz Museum Wernigerode

Regional history museum.

Harz Railway

The 60⅔-km-long Harzquerbahn is one of rail operator HSB’s three steam railways on the Harz narrow-gauge network.

Haus am Horn

This model house, by architect Georg Muche, was built especially for the 1923 Bauhaus exhibition.

Haus am Waldsee

Exhibition space for international contemporary art.

Haus Cleff

Haus der Geschichte

German history from the end of World War II to the present.

Haus der Kunst

Contemporary art gallery.

Haus der Stadtgeschichte

Local history museum.

Haus Hohe Pappeln

The residence of Henry van de Velde, which he built when he was the director of the School of Arts and Crafts.

Haus im Schluh

Museum dedicated to artists Martha & Heinrich Vogeler.

Haus Lange and Haus Esters Museums

Two villas by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

Haus Wertheym

The only house that survived the 1944 bombing of Frankfurt.

Haus zum Kirschgarten

18th- & 19th-century home of an upper-class family.

Haut-Koenigsbourg Castle

Hayward Gallery

Art gallery hosting temporary exhibitions of modern and contemporary art.

H.C. Andersen’s Childhood Home

Museum dedicated to writer Hans Christian Andersen.

H.C. Andersen’s House

Museum dedicated to writer Hans Christian Andersen.

HDA

House of architecture.

HEART

Contemporary art museum.

Heeswijk Castle

Heidelberger Kunstverein

Contemporary art gallery.

Heidelberg Funicular

Heidelberg Palace

The Heidelberg castle ruins are among the most beautiful structures of the German Renaissance.

Heinrich Heine Trail

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

Heinz Nixdorf Museum

The world’s biggest computer museum.

Heizhaus Railway Museum

Helbling House

Hellabrunn Zoo

More than 500 animal species from all five continents.

Hellbrunn Palace

Palace with great trick fountains.

Helmhaus

Contemporary art gallery.

Helmond Castle

Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library

The Nottebohm Room is open to visitors during the summer.

Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery

World War II cemetery.

Henrichenburg Ship Lift

Museum dedicated to the history of the Dortmund-Ems Canal & the Waltrop ship lift.

The Henrichenburg Boat Lift

Now a museum, the Henrichenburg Boat Lift in Waltrop was once the absolute state of the art in hydraulic engineering.

Henrichshütte Ironworks

Industrial heritage museum.

Hercules Monument

Monument to the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles.

Herder Church

Church that houses an altarpiece triptych by the Lucases Cranach.

Hergé Museum

Museum dedicated to life & work of the creator of Tintin.

Hermannsdenkmal

Rather large monument celebrating Mr Hermann, who defeated the Romans in 9 A.D.

Hermes Villa

Empress Elisabeth’s villa by architect Karl von Hasenauer.

Hermitage Court

Two palaces with a lovely garden.

Hermitage Foundation

Art museum.

Hermitage Palace

Baroque palace.

Hernen Castle

16th-century castle.

Herrenchiemsee New Palace

Herrenhausen Gardens

The Herrenhausen Gardens are considered to be one of the most beautiful garden parks in Europe.

Hertford Bridge

Crossover between Venice’s Rialto Bridge & the Bridge of Sighs.

Hessenpark Open-Air Museum

Living history museum.

Hessian State Museum

Art & regional history museum.

Hessigheim Rock Gardens

Het Hoogeland Open-Air Museum

Living history museum depicting daily life in rural Groningen around the turn of the 20th century.

Heureka

Sculpture by Jean Tinguely.

Heusden Village Walk

Walking tour through the reconstructed fortified city.

HfG Archive

Exhibition on the Ulm School of Design (1953–68).

Highclere Castle

You say Downton Abbey, I say Totleigh Towers.

Highline 179 Suspension Bridge

Hildesheim Cathedral

Hillside Railways

Funicular & suspension railways.

Himmelssteig Trail

Hiking trail.

The Hirschsprung Collection

Danish art from the 19th & 20th centuries.

Historical Museum

Historical Museum

Historical Museum Bremerhaven

Local history museum.

