Jena
One day in Jena, Germany
A day through Jena’s best-known sights that lie close together: Optical Museum Jena, Schiller's garden house, Phyletic Museum, Romantikerhaus, Botanischer Garten Jena and Planetarium Jena. 6 stops, about 1.7 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.
The route
- Optical Museum JenaMuseum · On the map

- Schiller's garden houseMuseum · 0.4 km on from Optical Museum Jena · On the map
- Phyletic MuseumMuseum · 0.2 km on from Schiller's garden house · On the map

- RomantikerhausMuseum · 0.5 km on from Phyletic Museum · On the map

- Botanischer Garten JenaGarden · 0.5 km on from Romantikerhaus · On the map

- Planetarium JenaMonument · 0.1 km on from Botanischer Garten Jena · On the map
6 stops, about 1.7 km between them in straight lines.
More for Jena
- Things to do in Jena, Germany · 23 places to see, led by Optical Museum Jena and Planetarium Jena
Day trips from Jena
- Weimar19 km awayBuchenwald concentration camp38 places to see, led by Buchenwald concentration camp and Duchess Anna Amalia Library
- Dessau111 km awayDessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm6 stops in a day, starting at Bauhaus Museum Dessau
- Bamberg125 km awayBamberg Cathedral6 stops in a day, starting at Naturkunde-Museum Bamberg
- Leipzig71 km awayMonument to the Battle of the Nations6 stops in a day, starting at Schillerhaus
Photo credits
- Optical Museum Jena: Klingon, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Schiller's garden house: Selby, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Phyletic Museum: Gunnar brehm, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Romantikerhaus: Tomukas, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Botanischer Garten Jena: Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5
- Planetarium Jena: Selby, CC BY-SA 3.0
Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.
Good to know
- Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
- The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
- Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.
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