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Weilburg
A photogenic pocket-sized town in Hesse set on the Lahn river between the Westerwald and Taunus uplands, Weilburg was for centuries the residence of the Nass…
Eibenstock
A compact Saxon town in the forested Ore Mountains, Eibenstock pairs a Gothic church spire and ornate 19th-century civic buildings with a broad reservoir bac…
Bad Reichenhall
Salt production with a history stretching back four thousand years defines Bad Reichenhall, a spa town in the Bavarian Alps of Upper Bavaria whose Alpine sal…
Ochsenfurt
A well-preserved medieval town wall with numerous towers and gates rings the historic centre of this little Franconian town on the River Main, set deep in th…
Eberswalde-Finow
Known since the 19th century as the Waldstadt — forest town — Eberswalde sits at the edge of the Schorfheide-Chorin Biosphere Reserve in Brandenburg, northea…
Wernigerode
Known since the early 20th century by the motto "the brightly coloured town by the Harz," Wernigerode sits on the Holtemme river against the northern slopes…
Eberswalde
A walkable town in Brandenburg's Barnim district, northeast of Berlin, Eberswalde sits at the edge of large forests — including the Schorfheide-Chorin Biosph…
Naumburg
Naumburg Cathedral, inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2018 for its role in shaping medieval European culture, anchors this walkable town in southe…
Miltenberg
Particularly photogenic small town on the Main river in Bavaria's Lower Franconia region, Miltenberg sits in wine-growing country with vineyards nearby and s…
Schönau am Königssee
This photogenic tiny town in the Bavarian Alps at the northern end of the Königssee, a fjord-like lake reaching depths of up to 190 metres and home to the ch…
Schmalkalden
Town on the Schmalkalde river at the southern edge of the Thuringian Forest, Schmalkalden sits in mountain terrain with scenic viewpoints across the surround…
Landshut
Every four years, Landshut stages the Landshuter Hochzeit, a large-scale re-enactment of the 1475 wedding of Bavarian Duke Georg the Rich to Polish princess…
Sangerhausen
Town in Saxony-Anhalt at the southeastern edge of the Harz mountains, Sangerhausen served for several centuries as a centre of non-ferrous metal mining — cop…
Hausach-Dorf
A compact Black Forest town in a forested valley, with a large Gothic sandstone church anchoring its red-tile rooftops, half-timbered streetfronts, and woode…
Oderberg
This compact German river town in Brandenburg where red-tile rooftops and a green-spired church rise above a broad waterway, surrounded by dense forest and c…
Meissen
Meissen porcelain — the first European porcelain, produced here since 1708 — is the defining reason to visit this Saxon town on the River Elbe, a short dista…
Kronach
Birthplace of the Renaissance painter Lucas Cranach the Elder, Kronach is a town in Upper Franconia where three rivers meet at the edge of the Franconian For…
Oberstein
The Felsenkirche — a late 15th-century church built directly into a vertical rock face above the old town — is the defining landmark of Idar-Oberstein, a gem…
Annaberg-Buchholz
A mountain town in Saxony's Ore Mountains whose historic old town has been part of a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2019, alongside the surrounding histori…
Kulmbach
Plassenburg Castle, which houses the largest tin soldier collection in the world, rises above this Bavarian town on the Main river in Franconia, a short dist…
Rochlitz
Since June 2024, Rochlitz in Saxony has carried the official designation "Town of Red Porphyry," a nod to the distinctive volcanic stone that defines the area.
Bad Neustadt an der Saale
This walkable Bavarian spa town where the Franconian Saale and Brend rivers meet, Bad Neustadt an der Saale has a centre with several historic churches, café…
Perleberg
A compact Brandenburg town with a walkable central core of cafés and restaurants, Perleberg has held city rights since 1239 and serves as the district capita…
Mühlhausen
One of the largest surviving medieval city centres in Germany, Mühlhausen is a Thuringian town on the Unstrut river with eleven Gothic churches, a nearly com…
Einbeck
Bock beer takes its name from this former Hanseatic town in southern Lower Saxony, where a brewing tradition centuries old still defines the local identity.
Wasserburg am Inn
This modest Bavarian town whose historic centre occupies a peninsula formed by a loop of the river Inn, Wasserburg am Inn has a strong café and restaurant sc…
Coesfeld
A compact Westphalian town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Coesfeld's red-brick centre radiates outward from a prominent twin-towered church, with tree-lined stre…
Köpenick
A historic district in southeast Berlin where the rivers Dahme and Spree meet, Köpenick has a well-preserved medieval old town and a Baroque palace, both sit…
Wolfhagen
A small town in Hesse with a historic half-timbered centre, Wolfhagen carries the official designation "Hans-Staden-Stadt" — named after the German mercenary…
Herzberg
A cobblestone market square anchors this small Brandenburg town, where a grand red-brick Gothic church and a stepped-gable Renaissance town hall face each ot…
Dietkirchen
The Basilica of St.
