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Germany

Distinctive cities, medieval towns, river valleys and mountain regions connect through Germany’s extensive rail network.

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Aachen

Aachen centres on its UNESCO-listed cathedral, Charlemagne’s palace legacy, a compact old town and a spa tradition close to the Belgian and Dutch borders.

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Bamberg

Bamberg spreads its World Heritage old town across hills, an island district and the Regnitz, with a living market-gardener and brewing culture.

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Berlin

Berlin is a large, decentralised capital where museum districts, memorial sites, parks and neighbourhood centres sit across a wide transport network.

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Bremen

Bremen combines a World Heritage market square, Hanseatic history, the narrow Schnoor quarter, expressionist Böttcherstrasse and the Weser waterfront.

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Cologne

Cologne places its cathedral and main station together beside the Rhine, with major museums, Roman history and neighbourhood life extending outward.

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Dresden

Dresden brings major art collections and reconstructed monuments together along the Elbe, with Neustadt and river landscapes beyond the old centre.

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Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf combines major art collections, the Rhine promenade, an energetic old town, Japanese food and architecture around the redeveloped harbour.

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Frankfurt

Frankfurt combines a major European transport hub with a museum-lined riverbank, reconstructed old-city streets and varied neighbourhoods.

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Freiburg im Breisgau

Freiburg pairs a lively old town, cathedral market and hillside views with useful rail access to the southern Black Forest.

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Hamburg

Hamburg is a northern port city shaped by the Elbe, Speicherstadt canals, harbour infrastructure, lakes and distinct neighbourhood centres.

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Heidelberg

Heidelberg is a university city on the Neckar, with a long old town beneath castle ruins and hillside viewpoints on both sides of the river.

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Leipzig

Leipzig is a compact centre of music and civic history surrounded by converted industrial districts, waterways and a growing lake region.

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Lübeck

Lübeck is a Hanseatic brick city on an island within the Trave, with church towers, merchant houses, hidden courtyards and Baltic links.

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Munich

Munich pairs a compact old centre with major museums, large parks, distinctive neighbourhoods and strong rail links across Bavaria.

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Nuremberg

Nuremberg combines an enclosed historic centre and Imperial Castle with major museums and difficult twentieth-century history documented beyond the old walls.

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Potsdam

Potsdam brings Prussian palaces, extensive parks, a walkable centre and waterside districts together within easy rail reach of Berlin.

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Stuttgart

Stuttgart sits in a steep basin where central squares, major automotive museums, parks and vineyard slopes are linked by a dense transport network.

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Trier

Trier brings Roman monuments, medieval churches, an archaeological museum and Moselle wine country together in one of Germany’s oldest cities.

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Weimar

Weimar brings Goethe and Schiller, Classical Weimar, the early Bauhaus, landscaped parks and difficult twentieth-century history into a compact cultural city.

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Würzburg

Würzburg combines the UNESCO-listed Residence, a compact old town, the Old Main Bridge, Franconian wine and a fortress above the river.

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Neuschwanstein Castle and Füssen

Füssen is the rail base for Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau, with an old town, nearby lakes and Alpine scenery that reward an overnight stay.

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Rothenburg ob der Tauber

Rothenburg ob der Tauber is a walled Franconian town whose preserved streets, towers and Tauber Valley setting reward an overnight stay.

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Baden-Württemberg

South-west Germany links Heidelberg and Stuttgart with the Black Forest, Swabian landscapes and the German shore of Lake Constance.

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