To start their tour of the Nuremberg - the German city itself, as the Germans themselves call it, stands from visiting the Complex of the Nuremberg fortress with the castle of the same name. The exact date of construction of the fortress is unknown, but according to some information that has survived to this day, this is approximately 1000. Almost the entire old part of the city, which stands on both banks of the PENITS River, can be viewed from the observation deck.
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If you arrived in Nuremberg, be sure to visit the Palace of Justice, where from 1945 to 1946 the famous international trial was held over the former leaders of Nazi Germany. Nuremberg is also known for the fact that he was the beloved city of Adolf Hitler, and the latter held Nazi parades here.
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The heart of the city is the trading area where the famous Nuremberg Christmas fairs are held, which tourists from all over the world come to. At the fair you can buy various souvenirs, taste hot mulled wine, drink beer with white Bavarian sausages. It is at the Christmas fair that the most famous and tasty German gingerbread cookies are sold - Nuremberg. If you got into Nuremberg at another time of the year - it doesn’t matter, the gingerbread cookies in the city can be bought year -round, just on Christmas their choice is much more.
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The most magnificent religious building is located on the trading area - the Church of the Virgin, built by decree of Emperor Charles IV. The church is built in the Gothic style on the site of the destroyed Jewish synagogue. Until now, on the floor of the church you can consider the star of David. The church is famous for its unusual strict altar and organ, which can be listened here.
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On the facade of the Church of the Virgin, there are watches, near which tourists gather at exactly 12 o’clock every day. On the tower watches begins a puppet performance on the topic of ancient city life - Emperor Karl communicates with his subjects.
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Not far from the trading square is the city town hall, which was built in 1616-1622 in the style of the Italian Renaissance. On the pediment of the building, you can see mythical figures of justice and wisdom.
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The Museum of the German Railways contains an exposition that covers the time from the start of the railway in Germany to the present day. Exhibits amaze with their antiquity and luxury, such as, for example, wagons of the train of the Bavarian king Ludwig II.
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Nuremberg is famous for his museum of toys, and the largest world exhibitions of toys are held in this city. In the Middle Ages, Nuremberg was the capital of a craft toy, and from here it went throughout Europe. The museum contains not only German toys, but also the first tin and clay from Greece and Rome. The museum expositions are represented not only by individual figures, entire puppet cities are also built here and reproduced using dolls and toy items scene from the life of old Europe.
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It is worth going to the Albrecht Dürer Museum, who was born in this city and here also created his masterpieces.
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Nuremberg has a huge number of various fountains. These are highly artistic thematic structures, and all of them are devoted to myths, legends and old life. For example, the marriage carousel fountain tells about the stages of family life.
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The fountain of human vices tells about gluttony, adultery, murder, envy.
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If you were in Nuremberg and did not go to the local beer bar, consider that you were not in Bavaria. Only in the bar, having met the same tourists, having drunk local beer with salted bread and Bavarian sausages, can you feel the atmosphere of real Germany. In many bars, local musicians play in the evening.
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And be sure to just take a walk in the old part of the city, in which so far all the old houses have been preserved in their original form. By the way, “gingerbread” houses are all residential, ordinary Germans live in them.
If you planned to visit the Nuremberg, try to confuse the trip to Christmas holidays. Plunge into the whirlpool of holidays along with the indigenous Nuremberg, who are very hospitable and tell you a lot of interesting things about their city.
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