Oschatz
A Saxon town between Leipzig and Dresden, Oschatz centres on a broad cobbled market square framed by a Renaissance town hall with stepped gables, an ornate f…
Bad Langensalza
This German spa town in Thuringia where a walkable old centre of half-timbered buildings and a tall church tower rising above cobbled streets meets riverside…
Bad Windsheim
This small Bavarian spa town west of Nuremberg is the only therapeutic spa (Heilbad) in Middle Franconia, built around mineral springs that also supply sever…
Borkum
Germany's largest East Frisian Island by area, Borkum sits in the Wadden Sea off Lower Saxony and has built its economy almost entirely around tourism since…
Straubing
This walkable Bavarian town on the Danube with a dense concentration of historic churches and a lively food-and-drink scene in its centre, Straubing hosts th…
Stadt Wehlen
This small village on the right bank of the Elbe in Saxon Switzerland, Stadt Wehlen sits in the sandstone mountain terrain of the Elbsandsteingebirge and ser…
Lüneburg
This heritage-dense Hanseatic town on the River Ilmenau in Lower Saxony, Lüneburg carries a well-preserved medieval streetscape and a walkable centre with a…
Pirna
This sweep of red-tile rooftops and a commanding Gothic church tower define this Saxon town on the Elbe, set in hill country near Dresden with vineyards clos…
Frauenstein
A pocket-sized town in the eastern Ore Mountains of Saxony, Frauenstein sits in mountain terrain with scenic viewpoints and a castle northeast of the town ce…
Moritzburg
The Baroque hunting castle Schloss Moritzburg is the centrepiece of this tiny Saxon town between Meissen and Dresden, set on a lake and reached by a narrow-g…
Horn-Bad Meinberg
Home to the Externsteine — a striking formation of tall, narrow sandstone columns rising from the Teutoburg Forest — Horn-Bad Meinberg is a tiny city in the…
Fischen
This Bavarian mountain village in the Allgäu region holds recognized status as a health-climate spa resort (heilklimatischer Kurort), set in alpine terrain w…
Baiersbronn
Baiersbronn, a town in Germany's Black Forest, holds an outsized reputation for haute cuisine — accumulating eight Michelin stars across its restaurants, a c…
Bad Salzuflen
Thermal spa town in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Bad Salzuflen has operated as a recognised Kneipp health resort since 2024 and draws visito…
Zülpich
This Roman-founded town in North Rhine-Westphalia between Aachen and Bonn, Zülpich traces its origins to the 1st century BC under the Latin name Tolbiacum an…
Langeoog
One of the seven inhabited East Frisian Islands in Germany's Lower Saxon Wadden Sea, Langeoog is a dune island with a long sandy beach, cycle paths, and a na…
Husum
Birthplace of the novelist Theodor Storm, who called it "the grey town by the sea," Husum is a walkable North Sea town in Schleswig-Holstein with a café-fill…
Lauf an der Pegnitz
A walkable Bavarian town on the Pegnitz river, east of Nuremberg, with a centre well supplied with cafés and restaurants.
Rudolstadt
Castle Heidecksburg rises above the old town of Rudolstadt, a Thuringian town on the River Saale founded in 776 and once the capital of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.
Krippen
A little fishing hamlet on the Elbe in Saxony's Saxon Switzerland region, Krippen holds official spa-resort status as a Kneipp health resort and sits in moun…
Loebau
A compact town in eastern Saxony's Upper Lusatia region, Löbau sits at the foot of the Löbauer Berg, a volcanic hill that offers scenic viewpoints over the s…
Kipfenberg
Claimed as the geographical centre of Bavaria, Kipfenberg is a tiny market town in the Eichstätt district where the Altmühl river runs through the centre and…
Oppenheim
Little Rhine-side wine town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Oppenheim is home to the German Wine Museum and produces wines under the Oppenheimer Krötenbrunnen desig…
Nagold
This Black Forest-edge town in Baden-Württemberg where the River Nagold runs through a centre of half-timbered houses and modern architecture, with a walkabl…
Dinkelsbühl
One of only four towns in Germany with completely intact medieval city walls, Dinkelsbühl sits on the River Wörnitz along the Romantic Road in Central Franco…
Neuruppin
Birthplace of the novelist Theodor Fontane (1819–1898), Neuruppin is a Brandenburg town on the water with a Neoclassical centre rebuilt after a fire in 1787…
Freiberg
Freiberg's entire historic centre — known as the Silver City — has been under monument protection since long before the town's mining heritage earned UNESCO…
Osterode am Harz
Mountain-edge town on the German Timber-Frame Road in south-eastern Lower Saxony, Osterode am Harz sits at the south-western fringe of the Harz range with a…
Burg bei Magdeburg
Known as the "City of Towers" for its concentration of medieval churches and steeples, Burg bei Magdeburg sits on the Elbe–Havel Canal in Saxony-Anhalt, a sh…
Celle
With more than 400 timber-framed houses packed into a walkable Altstadt on the banks of the river Aller, Celle is one of the most photographed towns on the G…
Neuessing
This compact Bavarian riverside village where whitewashed houses sit directly below dramatic limestone cliffs topped by a ruined tower, all reflected in the…
Ludwigslust
Ludwigslust Palace, the neoclassical residence of the Dukes of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and sometimes called the Versailles of the North, anchors this small town…
Querfurt
Querfurt, in the Saalekreis district of southern Saxony-Anhalt, is best known as the birthplace of Saint Bruno of Querfurt and sits on the Querne river in fe…
Mittenwald
Violin-making has defined Mittenwald for centuries, and this small Bavarian Alpine town near the Austrian border carries that tradition alongside dramatic mo…
Neustadt an der Weinstraße
One of Germany's central wine towns, Neustadt an der Weinstraße sits along the Deutsche Weinstraße in Rhineland-Palatinate and hosts the annual Deutsche Wein…
Witten
A compact Ruhr city where a grand yellow town hall with a clock tower anchors a dense urban centre, with a walkable café scene, riverside setting, and rollin…
Ensch
This pocket-sized Moselle-side hamlet in Rhineland-Palatinate sits in deep wine country along what is known as the Roman Wine Road, with scenic viewpoints in…
Pappenheim
A compact Bavarian town in the Altmühl valley where medieval stone walls, a Gothic church, and red-tile rooftops spread across a river bend, backed by wooded…
Mittweida
This compact Saxon market town with a cobbled central square, ornate stepped-gable facades, and a decorated stone obelisk, sitting close to the water and upl…
Haßfurt
