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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 up on the bucket list for visitors to the Netherlands, but it’s a city well worth a visit.

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 Church of St Margarethen

Abbey Library of St Gall

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

Abbey of Frauenwörth

Abbey of Lorsch

Abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel

Abbey of St Hildegard

Abbey church with 19th-century Beuron School murals.

Abbey of Val-Dieu

Divine brewery.

ABC Museum

Museum of drawing & illustration.

Abegg Foundation

Museum of textiles & applied art.

Academy Building

Former convent church, home to Leiden University since 1581.

Academy of Arts

Achensee Railway

Narrow-gauge steam-powered rack railway.

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

Cold War 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 Battle of Arnhem (1944).

Airborne Museum Hartenstein

Museum dedicated to the Battle of Arnhem (1944).

Aircraft Museum Zeltweg

Air Museum Kbely

Airport Tempelhof

Airport terminal by architect Ernst Sagebiel.

Airspace Surveillance Tower 7O1

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

Ajuda Botanical Garden

Ajuda National Palace

Neoclassical palace.

Akershus Fortress

Albertina Modern

Museum of modern art.

Albertina

Art museum, home to Albrecht Dürer’s hare.

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.

Alfa Romeo Museum

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

Almudena Cathedral

Alnwick Castle

Aka Hogwarts.

Alpenzoo

Alpine zoo.

Alpineum Museum

Alpine dioramas.

Alpirsbach Monastery

Alsatian Museum

Alster Boat Trips

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

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 Palace

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 Cathedral

Antwerp Zoo

Apenheul

Primate zoo.

Apsley House

The Duke of Wellington’s Georgian London home.

Aquarium Berlin

Aquàrium de Barcelona

Aquarium Geomar

Aquarium Museum

Aqua Terra Zoo

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 Frankfurt

Archaeological Museum Hamburg

Archaeological Museum

Archaeological Museum of Catalonia

Archaeological Museum of the University of Münster

Archaeological Museum

Archaeological Park Xanten

Archaeology Museum

Archeon

Living history museum.

Archiginnasio Palace

Palazzo featuring an anatomical theatre.

Architecture Museum Schwaben

Architekturzentrum Wien

Architecture museum.

Arch of Constantine

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

Arch of Peace

Arch of Titus

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

Arctic Train

Norway’s northernmost railway line connecting Narvik to Riksgränsen.

Ardèche Railway

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

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.

Argos

Bubbles by architect Zaha Hadid.

Ariana Museum

Ceramics & glass museum.

ArkDes

Architecture & design centre.

ARKEN

Contemporary art museum.

Arlberger Bergbahnen

Cable cars & chairlifts.

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 (1944).

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

Artilleriet

The other Swedish furniture store.

Artis Zoo

The oldest zoo in the Netherlands.

Arts Society of Hannover

Ashmolean Museum

Asian Art Museum

Aston Hall

Jacobean house.

Astrid Lindgren’s World

The book was better.

Astrup Fearnley Museum

Contemporary art museum by architect Renzo Piano.

Atomium

Atta Cave

Dripstone cave.

Aubette 1928

Augusta Raurica

Archaeological living history museum.

August Horch Museum

Car museum.

Augustinerkirche

Augustinermuseum

Augustinian Monastery

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

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

Austrian National Library

The library’s baroque State Hall, with its intricately decorated dome, is home to over 200,000 tomes & four Venetian globes.

Austrian Open-Air Museum Stübing

Living history museum.

Austrian Postal Savings Bank

Post office by architect Otto Wagner.

Austrian Sculpture Park

Contemporary sculpture park.

Autobahnkirche Siegerland

Church by architect Michael Schumacher.

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

Auto- und Uhrenwelt

Autoworld

Car museum.

Autrique House

Art nouveau house by architect Victor Horta.

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 Museum of History

Local history museum.

Badenweiler Roman Bath Ruins

Baden-Württemberg House of History

Regional history museum.

Badeparadies Schwarzwald

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.

Bagatti Valsecchi Museum

Bahnpark Augsburg

Bains des Pâquis

Outdoor swimming pool.

Ballenberg Open-Air Museum

Living history museum.

Bamberg Art Gallery

Bamberg Cathedral

Bamberg Historical Museum

Bamberg State Library

BAM

Art museum.

Bank of England Museum

Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery

Commonwealth World War II cemetery.

Baptistry of San Giovanni

Bar A Ginjinha

Tiny street bar serving ginjinha, a local cherry liqueur.

Barbara Baths

Barbara Tower

22-m-high observation tower.

Barbier-Mueller Museum

Tribal art museum.

Barcelona Cathedral

Barcelona Diocesan Museum

Barcelona Museum of Modernism

Barcelona Pavilion

German national pavilion for the 1929 International Exposition by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

Barcelona Zoo

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.

Barracco Museum

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 di Sant’Ambrogio

Basilica of Our Lady

Gothic Revival church, built 1852–57.

