MINESSAA: Nuremberg Highlights

In our second stop of a little Bavaria trip, we spent 1,5 days in Nuremberg. Here are some highlights from our walk around the town.

1. Medieval architecture: Nuremberg is the hidden pearl of Bavaria. so for me the most enjoyable part of Nuremberg was to enjoy all the architecture and narrow streets in the old center.

Keep your eyes at the little details here and there. I loved how the church towers fit the building settings, street lights and beer advertisement here and there.

Speaking of the medieval architecture, there are many Gothic churches around town. The biggest and the most famous Frauenkirche is placed on the main square. You can also check out St. Sebaldus or St. Lorenz along the way.

2. Nuremberg Imperial Castle: One of the definite must see spots is the imperial castle for sure. The castle itself is like a maze that you can feel yourself in an ancient movie set.

The castle has a tower called Sinwelturm that you can climb up for a panaromic view. The entrance ticket costs a couple of euros and takes more than 300 stairs to climb. The interior style seems to be nice - but we skipped it and enjoyed the panaromic view from the castle terrace thanks to the high incline of the town.

We were welcomed with rainy weathers so we didn't have the opportunity to enjoy it, but spend some time also in the castle gardens called Burggarten.

3. Cool little bridges: Nuremberg has a narrow river passing through it, which only means the cute bridges here and there. The most iconic bridge is called Museumbrucke only because it has the best view to shoot old hospital Heilig-Geist Spital-

The further you walk, you can reach more instragram-worthy spots. Along the river, there is a social island with shops, galleries, cafes and restaurants that you can cross from Hankerstreg.

4. Recent history: For a little town like this, Nurember actually has a really big important part for WW2. Nuremberg was basically the center of the Nazi party so you can find a memorial or museum to dig in at every turn. The former nazi party rally grounds are turned into a museum in which you can find all the details the party used as election propaganda and historic documentary about what happened next.

Another museum that you might find interesting is the Nuremberg trials museum, which is the official court house where they presided the official hearings of major Nazi criminals. The court room was left as an original historical stage to make you feel like you are living the history all over again (please noo!)

5. Shopping: Time to come back to our time. Even though it seems like a little small town, Nuremberg has many shops placed on Karolinenstrasse, Adierstrasse and Kaiserstasse with many other attractions around. We were lucky to catch a rainbow as our main attraction.

Besides the modern shopping, you can head up to Handwerkerhof for searching hand crafts and souvenirs. Even if you are not interested to buy anything, it is worth a visit.

6. Food: As all other German cities, you can find all sorts of world cuisines around. We have tried Turkish and Chinese restaurants as well but the only dish you cannot leave Nuremberg without is the famous sausages. In each city, the recipe changes a little bit and from my Bavarian trip (see Bavaria Highlights post) the sausages in Nuremberg were the best one without a question.

Even though there might be alternative German restaurants that you can try it, I will highly recommend Bratwursthausle. They serve only the famous Nuremberg sausages so do not expect to have an option. You can choose your side dish tough, or how many piece you would like to have. But since you don't have alternatives, ordering and serving are extremely easy. I've read about the place before my trip and let me tell you that the actual price was the half of what I had in mind. It is completely budget friendly!