Sitting on the river Main in Bavaria, Haßfurt is a little town with a café and restaurant scene that is well stocked for its size, and a notable piece of eng…
Altmannstein
A compact Bavarian market town of red-tile rooftops and a round-towered church, set in the rolling wooded hills of the Altmühltal nature park, with UNESCO Wo…
Seiffen
Seiffen, a small village in Saxony's Ore Mountains, is Germany's centre of wooden toy and Christmas decoration making — a tradition that grew from the region…
Eschwege
Walkable town in northeastern Hesse on the Werra river, Eschwege sits in hilly terrain with scenic viewpoints in the surrounding countryside and a centre wit…
Altrhede
Compact North Rhine-Westphalian town in the flat, green Münsterland, with a prominent church anchoring its brick-built centre, a moated manor house set in pa…
Wurzen
A Saxon town on the river Mulde, east of Leipzig, Wurzen has been recorded since 961 and carries a notable medieval core: a 12th-century cathedral that gaine…
Alzey
A wine-country town in Rhenish Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Alzey sits in a region ringed by UNESCO World Heritage sites and carries a walkable centre with c…
Bad Staffelstein
This small spa town in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, sits along the Main river and is anchored by three landmarks: the Basilica of Vierzehnheiligen, designed by…
Obernburg am Main
This tiny Bavarian town on the Main river where the Mümling flows in, Obernburg am Main sits at the eastern foot of the Odenwald hills with vineyards in the…
Stolberg
This tiny historic town in the southern Harz mountains of Saxony-Anhalt, Stolberg holds several churches and a handful of cafés and restaurants for a settlem…
Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz
This Bavarian town in the Upper Palatinate with a walkable old town whose skyline is defined by the towers of its historic churches, Neumarkt in der Oberpfal…
Unna
A broad market square lined with half-timbered buildings, ornate gabled facades, and open-air café seating gives this North Rhine-Westphalian town a walkable…
Dillenburg
Officially known as Oranienstadt Dillenburg, this Hessian town in central Germany sits on the Dill river in hilly terrain and carries a strong association wi…
Buttenheim
Buttenheim, a little market town in Upper Franconia between Bamberg and Nuremberg, is the birthplace of Levi Strauss, who emigrated to the United States in 1…
Hohenstein-Ernstthal
Hohenstein-Ernstthal, a town in Saxony's Zwickau district, is best known as the birthplace of the adventure writer Karl May, whose birth house is now a museu…
Detmold
Detmold, in the Teutoburg Forest region of North Rhine-Westphalia, is home to the Hermannsdenkmal — the tallest statue in Germany — and to Germany's largest…
Quedlinburg
Quedlinburg's medieval old town, added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1994, holds more than 2,100 timber-framed houses spanning eight centuries, making…
Werdau
This Saxon town on the river Pleiße, Werdau has a compact centre with cafés and restaurants within easy reach of the water.
Ratzeburg
Surrounded by four lakes and connected to the mainland only by three causeways, Ratzeburg is a small island-town in Schleswig-Holstein whose old town sits en…
Zschopau
Motorcycle production has defined Zschopau since 1922, when the Zschopauer Motorenwerke began building bikes under the DKW brand — the world's first motorcyc…
Kusel
This modest town in the Nordpfälzer Bergland of Rhineland-Palatinate, Kusel sits along the Kuselbach river with scenic hill terrain in the surrounding area a…
Birkenfeld
This small district-seat town in southwest Rhineland-Palatinate serves as a state-recognised recreation area, with a central core of cafés and restaurants an…
Amorbach
Compact Bavarian town in the Odenwald uplands where a red-sandstone baroque church tower rises above a cobbled market square lined with traditional half-timb…
Lich
A cobblestone street lined with rows of well-preserved half-timbered houses with red-tile roofs gives this modest Hessian town a walkable old-town core worth…
Andechs
Andechs Abbey, a Benedictine monastery that has brewed beer since 1455, is the main draw to this small Bavarian town in the Starnberg district.
Kyritz
A little Brandenburg town with Slavic roots, Kyritz — sometimes called Kyritz an der Knatter — developed from 12th-century resettlement by colonists from the…
Ludwigshafen
A lakeside village on the western shore of Lake Überlingen, the north-western arm of Lake Constance, Ludwigshafen is one half of the municipality Bodman-Ludw…
Durbach
This small wine-country town at the edge of the northern Black Forest in Baden-Württemberg, Durbach is known for its Riesling — grown here under the local na…
Grimma
A Saxon town on the Mulde river southeast of Leipzig, Grimma has a walkable historic centre with a concentration of Gothic and Renaissance buildings and a ca…
Geisa
This small town in the Rhön Mountains of Thuringia, Geisa sits at what was once the inner German border between East and West — the westernmost municipality…
Ebingen
This mountain-country town on the river Schmiecha sits on the Swabian Alb in Baden-Württemberg, roughly midway between Stuttgart and Lake Constance, with the…
Hildburghausen
Hildburghausen, a small town in the southern, Franconian-influenced part of Thuringia, served as the residence capital of the Duchy of Saxe-Hildburghausen fr…
Bad Sooden-Allendorf
This small spa town in Hesse straddling the Werra river, Bad Sooden-Allendorf drew its wealth from salt-brine extraction for centuries before reinventing its…
Gunzenhausen
This walkable Bavarian town on the Altmühlsee, Gunzenhausen has a centre with a good spread of cafés and restaurants and is nationally recognised as a recrea…
Leer
This waterfront town on the rivers Ems and Leda in East Frisia, northwestern Germany, Leer has a well-preserved old town that locals call the most historical…
Delitzsch
Compact old town north of Leipzig, Delitzsch preserves its medieval street plan along with a baroque castle, patrician houses, city towers, and stretches of…
Patersberg
A tiny hamlet in the Loreley district of Rhineland-Palatinate, Patersberg sits in the Rhine wine country with scenic mountain views and is officially recogni…
Baltrum
The smallest of the inhabited East Frisian Islands, this tiny North Sea barrier island off the coast of Lower Saxony offers dune landscapes, beaches, and sce…
Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm
This walkable Bavarian town on the river Ilm, south of Munich, with a centre full of cafés and historic churches and mountain views within reach.
Neustadt an der Aisch
This tiny Bavarian town on the Aisch river in Middle Franconia, Neustadt an der Aisch has a café and restaurant scene that punches above its size.
