A week in Weimar, Germany

Seven days in Weimar, each a walk through best-known places that lie close together, the best known first: day one starts at Buchenwald concentration camp. 35 stops in all.

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Day 1

  1. Buchenwald concentration campMuseum · On the map

1 stop, about 0.1 km between them in straight lines.

Day 2

  1. Classical WeimarLandmark · On the map
  2. St. Peter und PaulTemple or shrine · 0.9 km on from Classical Weimar · On the map
  3. Schloss WeimarMuseum · 0.2 km on from St. Peter und Paul · On the map
  4. Duchess Anna Amalia LibraryLandmark · 0.2 km on from Schloss Weimar · On the map
  5. Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and BernauLandmark · 0.5 km on from Duchess Anna Amalia Library · On the map
  6. Haus am HornMuseum · 0.7 km on from Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau · On the map

6 stops, about 2.5 km between them in straight lines.

Day 3

  1. Russian Orthodox ChapelTemple or shrine · On the map
  2. Weimarer FürstengruftMonument · Next to Russian Orthodox Chapel · On the map
  3. Park an der IlmGarden · 0.7 km on from Weimarer Fürstengruft · On the map
  4. WittumspalaisPalace · 0.8 km on from Park an der Ilm · On the map
  5. Bauhaus Museum, WeimarMuseum · 0.6 km on from Wittumspalais · On the map
  6. Neues Museum WeimarMuseum · 0.2 km on from Bauhaus Museum, Weimar · On the map

6 stops, about 2.3 km between them in straight lines.

Day 4

  1. Nietzsche ArchiveMuseum · On the map
  2. Monument to the March DeadMonument · 0.5 km on from Nietzsche Archive · On the map
  3. museum over Franz LisztMuseum · 0.4 km on from Monument to the March Dead · On the map
  4. Goethe-NationalmuseumMuseum · 0.3 km on from museum over Franz Liszt · On the map
  5. Schillerhaus WeimarMuseum · 0.2 km on from Goethe-Nationalmuseum · On the map
  6. Haus der Weimarer RepublikMuseum · 0.2 km on from Schillerhaus Weimar · On the map

6 stops, about 1.6 km between them in straight lines.

Day 5

  1. ZeppelinplatzPark · On the map
  2. Stadtmuseum WeimarMuseum · 0.7 km on from Zeppelinplatz · On the map
  3. JakobskircheTemple or shrine · 0.1 km on from Stadtmuseum Weimar · On the map
  4. Alexander Puschkin MonumentMonument · 0.7 km on from Jakobskirche · On the map
  5. Parkhöhle WeimarMuseum · 0.4 km on from Alexander Puschkin Monument · On the map
  6. Museum für Ur- und Frühgeschichte ThüringensMuseum · 0.4 km on from Parkhöhle Weimar · On the map

6 stops, about 2.3 km between them in straight lines.

Day 6

  1. Deutsches Bienenmuseum WeimarMuseum · On the map
  2. KünstlerGärten WeimarPark · 0.7 km on from Deutsches Bienenmuseum Weimar · On the map
  3. Leutraquelle in WeimarPark · 1 km on from KünstlerGärten Weimar · On the map
  4. Oppelscher GartenPark · 0.3 km on from Leutraquelle in Weimar · On the map
  5. Muschelbrunnen in WeimarMonument · 0.9 km on from Oppelscher Garten · On the map

5 stops, about 2.9 km between them in straight lines.

Day 7

  1. Poseckscher GartenPark · On the map
  2. Pavillon-PresseMuseum · 0.7 km on from Poseckscher Garten · On the map
  3. Kunsthalle Harry Graf KesslerMuseum · 0.1 km on from Pavillon-Presse · On the map
  4. WeimarhallenparkPark · 0.3 km on from Kunsthalle Harry Graf Kessler · On the map
  5. Asbach-GrünzugPark · Next to Weimarhallenpark · On the map

5 stops, about 1.1 km between them in straight lines.

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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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