Historical Museum of the City of Leipzig

Historical Museum of The Hague

Local history museum.

Historical Museum of the Liberation

World War II museum.

Historical Museum of the Palatinate

Regional history museum.

Historic Windmill

Windmills look better when they stand next to farmhouses.

Historisches Museum Luzern

Regional history museum.

Historisches Museum Thurgau

Regional history museum.

Historium

History Museum

History Museum

Styrian history museum.

History of Science Museum

HMS Belfast

Royal Navy cruiser so large you could almost lay Big Ben across its deck twice.

Hochburg Castle

Höchstädt Palace

Museum of German Faience.

Hoensbroek Castle

Hoesch Museum

Museum dedicated to the Dortmund iron & steel industry.

Hofbräuhaus

Munich’s most famous tavern, owned by the State of Bavaria.

Hofburg Chapel

Home to the Hofmusikkapelle.

Hof Meermansburg

Leiden’s largest almshouse.

Hoge Kempen National Park

Nature reserve.

Hohenbaden Old Castle

Hohenneuffen Fortress Ruins

Hohensalzburg Fortress

Hohenschwangau Castle

Hohenstaufen Hill

Hill with a view & fortress ruins of the Staufer dynasty’s family seat.

Hohentwiel Fortress Ruins

Fortress ruins with an impressive vista across Lake Constance.

Hohenwerfen Fortress

Hohenzieritz Palace

Hohenzollern Castle

Ancestral seat of the Imperial House of Germany & the Royal House of Prussia.

Hoheward Landscape Park

Former slag heap, now an urban park.

Hohe Warte

40-m-high observation tower.

Hollandsche Schouwburg

Holocaust memorial.

Höllental Railway

Scenic 5-km-long Bosnian-gauge heritage tramway running between Payerbach and Hirschwang.

Holmeegenes

Local history museum.

Holmenkollen Ski Museum

Holocaust Memorial

Memorial to the murdered Jews of Austria.

Holocaust Names Memorial

Memorial dedicated to the over 102,000 Dutch victims of the Holocaust.

Holsten Gate

Holten Canadian War Cemetery

World War II cemetery.

Holyrood Park

Arthur’s Seat provides great views of Edinburgh & the Lothians.

Holy Spirit Guest House

Almshouse.

Holy Stairs

Holywell Music Room

Honig Breethuis

19th-century paper manufacturer & merchant’s house.

Hooglandse Kerk

15th-century Gothic church.

Hoorn Cheese Market

Tourist event on Thursday afternoons.

Hoorn–Medemblik Steam Tram Museum

20-km-long tramway featuring an impressive collection of mint-condition rolling stock.

Hopetown Darlington

Railway museum.

Horniman Museum & Gardens

Museum about global cultures and natural wonders.

Horseshoe Estate

Modernist housing estate by architect Bruno Taut.

Horta Museum

Museum dedicated to art-nouveau architect Victor Horta.

Hortus Botanicus

One of the oldest botanical gardens in Europe.

Hortus Botanicus

Botanical garden.

Hortus Botanicus

The oldest botanical garden in the Netherlands.

Hortus Haren

Botanical garden.

Hortus Overzee

Botanical garden.

Hospital Church

Baroque church.

Hospital Museum

Museum dedicated to the history of psychiatry.

Hôtel de la Marine

The former Naval Ministry by architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel.

Hotel New York

We like the restaurant here.

Hotel Silber

Housed in a former Gestapo headquarters, the exhibition at Hotel Silber explores the history of the secret police.

Hôtel Solvay

The most luxurious of four major townhouses designed by the noted art-nouveau architect Victor Horta.

House at the Black Madonna

Former department store by architect Josef Gočár, now an exhibition on Czech cubism.

House at the Golden Ring

Museum featuring an exhibition on Prague of Charles IV.

Household Cavalry Museum

Museum celebrating the history & accomplishments of the King’s mounted bodyguards.

House of Alijn

Museum exploring customs, traditions & rituals from the recent & distant past.