Willich
A town in the Viersen district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Willich is known across the wider region for the Neersener Schlossfestspiele, an open-air festival…
Oelsnitz
This compact Saxon town on the White Elster river in the Vogtland region of Germany, Oelsnitz has a modest central core with cafés and restaurants.
Hilden
A town in North Rhine-Westphalia with a walkable centre and a dense food-and-drink scene, Hilden sits between Düsseldorf, Wuppertal, and Solingen in the tran…
Lenzen
Compact Brandenburg town of half-timbered houses and terracotta rooftops, with a brick church tower rising above the tree canopy, set where the Löcknitz meet…
Neunkirchen am Brand
This compact Bavarian market town where half-timbered facades and a sandstone civic building frame a cobbled square with outdoor café seating, set in the upl…
Rheine
Compact market square anchored by a tall medieval stone church tower with a green copper spire sets the tone for this Westphalian city on the River Ems, wher…
Reuth
This sandstone manor house with half-timbered gables and a gated courtyard statue sits amid mature trees in this tiny Bavarian upland village, close to water…
Gifhorn
Walkable town in Lower Saxony's Lüneburg Heath, Gifhorn sits on the water with a centre that offers a range of cafés, restaurants, and historic churches.
Elze
This small town on the river Leine in Lower Saxony, Elze traces its origins to a castle established by Charlemagne around 800, which also gave rise to the mi…
Vormeppen
This red-brick market square anchored by a stepped-gable town hall with an outdoor café beneath its arches gives this Lower Saxony river town a lively, walka…
Lebus
A pocket-sized town on the west bank of the Oder river at the German-Polish border, Lebus was historically the centre of Lubusz Land — the region that gives…
Tirschenreuth
This pocket-sized Bavarian town near the Czech border, first documented in 1134, Tirschenreuth sits among a landscape of fish ponds — the Tirschenreuther Tei…
Landsberg am Lech
Well-preserved old town on the River Lech in southwest Bavaria, Landsberg sits along the Romantic Road between Munich and Augsburg, with a walkable centre de…
Reit im Winkl
This Bavarian village on the German-Austrian border known for reliable snowfall and a ski resort that earned Germany's first-ever Premium Winter Trails Certi…
Beelitz
Beelitz, a little town in Brandenburg southwest of Berlin and Potsdam, is best known as the centre of the largest white asparagus-growing region in the state…
Weiskirchen
This small Saarland town in Germany's Hunsrück uplands, where a fountain-fed lake edged with purple wildflowers sits below a church steeple and grand civic b…
Villmar
Villmar, a little market village on the Lahn river in Hesse, is the historic centre of quarrying and processing Lahn Marble, a distinctive regional stone.
Arnstadt
Johann Sebastian Bach held his first post as an organist at Arnstadt's Neue Kirche from 1703 to 1707, and the town has been known as a Bach city ever since —…
Oberachern
A small German village dominated by a striking white-rendered church with a tall slate spire, set in Baden-Württemberg's Ortenau wine country with the Black…
Wertheim am Main
At the confluence of the Tauber and Main rivers in southwestern Baden-Württemberg, Wertheim am Main is a medieval town best known for its landmark castle and…
Halberstadt
Since 2001, the church of Sankt Burchardi in Halberstadt has been the site of a performance of John Cage's ORGAN²/ASLSP — a piece designed to last 639 years,…
Balingen
A walkable town in southern Baden-Württemberg with a centre full of cafés and restaurants, Balingen sits on the water near the Swabian Jura uplands, with sce…
Zerbst
Broad cobblestone square fronts two substantial medieval stone churches in this Saxony-Anhalt town, where solid Romanesque and Gothic masonry anchors a compa…
Benningen am Neckar
This small wine-country town on the Neckar river in Baden-Württemberg, Benningen am Neckar sits a short distance north of Stuttgart in the Ludwigsburg distri…
Brand-Erbisdorf
Compact Saxon upland town with a handsome market square — featuring a stone fountain, a turreted Jugendstil building, and a Rathaus — sitting close to Freibe…
Rittersgrün
This village in the Erzgebirge mountains of Saxony, Rittersgrün is known today as a winter sports and hiking destination, with a well-developed trail network…
Aschersleben
Claimed to be the oldest documented town in Saxony-Anhalt, Aschersleben sits at the northeastern edge of the Harz mountains in the valley of the Eine river,…
Wolfenbüttel
Germany's highest concentration of timber-framed buildings — around a thousand of them — lines the walkable centre of this Lower Saxony town on the River Oke…
Burgsolms
A compact German town of red-tile and white-render houses spread across rolling Hessian farmland, Burgsolms sits beside the water with a compact café scene a…
Bad Hindelang
This Bavarian health resort in the Allgäu Alps near the Austrian border, Bad Hindelang has built its identity around a sulphur spring used for cures since th…
Bad Freienwalde
This spa town in Brandenburg's Märkisch-Oderland district, Bad Freienwalde has held official recognition as a moor-bath health resort since 1925 and sits at…
Nettetal
This North Rhine-Westphalian town where a grand red-brick manor with formal clipped gardens anchors a landscape of waterside walks, historic churches, and ea…
Gernrode
Gernrode is a little town on the northeastern edge of the Harz mountains in Saxony-Anhalt, best known for the Ottonian church of Saint Cyriakus — a collegiat…
Wolgast
Wolgast is a small town in northeastern Germany on the Peenestrom, facing the island of Usedom, which it serves as a gateway.
Vacha
A compact Thuringian town on the river Werra, Vacha draws visitors with its ornate half-timbered town hall fronting a market square fountain, upland surround…
Illertissen
A Bavarian town on the River Iller, Illertissen is dominated by a striking white castle complex with an onion-domed tower, complemented by a walkable centre…
Selb
Porcelain manufacture has defined Selb for well over a century, with the Rosenthal factory — founded here in 1879 by Philipp Rosenthal — making this Upper Fr…
Steinfurt
A compact waterside town in North Rhine-Westphalia with cafés and restaurants concentrated in its centre, Steinfurt has served as a district capital since th…
Borna
A small Saxon town south of Leipzig with a walkable centre and cafés along the waterfront, Borna serves as the administrative seat of the Leipzig district an…
Rheinbach
A compact German town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Rheinbach shows a dense mix of traditional gabled houses and tree-lined streets from above, with a walkable…
Eilenburg
Sitting on the River Mulde in Saxony, Eilenburg is a town northeast of Leipzig with riverside scenery and access to the Dübener Heide heath on its doorstep.
