A week in Germany

Seven days across Germany: Trier, Aachen, Köln, Eisenach, Weimar, Berlin and Füssen. Each day is a walk through the best-known places in one city, and the cities follow in the order that keeps the travel between them short.

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Day 1: Trier

One day in Trier, Germany

  1. Roman amphitheatre of TrierTheatre or opera house · On the map
  2. Aula PalatinaTemple or shrine · 0.7 km on from Roman amphitheatre of Trier · On the map
  3. LiebfrauenkircheTemple or shrine · 0.3 km on from Aula Palatina · On the map
  4. Cathedral of TrierCathedral · Next to Liebfrauenkirche · On the map
  5. TrierArchaeological site · 0.3 km on from Cathedral of Trier · On the map
  6. Roman BridgeBridge · 1 km on from Trier · On the map

6 stops, 3.2 km on foot along the streets: about 39 min of walking.

Day 2: Aachen

One day in Aachen, Germany

  1. Ludwig Forum für Internationale KunstMuseum · On the map
  2. Suermondt-Ludwig-MuseumMuseum · 1 km on from Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst · On the map
  3. Palace of AachenPalace · 0.9 km on from Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum · On the map
  4. Aachen CathedralCathedral · 0.1 km on from Palace of Aachen · On the map
  5. Aachen Cathedral TreasuryMuseum · 0.1 km on from Aachen Cathedral · On the map
  6. St. Michael's ChurchTemple or shrine · 0.2 km on from Aachen Cathedral Treasury · On the map

6 stops, 2.9 km on foot along the streets: about 36 min of walking.

Day 3: Köln

One day in Köln, Germany

  1. Hohenzollern BridgeBridge · On the map
  2. Museum LudwigMuseum · 0.4 km on from Hohenzollern Bridge · On the map
  3. Cologne CathedralCathedral · 0.2 km on from Museum Ludwig · On the map
  4. Romano-Germanic MuseumMuseum · 0.1 km on from Cologne Cathedral · On the map
  5. Wallraf–Richartz MuseumMuseum · 0.3 km on from Romano-Germanic Museum · On the map
  6. St. Gereon's BasilicaTemple or shrine · 1.1 km on from Wallraf–Richartz Museum · On the map

6 stops, 2.9 km on foot along the streets: about 36 min of walking.

Day 4: Eisenach

One day in Eisenach, Germany

  1. WartburgMuseum · On the map
  2. Reuterhaus EisenachMuseum · 0.9 km on from Wartburg · On the map
  3. Bach HouseMuseum · 0.4 km on from Reuterhaus Eisenach · On the map
  4. Lutherhaus EisenachMuseum · 0.2 km on from Bach House · On the map
  5. Sankt Georg (Eisenach)Temple or shrine · 0.2 km on from Lutherhaus Eisenach · On the map
  6. Stadtschloss EisenachPalace · 0.1 km on from Sankt Georg (Eisenach) · On the map

6 stops, 3 km on foot along the streets: about 36 min of walking.

Day 5: Weimar

One day in Weimar, Germany

  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, 3.4 km on foot along the streets: about 43 min of walking.

Day 6: Berlin

One day in Berlin, Germany

  1. Potsdamer PlatzSquare · On the map
  2. Brandenburg GateMonument · 0.8 km on from Potsdamer Platz · On the map
  3. Pergamon MuseumMuseum · 1.3 km on from Brandenburg Gate · On the map
  4. Berlin CathedralCathedral · 0.4 km on from Pergamon Museum · On the map
  5. Fernsehturm BerlinTower · 0.6 km on from Berlin Cathedral · On the map
  6. AlexanderplatzSquare · 0.3 km on from Fernsehturm Berlin · On the map

6 stops, 4.7 km on foot along the streets: about 1 h 0 min of walking.

Day 7: Füssen

One day in Füssen, Germany

  1. Eisenberg CastleCastle · On the map
  2. Hohenfreyberg CastleCastle · 0.2 km on from Eisenberg Castle · On the map
  3. Pestfriedhof ZellMonument · 0.8 km on from Hohenfreyberg Castle · On the map

3 stops, 2.5 km on foot along the streets: about 33 min of walking.

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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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