Nürnberg / Germany

Nürnberg, second largest city in Bavaria (after Munich), southern Germany. Impressive, exciting, colorful, mighty and tragic: the city has reflected German history since the Middle Ages. To this day, the city's skyline is still dominated by the mighty castle built in around 1140 during the reign of Emperor Konrad III. Nuremberg's historical mile ends (or begins) at the castle and features ornately decorated churches and elaborate fountains. Other sites in Nuremberg serve as necessary reminders of the darker years in the city's long history. The Documentation Centre at the former Nazi Party Rally Grounds, where the National Socialists staged their vast marching processions, and Memorium Nuremberg Trials, where the chief perpetrators of the Nazi atrocities were tried and convicted in 1946. On the other hand one can find half-timbered houses, gothic churches within a medieval city wall in the shadow of the towering imperial castle, which was one of the most important residences of the emperors of the Holy Roman Empire. Personally, I can only highly recommend a trip to this beautiful city, especially when you are very interested in the history of the Second World War like I am. In addition to the aforementioned, I also want to highlight other visits of interest. The World War II Art Bunker where most important art treasures survived the heavy air raids intact. Nuremberg's Underworld with "secret" passageways hundreds of years old, rock-Cut Beer Cellars, Casemates and Water Supply Conduits. Or the Albrecht Dürer's House, the house in which the painter Albrecht Dürer lived and worked from 1509 until 1528.