A Walking Tour of the UNESCO Highlights of Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany
Sipping a chilled bottle of smoked beer from Bamberg is a big distraction when trying to write an article. It鈥檚 so good it deserves my full attention yet I need to share its deliciousness with you. Like drinking smoky bacon it makes聽the perfect accompaniment with traditional German sausage, sauerkraut and聽mashed potato. Sadly it鈥檚 the last bottle I brought home with me from Bamberg.
I stepped off the coach on a sunny morning in July and immediately fell for Bamberg.聽It would be worth visiting this pretty Franconian town for the beer alone but there are plenty other reasons, in聽particular a staggering 2,000 or so buildings deemed worthy of聽UNESCO World Heritage status. Despite it being the height of summer while busy, it鈥檚 not over crowded.
Photography Tip: A good聽photographic viewpoint of the town hall is from the bridge immediately south,聽Geuersworthsteg.
Many years ago (or should that be once upon a time)聽the citizens of Bamberg could not agree where to build their town hall. The gentry wanted it built on their side of the river聽while the poor folk living on the opposite bank聽wanted it built there.聽By way of compromise, having first built an island to stand it on, they built it in the middle of the river. And everyone聽lived happily ever after. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
I stepped off the coach on a sunny morning in July and immediately fell for Bamberg.聽It would be worth visiting this pretty Franconian town for the beer alone but there are plenty other reasons, in聽particular a staggering 2,000 or so buildings deemed worthy of聽UNESCO World Heritage status. Despite it being the height of summer while busy, it鈥檚 not over crowded.
Photography Tip: A good聽photographic viewpoint of the town hall is from the bridge immediately south,聽Geuersworthsteg.
Many years ago (or should that be once upon a time)聽the citizens of Bamberg could not agree where to build their town hall. The gentry wanted it built on their side of the river聽while the poor folk living on the opposite bank聽wanted it built there.聽By way of compromise, having first built an island to stand it on, they built it in the middle of the river. And everyone聽lived happily ever after. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
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Guide Name: A Walking Tour of the UNESCO Highlights of Bamberg
Guide Location: Germany » Bamberg
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Kathryn Burrington
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Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
Guide Location: Germany » Bamberg
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Kathryn Burrington
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Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
- Old Town Hall
- Schlenkerla brewery
- 顿辞尘颈苍颈办补苍别谤蝉迟谤补脽别
- Bamberg Cathedral
- Alte Hofhaltung
- Rose Garden
- New Residence
- Am Leinritt
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