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Things to do in Nuremberg
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Sightlore has 35 places to explore in Nuremberg, and 19 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.
Nuremberg's must-sees
The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.
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Frauenkirche
The Frauenkirche ("Church of Our Lady") is a church in Nuremberg, Germany. It stands on the eastern side of the main market.
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Albrecht Dürer's House
Albrecht Dürer's House is a Nuremberg Fachwerkhaus that was the home of German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer from 1509 to his death in 1528. The House lies in the extreme north-west of Nuremberg's Altstadt, near the Kaiserburg section of the Nuremberg Castle and the…
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Congress Hall
An unfinished building on the Nazi party rally grounds in Nuremberg, the largest surviving relic of National Socialist state architecture.
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Documentation Center Nazi Party Rally Grounds
The Documentation Center Nazi Party Rallying Grounds is a museum in Nuremberg. It is in the north wing of the unfinished remains of the Congress Hall of the former Nazi party rallies.
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Germanisches Nationalmuseum
The Germanisches Nationalmuseum is a museum in Nuremberg, Germany. Founded in 1852, it houses a large collection of items relating to German culture and art extending from prehistoric times through to the present day.
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Nazi party rally grounds
The Nazi party rally grounds collectively describe a complex of megastructures and clearings which together occupy around 11 square kilometres (1,100 ha) of land to the southeast of Nuremberg, Germany.
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Heilig-Geist-Spital Nuremberg
The Heilig-Geist-Spital in Nuremberg was the largest hospital in the former Free Imperial City of Nuremberg. It was used as a hospital and nursing home.
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Hauptmarkt
The central square of Nuremberg's old town, about 5,000 m², home to the weekday market and the Christkindlesmarkt.
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St. Sebaldus
St. Sebaldus Church (St. Sebald, Sebalduskirche) is a medieval church in Nuremberg, Germany.
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Fembohaus City Museum
The city museum of Nuremberg, presenting 950 years of the city's history.
Discovery routes in Nuremberg
Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.
Nuremberg: from the Imperial Castle to the Germanisches Nationalmuseum
From Nuremberg Castle to the Tiergärtnertor and the Albrecht Dürer House, the rock-cut cellars and the Fembohaus to St. Sebald; the Schöner Brunnen, the Hauptmarkt, the Frauenkirche, the Fleischbrücke, the Holy Spirit Hospital, St. Lorenz, the Craftsmen's Courtyard and the Germanisches Nationalmuseum.
Nuremberg: the trials and the rally grounds
From the Memorium Nuremberg Trials to the Nazi party rally grounds: the Documentation Centre, the Congress Hall, the Zeppelin main grandstand and the rally grounds.
Places to visit
Historic sites
Nuremberg Castle
Nuremberg Castle is a group of medieval fortified buildings on a sandstone ridge dominating the historical center of Nuremberg in Bavaria, Germany.
Tiergärtnertor
A gate in the Nuremberg city wall, named after the burgrave's former game enclosure in the nearby moat.
Felsengänge Nürnberg
An extensive network of rock-cut tunnels and cellars beneath Nuremberg's old town; the tunnel system was kept secret until the mid-17th century.
Hauptmarkt
The central square of Nuremberg's old town, about 5,000 m², home to the weekday market and the Christkindlesmarkt.
Fleischbrücke (Nürnberg)
The Fleisch Bridge or Pegnitz Bridge (Pegnitzbrücke) is a late Renaissance bridge in Nuremberg, Germany. The bridge crosses the river Pegnitz in the center of the old town, linking the districts St. Sebald and St.
Heilig-Geist-Spital Nuremberg
The Heilig-Geist-Spital in Nuremberg was the largest hospital in the former Free Imperial City of Nuremberg. It was used as a hospital and nursing home.
Craftsmen's Courtyard
A craftsmen's courtyard created in 1971 for visitors in the armoury yard of the Frauentor gate of Nuremberg's fortifications, at the Königstor entrance to the old town.
Congress Hall
An unfinished building on the Nazi party rally grounds in Nuremberg, the largest surviving relic of National Socialist state architecture.
Zeppelin Main Grandstand
A grandstand built from 1935 to 1937 on the Nazi party rally grounds in Nuremberg.
Nazi party rally grounds
The Nazi party rally grounds collectively describe a complex of megastructures and clearings which together occupy around 11 square kilometres (1,100 ha) of land to the southeast of Nuremberg, Germany.