Erlenbach am Main
This wine-producing town on the Main river in Bavaria's Lower Franconia region, Erlenbach am Main is the largest town in the Miltenberg district and carries…
Marienberg
A Saxon Erzgebirge town set in rolling upland country, Marienberg offers a compact historic centre with church spires rising above the rooftops, surrounded b…
Wadern
This spread-out town in the Saarland region of southwestern Germany, Wadern sits in hilly terrain with a compact centre that holds a concentration of cafés a…
Volkach
Modest wine town on the river Main in Bavaria's Franconian wine-growing region, Volkach has a café and restaurant scene that punches above its size.
Bad Kissingen
This UNESCO World Heritage spa town on the Franconian Saale river in Bavaria's Lower Franconia region, Bad Kissingen holds the oldest spa garden in Europe, d…
Doebeln
This walkable Saxon town on the banks of the Freiberger Mulde river, Döbeln has a centre with a real café and restaurant scene.
Hamelin
Hamelin, a town on the river Weser in Lower Saxony, is best known as the setting of the Pied Piper legend — the medieval tale of a piper who rid the town of…
Andernach
One of Germany's oldest towns, Andernach sits on the left bank of the Rhine just north of Koblenz, where the valley narrows into the Middle Rhine stretch — a…
Merseburg
Merseburg, on the river Saale in southern Saxony-Anhalt, is one of central Germany's oldest towns, with a history stretching back to at least the 9th century…
Longuich
A little wine-country village on the right bank of the Moselle in Rhineland-Palatinate, Longuich sits within the Verbandsgemeinde Schweich an der Römischen W…
Johanngeorgenstadt
Uranium was first isolated in 1789 from pitchblende samples taken from this modest Saxon mining town in the Ore Mountains, on the border with the Czech Repub…
Barsinghausen
This tiny Lower Saxon town at the foot of the Deister hills, where a well-preserved half-timbered town center, a solid café and restaurant scene, and easy ac…
Kamenz
Kamenz, a town in Saxony northeast of Dresden, is known as the birthplace of the philosopher and poet Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.
Leinfelden-Echterdingen
This German town just south of Stuttgart where well-preserved half-timbered houses with red shutters line quiet streets, offering easy access to the wider St…
Erkelenz
A walkable Rhineland town in western Germany with a café-filled centre, Erkelenz carries more than a thousand years of history alongside a striking modern ch…
Kalkarberg
Founded in 1230 and granted town rights around 1242, Kalkar is a pocket-sized municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia with a well-preserved medieval townscape…
Putbus
Founded in 1810 by Prince Wilhelm Malte zu Putbus as a planned Classicist residence town, Putbus is the oldest seaside resort on the Baltic island of Rügen,…
Marktheidenfeld
A modest Bavarian town on the Main river, Marktheidenfeld sits in the wine-growing Spessart hills of Lower Franconia with a café and restaurant scene that pu…
Brandenburg an der Havel
Brandenburg an der Havel sits on the River Havel west of Berlin, its walkable centre dense with historic churches and a solid food-and-drink scene.
Elsterwerda
Tiny town in southwestern Brandenburg on the Black Elster river, Elsterwerda sits on the southern edge of the Niederlausitzer Heidelandschaft nature park.
Juchen
This North Rhine-Westphalia municipality between Mönchengladbach and Grevenbroich is shaped by two contrasting features: the moated castle of Dyck, set withi…
Crimmitschau
19th-century textile town in Saxony's Zwickau district, Crimmitschau once earned the nickname "City of 100 Chimneys" for its dense concentration of textile m…
Neuhausen
Home to the first nutcracker museum in Europe — with a collection of more than 5,000 examples — this modest Ore Mountains town in Saxony's Mittelsachsen dist…
Glauchau
A Saxon town on the right bank of the Mulde river, Glauchau has a compact centre with cafés and restaurants and sits within easy rail reach of both Zwickau a…
Dollnstein
Compact Bavarian market town in the Altmühltal valley, where a walled church complex anchors the old centre, wooded upland hills rise on all sides, and sceni…
Ratingen
Mid-sized German city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Ratingen spreads across gently rolling green countryside near Düsseldorf, offering a walkable centre with ca…
Radebeul
A wine-growing town in the Elbe valley between Dresden and Meissen, Radebeul is sometimes called the "Nice of Saxony" — a nickname traced to a remark by the…
Eschweiler
Town on the river Inde in the Aachen district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Eschweiler has a walkable centre with cafés and historic churches, and is known loca…
Friedrichroda
A spa town at the northern edge of the Thuringian Forest in Thuringia, Friedrichroda has official recognition as both a health-climate resort and an air reso…
Kurort Oberwiesenthal
Germany's highest town sits in the Ore Mountains on the Czech border, making Kurort Oberwiesenthal a natural base for skiing and mountain recreation.
Gohrisch
A small red-roofed village set among dense forests and open meadows in Saxon Switzerland, with dramatic flat-topped sandstone mesas rising on the horizon and…
Havelberg
A pocket-sized town in Saxony-Anhalt where part of the centre is built on an island in the Havel river, Havelberg sits directly on the water with cafés and r…
Erding
This Bavarian town a short drive northeast of Munich is home to the Erdinger Weissbier brewery, one of the world's largest wheat-beer producers, and to what…
Bergedorf
The largest of Hamburg's seven boroughs, Bergedorf stretches across the city's southeastern edge, covering more green and agricultural land than any other bo…
Freising
Home to the world's oldest continuously operating brewery at Weihenstephan, Freising is a Bavarian university town on the Isar river, a short distance north…
Stendal
Hanseatic town in Saxony-Anhalt with a well-preserved medieval old town, Stendal has been the leading centre of the Altmark region since joining the Hanseati…
Rehlingen-Siersburg
A riverside municipality in Saarland, Germany, sitting on the Saar not far from Saarlouis, with a café and restaurant scene and scenic surroundings.
