A Lovely City: The Nuremberg Podcast

It’s true! Nuremberg has a beauty and loveliness all of its own, and it’s jumped up our internal ranking to become our second-favourite city in Germany (after Berlin).

Learn why in this week’s podcast.

To listen to the Nuremberg podcast, hit play below or find episode 278 in iTunes, Stitcher or Soundcloud:

Luckily we avoided the flooding affecting most of central Europe. — Luckily we avoided the flooding affecting most of central Europe, so we could explore.

Nuremberg is famous for…

The artist Albrecht Dürer... — The artist Albrecht Dürer.

Lebkuchen gingerbread and Christmas markets.

But we discovered a whole lot more:

Fine arts and city history at the Fembo Museum.

The world's oldest globe at the German History Museum — The world’s oldest globe at the German National Museum.

And yes, it's really called The Beautiful Fountain. — And yes, it’s really called The Beautiful Fountain.

The zoo was really great. — Nuremberg Zoo was really great.

And we were able to see manatees for the first time. They're huge! — And we were able to see manatees for the first time. They’re huge!

The Imperial Palace was closed for renovations:

We could only visit the courtyard :( — We could only visit the courtyard.

But that's OK, because we were sleeping in the stables. — But that’s OK, because we were sleeping in the stables.

And views like this. (And this was the YHA!) — And views like this.

We went under the Palace instead, on the Casements tour and again in the brewers's cellars. — We went under the palace instead, on the Casements tour and again in the brewers’ cellars.

And so much more!

There will be more stories about Nuremberg coming over the year, but right now you can read several more reviews of things to do and places to eat in Nuremberg.

To hear the stories behind the photos, make sure you listen to this week’s podcast by hitting play above, or find episode 278 in iTunes, Stitcher or Soundcloud.

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