North Rhine-Westphalia - Germany
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Westfalenpark in Dortmund | Rating: 9.00 |
Prior to visiting the Westfalenpark in Dortmund, we considered the Wilhelmshöhe Park in Kassel to be the best park in Germany, ..., read more... |
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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... |
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Cologne | Rating: 8.60 |
Cologne is a major economic and cultural center, a very well known and promoted city, mainly due to its famous ..., read more... |
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Duesseldorf | Rating: 8.60 |
Düsseldorf is the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia. This city is not often included in tourist routes and is not associated with ..., read more... |
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Bad Oeynhausen | Rating: 8.60 |
Bad Oeynhausen is a small town that no one heard of. You don't expect anything from it, but it will ..., read more... |
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Vischering castle | Rating: 8.60 |
| The region around Münster has the largest number of water castles. The Vischering Castle is perhaps one of the most beautiful and characteristic in Westphalia, read more... |
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Monument to Kaiser Wilhelm I in Porta Westfalica | Rating: 8.40 |
There is a small town in Germany with a non-German name Porta Westfalica. It is located in the North Rhine-Westphalia ..., read more... |
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Zollverein Mine | Rating: 8.40 |
Zollverein coal mine is located in the city of Essen in the Ruhr region, one of Europe's largest metropolitan areas. It ..., read more... |
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Drachenburg Castle | Rating: 8.20 |
Drachenburg Castle was built in 1882-1884 by order of Baron Stefan von Zarter, a wealthy stockbroker from Bonn. The castle ..., read more... |
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Wewelsburg Castle | Rating: 8.20 |
Wewelsburg Castle belongs to objects that are interesting not only as castles, but because of their secrets and legends.
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Duisburg-Nord Landscape Park | Rating: 8.20 |
| Land North Rhine-Westphalia is known for its large-scale projects of transforming industrial monsters into modern recreation areas and residential quarters. Almost all the main attractions of the region are former metallurgical plants or mines, read more... |
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Satzvey Castle | Rating: 8.00 |
Satzvey Castle is a medieval fortress with water barriers. Its history began in the 12th century. The first stone buildings ..., read more... |
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Neuhaus Castle in Paderborn | Rating: 8.00 |
Neuhaus Castle, former residence of bishop princes, is quite a famous Renaissance castle in North Rhine-Westphalia. Thanks to the gardeners' ..., read more... |
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Augustusburg Palace in Bruehl | Rating: 8.00 |
| The 18th century Rococo Palace, built by order of the Archbishop and Elector of Cologne, Clemens August Bavarian, read more... |
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Schwebebahn in Wuppertal | Rating: 7.80 |
In the German city of Wuppertal exists the unusual form of urban transport, a hanging railway with the length of ..., read more... |
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Corvey Castle | Rating: 7.80 |
In the Internet this place is often called the Corvey Abbey, and it is wrong: mass tourists will not go ..., read more... |
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Ruhrtal bridge | Rating: 7.80 |
| The Ruhrtal Bridge in Mülheim-Mintard is the longest steel-bridge in Germany and one of Europe’s biggest bridge construction projects after ..., read more... |
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Villa Hugel | Rating: 7.80 |
| In the southern part of Essen, on the high banks of the river Ruhr, stands villa of a wealthiest family ..., read more... |
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Anholt castle | Rating: 7.80 |
| For many centuries Anholt Castle is privately owned by the princely family of Salm-Salm. One half of it is turned into a hotel, and the second is a small museum and living rooms of the owners. During the Second World War, the castle received significant damage. The restoration was completed in 1966, read more... |
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Warburg | Rating: 7.80 |
| Historic city in North Rhine-Westphalia, read more... |
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Externsteine | Rating: 7.60 |
Externsteine is called "German Stonehenge". It's a chain of sandstone cliffs in the Tevtonburg forest about one kilometer long and ..., read more... |
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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... |
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Schieder palace (Schloss Schieder) | Rating: 7.60 |
| Small palace of the early 18th century. It was built by a representative of one of the branches of the noble family Lippe, and later belonged to various graphs of Lippe, read more... |
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Mulheim an der Ruhr | Rating: 7.40 |
| Mülheim(Ruhr) is a city in the largest metropolitan area in Germany. The division into cities here is purely conditional, as ..., read more... |
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Gemen castle | Rating: 7.40 |
| Gemen castle was built in 1411 on the site of a castle of the 11th century, by one of the richest people in Westphalia. It is located in the middle of the lake, on two islands. At the moment there is a children's training center in the castle, so the castle has the second name "youth castle", read more... |