House of Austrian History

Museum dedicated to Austrian history from the end of World War I to today, and German history from 1938 to 1945.

The Myth of Austrian Victimhood

An exhibition at the House of Austrian History shows that Austria was not the first victim of Nazism, but very much on the wrong side instead.

House of Brandenburg-Prussian History

Regional history museum.

House of European History

Museum about the continent’s recent history & the European integration process.

House of Industrial Heritage

Printing museum.

House of Photography

Photographic art gallery.

House of Silk Culture

House of the Wannsee Conference

Memorial site dedicated to the persecution & murder of the European Jews in World War II.

House of the Weimar Republic

Museum dedicated to the Weimar Republic (1918–33).

House of World Cultures

Congress hall by architect Hugh Stubbins.

Houses of Seven Countries

Seven houses in different European architectural styles (1894) by architect Tjeerd Kuipers.

Housesteads Roman Fort & Hadrian’s Wall

Roman fort & defensive wall to separate the Romans from the barbarians.

Huelsmann Museum

Hüfingen Roman Bath Ruins

Hugh Lane Gallery

Modern and contemporary art.

Huis Bergh Castle

Medieval castle housing the medieval art collection of industrialist Jan Herman van Heek.

Huisje van Sluijmer

Three-by-five-meter seven-storey modern house.

Huis Marseille

Museum for photography.

Humboldt Forum

Reconstructed Prussian palace.

Hundertwasser House

The most peculiar building in Vienna.

Hunebed Centre

Archaeological museum dedicated to Dutch dolmens.

Hungerburg Funicular

Funicular railway.

Hunsrückbahn-Wanderweg

16-km-long footpath connecting Emmelshausen to Boppard.

Hunsrück Railway

The Hunsrück Railway is a scenic 15-km-long railway connecting Boppard to Emmelshausen.

Hunterian Art Gallery

Hunterian Museum

Hunterian Zoology Museum

Hunting Lodge Falkenlust

Rococo hunting lodge by architect François de Cuvilliés.

Huygens’ Hofwijck

Constantijn & Christiaan Huygens’ country estate, by architect Jacob van Campen.

Hyde Park

Royal park featuring Britain’s oldest speaker’s corner for Sunday soapbox orators.

Ibsen Museum

Icon Museum

Museum dedicated to Christian Orthodox icons.

Igel Column

Igor Stravinsky Fountain

Fountain by Jean Tinguely & Niki de Saint Phalle.

IKEA Museum

Corporate museum dedicated to the history of IKEA.

IKOB

Museum of Contemporary Art.

Illums Bolighus

Danish design sold here.

Imperial Baths

Imperial Carriage Museum

The former imperial coach house, now a museum.

Imperial Castle

Imperial Castle of Nuremberg

Imperial Cathedral St Bartholomew

Medieval cathedral.

Imperial Court Pavilion

Otto Wagner’s metro station for Emperor Franz Joseph.

Imperial Palace

Imperial Palace of Goslar

They keep the imperial throne in the basement.

Imperial Treasury

Home to the Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire.

Imperial War Museum

IWM London explores military conflict from the First World War to the Blitz, the Cold War and the present day.

Northern Ireland: Living with the Troubles

An exhibition at the Imperial War Museum unpacks the Troubles in Northern Ireland, featuring voices from all sides.

Industrial Museum Herrenwyk

In Flanders Fields Museum

World War I museum.

Inland Railway

Inlandsbanan’s northern branch to Gällivare is a 746-km-long railway through the Swedish wilderness.

Institute for the History of Frankfurt

Municipal archive.

Intercultural Museum

International Maritime Museum Hamburg

Maritime museum with an incredibly nice collection, short only of life-size ships.

International Museum of the Reformation

Three cheers for Calvinism.

Irish Jewish Museum

Museum to celebrate the miracle of Jewish survival in an Irish context.

Irish Museum of Modern Art

Island in the Mur

Artificial island by artist Vito Acconci.

Islands Brygge Harbour Bath

Outdoor swimming pool.