Basilica of Our Lady Star of the Sea

Romanesque church.

Basilica of Saint-Denis

Medieval abbey church.

Basilica of Scherpenheuvel

Baroque church with altarpieces by Theodoor van Loon.

Basilica of St Clement

Basilica of St John Lateran

Another church with a Holy Door.

Basilica of St John

Baroque church by architect Friedrich Joachim Stengel.

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

Bassermannhaus Museum

Museum of music & fine arts, closed for renovation.

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.

Baths of Caracalla

Bauernbarock-Kirche

Bauhaus Archive

Closed for renovation until 2025.

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

Bavarian Railway Museum

Bavarian Zugspitze Railway

Germany’s highest rack railway (2,650 m).

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

Open-air café.

Beethoven House

Museum dedicated to composer Ludwig van Beethoven.

Begijnhof

Almshouses for beguines.

Beguinage

Behnhaus-Drägerhaus Museum

Belchen Cable Car

Belém Cultural Centre

Cultural centre by architects Vittorio Gregotti & Manuel Salgado.

Belém Tower

Landmark tower with typical Manueline decoration.

Belfry

Belfry

Belfry

Belgian Chocolate Village

Belgian Military Cemetery

World War I cemetery.

Belvedere 21

Contemporary art museum.

Belvedere Castle

Castle, park & orangery.

Belvederegarten

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.

Bény-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery

World War II cemetery.

Berardo Collection

Contemporary art museum.

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

371-km-long railway line connecting Bergen to Oslo.

Berger Memorial

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

Bergisel Ski Jump

Ski ramp with tower-top café & viewing terrace by architect Zaha Hadid.

Bergius Botanic Garden

Beringen Mine Museum

Berlin Cathedral

19th-century church by architects Julius Raschdorff.

Berlin City Models

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

Berliner Philharmonie

Concert hall by architect Hans Scharoun.

Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial

Former Stasi prison.

Berlinische Galerie

Contemporary art museum.

Berlin Museum of Medical History at the Charité

Medical science museum.

Berlin Park Railway

Minimum-gauge pioneer railway.

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 City Theater

Opera, drama & ballet performances.

Bern Historical Museum

Local history museum.

Bernina Express

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

Bethlehem Chapel

Jan Hus’ church.

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

Film buffs will enjoy the British Film Institute’s mediatheque.

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.

Bishop’s Bridge

Gothic Revival bridge crossing a street in the Gothic Quarter.

Black Forest Museum

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 Museum Railway

Narrow-gauge railway line.

Bluebell Railway

18-km-long heritage railway connecting Sheffield Park to East Grinstead.

BMW Museum

Car museum.

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

Heritage railway line.

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

Bohus Fortress

Bois du Cazier

Former mining site.

Bois-du-Luc

Former mining site.

Bokrijk Open-Air Museum

Living history museum.

Bolo Museum

Nerdvana.

Bonck House

17th-century merchant’s house.

Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway

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.

Bootshaus Ulm

Bo Palace

Home to the oldest anatomical theatre in the world (1595).

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.

Borkumer Kleinbahn

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

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

Botanical Garden

Botanic Garden & Botanical Museum

Botanic Garden

Botanic Garden

Botanic Garden

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.

Boxty House

Totally Irish restaurant.

Bozar

Cultural venue by architect Victor Horta.

Brandenburg Gate

Iconic city gate by architect Carl Gotthard Langhans.

Brandenburg Gate

The other one.

Brasserie Julien

Art nouveau restaurant.

Bratwurst Röslein

Nuremberg Bratwurst & Sauerkraut.

Brede Manor

Brede Works

Museum with a focus upon the industrialisation of Denmark.

Breitachklamm

Bremen Town Musicians

Sculpture by artist Gerhard Marcks.

Bremerhaven Zoo

Brera Art Gallery

Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery

World War II cemetery.

Breuninger

Iconic luxury department store.

Břevnov Monastery

Brewery Museum

Museum dedicated to the Dortmund beer industry.

Brickworks Museum

Industrial heritage museum.

Bridge of Sighs

Bridge of Sighs

Brienz Rothorn Railway

Steam-powered rack railway to Planalp & Mount Rothorn.

British Library

From Magna Carta & Gutenberg’s Bible, to the music of the Beatles.

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

Experience cultures across the globe, from the dawn of human history to the present.

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.

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

Bronbeek Museum

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

Brookwood American Cemetery

World War I cemetery.

Brookwood Military Cemetery

Commonwealth World War I & II cemetery.

Brother Klaus Field Chapel

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

Brother Klaus Trail

20-km-long hiking trail to Flüeli-Ranft.

Bruchsal Palace

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

Brücke Museum

Museum dedicated to the Die Brücke art movement.

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.

Bucerius Kunst Forum

Art gallery.

Buchenwald Memorial

Former Nazi concentration camp.

