Here are the 100 best things to do in Germany that will show you the charm, beauty and cultural diversity of this country.

Germany is rich with surprises and contrasts just waiting to be discovered by the discerning tourist. A country of enchanting little villages nestling between lofty and imposing mountains, fairytale castles and churches and lush vineyards rolling down towards the banks of the Rhine or the Mosel, Germany also boasts of the more rumbustious Munich Beer Festival and the Cologne Carnival, a very fine choice of gateaux, sausages and beer and a powerful and somewhat spooky folkloric tradition.

25. Herrenhäuser Gardens (Hanover)

The magnificent palatial gardens in the urban part of Hanover, the capital of Lower Saxony, are a definite must for lovers of plants and landscape gardening. They comprise four gardens covering a total of 135 hectares; over 1,500 plants from different climes have their home here, including over 800 flowering orchids.

The Castle museum, the Wilhelm Busch Museum and the Kunstfestspiele (a major summer art and music festival) are only some of the additional attractions this 300 year old baroque garden complex has to offer. An absolute highlight, however, is the annual firework competition, which takes place between the months of May and September. Herrenhäuser Gardens are around 15 minutes from the railway station by car, or 20 minutes by subway. Subway station is Herrenhäuser Gärten.

26. Memorial and Museum Sachsenhausen (Oranienburg)

35 km north of Berlin in the province of Brandenburg lies the town of Oranienburg. Here, in the concentration camp Sachsenhausen, over 200,000 people were held captive between the years 1936 and 1945. Tens of thousands of them are thought to have died here of exhaustion, illness, undernourishment or by execution. At the onset of liberation by the Russian Red Army, the camp was evacuated at the beginning of April 1945 and 33,000 prisoners were marched north towards Wittstock, many of them dying of cold or disease on the way. The 3,000 left behind at Sachsenhausen were eventually liberated by Polish and Russian soldiers.

Sachsenhausen was officially declared and opened as a museum and memorial in 1961. Today it is one of the most nationally and internationally significant memorial sites of the Holocaust in Germany and a chilling reminder of the darker side of the country`s not-so-distant past.

27. Aachen Cathedral

Aachen cathedral was the first German building to be put on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list and is one of the oldest buildings in Germany which are still in use. For nigh-on 600 years it was the coronation cathedral for German kings, and the marble throne of the Emperor Charlemagne used for this purpose – still virtually intact today – is one of the Cathedral’s most popular attractions. Two gilded shrines from the early 13th century, containing the remains of Charlemagne and relics from the life of Christ, are a further attraction, both for tourists and for pilgrims from all over the world.

Aachen borders Holland and Belgium, with the closest airport being the Maastricht Aachen airport in Holland. The Cathedral is approximately 1.4 km from the main railway station.

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