Isle of Wight Steam Railway

This 9-km-long branch line features beautifully restored Victorian & Edwardian carriages.

Ittingen Charterhouse

Former Carthusian monastery, now the Ittinger Museum.

IWM Duxford

Imperial War Museum.

IWM North

Imperial War Museum.

Jacobite Steam Train

The Jacobite’s 135-km round trip through the Scottish Highlands is one of the world’s greatest railway journeys.

James Ensor House

Museum dedicated to painter James Ensor.

Jan Bouman House

Small museum dedicated to the history of Potsdam’s Dutch Quarter.

Jan Pesijnshof

17th-century almshouse.

Japanese Garden

The Japanese Garden in Clingendael Park is open for six weeks in the spring & two weeks in the autumn.

Japanese garden

Japan Museum Sieboldhuis

Ethnographic museum dedicated to Japan.

Jardies’ House

Léon Gambetta lived here.

Jasmund National Park

Jenisch House

Neoclassical country house that gives a vivid impression of the grand lives led by well-to-do Hanseatic merchants.

Jerónimos Monastery

Manueline monastery.

Jerusalem House

Where Karl Wilhelm Jerusalem, the model for Goethe’s Werther, shot himself.

Jerusalem Synagogue

Moorish art-nouveau synagogue.

Jesuit Church

Baroque church with a decent organ.

Jesuit Church

Baroque church noted for its trompe-l’œil false dome.

Jesuitenkirche

Baroque church.

Jet d’Eau

Geneva’s 140-m-high landmark fountain.

Jewish Museum

Museum of past & present Dutch Jewish life in all its facets.

Jewish Museum

Four disused synagogues, the old cemetery and the former ceremonial hall make up the Jewish Museum in Prague.

Prague’s Jewish Quarter

Four disused synagogues, the old cemetery and the former ceremonial hall make up the Jewish Museum in Prague.

Jewish Museum

Jewish Museum Berlin

Museum by architect Daniel Libeskind.

Jewish Museum Frankfurt

Jewish history & culture from 1800 to the present.

Jewish Museum Munich

Museum showcasing the diversity of Jewish history & culture.

Jewish Museum of Belgium

Closed for renovation until 2028.

Jewish Museum of Switzerland

Jewish Museum of Venice

Jewish Museum Vienna

Museum of Jewish history, life & religion in Austria.

Jewish Town Hall

Rococo town hall with a Hebrew clock that moves anticlockwise.

Jheronimus Bosch Art Center

Johannisburg Palace

John Knox House

John Rylands Library

A beautiful library.

Jonction

Confluence of the rivers Rhône & Arve, two streams of different colour.

Jonkerbos War Cemetery

Commonwealth World War II cemetery.

Jopie Huisman Museum

Museum dedicated to painter Jopie Huisman.

Josephinum

Collections of the University of Vienna’s Medical Faculty.

Jüberg Tower

23-m-high observation tower.

Julius Exter’s House

Artist’s house.

Jungfrau Railway

The Jungfrau Railway is a horribly expensive rack railway to Europe’s highest railway station (3,454 m).

Jura Museum

Kaapse Bossen

Forest with a 25-m-high observation tower.

Kaeserberg Model Railway

2-km-long model railway populated by 120 trains.

Kaiserkrone

The place to take a selfie as Caspar David Friedrich’s wanderer above the sea of fog.

Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church

Kaiser Wilhelm Museum

Art museum.

Kalmar Castle

Kanal

Museum for modern & contemporary art.

Kander Valley Railway

The 13-km-long Kandertalbahn, in the southern Black Forest region, operates a Prussian T3 branch line tank engine.

Kanu Aktiv Tours

Rubber rafts for hire to paddle down the river Elbe.

Karl-Marx-Hof

Marxist housing estate with an exhibition on Red Vienna.

Karl Foerster House

Home & garden of plantsman Karl Foerster.

Karl Marx Ampelmännchen

Traffic light with images of philosopher Karl Marx.

Karl Marx Bookshop

Sadly closed.

Karl Marx House

Museum dedicated to the first Marxist philosopher.