Buchheim Museum

Expressionist art museum.

Buckingham Palace

Open to the public every summer.

Buddenbrook House

Buen Retiro Park

Buffet Trześniewski

This sandwich shop’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

Probably the most beautiful zoo in the Netherlands.

Burghausen Castle

Burgholzhof Observation Tower

Burg Hülshoff

Museum dedicated to poet Annette von Droste-Hülshoff.

Burgtheater

Theatre by by architects Gottfried Semper & Karl von Hasenauer.

Burg Vischering

The Burrell Collection

Butterfly House

Cabo da Roca

There is no further to the left on the map of continental Europe.

Cadolzburg Castle

Ca’ d’Oro

Renaissance palazzo housing the Franchetti Gallery.

Caen Memorial museum

World War II museum.

Café A Brasileira

Formerly a café serving Brazilian coffee to the intelligentsia, now a coffee shop for tourists.

Café Americain

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

Café Bachmann

Café Central

Trotsky & Freud used to be regulars here.

Café Charlemagne

The local dish: Zoervleis.

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 Die Bergstation

The Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte served here comes with a great view.

Café Die Kokerei

Café Diglas

Seit 1875.

Café Dudok

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

Café Dudok

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

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 Herrdegen

Bakery known for its Baumkuchen cake & Mannemer Dreck cookies.

Café Hofbäckerei

Get your Linzer Torte here at Linz’s oldest bakery.

Café Hofburg

The place for Kaiserschmarren, the Emperor’s favourite pancake.

Café Kandler

Café serving home-made Bachtaler & Leipziger Lerche pastry.

Café Karin

Breakfast all day!

Café Kuchentratsch

Grandma-style traditional German coffee & cake.

Café Landtmann

Posh café serving apple strudel from Schönbrunn Palace’s bakery.

Café Lloyd

Café & roastery housed in the former HAG Coffee Factory by architect Hugo Wagner.

Café Louvre

Café Metropol

Modern café serving regional products.

Café Moscow

Café Mozart

The Salzburger Nockerl is worth waiting for.

Café Mozart

Café Museum

Former hangout for Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele & others.

Café Niederegger

The marzipan & nut cake from Niederegger’ patisserie is quite good.

Café Olivier

Belgian beer café in a former church.

Café Oudaen

Brewery & Grand Café.

Café Paris

Café Poffertjes en Pannekoeken

Dutch restaurant with a distinctive un-Dutch look & feel.

Café Residenz

Their Hofbackstube offers an apple strudel baking course.

Café Sacher

Home of the Sachertorte.

Café Savoy

A refined café — but don’t accept a table upstairs.

Café Sprüngli

It’s a famous confectionery as well.

Café Strauss

A tranquil resting place at the Friedrichwerder Cemetery.

Café Teestübchen im Schnoor

Tea room serving home-made cakes.

Café Tomaselli

Café-wise, Salzburg can’t get much better.

Café Zum Arabischen Coffe Baum

Germany’s oldest coffee shop, closed until further notice.

Calouste Gulbenkian Museum

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

Cambrian Coast Railway Line

Scenic railway along the Welsh coastline, from Aberystwyth via Dovey Junction to Pwllheli.

Cambridge American Cemetery

World War II cemetery.

Cambridge University Library

Cambridge University Press Museum

Camera Work

Photographic art gallery.

Camp Adventure

Climbing park & observation tower.

Campo del Moro Park

Campus Galli

Medieval constructing like 1200 years ago.

Camp Vught National Memorial

Former Nazi concentration camp.

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 1961.

Capuchin Crypt

Imperial crypt of the Habsburgs.

Caputh House

Ca’ Rezzonico

Museum of 18th-century Venice.

Carl Bosch Museum

Carl Maria von Weber Museum

Museum dedicated to composer CMvW.

Carl Nielsen Childhood Home

Carlo Goldoni’s House

Carmo Archaeological Museum

Carnavalet Museum

Museum dedicated to the history of Paris.

Carolina Rediviva

Home to the Codex argenteus.

Carriage Museum

Closed until further notice.

Carris Museum

Public transport museum.

Car & Tractor Museum

150 tractors & 200 cars & motorbikes.

Casa Batlló

House by architect Antoni Gaudí.

Casa dos Bicos

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

Casa Martelli

Casa Vicens

The first home designed by architect Antoni Gaudí.

Casino Marino

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 2025.

Castle of the Counts

Medieval castle.

Catacombs of St Callixtus

Cathedral Museum

Cathedral Museum.

Cathedral Museum

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

Scenic railway line 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.

Cerralbo Museum

Chabot Museum

Museum dedicated to painter & sculptor Henk Chabot.

Chamberí Metro Station

Madrid Metro ghost station.

Chamber of Crafts

Weser Renaissance trade chamber.

Changing the Guard

45 minutes of British pageantry.

Chapel Bridge

Iconic covered bridge.