Kitzingen
A Franconian wine town on the Main river in Bavaria, Kitzingen sits at the centre of the largest wine-producing district in the state, surrounded by vineyards.
Trendelburg
This pocket-sized town on the river Diemel in the hills of northern Hesse, Trendelburg sits where the Esse meets the Diemel and lies along the German Timber-…
Gera
Birthplace of the painter Otto Dix in 1891, Gera is a Thuringian city on the White Elster river whose centre retains buildings from its royal residence era a…
Beeskow
This pocket-sized town on the River Spree in Brandenburg, eastern Germany, Beeskow has a café and restaurant scene that punches above its size.
Altenkirchen
A compact Westerwald town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Altenkirchen spreads across forested hills between Bonn and Koblenz, with a walkable central core of cafés…
Friedberg
Bavarian town on the river Lech, Friedberg sits directly beside Augsburg with a walkable centre of cafés and restaurants and views across the wide glacial ri…
Worbis
Tiny Thuringian town in the Eichsfeld uplands, Worbis features a substantial half-timbered building with red-tile roofing at its core, alongside a modest caf…
Neubrandenburg
Neubrandenburg is known as the "City of Four Gates" for its four medieval city gates, and holds what is described as the world's best-preserved defensive wal…
Weißenfels
Town on the river Saale in southern Saxony-Anhalt, Weißenfels was once the residence of the Duchy of Saxony-Weißenfels, which existed from 1656 to 1746, and…
Schwarzenberg
Founded in the 12th century to protect a trade road, Schwarzenberg is a mountain town in Saxony's Ore Mountains, close to the German–Czech border, with a com…
Waldkirchen
This small Bavarian town in the Freyung-Grafenau district sits along one of the historic Golden Road trade routes, with a central core of cafés and restauran…
Bad Brambach
Bad Brambach, the southernmost village in Saxony, has built its identity around the Wettinquelle, a radon spring promoted since the early 20th century as the…
Bad Elster
A little spa town in Saxony's Vogtland hills, Bad Elster is home to one of Germany's oldest mineral and moorland bath resorts, sitting on the White Elster ri…
Beilngries
This little Bavarian town on the Altmühl river and the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal, Beilngries sits in the Eichstätt district with cafés and restaurants in its c…
Schönebeck
A riverside town on the left bank of the Elbe in Saxony-Anhalt, Schönebeck has a compact centre with cafés and restaurants and sits a short distance southeas…
Hatzenport
This pocket-sized wine-country village on the Moselle in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany, with a café and restaurant scene and a number of churches tha…
Helmstedt
Helmstedt, on the eastern edge of Lower Saxony, preserves a dense concentration of Romanesque and Renaissance buildings alongside hundreds of timber-framed p…
Joehstadt
A compact Ore Mountains village in Saxony, where forested upland slopes, a church-crowned skyline, and proximity to the Czech border make it a rewarding base…
Heilbad Heiligenstadt
A spa town in the mountains of Thuringia, Heilbad Heiligenstadt has a walkable centre with a concentration of historic churches, cafés, and restaurants, and…
Beverungen
A compact German town spread across a broad river valley in North Rhine-Westphalia, with lakeside recreation areas in the foreground, wooded uplands rising b…
Limburg an der Lahn
Limburg an der Lahn is a medieval town on the Lahn river in Hesse, Germany, known for its well-preserved old quarter of timber-framed houses and the late-Rom…
Woerlitz
The Wörlitzer Park, part of the UNESCO-listed Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm designated in 2000, draws visitors to this small village on the left bank of the El…
Overath
A German town in the Bergisches Land region of North Rhine-Westphalia, Overath pairs a compact town-centre café scene — visible in its converted red-brick st…
Bitterfeld-Wolfen
This town in Saxony-Anhalt formed in 2007 from the merger of Bitterfeld and Wolfen, sitting alongside the Goitzsche — a nature reserve with a large lake — an…
Kelheim
This Bavarian town at the confluence of the Altmühl and Danube rivers, Kelheim sits below the Befreiungshalle, a monument on a ridge between the two river va…
Bieber
This pocket-sized German town in Hesse's upland countryside, with a ruined hilltop fortress visible on the skyline, rolling wooded hills, and a modest local…
Zwoenitz
This compact Saxon hill town set among the rolling farmland and forested ridges of the Erzgebirge, with a tiny café and dining scene and easy access to the w…
Meiningen
A former ducal capital on the River Werra in southern Thuringia, Meiningen served as the seat of the Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen from 1680 to 1918 and retains a…
Höxter
Corvey Monastery, founded in 822 with the blessing of Louis the Pious and designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014 for its near-intact Carolingian wes…
Stavenhagen
A tiny town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's lake district, Stavenhagen has carried the honorary title Reuterstadt — Reuter Town, honouring the Low German writer…
Greetsiel
This pocket-sized fishing port on the Leybucht bight in western East Frisia, Greetsiel draws a notably dense café and restaurant scene for its size, with the…
Spiekeroog
A car-free East Frisian Island in the North Sea off Lower Saxony, Spiekeroog sits within the Wadden Sea UNESCO World Heritage Site and the Lower Saxon Wadden…
Dohna
Sitting in the Müglitz valley at the foot of the Eastern Ore Mountains, Dohna is a pocket-sized Saxon town that claims to be the second-oldest town in the Fr…
Erkrath
Erkrath, a town in North Rhine-Westphalia just east of Düsseldorf, carries the distinction of being the site where fossil remains of Homo neanderthalensis we…
Blaustein
This small town on the Blau River in Baden-Württemberg, just west of Ulm, Blaustein carries a notable piece of history: the boarding school Landschulheim Her…
Merzig
A walkable town on the river Saar in Saarland, Merzig has a centre with a real café and restaurant scene and vineyards in the surrounding hills.