Katharinenkirche, Nuremberg
St. Katharina (St. Catherine's Church) in Nuremberg, Bavaria, was an important medieval church, destroyed during the Second World War and preserved as a ruin.
St. Rochus Cemetery
St. Rochus Cemetery (Rochusfriedhof) is a cemetery in Nuremberg, Germany. It is located in the Gostenhof quarter.
St. John's Cemetery
A church cemetery in Nuremberg known for its historic bronze epitaphs and uniform recumbent gravestones spanning more than five centuries.
Henkersteg
A wooden footbridge over the Pegnitz in Nuremberg, also called the Long Footbridge.
City walls of Nuremberg
The city walls are the medieval defensive mechanism surrounding the old city of Nuremberg, Germany. Construction started in the 12th century and ended officially in the 16th century.
Pellerhaus
The Pellerhaus monument (referred to as Mayersches Pellerhaus in relation to the post-war building) is an archive and library building on Egidienplatz in Nuremberg's old city centre.
Weinstadel
A medieval building of the imperial city in Nuremberg's northern old town, one of the stops on the Historic Mile.
Chain Bridge
The Chain Bridge is a pedestrian chain bridge in Nuremberg, Germany.
Museums
Albrecht Dürer's House
Albrecht Dürer's House is a Nuremberg Fachwerkhaus that was the home of German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer from 1509 to his death in 1528. The House lies in the extreme north-west of Nuremberg's Altstadt, near the Kaiserburg section of the Nuremberg Castle and the…
Fembohaus City Museum
The city museum of Nuremberg, presenting 950 years of the city's history.
Germanisches Nationalmuseum
The Germanisches Nationalmuseum is a museum in Nuremberg, Germany. Founded in 1852, it houses a large collection of items relating to German culture and art extending from prehistoric times through to the present day.
Memorium Nürnberger Prozesse
The Memorium Nuremberg Trials is a museum located in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg.
Documentation Center Nazi Party Rally Grounds
The Documentation Center Nazi Party Rallying Grounds is a museum in Nuremberg. It is in the north wing of the unfinished remains of the Congress Hall of the former Nazi party rallies.
Nuremberg Toy Museum
The Nuremberg Toy Museum (also known as Lydia Bayer Museum) in Nuremberg, Bavaria, is a municipal museum, which was founded in 1971. It is considered to be one of the most well known toy museums in the world, depicting the cultural history of toys from antiquity to the present.
Nuremberg Transport Museum
The Nuremberg Transport Museum (Verkehrsmuseum Nürnberg) in Nuremberg, Germany, consists of Deutsche Bahn's DB Museum and the Museum of Communications (Museum für Kommunikation).
Neues Museum Nürnberg
Neues Museum Nürnberg (NMN) is a museum for modern and contemporary art and design in Nuremberg.
Places of worship
St. Sebaldus
St. Sebaldus Church (St. Sebald, Sebalduskirche) is a medieval church in Nuremberg, Germany.
Frauenkirche
The Frauenkirche ("Church of Our Lady") is a church in Nuremberg, Germany. It stands on the eastern side of the main market.
St. Lawrence
St. Lorenz (St. Lawrence) is a medieval church of the former free imperial city of Nuremberg in southern Germany.
St. Egidien
St Egidien on Egidienplatz is the former Benedictine Abbey of Saint Giles (Egidienskirche), now a church in the former free imperial city of Nuremberg, southern Germany.
St. Jakob
St. Jakob (St James the Greater) is a medieval church of the former free imperial city of Nuremberg in southern Germany. It is dedicated to Saint James the Greater.
Monuments
Schöner Brunnen
Schöner Brunnen is a 14th-century fountain located on Nuremberg's main market next to the town hall and is considered one of the main attractions of the city's Historical Mile.
Ehekarussell
A large sculptural fountain in front of the White Tower in central Nuremberg; officially called the Hans Sachs Fountain.
Nature
Hesperidengärten
Several Baroque gardens in Nuremberg's St. Johannis district, once part of a green belt of gardens along the city wall.
Nuremberg Zoo
Nuremberg Zoo is a zoo located in the Nuremberg Reichswald ("imperial forest"), southeast of Nuremberg, Germany. With an area of 67 hectares (170 acres), approximately 300 animal species are kept by the zoo.
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