Chapel of Reconciliation

Chapel by architects Peter Sassenroth & Rudolf Reitermann.

Chapters Bookstore

Charles Bridge

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

Charles Dickens Museum

Charlier Museum

Art museum.

Charlottenburg Palace

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

Charlottenhof Villa

Neoclassical villa by architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel.

Château d’Auvers-sur-Oise

The Impressionist Vision exhibition is okay-ish.

Château de Chantilly

Château de Fontainebleau

Must-see royal & imperial palace.

Château de Malmaison

Private residence of Napoleon & Joséphine.

Château de Prangins

18th-century castle.

Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte

Baroque palace by architect Louis Le Vau, with a garden by landscape architect André le Nôtre.

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

Minimum-gauge pioneer railway.

Chemnitz Tram Museum

Chemnitz Zoo

Chester Beatty Library

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

Chetham’s Library

The oldest public Library in Britain.

Chiemgau Railway

The train to the Chiemsee Railway.

Chiemsee Railway

The steam tram to the Chiemsee.

Chiemsee-Schifffahrt

The ship to the Herreninsel & the Fraueninsel.

Chiesa del Santissimo Redentore

Chiesa di San Giorgio Maggiore

Chiesa di Santa Maria dei Miracoli

Renaissance church by architect Pietro Lombardo.

Chilehaus

Brick expressionism office building by architect Fritz Höger.

Chillon Castle

Medieval fortress on the shores of Lake Geneva.

Chinese Garden

Traditional Chinese garden with various pavilions.

Chinese Garden

Chinese House in Sanssouci Park

Chinoiserie rococo pavilion.

Chinese Pavilion

Chiswick House & Gardens

Chocolate Museum

Chocolatería San Ginés

Possibly the most popular place for chocolate con churros.

Chocolaterie Bitter & Zart

Chocolate shop & café.

Chorin Abbey

Brick gothic architecture.

Christ Church Cathedral

Cathedral with a mummified cat & rat, known locally as ‘Tom & Jerry’.

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.

Christys

Buy your bowler hat here.

Churchill War Rooms

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 before Týn

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 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 Anthony of Lisbon

Church that stands on the place where Saint Anthony was born.

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

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 Allmann Sattler Wappner architects.

Church of Wies

A perfect example of Bavarian rococo architecture.

Cibeles Fountain

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.

City Art Centre

City Brewery De Koninck

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

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 Halls

City Hall

Flemish Gothic town hall by architect Friedrich Schmidt.

City Hall

City hall by architect Gottfried Semper.

City Museum at Fembo House

City 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 Theatre

City Tower

Clarté Building

Prototype Unité d’habitation by architect Le Corbusier.

Claude Monet’s House and 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.

Cobra Museum

Museum dedicated to the Cobra art movement.

Coin Cabinet

Coin Cabinet

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

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.

Cottbus Memorial Prison

Former prison for political prisoners.

Coudenberg Palace

Country Surgeon Micro Museum

Courtauld Gallery

Court Church

Church with the tomb of Emperor Maximilian I.

Court Garden

Couven Museum

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

Covent Garden

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.

Crystal Palace

Cube Houses

Cube-shaped house by architect Piet Blom.

Cutty Sark

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

DAF Museum

Car museum.

Dählhölzli

Zoo.

Dalheim Monastery

Museum of monastic culture.

Dallmayr Delicatessen

Restaurant, bar & grill, and café-bistro.

Dancing House

Office building by architects Vlado Milunič & Frank Gehry.

Danish Architecture Center

Danish Jewish Museum

Danish Museum of Science & Technology

Danish Music Museum

Danish Poster Museum

Danish Railway Museum

Danish War Museum

Military history museum.

Dankwarderode Castle

Medieval exhibition.

Danube Swabian Museum

Danube Tower

DART

Scenic train line along Dublin’s picturesque coast.

Dartmouth Steam Railway

Former Great Western Railway branch line running alongside the 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.

Dauner Maare

DB Museum Halle

Railway museum.

DB Museum Koblenz

Railway museum.

DB Museum

Railway museum.

DDR Museum

Museum dedicated to the German Democratic Republic.

DDR Museum Pforzheim

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

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

Delikatessen Frankowitsch

Sandwich bar.

De Oosterpoort

Concert hall.

De Pont Museum

Contemporary art museum.

Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen

Publicly accessible art depot by MVRDV architects.

De Quack House

House by architect Jan de Quack.

Der Aa Church

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

De Ruien

Antwerp’s sewer system.

Designist

Design shop.

Design Museum Brussels

Design Museum Danmark

Design Museum Dedel

Design Museum Den Bosch

Design Museum Gent

Closed for renovation until 2026.

Design Museum

De Theefabriek

Tea Room.

Deutsch-Deutsches Museum Mödlareuth

Former inner German border (Tannbach).

Deutscher Eisenbahn-Verein

Heritage railway line.

