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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Berchtesgaden

3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Berchtesgaden, Germany

Updated February 10, 2016

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The Eagle's Nest

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The Eagle's Nest

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.
Berchtesgaden Salt Mine

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Berchtesgaden Salt Mine

Dress up like a miner and take a slide into the disco-lit depths of this once foundational salt mine.
The German War Graves of Berchtesgaden

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The German War Graves of Berchtesgaden

This small Bavarian graveyard is filled with empty graves for German soldiers lost during the World Wars.
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The Water-Powered Mechanical Theater with nearly 200 moving wood carvings

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Schloss Hellbrunn

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.
9 miles from Berchtesgaden
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The World of Puppets Museum

A small marionette collection located within the dark cellars of an 11th-century Austrian castle.
11 miles from Berchtesgaden
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The Catacombs of St. Peter's Abbey

These 12th-century catacombs carved into a mountainside were a place of mysticism and Christian hermitages.
11 miles from Berchtesgaden
One of the lavishly decorated dining rooms.

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St. Peter Stiftskulinarium

Epicurean and holy traditions converge in what may be the oldest restaurant in Europe.
11 miles from Berchtesgaden
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