Ennepetal
Town in North Rhine-Westphalia's Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, Ennepetal sits along the river Ennepe and officially holds the title "Stadt der Kluterthöhle" — City of t…
Pfarrkirchen
This little Bavarian town on the River Rott with a café and restaurant scene and a concentration of historic churches that outpaces its size, Pfarrkirchen se…
Plauen
Plauen lace — embroidery and lacework produced in this Saxon Vogtland town since the textile industry took hold in the 18th century — remains the area's most…
Kaufungen
Small town in the narrow valley of the river Losse, east of Kassel in Hesse, Kaufungen sits among the wooded hills of the Kaufunger Wald with scenic surround…
Riesa
A town on the Elbe in Saxony, northwest of Dresden, Riesa has a compact centre with a concentration of cafés and restaurants and is known for its steel indus…
Burghaun
Little Hessian town in the Haun valley where a bold baroque church facade and a half-timbered building share the central square, with upland country close by…
Vorwalsrode
The Weltvogelpark Walsrode, the world's largest bird park, is the main draw to this town on the Lüneburg Heath in Lower Saxony.
Waldheim
This compact Mittelsachsen town set along a river in rolling upland country, where a centuries-old walled prison complex dominates the townscape alongside ba…
Herzogenrath
This German border town in the Aachen district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Herzogenrath sits directly alongside the Dutch town of Kerkrade, with the national…
Birstein
Small Hessian town at the southern foot of the Vogelsberg uplands, where a broad-naved stone church with a slate-capped baroque tower rises visibly above the…
Taufkirchen
A Bavarian village square anchored by a white-rendered church tower and a blue-and-white maypole hung with painted guild figures offers a compact, walkable t…
Alsdorf
Former coal-mining town in the Aachen district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Alsdorf has shifted from its industrial past toward a service-based economy.
Schwelm
This town in North Rhine-Westphalia with a walkable centre of cafés and historic churches, Schwelm sits on the border between Westphalia and the Rhineland —…
Sosa
Compact health resort village in the western Ore Mountains of Saxony, Sosa sits beside a reservoir in mountain terrain with several scenic viewpoints in the…
Bleicherode
This pocket-sized town on the river Wipper in the southern Harz Mountains of Thuringia, Bleicherode sits in mountain terrain with scenic viewpoints in the su…
Kirchheimbolanden
A small wine-country town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Kirchheimbolanden has a café and restaurant scene that holds a surprising number of options for its size,…
Hemer
A town in the northern Sauerland region of North Rhine-Westphalia, Hemer takes its nickname — Felsenmeerstadt, or "Sea of Rocks City" — from the Felsenmeer,…
Weidenberg
A pocket-sized market town in Bavaria's Bayreuth district, Weidenberg sits in mountain terrain where the Ölschnitz river meets the Red Main.
Rheinsberg
Rheinsberg, a modest Brandenburg town on Lake Grienericksee and the River Rhin, is shaped above all by Schloss Rheinsberg, the palace that dominates its hist…
Dienethal
This tiny white-rendered hamlet in Rhineland-Palatinate's wooded upland valley, with forested hillsides rising directly behind its handful of houses and a li…
Zehdenick
A small Brandenburg town on the River Havel, north of Berlin, Zehdenick has a compact central core with cafés and restaurants and carries the official design…
Metzingen
Metzingen, a Swabian town south of Stuttgart, draws visitors from around the world to its "Outlet City," a former textile-factory district now filled with st…
Schlitz
Five castles rising across a tiny town in eastern Hesse have made Schlitz known well beyond the region, earning it the designation "Romantic Castle Town." Th…
Euskirchen
Walkable town in North Rhine-Westphalia with a food-and-drink scene concentrated in a pedestrian zone that runs through the old medieval town centre.
Mechernich
Former mining town in the Eifel hills of North Rhine-Westphalia, Mechernich sits within the Naturpark Nordeifel and serves as a gateway to the Nationalpark E…
Hennef (Sieg)
A town on the river Sieg in North Rhine-Westphalia, Hennef is known as the "Town of a Hundred Villages" for its sprawling collection of settlements across hi…
Braunsbach
This modest village on the Kocher river in Baden-Württemberg's Schwäbisch Hall district, Braunsbach sits in the Hohenlohe region of Franconia with the river…
Neckarstadt
Steep terraced vineyards drop to a broad river bend here, with a cable-stayed footbridge in the foreground and autumn-coloured woodland lining the opposite b…
Bensheim
Walkable wine-country town on the Bergstraße in southern Hesse, Bensheim sits at the foot of the Odenwald mountains with views across the Rhine plain, a cent…
Bischofswerda
This compact Saxon market town in eastern Germany's Upper Lusatia, with a handsome cobbled square fronted by a clock-towered town hall, colourful historic fa…
Ballenstedt
A modest town in the Harz mountains of Saxony-Anhalt, Ballenstedt has a central café and restaurant scene and sits close to scenic viewpoints in the surround…
Bad Liebenwerda
A spa town on the Schwarze Elster river in southwestern Brandenburg, Bad Liebenwerda holds state recognition as a peloid (therapeutic mud) health resort — a…
Luckenwalde
A Brandenburg town on the Nuthe river where an ornate Gothic brick church with a decorative stepped gable dominates the walkable centre, set within easy reac…
Ebersberg
This tiny Bavarian town southeast of Munich sits at the edge of the Ebersberger Forst, one of Germany's largest continuous woodlands, offering walking and sc…
Ahlen
Walkable Westphalian town in North Rhine-Westphalia's Münsterland region, Ahlen has a centre with a good spread of cafés, restaurants, and historic churches.
Nauen
Home to the world's oldest preserved radio transmitting installation, Nauen is a small Brandenburg town in the Havelland district west of Berlin.