Deutsches Hygiene-Museum

Medical & public health museum.

Deutsches Klingenmuseum

Museum dedicated to blade weapons, knives & cutlery.

Deutsches Museum Bonn

Contemporary masterpieces of science & technology.

Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleißheim

Aviation museum.

Deutsches Museum

Science & technology museum.

Deutsches Museum Nürnberg

Science & technology museum.

Deutsches Museum Verkehrszentrum

Transport museum.

Deutsches Raiffeisenmuseum

Museum dedicated to cooperative pioneer Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen.

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 being blind.

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.

Disseny Hub Barcelona

Design museum.

Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft

Doberan Minster

Brick gothic architecture.

Documentation Centre Nazi Party Rally Grounds

Doge’s Palace

Dokumentation Obersalzberg

Dolder Railway

1⅓-km-long rack railway towards Adlisberg.

Dolfinarium

Europe’s biggest marine mammal park.

Döllnitz Railway

18⅝-km-long narrow-gauge railway line 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

Museum housing the cathedral’s sacred & historic treasures.

Domnick Collection

Contemporary art museum.

DomQuartier

Dom Tower

The highest church tower in the Netherlands.

DOMunder

Underground discovery tour through 2,000 years.

Domus Aurea

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.

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.

Down House

The home of Charles Darwin.

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-long journey.

Drachmann House

Dragon Gorge

Walking path through splendid rock formations.

Dr. Carl Benz Car Museum

Museum dedicated to automotive pioneer Carl Benz.

Dreikönigskirche

Baroque church by architect Matthäus Pöppelmann.

Drentsche Aa National Park

11-km-long hiking trail along the Drentsche Aa brook, a meandering stream that changes name near every village it flows past.

Drents Museum

Art & regional history museum.

Dresden Cathedral

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

Dresden City Art Museum

Dresden City Museum

Dresden Park Railway

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

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 City Gallery The Hugh Lane

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 in Weimar, which was beautifully restored after the devastating fire of 2004, 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

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 daily life in the Netherlands from the dawn of industrialization onwards.

The Netherlands for Time Travellers

The Open-Air Museum in Arnhem 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.

Dutch Water Museum

Museum dedicated to water management & purification.

East Indiaman Götheborg

East Lancashire Railway

Heritage railway line.

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.

Egyptian Museum of Barcelona

Ehrenbreitstein Fortress

19th-century Prussian fortress.

Ehrenburg Palace

Ehrenfriedersdorf Tin Mine

Industrial heritage museum.

Eichberg Tower

53⅕-m-high observation tower.

Eidsborg Stave Church

One of the best preserved stave churches, built around 1250.

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.

Eis Fontanella

Spaghetti ice cream was invented here.

Eisl Eis

Ice cream made from sheep’s milk.

Ekebergparken Sculpture Park

Elbe River Cruise

Saxon Switzerland paddle steam boat cruise.

Elbphilharmonie

Slightly expensive landmark concert hall with a Klais organ, by Herzog & de Meuron architects.

Electropolis Electricity Museum

The Elephant House

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 and Gardens

Eltz Castle

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

Elztalmuseum

Local history museum.

Emigration Museum Ballinstadt

Museum dedicated to emigration to the New World.

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 stationary waves in Munich the Eisbachwelle provides the coolest surf spot.

Ephraim Palace Museum

Rococo city palace, closed for renovation.

EPIC

Museum dedicated to Irish emigration.

Erasmus Experience

Get to know Rotterdam’s greatest thinker at the Public Library.

Erlebnisbahn Templin-Fürstenberg

Rail bike tours.

Erlebnisbahn Zossen–Mellensee

Rail bike tours.

Ernst Barlach Haus

Museum dedicated to sculptor Ernst Barlach.

Ernst Fuchs Museum

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.

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 Art

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.

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.

Fallon & Byrne

Restaurant, food hall & wine cellar.

Famine Memorial

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

Fantaisie Palace Garden Museum

Fantoft Stave Church

Replica of the original 1100s church, which was burned down by some asshole in 1992.

Farmhouse Museum

Farmhouse Museum

One of Liechtenstein’s oldest wooden homesteads.

Farmleigh House

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

Faro de Moncloa

92-m-high observation tower.

Fashion & Lace Museum

Fashion Museum Hasselt

Faunia

Zoo & botanical garden.

Federsee Museum

Archaeological open-air museum.

Feldberg Cable Car

Feldbergsteig Trail

12½-km-long circular hiking trail.

Felsenreitschule

Edelweiß, Edelweiß.

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

17⅖-km-long steam-powered narrow-gauge railway line to Cranzahl.

Field Marshals’ Hall

FIFA World Football Museum

For those who like football.

Film Museum Potsdam

Museum dedicated to the Babelsberg studios.

Fine Arts Museum

Finstergrund Visitor Mine

Fish Church

Indoor fish market.

Fitzbillies

Cake shop serving Chelsea buns.

