With its pointed roofs, leaning facades and perched castle, Quedlinburg immediately catches the eye. This town of just 20,000 inhabitants, nestled at the foot of the Harz mountains in the heart of ...

Each year, millions of visitors enjoy the sites and the sounds of Germany. It is the heart of Europe’s industry and carries ...

Go underground in Berlin or take a seat at a traditional beer garden for the ultimate German itinerary. SCStock/Getty Images Germany is filled with charming small towns, exhilarating cities ...

Germany has thousands of castles, countless beer festivals and quite a few cathedrals with world heritage status. We look at ...

Storybook architecture, Town Hall, Meistertrunk, St. Jakob's Church, monastery museum. One of the oldest and most historic medieval towns along the Romantic Road. Highlights: Bavarian storybook ...

Germany’s popular Rothenburg keeps its medieval charm alive Sun., April 20, 2025 At Käthe Wohlfahrt shops, Christmas (or at least Christmas shopping) is a year-round season.

Archaeologists in Germany uncovered the remains of a medieval man with a “sophisticated” centuries-old iron prosthetic hand. The complete skeleton of a middle-aged man at the time of his death ...

by Rick Steves, May 7, 2025 | Today, Rothenburg's barns are hotels, its livestock are tourists and the city is well on its way to becoming a medieval theme park. Read more here.

As a young backpacker, I first fell in love with the picturesque village of Rothenburg, in Germany’s Franconian heartland. At that time, the town still fed a few farm animals within its medieval ...