Karl Marx Monument

Sculpture by Lev Kerbel from the time that Chemnitz was Karl-Marx-Stadt.

Karlsaue Park

Karlsplatz Pavilion

Metro station featuring an exhibition dedicated to architect Otto Wagner.

Karlsruhe Botanical Gardens

Karlštejn Castle

Kassel City Museum

Local history museum.

Kastrup Sea Bath

Outdoor swimming pool.

Katharinenkirche

Mausoleum for Emperor Ferdinand II.

Käthe Kollwitz House

Museum dedicated to artist Käthe Kollwitz.

Käthe Kollwitz Museum

Museum dedicated to artist Käthe Kollwitz.

Käthe Kollwitz Museum

Museum dedicated to artist Käthe Kollwitz.

Katwijk Museum

Local history museum with a fine collection of paintings.

Kazerne Dossin

Holocaust museum & memorial.

Keble College

Gothic Revival architecture.

Keltenmuseum Hallein

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

Kemmel Command Bunker

Cold War command centre.

Kempten Residence

Kensington Gardens

The former gardens of Kensington Palace, now a royal park open to everyone.

Kensington Palace

The birthplace of Queen Victoria and home to young royals for over 300 years.

Kenwood House

Neoclassical villa featuring an outstanding collection of paintings.

Keramion

Ceramics museum.

Keringhuis

Exhibition dedicated to the Maeslantkering storm surge barrier.

Kerkrade Botanical Garden

Kettle’s Yard

Contemporary art gallery.

Keukenhof

Open in the springtime, the Keukenhof is a lovely garden to enjoy tulips, daffodils & hyacinths.

Tulips and the Keukenhof

Introduced to the Netherlands in 1593, the tulip has become a national icon. One of the best places to see tulips is at the Keukenhof.

Kew Gardens

One of the most extensive & important botanical gardens in the world.

Kew Palace

King George III & Queen Charlotte’s summer house in Kew Gardens.

Kiekeberg Open-Air Museum

Living history museum about rural life in northern Germany.

Kiekkaaste

Birdwatching hide overlooking the mudflats of the Dollard estuary and the birds & seals therein.

Killesberg Railway

The minimum-gauge railway traversing Killesberg Park with its Lilliputian locomotives is wildly popular with toddlers.

Killesberg Tower

42-m-high observation tower with four observation decks & two staircases hanging from a central mast.

Kilmainham Gaol Museum

Prison for Irish republicans jailed by the British (1796–1921) & by the Irish (1922–24).

Kinderdijk Windmills

Quintessentially Dutch & picturesque, Kinderdijk, with its nineteen windmills, is a must-visit icon of Holland.

Windmills and Kinderdijk

There are well over a thousand windmills in the Netherlands. A perfect place to see nineteen of them in action is Kinderdijk.

King Albert Museum

Museum housing the Chemnitz Art Collections.

Kingdom of Railways

Model railway.

King Frederick Augustus Tower

28-m-high cast-iron observation tower, built 1854.

King’s College Chapel

The King’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace

Art gallery featuring exhibitions from the Royal Collection.

Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Style

An exhibition of Queen Elizabeth II’s apparel at The King’s Gallery in Buckingham Palace shows the wardrobe that defined an era.

The King’s Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse

Art gallery featuring exhibitions from the Royal Collection.

King’s House on Schachen

King Ludwig II’s Alpine holiday home is located 1,800 m above sea level & only accessible on foot; the walk up & down takes 6–7 hours.

Kinsky Palace

Asian & African art museum.

Kirchheim Palace

Duchess Henriette’s dower palace offers a rare glimpse into the 19th-century home of an upper-class widow.

Kirchner Museum Davos

Museum dedicated to painter Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.

Kirms-Krackow House

Upper middle class domestic culture in the 18th & 19th centuries.

Kirnitzsch Valley Tramway

The Kirnitzschtalbahn trickles along the romantic Kirnitzsch valley to the unspectacular Lichtenhain waterfall.

KKL Lucerne

Concert hall.