Fitzwilliam Museum

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

Flåm Railway

The 20-km-long Flåm Railway is one of the steepest standard-gauge railway lines in the world.

Flatow Tower

46-m-high Gothic Revival observation tower.

Flood Museum

Museum dedicated to the North Sea flood of 1953.

Florence American Cemetery

World War II cemetery.

Florence Cathedral

The landmark cathedral with the majestic dome.

Florence Nightingale Museum

Flørli Stairway

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

Museum for photography.

Fondation Beyeler

Contemporary art museum by architect Renzo Piano.

Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson

Photography exhibitions.

Fools Tower

The Natural History Museum’s pathological-anatomical collection.

Forchtenstein Castle

Fort Eben-Emael

Forth Bridge

Iconic cantilever railway bridge across the Firth of Forth.

Fort Napoleon

Fortress.

Fortnum & Mason

For afternoon tea & knickerbocker glory.

Fort of Breendonk

Former Nazi concentration camp.

Fort Pampus

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

Fort Schoenenbourg

Maginot Line fortress.

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 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

Art museum.

Fraeylemaborg Estate

18th-century moated manor house & garden.

Fram 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

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.

Franziskanerkirche

Franziskanerkirche

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.

Freitag Flagship Store

Individual recycled freeway bags shop by Spillmann Echsle Architects.

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

Fürstliches Residenzschloss

Fürther Miniaturwelten

Model railway.

FutureLand

Exhibition dedicated to the Port of Rotterdam.

Futurium

Interactive exhibits on vital issues for the future.

G2 Kunsthalle

Contemporary art gallery.

Gaasbeek Castle

A Neo-Renaissance Fairy-Tale Castle

A fine specimen of Renaissance Revival architecture, Gaasbeek Castle was transformed for Marquise Arconati Visconte 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.

Galeries Lafayette

Iconic luxury department store.

Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert

19th-century shopping centre.

Galleria dell’Accademia di Firenze

Home to Michelangelo’s David.

Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II

One of the world’s oldest shopping malls.

Gallerie dell’Accademia

Gallerie d’Italia

Art museum.

Gallerie d’Italia

Art museum.

Gallery of Evolution

Grand parade of stuffed animals.

Gallery of Modern Art

Gallery of Photography

Gallo-Roman Museum

Gamla Linköping Open-Air Museum

Living history 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.

Garment Museum

Gasometer Oberhausen

Exhibition centre.

Gasometer Pforzheim

360° panorama by Yadegar Asisi.

Gaudí Experiència

Gauforum

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

Gaupne Old Church

GDR Watchtower

One of the 302 Berlin Wall observation towers.

Gedenkstätte Deutsche Teilung Marienborn

Gedenkstätte Steinhof

Former Nazi medical crimes site.

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 Fassi

Ice-cream parlour specialized in sanpietrini.

Gelateria Loom

Ice-cream parlour.

Gelateria Maxim’s

Italian ice-cream parlour.

Gelateria Paolo Bortolotti

Italian ice-cream parlour.

Gelateria Suso

Possibly the best ice-cream parlour in Venice.

Gelateria Zanoni & Zanoni

Italian ice-cream parlour.

Gelati Tellhof

Italian ice-cream parlour.

Gemäldegalerie

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

General Maczek Memorial

World War II memorial dedicated to General Stanisław Maczek & the 1st Polish Armoured Division.

GeoFort

Fortress island dedicated to maps & navigation.

Geological and Mineralogical Museum

Geological Museum

Geological Museum

George’s Street Arcade

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 Church

German Clock Museum

German Cookery Book Museum

Closed until further notice.

German Customs Museum

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 the end of 2025.

German Inland Waterways Museum

Museum dedicated to the history of inland navigation.

Germanisches Nationalmuseum

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 Theater

Where the Weimar Republic was proclaimed.

German Naval Museum

Das Boot & more.

German Oceanographic Museum

German Pharmacy Museum

German Photography Museum

German Port Museum

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

Espionage museum.

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 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

Gernheim Glassworks

Industrial heritage museum.

Gerstner K.u.K. Hofzuckerbäcker

Kaiserlich & Königlich.

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.

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

Gleirschklamm

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.

Glockenspielhaus

The carillon plays at 11h, 15h & 18h.

Glockenwelt Burg Greifenstein

Gloria Funicular

Funicular railway to the belvedere of São Pedro de Alcântara.

Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway

Heritage railway line.

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 to the Pfeishütte.

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 Herzog & de Meuron architects.

Goldau–Rigi Kulm Railway

Rack railway to Mount Rigi.

Goldene Waage

Reconstructed renaissance house (2018).

Golden Horseman

Monumental equestrian statue of Augustus the Strong.

GoldenPass Panoramic

Experience a breathtaking view of the Vaud region on this panoramic train.

Golden Roof Museum

Gorcums Museum

Art & local history museum.

