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669 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Germany

Updated May 31, 2023

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  2. Altenburg
  3. Augsburg
  4. Bad Dürkheim
  5. Bamberg
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  9. Bingen
  10. Binz
  11. Bonn
  12. Bremen
  13. Brunswick
  14. Chemnitz
  15. Cologne
  16. Darmstadt
  17. Dresden
  18. Duisburg
  19. Dusseldorf
  20. Erfurt
  21. Essen
  22. Frankfurt
  23. Frankfurt (Oder)
  24. Freiburg Im Breisgau
  25. Garching Bei München
  26. Garmisch Partenkirchen
  27. Giessen
  28. Goslar
  29. Göttingen
  30. Haigerloch
  31. Halle (Saale)
  32. Hamburg
  33. Hanover
  34. Heidelberg
  35. Karlsruhe
  36. Kassel
  37. Koblenz
  38. Königswinter
  39. Landsberg Am Lech
  40. Leipzig
  41. Lemgo
  42. Lübeck
  43. Mainz
  44. Munich
  45. Nuremberg
  46. Oranienburg
  47. Passau
  48. Potsdam
  49. Regensburg
  50. Rothenburg Ob Der Tauber
  51. Schwangau
  52. Schwerin
  53. Siegen
  54. Sindelfingen
  55. Stuttgart
  56. Trier
  57. Tübingen
  58. Ulm
  59. Waldeck
  60. Wiesbaden
  61. Worms
  62. Wuppertal
  63. Xanten
  64. Zossen

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A commemorative head, part of the so-called Benin Bronzes, which were looted from the royal palace in Benin City in 1897. The image was taken in December 2022 in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, when the piece and several other objects were formally repatriated from Germany to their homeland.

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The cookies "calm all bitterness of the heart and mind."

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Bog Butter, Ancient Beef, and Other Remarkably Old Foods on Display in Museums

Some of these foods are centuries past their expiration dates.

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