KL-Natzweiler Museum

Former Nazi concentration camp.

Klausen Synagogue & Ceremonial Hall

Exhibition dedicated to Jewish customs & traditions.

Klingspor Museum

Book art, typography & calligraphy of the 20th & 21st centuries.

Klopstock House

Museum dedicated to poet Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock.

KM21

Contemporary art gallery.

Knoblauch House Museum

Museum dedicated to the Biedermeier era in Berlin.

Knol’s Koek

Get your Groninger sukadekoek & oude wijvenkoek here (or at the Korenbeurs).

Kochberg Castle

Where Goethe worshipped Charlotte von Stein, before bedding the more comfortable Christiane Vulpius.

Koekelberg Basilica

One of the largest art-deco buildings in the world.

Koldinghus

Kolumba

Religious art museum by architect Peter Zumthor.

Komische Oper Berlin

Comic opera house.

Kon-Tiki Museum

Museum dedicated to explorer Thor Heyerdahl’s expeditions.

Kongernes Jelling

Home of the Viking kings.

Königstein Fortress

16th-century citadel.

Königs Wusterhausen Hunting Lodge

Konnopke’s Imbiß

Berlin’s best currywurst sold here.

Konrad Adenauer Forum

Exhibition dedicated to federal chancellor Konrad Adenauer.

Konzerthaus

Concert hall by architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel.

Kootwijkerzand Observation Tower

13½-m-high tower overlooking Western Europe’s largest sand drift.

Köpenick Palace

Exhibition space for the Museum of Decorative Arts.

Korean Garden

Traditional Korean scholars’ garden with two pavilions.

Korenbeurs

Former market hall in neoclassical style, now a supermarket selling Groninger koek.

Kossa Military Museum

This is where the Russians planned to conduct World War III.

Kramer Widows’ Apartment

Local history museum.

Kraszewski Museum

Museum dedicated to writer Józef Ignacy Kraszewski.

Kreuzkirche

Kriebstein Castle

Krimml Waterfalls

Austria’s highest waterfalls.

Kröller-Müller Museum

Contemporary art museum noted for its large collection of work by Vincent van Gogh & its sculpture garden.

Charley Toorop’s Love for Van Gogh

An exhibition at the Kröller-Müller Museum shows that painter Charley Toorop looked at the world in the same way that Vincent van Gogh did.

Kronborg Castle

Hamlet’s castle.

Kügelgenhaus

Museum of Dresden romanticism.

Kulturama

Museum of mankind.

Kulturen

Living history museum.

Kulturen’s Östarp

Living history museum.

Kulturpalast

Modernist concert hall praised for its first-class acoustics.

A Modernist Palace of Culture

The Kulturpalast in Dresden, built during the 1960s in the functional International Style, has a particularly socialist look & feel.

Kunsten Museum of Modern Art

Kunstgebäude Stuttgart

Art gallery hosting exhibitions of the Württembergischer Kunstverein, the State Gallery and the Kunstmuseum.

Kunsthal Aarhus

Kunsthal Charlottenborg

Contemporary art gallery.

Kunsthal Helmond

Photography & art gallery.

Carl De Keyzer’s North Korea Grand Tour

An exhibition at Kunsthal Helmond shows photos of North Korea by Carl De Keyzer, but it’s difficult to tell what you are really looking at.

Kunsthal Kade

Art gallery.

Kunsthalle

Art gallery.

Kunsthalle Bern

Art gallery.

Kunsthalle Bielefeld

Art gallery.

Kunsthalle Bremen

Art museum.

Kunsthalle der Sparkasse Leipzig

Art gallery.

Kunsthalle Düsseldorf

Art gallery.

Kunsthalle Emden

Art gallery.

Kunsthalle Erfurt

Art gallery.

Kunsthalle Mainz

Contemporary art gallery.

Kunsthalle Mannheim

Contemporary art museum.

Kunsthalle München

Art gallery staging three large exhibitions a year.

Kunsthalle Münster

Art gallery.

Kunsthalle Nürnberg

Contemporary art gallery.