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Brake castle | Rating: 7.40 |
| Weser Renaissance castle in the city of Lemgo. A distinctive feature is the seven-story tower, read more... |
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Cherry blossom in Bonn | Rating: 7.20 |
| Cherry blossom (german Kirschblüten) is a popular event in any country of the world. In Germany, there are not many such places and the most famous is Bonn, where trees form a tunnel, read more... |
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Detmold | Rating: 7.00 |
| Detmold is a small town, administrative center of the Lippe district. The castle on an island in the center of the town was first mentioned in 1366. Some walls have survived from that time, read more... |
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Bonn | Rating: 7.00 |
Bonn is known to the public for two reasons: it is the home town of Ludwig van Beethoven and the ..., read more... |
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Burg Castle | Rating: 7.00 |
The Burg Castle has quite an unusual name for a German castle. It's like a dog of Lt. Colombo, which ..., read more... |
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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... |
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Palace in Nordkirchen | Rating: 6.80 |
Palace in Nordkirchen was built on the site of the Renaissance "Castle on the Water" from 1703 to 1734 by Münster bishops ..., read more... |
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Muenster | Rating: 6.80 |
Münster is worth a visit to see the City Hall and the Hall of Peace inside it. This is the ..., read more... |
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Dortmund | Rating: 6.80 |
According to the "expert opinion" of Internet travelers, Dortmund is not interesting at all. But, as in Düsseldorf, we ..., read more... |
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Weser-Skywalk - observation deck over the Weser River | Rating: 6.80 |
| Weser-Skywalk is an observation deck, which allows you to look at the river Weser and the Teutonburg Forest from a ..., read more... |
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Movie Park in Bottrop | Rating: 6.60 |
The concept of the theme park Movie Park are Hollywood boulevards and studios. All arrtactions are related to various movies ..., read more... |
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Paderborn | Rating: 6.60 |
Paderborn appeared in 777, when the Frankish king Charlemagne founded the residence here. The place was not chosen by chance, ..., read more... |
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Westerwinkel castle | Rating: 6.60 |
| One of the earliest baroque castles in Westphalia, built in the 17th century. Was not rebuilt, so now you can see the original, 350-year-old castle, read more... |
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Huelshoff castle | Rating: 6.60 |
| Beautiful water castle near Münster. From 1417 belonged to the noble family of von Hulshoff, the castle hosts their museum , read more... |
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Lippepark in Hamm | Rating: 6.60 |
| A large park on the site of the former mine. Such parks are now very popular in the Ruhr region, which already been transformed from an industrial region into a cultural one. Construction began in 2009, when the mine was dismantled. The main part of the park was completed in 2014, read more... |
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Hermann Monument (Hermannsdenkmal) | Rating: 6.40 |
Hermann Monument is located on the top of a 386-meter hill and dedicated to the victory of the Germanic tribes over ..., read more... |
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Dohren cliffs (Doerenther Klippen) | Rating: 6.40 |
| Popular place in the region around Münster (Münsterland). The main attraction is an unusual rock in the form of... somebody, read more... |
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Atta Сave | Rating: 6.20 |
The Atta Cave is located in Attendorn. This is one of the most visited caves in Germany and the main source ..., read more... |
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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... |
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Lembeck castle | Rating: 6.20 |
| The construction of the castle began in 1190, when Count of Lembek built the first defensive tower. Its remains can be found in the north wing. The castle itself was built around the tower during the next 450 years. It stands on two islands, in the middle of the lake. This is a typical structure for the castles of North Rhine-Westphalia, read more... |
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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... |
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Oberwerries Castle | Rating: 6.20 |
| Oberverris Water Castle consists of several buildings. The central palace was built at the end of the 17th century. The territory is small, though there is a baroque garden. It is mainly used for conferences and receptions, read more... |
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Minden | Rating: 6.00 |
Minden is famous for its water bridge, one of the most unusual structures in Germany. Being 370 meters long, it's the ..., read more... |
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Raesfeld castle | Rating: 5.20 |
| Rasfeld Castle is another typical representative of the water castles in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was built in the Renaissance style in 1643-1658 years. The 52-meter main tower is the tallest among the castles of the region, read more... |
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