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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Nuremberg

11 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Nuremberg, Germany

Updated December 14, 2023

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Nuremberg, Germany

Nuremberg Castle

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.
The Kongresshalle.

Nuremberg, Germany

The Kongresshalle, Nuremberg

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.
Ehekarussell

Nuremberg, Germany

Ehekarussell

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.
Nuremberg Toy Museum

Nuremberg, Germany

Nuremberg Toy Museum

This historic toy museum brings a little whimsy to a city not usually remembered for such things.
Henkerhaus

Nuremberg, Germany

Henkerhaus

Nestled on the banks of a river in Nuremberg is a small museum that was once home of the city's official executioner.

Nuremberg, Germany

Historischer Kunstbunker

During World War II, the Nazis repurposed this beer cellar to store stolen artwork.
Der Hase

Nuremberg, Germany

'Der Hase'

This strange sculpture depicts a giant nightmare hare crushing a man to death beneath its colossal bulk.
Part of the museum exhibition showing the chairs in which some of the Nazi war criminals sat

Nuremberg, Germany

Memorium Nürnberger Prozesse (Nuremberg Trials Memorial)

A museum that chronicles the history of the Nuremberg Trials for Nazi war criminals in the building where the trials were once held.
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Nuremberg Bratwurst Museum

A small museum dedicated to the small—but mighty—Nürnberger Rostbratwurst.
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German Lebkuchen Are a Labor of Love With a Centuries-Old History

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