unusual buildings - Germany
|
|
 |
Ronald McDonald House in Essen | Rating: 8.60 |
In Essen Grugapark you can find a very unusual building of Austrian architect Hundertwasser. The building is called House of ..., read more... |
|
 |
Green Citadel of Magdeburg | Rating: 8.40 |
In 2005, in Magdeburg the Green Citadel of Austrian architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser was completed. We already visited some of his buildings, so couldn't miss this one. I won't be surprised if many tourists find it the most interesting place in the city, read more... |
|
 |
Breakfast in a bunker in Hamburg | Rating: 8.00 |
| A dilapidated World War II bunker has now been turned into a so-called Energy Bunker. Inside there are installations for the production of electricity and heat using solar energy, biomethane and a wood burning system, read more... |
|
 |
Eagle's Nest (Kehlsteinhaus, Hitler's House) | Rating: 7.80 |
There's a small house built at an altitude of 1,834 meters in the Alps near the Koenigssee lake. Its ..., read more... |
|
 |
Forest Spiral House in Darmstadt | Rating: 7.80 |
There is an interesting house in the city of Darmstadt, which was designed by Austrian architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser. The house shows that people should live in harmony with nature even in cities, read more... |
|
 |
Westerheversand Lighthouse | Rating: 7.80 |
| The Westerheversand Lighthouse, built in 1908, is the most famous lighthouse in Germany and a symbol of the north of the country. Stands in the middle of the fields with absolutely nothing for a few kilometers around. Two identical houses are built near the lighthouse, in one of them there is a local registry office. The place is very unusual and worth a visit, read more... |
|
 |
Tiger and Turtle - The Magic Mountain in Duisburg | Rating: 7.60 |
| "Tiger and Turtle - Magic Mountain" is an unusual attraction which was created in 2011 in the German Duisburg. The construction, reminiscent of roller coaster, built on top of the old slag heap. It does not carry any practical purpose and used for entertainment and as an observation deck. In the evening the art object is highlighted, read more... |
|
 |
Scharnebeck twin ship lift | Rating: 7.20 |
| One of the most unusual structures in Germany is located in Scharnebeck. The lift for river ships was built in 1974 and it is the world's largest double lift (in 2016, China built a single lift, about 2.5 times bigger than this one, video), read more... |
|
 |
Goseck circle and Goseck castle (Schloss Goseck) | Rating: 7.20 |
| The Goseck Circle is one of the oldest solar observatories in the world. Good place for outdoor walking, especially with children, read more... |
|
 |
Tetrahedron in Bottrop | Rating: 7.00 |
| In 1995 the Beckstrasse slag heap in Bottrop was transformed into a landscape park. At its top, a gigantic construction (weighing 210 tons) in the form of a tetrahedron was installed. The structure serves as a viewing platform, read more... |
|
 |
Walhalla memorial | Rating: 7.00 |
| Hall of Fame for prominent Germans, which is located in a picturesque place on a mountain near the Danube river, read more... |
|
 |
Kyffhauser Monument | Rating: 6.80 |
| After Napoleon captured Germany and made political fragmentation, the public was looking for characters and events that could personalize the idea of national unity and greatness of the German nation. Therefore, from the beginning of the 19th century giant monuments began to appear in different places in Germany, read more... |
|
 |
Arndt Ernst Moritz Tower | Rating: 6.60 |
| The highest point of the island of Rügen. The tower was built from 1869 to 1877 in honor of the German poet Ernst Moritz Arndt, who devoted his works to the beauty of the island, read more... |
|
 |
Kuchlbauer Tower | Rating: 6.60 |
| Tower of the Austrian architect Hundertwasser in the town of Abensberg, read more... |
|
 |
Train Station in Uelzen | Rating: 6.40 |
If you are traveling from Hamburg to Hannover or back, you will definetely visit Uelzen with its unusual ..., read more... |
|
 |
Horizon Observatory | Rating: 6.20 |
| In the process of reclamation of slag heaps of the Ruhr region, the largest of them was turned into a thematic, astronomical park. The central object of the park is the Horizon Observatory (Horizontobservatorium). The construction was built in 2008 at an altitude of 152 meters, read more... |
|
 |
Slag Heap Haniel | Rating: 6.20 |
| Slag Heap Haniel is the highest elevation in the Ruhr region. It consists of two parts: the southern part has been turned into a landscape park, while the northern one continues to be used by Prosper Haniel Coal Mine. From the top there is a view of the entire Ruhr region. On a warm summer evening this is an excellent place to meet the sunset, read more... |
|
 |
Buchenwald Concentration Camp | Rating: 5.00 |
Buchenwald concentration camp was established in 1937 near Weimar, the cultural capital of Germany. Initially the camp was used to ..., read more... |
|
|
