On a high cliff above the Elbe there is a plateau with an area of 9.5 hectares. Since 1233 this ... read more...

Wooden observation tower located on the Wiehen hills (Wiehengebirge) in Lower Saxony. A popular local tourist attraction. It is part of a network of hiking trails through the Wiehen Hills and is accessible to visitors all year round read more...

The observation tower on the slope of the Weser Mountains (Wesergebirge) near the town of Rinteln which was built at the end of the 19th century. There is a small café near the tower, so the tower has opening hours, be sure to check them. If the tower is closed, ask for the key at the cafe read more...

Since 1900, there had been a restaurant and a wooden tower on this site. In 1931, with the help of donations, an iron tower was built. The modern, reinforced concrete tower, 22 metres high, appeared in 1985, also thanks to donations read more...

Blankenburg is a tourist town near the Harz mountains in eastern Germany. It is located 10 kilometers from Wernigerode, ... read more...

There are quite a few similar places in Europe, but this one is unique, it starts in one country and ends in another. The parking lot is in Austria, near the end of the route, from there you walk to the entrance in Germany read more...

Garzweiler is one of Germany's largest lignite coal pits. Like many other quarries it will become a huge lake in the future, the project starts in 2045 and will last for decades read more...

The huge monument is clearly visible from the A1 motorway, that is how we spotted it. There is a similar monument nearby, in Porta Westfalica, there has recently undergone a big reconstruction read more...

St. Martinskirche in Hanover is one of the oldest Evangelical Lutheran churches in the city and is an important historical and architectural landmark in the Linden district. The first Christian buildings on this site date back to the 13th century. A Baroque church was later built on their basis in 1728, but during World War II the main building, with the exception of the tower, was almost completely destroyed by bombing read more...

Every time we drove along the A2 motorway between Hannover and Dortmund, we saw an unusual structure on the mountain. It turned out that a Steinzeichen amusement park had been built there for the EXPO 2000. However, the company that owned it went bankrupt, and the park gradually began to deteriorate read more...

The observation tower was opened in March 2015 on the site of the renovated Friedenshöhe observation tower. The new tower was built for the purpose of education about climate change. Digital tools such as the Klimaturm app and the KlimaKing quiz are available on site and can be used on smartphones and tablets. Visitors without mobile devices can print the materials in advance from the PDF read more...

The Wartburg Castle has a special place in German history. This is one of the oldest castles; according to a legend, it was founded in 1067 read more...

We offer you the option of a weekend trip. The length of this route is 4.5 km one way, the elevation is approximately 200 meters. The trail is available at any time, but it is better to choose good weather. You can go in the spring, during flowering, as well as in autumn and summer. We walked at 30 degrees heat, but since almost the entire route runs under the trees, it was quite comfortable to walk. In the summer, by the way, there are also quite a lot of flowers read more...

The tower was built in 1989 on the site of an old wooden structure, on the mountain of the same name near the town of Bad Grund. It is 32 metres high and offers a panoramic view of the Harz Mountains. In good weather, you can see the Brocken mountain read more...

The Tafel Tower (officially named Ernst-Binnewies-Turm), 19 metres high, was built in 1926 on the High Tafel mountain. It was constructed on the site of an older wooden tower dating from 1877. As was often the case in those days, the money was raised through donations read more...

Granitz Hunting Lodge is one of the most popular castles in eastern Germany. The architecture is absolutely not typical for Germany, such castles can be seen in Italy, but not here read more...

We discovered this observation tower by chance. It is located in the middle of an industrial area and the only normal view is of the Weser River. However, the exact same panorama can be seen from the shore read more...

The 21-meter-high tower on top of the castle hill, together with the tourist restaurant, was built in 1897/1898 by the bricklayer Krull from Gehrden. In 1898 Gehrden also got a tram line to Hannover. Because of this, until World War I, the restaurant was a popular spot for residents of nearby cities read more...

Annaturm Tower stands at the highest point of Mount Bröhn (405 m), which is part of the Deister Massif. The construction was initiated in 1820 by one of the greatest mathematicians in history, Friedrich Gauss. From the top of the tower, he performed trigonometric measurements read more...