Kunsthalle Rostock

Contemporary art gallery.

Kunsthalle St. Annen

Art gallery.

Kunsthalle Vogelmann

Contemporary art museum.

Kunsthalle Weishaupt

Art gallery.

Kunsthalle Winterthur

Contemporary art gallery.

Kunsthalle zu Kiel

Art museum.

Kunsthall Oslo

Kunsthal Rotterdam

Contemporary art gallery.

Kunsthaus Bregenz

Contemporary art gallery by architect Peter Zumthor.

Kunsthaus Dahlem

Contemporary art gallery.

Kunsthaus Dresden

Contemporary art gallery.

Kunsthaus Graz

Contemporary art museum by architects Peter Cook & Colin Fournier.

Kunsthaus Hamburg

Contemporary art gallery.

Kunsthaus NRW Kornelimünster

Contemporary art museum.

Kunsthaus Nürnberg

Contemporary art gallery.

Kunsthaus Zürich

Art museum.

Kunsthistorisches Museum

One of the most important art museums in the world, home to The Tower of Babel by Pieter Bruegel.

The Viennese Museum of Fine Arts

The Kunsthistorisches Museum houses fine arts & antiquities, and a bunch of coins.

Kunsthofpassage Dresden

The singing drain pipes in the Courtyard of Elements are worth a detour.

Kunst im Rohnerhaus

Museum housing mainly contemporary art by regional artists.

Kunst im Tunnel

Contemporary art gallery.

Kunstinstituut Melly

Contemporary art gallery.

Künstlerhaus Bremen

Contemporary art gallery.

Kunstmuseum Basel

Switzerland’s most significant art museum.

Kunstmuseum Bonn

Contemporary art museum.

Kunstmuseum Brandts

Kunstmuseum Den Haag

Contemporary art museum with a liking for Piet Mondrian.

New Paris: From Monet to Morisot

The exhibition New Paris at the Kunstmuseum in The Hague captures Paris’ 19th-century transformation through the eyes of the impressionists.

Anders Zorn’s Swedish Idyll

Until 31 January 2021, the Kunstmuseum Den Haag presents a retrospective of the work of the Swedish painter Anders Zorn.

Claude Monet’s Garden Paintings

An exhibition of Claude Monet’s garden paintings at the Kunstmuseum Den Haag shows how Monet developed an increasingly abstract style.

Impressions of Summer

An exhibition at the Gemeentemuseum shows how German painter Max Liebermann developed from a realist to an impressionist.

Kunstmuseum Gelsenkirchen

Contemporary art museum.

Kunstmuseum St. Gallen

Art museum.

Kunstmuseum Stuttgart

Contemporary art museum housed in a striking building, which is closed for renovation until 2027.

Kunstmuseum Thun

Art museum.

Kunstmuseum Thurgau

Art museum.

Kunst Museum Winterthur

Art museum.

Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg

Contemporary art museum.

Kunstpavillon

Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen K20

Contemporary art museum by architectural firm Dissing+Weitling.

Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen K21

Contemporary art museum by architect Julius Raschdorff.

Kunstverein in Hamburg

Contemporary art gallery.

Kürnbach Open-Air Museum

Living history museum.

Kyburg Castle

Medieval fortress.

Kyffhäuser Monument

Monument to Emperor Wilhelm I.

Labour Museum

La Boverie

Art museum.

Lace Factory Museum

Museum dedicated to machine-made bobbin lace.

Lace Museum

Lake Constance Cruise

Lake Constance Cruise

Lake Dwelling Museum

23 reconstructed houses offer an insight into the lives of the lake dwellers who lived on the banks of Lake Constance in the Stone Age.

Lake Geneva Cruise

Belle-époque paddle steam boat cruises.

Lake Geneva Cruise

Belle-époque paddle steam boat cruises.

Lake Geneva Museum

Museum dedicated to Western Europe’s largest lake.

Lake Königssee

The boat trip to St Bartholomew’s Church is just lovely.

Lake Lucerne Cruise

Boat trips from Lucerne to Flüelen.

Lake Zurich Cruise