Gornergrat Railway

The Gornergratbahn connects Zermatt to the Gornergrat (3,089 m), where one of the world’s most beautiful mountain vistas opens up.

Goslar City Walk

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

Göteborgs Konsthall

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 2½-hour journey from Flüelen to Lugano on the historical Gotthard railway.

Gottorf Globe

Reconstructed planetarium in a baroque garden.

Gouda Cheese Market

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

Government Bunker

GPO Witness History

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

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-Place

Brussels’ central square, noted for its decorative & aesthetic wealth.

Grand Théâtre de Genève

Opera & ballet house.

Grand Trianon

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

Granitz Hunting Lodge

Gran Teatre del Liceu

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 Central Railway

Heritage railway line.

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.

Grimeton Radio Station

Long-wave wireless telegraphy station.

Grimm World

Fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm.

Gripsholm Castle

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.

Grotto Railway

Enchanted underground railway line for kids.

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.

Guggenheim Museum

Contemporary art museum by architect Frank Gehry.

Guildhall Art Gallery

Guinness Storehouse

The brewery where the Black Stuff comes from.

Gunnebo House and Gardens

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 letterpress printing.

Gutenberg Museum

Habsburg Castle

Ancestral seat of the Habsburgs.

HADAG Harbour Ferries

Hadamar Memorial Museum

Former Nazi euthanasia programme site.

Hafelekar Cable Car

HafenCity InfoCenter

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 Gate

Hall of Fame

Hall of Knights

13th-century government building, closed for renovation until 2026.

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

Art museum, home to Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer above the Sea of Fog.

Hamburg Harbour Cruise

Hamburg State Opera

Opera house.

Ham House and Garden

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

Hampton Court Palace

Handwerkerhof

Hangman’s Bridge

Hannover Colliery

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

Hanover State Museum

Art & regional history museum.

Hansa Coking Plant

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

Hans-Peter Porsche Traumwerk

Model railway & tiny toy collection.

Harbour Entrance

The view from the lighthouse is nice.

Harbour Museum

Museum dedicated to the history of the ports of Bremen.

Härkeberga kaplansgården

The local chaplaincy, now a museum.

Harrods

Over-the-top department store with a great food hall.

Harry Graf Kessler Art Gallery

Contemporary art gallery.

Hartenfels Castle

Castle noted for its spiral staircase.

Hartheim Castle Memorial

Former Nazi euthanasia programme site.

H’ART Museum

Art museum.

Härtsfeld Railway

Harzdrenalin

The zip line alongside the Rappbode dam is pretty cool.

Harzkristall Glassworks

Harz Museum Wernigerode

Regional history museum.

Harz Railway

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

Harz Tree Top Trail

Hasta Ice Cream

Ice-cream parlour.

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

Closed for renovation.

Haus der Geschichte

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

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.

Haus der Kunst

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.

Haxenhaus

Haxen & Bratwurst.

Hayward Gallery

Brutalist contemporary art gallery.

H-Bahn Dortmund

Driverless suspended monorail system.

H.C. Andersen Museum

H.C. Andersen’s Birthplace

H.C. Andersen’s Childhood Home

HDA

House of architecture.

HEART

Contemporary art museum.

Heddal Open-Air Museum

Living history museum.

Heddal Stave Church

The largest of the surviving stave churches, built around 1250.

Heerlijkheid Mariënwaerdt

Baron & Baroness Van Verschuer’s estate.

Heeswijk Castle

Heidecksburg Palace

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

Hellbrunn Palace

Palace with great trick fountains.

Helmhaus

Contemporary art gallery.

Helmond Castle

Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library

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.

Hermesvilla

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.

Hestad Chapel

Het Arnhemse Bakkertje

Artisanal baker of the grofje, a local specialty.

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.

Himmerod Abbey

The Hirschsprung Collection

Danish art from the 19th & 20th centuries.

Historial of the Great War

Historial of the Great War

Historical Museum Bremerhaven

Local history museum.

Historical Museum Haarlemmermeer

Regional 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.

Historical Museum

Historical 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 Town-class cruiser, now a museum.

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.

Hofburg

The imperial apartments of the Habsburgs.

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

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.

Hopperstad Stave Church

One of the oldest stave churches, probably dating from around 1140.

Hop & Stork

Chocolate & coffee.

Horniman Museum & Gardens

Horseshoe Estate

Modernist housing estate by architect Bruno Taut.

Horta Museum

Art nouveau house by 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.

Hottot-les-Bagues War Cemetery

Commonwealth World War II cemetery.

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

House of Alijn

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

House of Austrian History

Austrian history from the end of World War I to the present.

House of Brandenburg-Prussian History

Regional history museum.

House of European History

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.

Hove Church

Hoxton Street Monster Supplies

Purveyor of quality goods as specified in the Monster Retailer’s Act of 1827, Clause 14, Subsection 5, Revision (b).

