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Berchtesgaden, Germany

The Eagle's Nest

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

Berchtesgaden, Germany

Berchtesgaden Salt Mine

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

Berchtesgaden, Germany

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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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

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Almkanal of Salzburg

The medieval network of canals hidden underneath the city is opened to explorers each year.

11 miles from Berchtesgaden

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