Culture

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• Brewery: Visit and taste
• ZKM
• Mercedes-Benz Museum, Stuttgart
• Strasbourg - a city with flaire
• Karlsruhe Palace
• The world’s biggest cuckoo clock – street of a thousand clocks
• CITE DE L'AUTOMOBILE (Mulhouse)

Brewery: Visit and taste

• Private brewery HOEPFNER, from Kalsruhe
• including transport - takes about 1.5 hours
• more than 10 persons
• per Person 36 Euro

ZKM

• Art and media technology centre
• including transport and tour - takes about 1 hour
• opening times: Wednesday to Friday up to 6 p.m.
• per Person 23,50 Euro

Mercedes Benz Museum Stuttgart

Here you can discover the automotive history of Daimler-Benz. The models on display are all in prime condition and have been restored true to the originals. Some models even have famous previous owners, such as the Mercedes 770 Pullman limousine from 1935 which was owned by the Japanese emperor Hirohito, or the Mercedes 600 Landaulet which was made for Pope Paul VI in 1965.

• Tue.–Sun.: 9 a.m.–6 p.m.
• per Person 11,50 Euro

Strasbourg - a city with flair

The centre is best discovered on foot, with a boat tour,on the mini-train or on the modern trams with their panorama windows which offer a view of everything going on. Alongside New York and Geneva, Strasbourg is the only other city where international institutions have their headquarters, without it being the capital. There are 71 embassies and consulates in Strasbourg today.

Major tourist attractions:

• The entire historic centre (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
• The magnificent panoramic view of the town and the cathedral from the Barrage Vauban terrace, which was started in 1686 Strasbourg Cathedral, completed in 1439, one of the most beautiful buildings of the Gothic era. At 142 m, it’s tower was the highest of any church in the world until the 19th century (today, only the towers of Ulm Cathedral, Cologne Cathedral and Rouen Cathedral are higher).
• Opposite the cathedral is the Kammerzell House (restaurant) with it’s 16th-century timber framing, as well as the “pharmacie du Cerf” chemist’s which was built in 1268.Straßburger Münster, eines der schönsten Bauwerke der Gotik. Bis ins 19. Jahrhundert war sein Turm mit 142 m Höhe der höchste Kirchturm der Welt (heute sind nur die Türme des Ulmer Münsters, des Kölner Doms und der Kathedrale von Rouen höher). Gegenüber liegt das Maison Kammerzell (Restaurant) mit seinem Fachwerk aus dem 16. Jahrhundert, sowie die 1268 erbaute Apotheke "pharmacie du Cerf".
• la Petite France: the old fisherman’s and tanner’s district is today the first stop for tourists: well-maintained timbered houses, canals and locks, restaurants and shady squares
• The European quarter with the Council of Europe buildings, the European Parliament and the European Court of Human Rights as well as the 'Orangeriepark'
• We would be happy to organise a chauffeur service for you.

Karlsruhe Palace

Learn more about Margrave Karl Wilhelm von Baden-Durlach’s residence, built in 1715.

• Tours take place every hour and by arrangement.
• per Person: 7,50
• Tue.–Thu.: 10 a.m.–6 p.m.

The world’s biggest cuckoo clock – street of a thousand clocks

According to the Guinness Book of Records, the world’s biggest cuckoo clock can be found on the Straße von Triberg, going in the direction of Hornberg. It has an overall height of 15.3 m and can be viewed from both inside and outside. The clock is a replica of a traditional Black Forest cuckoo clock on a scale of 60:1. The individual elements of the clock are accordingly large and heavy: the internal mechanism measures 4.5x4.5 m and weighs six tonnes, the pendulum is eight metres long and weighs 100 kg and the cuckoo itself is a proud 150 kg.

• Opening times: Mon.–Sat.

CITE DE L'AUTOMOBILE (Mulhouse)

A genuinely extraordinary collection ... BUGATTI, ROLLS-ROYCE, MERCEDES and virtually all the other famous car brands are at the CITE DE L'AUTOMOBILE which includes 500 cars in its comprehensive collection. In total there are 464 automobiles from 98 different manufacturers! A unique and impressive display of the honour of the automobile – from its beginnings up to today.

And the highlight is most certainly the most expensive vehichle in the world: Ettore Bugatti’s personal ‘ROYALE’ ... All these fantastically beautiful vehicles are exhibited in a spacious former woollen mill hall which has been arranged in a magical fashion: On an area of 20,000 sq m you go past the whole Schlumpf collection through the wide alleys lasting for almost 2 km under antique street lamps.

• Daily: 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
• per Person 14,50 Euro