Huelsmann Museum

Hüfingen Roman Bath Ruins

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.

Huis Ten Bosch

Japanese theme park which recreates a Dutch town.

Humboldt Forum

Reconstructed Prussian palace.

Hundertwasser House

Apartment building by artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser & architect Joseph Krawina.

Hunebed Centre

Archaeological museum dedicated to Dutch dolmens.

Hungerburg Funicular

Funicular railway.

Hunsrückbahn-Wanderweg

16-km-long footpath connecting Emmelshausen to Boppard.

Hunsrück-Museum

Hunsrück Railway

15-km-long scenic railway connecting Boppard to Emmelshausen.

Hunterian Art Gallery

Hunterian Museum

Hunterian Zoology Museum

Hunting and Agriculture 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

Ibsen Museum

Ice Cream Farm De Jong

Nel de Jong’s super-duper ice-cream parlour is the perfect destination for a walk or cycle tour from Leiden.

Icon Museum

Museum dedicated to Christian Orthodox icons.

Igel Column

Igor Stravinsky Fountain

Fountain by Jean Tinguely & Niki de Saint Phalle.

IKEA Museum

Museum dedicated to IKEA, housed in the first IKEA store (1958).

IKOB

Museum of Contemporary Art.

Illums Bolighus

Danish design sold here.

Il vivandiere

Great choice of local Tuscan dishes & good wines.

Imperial Baths

Imperial Carriage Museum

Imperial Castle

Imperial Castle of Nuremberg

Imperial Cathedral St Bartholomew

Medieval cathedral.

Imperial Court Pavilion

Metropolitan railway station for Emperor Franz Joseph by architect Otto Wagner.

Imperial Furniture Collection

Furniture museum.

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

Exploring military conflict from World War I to 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.

Imprenta Municipal

Centre dedicated to the graphic arts.

Industrial Museum Herrenwyk

In Flanders Fields Museum

Inland Railway

The northern branch of the Inland Railway to Gällivare is a 746-km-long railway line through the Swedish wilderness.

Institute for the History of Frankfurt

Municipal archive.

Intercultural Museum

International Maritime Museum

International Museum of the Reformation

Three cheers for Calvinism.

Irish Architectural Archive

Irish Jewish Museum

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

Irish Museum of Modern Art

Irish Whiskey Museum

Island in the Mur

Artificial island by artist Vito Acconci.

Islands Brygge Harbour Bath

Outdoor swimming pool.

Isle of Wight Steam Railway

The 9-km-long Isle of Wight Steam Railway is branch line featuring 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

66-km-long railway line connecting Fort William to Mallaig.

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.

Japan Museum Sieboldhuis

Ethnographic museum dedicated to Japan.

Jardies’ House

Léon Gambetta lived here.

Jenisch House

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.

Jesuitenkirche

Baroque church.

Jet d’Eau

Geneva’s 140-m-high landmark fountain.

Jetée de la Compagnie

Funky open-air bar.

Jewish Museum

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

Jewish Museum Berlin

Museum by architect Daniel Libeskind.

Jewish Museum Frankfurt

Jewish history & culture from 1800 to the present.

Jewish Museum London

Jewish Museum Munich

Jewish Museum of Switzerland

Jewish Museum of Venice

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 Vienna

Jewish Town Hall

Rococo town hall with a Hebrew clock that moves anticlockwise.

Jheronimus Bosch Art Center

Joan Miró Foundation

Johannes Klais Orgelbau

The organ builders who built the Elbphilharmonie organ.

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.

Julita manor

Sweden’s largest open-air museum.

Julius Exter’s House

Artist’s house.

Julius Meinl am Graben

Upmarket gourmet shop.

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.

KaDeWe

Iconic luxury department store.

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

Kammeroper

Opera house.

Kampenwand Cable Car

Kanal

The Centre Pompidou in Brussels.

Kander Valley Railway

The 13-km-long Kander Valley Railway operates a Prussian T3 branch line tank engine.

Kanu Aktiv Tours

Rubber rafts for hire to paddle down the river Elbe.

Karl Foerster House

Home & garden of plantsman Karl Foerster.

Karlín Music Theatre

Karl Marx Ampelmännchen

Traffic light with images of philosopher Karl Marx.

Karl Marx Bookshop

Sadly closed.

Karl-Marx-Hof

Marxist housing estate with an exhibition on Red Vienna.

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

Karlskirche

Baroque cathedral.

Karlsplatz Pavilion

Metropolitan railway 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.

Kaupanger Stave Church

The largest stave church in the Sogn region.

Kazerne Dossin

Holocaust museum & memorial.

Keble College

Gothic Revival architecture.

Keltenmuseum Hallein

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

No matter what they say, Van Gogh is not a French artist.

Kemmel Command Bunker

Cold War command centre.

Kempten Residence

Kensington Gardens

Kensington Palace

Kenwood House

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 in Lisse.

Kew Gardens