Uelzen
Uelzen's main draw is the Hundertwasser Station, a railway station redesigned by the Viennese artist and architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser and opened in…
Obersontheim
A little Baden-Württemberg town where a large half-timbered manor complex with conical-roofed towers rises above red-tile rooftops and green meadows, set clo…
Alt-Laatzen
A compact German town just south of Hanover, Alt-Laatzen offers a lively café and dining scene, historic churches, and a handsome late-19th-century villa set…
Schermbeck
This tiny North Rhine-Westphalian town where a well-preserved medieval brick gatehouse and arched passageway hint at a layered history, complemented by a mod…
Mettlach
The headquarters and manufacturing home of Villeroy & Boch ceramics, Mettlach is a modest Saarland town on the river Saar, close to Germany's western border…
Ahaus
A compact North Rhine-Westphalian town in the Münsterland region, Ahaus shows a leafy, low-rise townscape of red-brick buildings and tree-lined streets, with…
Filsen
This tiny German village on the Rhine's edge, with a stone church spire rising above the waterfront and wooded hills behind, set within the wider UNESCO-reco…
Isernhagen-Sued
A well-heeled tiny town on the northeastern edge of Hanover, where traditional half-timbered farmhouses with steep moss-covered roofs and carved timber facad…
Templin
This spa town in Brandenburg's Uckermark district with a walkable centre full of cafés and restaurants, Templin holds official recognition as a thermal brine…
Ebern
Compact Bavarian town in the Haßberge district with a well-preserved medieval defensive wall still encircling its old centre, Ebern is around a thousand year…
Eppelborn
A Saarland town in upland country north of Saarbrücken, where a warm-stone church with a clock tower and saint's niche anchors a compact centre within a regi…
Baesweiler
This town in the Aachen district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a compact centre holding a concentration of cafés, restaurants, and historic churches.
Bad Segeberg
Bad Segeberg, a town in Schleswig-Holstein between Hamburg and Lübeck, has drawn summer crowds since 1952 for its Karl May Festival — open-air theatrical per…
Bad Sobernheim
State-recognized spa town in Rhineland-Palatinate's Naheland region, Bad Sobernheim sits on the Nahe river amid wine-growing country and is known for two fos…
Planegg
Small Bavarian town on the river Würm, just west of Munich, with a café and restaurant scene and a number of historic churches that punch above its size.
Reinickendorf
Berlin's northwestern borough of Reinickendorf sits along Lake Tegel, a stretch of water connected to the Havel river, and draws visitors to its waterside se…
Dinslaken
A town in North Rhine-Westphalia's Wesel district, on the lower Rhine at the northwestern edge of the Ruhr region, Dinslaken has a walkable centre with cafés…
Meerbusch
A Rhine-side town in North Rhine-Westphalia, sitting on the left bank of the Lower Rhine between Krefeld and Düsseldorf, Meerbusch has a walkable centre with…
Zeitz
From 1652 to 1718, Zeitz served as the residential capital of the Duchy of Saxony-Zeitz, with Moritzburg Castle as the ducal seat — and much of that architec…
Dessau
Dessau-Roßlau holds two UNESCO World Heritage listings: the Bauhaus buildings, which made this Saxony-Anhalt town a landmark of 20th-century architecture and…
Viersen
A mid-sized German city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Viersen offers a walkable centre with outdoor café terraces, clean modernist civic architecture opening on…
Grefrath
A compact Lower Rhine town in western Germany, with a tree-lined market square decorated with heraldic shields, a weekly market, and easy access to the Dutch…
Schwerterheide
Mid-sized North Rhine-Westphalian town where the Ruhr valley meets the Sauerland uplands, with a stately early-20th-century civic building, a little watersid…
Ehningen
A small Baden-Württemberg town set among forested upland country near Böblingen, with a modest café scene in its central core and easy access to a wider regi…
Kleinmachnow
A Brandenburg municipality southwest of Berlin, Kleinmachnow is first recorded in 1375 and shaped by the Hake family of knights through much of its history.
Grevenbroich
A town in North Rhine-Westphalia sitting on the river Erft, Grevenbroich has a walkable centre with cafés, restaurants, and a concentration of historic churc…
Lintfort
Kamp-Lintfort, a town on the lower Rhine at the western edge of the Ruhr region in North Rhine-Westphalia, hosted the 2020 Landesgartenschau (North Rhine-Wes…
Nordsulingen
This tiny Lower Saxon town in the flat country south of Bremen, anchored by a substantial red-brick church with a tall spire, and offering a modest café and…
Lichtenberg
This borough of Berlin defined by striking late-19th-century red-brick architecture — including the grand clock-towered building pictured — alongside a livel…
Velbert
Velbert, a city in North Rhine-Westphalia's Mettmann district, is known worldwide for the production of locks and fittings, a specialisation that has shaped…
Hoyerswerda
A town in Upper Lusatia, Saxony, Hoyerswerda sits among the lakes, marshes, and waterways of the Lusatian landscape, with cycling and skating paths threading…
Monheim am Rhein
A walkable Rhine-side town in North Rhine-Westphalia, between Düsseldorf and Cologne, with a centre full of cafés, restaurants, and historic churches.
Wesseling
A Rhine-side town directly south of Cologne, Wesseling has a walkable centre with cafés and restaurants alongside the river.
Saarlouis
Founded in 1680 by Louis XIV and designed by the military engineer Vauban, Saarlouis is a town on the Saar river in western Germany whose star-shaped fortifi…
Langenhagen
This town in the Hanover district of Lower Saxony, Langenhagen sits just north of the state capital and hosts both Hannover Airport and the Neue Bult horse-r…
Stadthagen
A compact Lower Saxony town where several historic churches anchor a walkable centre, complemented by a modest café and dining scene and easy access to nearb…
Holzhau
This tiny upland village in Saxony's Mittelsachsen hills, Holzhau sits beside open water in elevated country, making it a quiet base for walking and taking i…
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