What to do on a cold Sunday in December when you don’t have a car and and the Christmas Market in Nuremberg is overrun with weekend visitors? Turns out that one of the trams runs from the middle of the city and ends at the Nuremberg Zoo. The Zoo is part of a larger park [...]
In it’s past, Nuremberg was an Imperial city. Because of that the Nazi’s wanted to associate themselves with the historical significance of the city. Starting in the mid-30s they held annual week-long meetings here. On Saturday I went to visit what remains of the Nazi Party Rally Grounds south of Nuremberg. This is the grandstand [...]
Everywhere I go, some old buildng jumps out in front of me. As far as I can tell from the roman numeral date between the two windows, this building was built sometime in the late 1500s. I have no idea what it is or why its here now.
Having been here about a month and half now, I am still struck by all the old buildings and medieval feeling of this city. This tower, depending on the route I take, is on the way from the center of the old city to the office where I am working while here.
The Church of Our Dear Lady is on the East side of the main square in Nuremberg. Normally a wide open square, every year in December it is completely covered in stalls for the Christmas Market. This gives just a glimpse of the crowds and shows about a 10th of the size of market that [...]
To help me figure out how to use the public transportation in greater Nuremberg and in honor of IKEA’s recent announcement of a new store in Utah, I looked up the location of the nearest IKEA and set a goal to get there and back. As you can see, I was successful and it only [...]
On Friday evening a colleague of mine from work helped me acquire a bus/trolley/subway pass. To figure out how the system works I set off on Saturday morning to get myself to Furth and back. Furth is an old medieval town about 20 minutes or so from Nuremberg. On their web site it says they [...]
My first trip to Nuremberg ended on November 22 so that I could be home with my family for Thanksgiving. That same weekend, shortly after I left, the annual NĂrnberg Christkindlesmarkt (Nuremberg Christ child’s market) began its month long celebration. Approaching the market from the south, in the old part of Nuremberg, all visitors need [...]
If you enjoyed the post, make sure you subscribe to the RSS feed.
© 2010
Powered by WordPress. Design by 