In the spa town of Bad Iburg, south of Osnabrück, is the large Benedictine monastery and bishop’s palace complex. This was originally founded as a...

The Natural History Museum am Schölerberg in Osnabrück covers the full spectrum of the subject matter. Here you will see displays on biology, geology, botany...

Osnabrück’s cathedral houses a museum known as the Domschatzkammer und Diözesanmuseum. This is a treasury of items that have come into the possession of the...

Osnabrück’s Cathedral (Dom) takes up a lot of the centre of the town, set in its own square. It was built between the 12th and...

Erich Maria Remarque was the author of classic German book All Quiet on the Western Front about World War 1. He was an Osnabrück local,...

Parts of Osnabruck’s former city walls and defences can still be seen around the ring road which was built in its place. The most important...

Many old buildings and houses were lucky enough to survive fires and World War 2 bombings in Osnabrück’s old town. The area around Bierstrasse, behind...

Osnabrück’s Marienkirche is located on the north side of the Market Square. It is a hall style Gothic church. A church has existed on this...

The Market Place in central Osnabrück’s altstadt (old town) is the heart of the town. It is lined by many fantastic buildings – many of...

Osnabrück’s Town Hall (Rathaus) is one of the best known sights in the city. It was built from 1487 to 1512 in late Gothic style,...

The Kulturgeschichtliches Museum in Osnabruck is a large museum near the city centre with many displays on the history and culture of the city and...

The former 14th century Dominican Church in the north of the old town in Osnabrück has now been converted into an art gallery and cultural...

The Museum of Industrial Culture in Osnabrück is set in a former coal mine at Piesberg. The museum shows how Osnabrück developed from a small...

The Bauernhaus Museum just outside Bielefeld is also known as the Farmhouse Museum. It was opened in 1995 after the original open air museum at...

Bielefeld’s City Art Gallery (Kunsthalle) is located on the edge of the old town in a modern building by Philip Johnson. It was opened in...

Bielefeld’s Museum for Nature, Mankind and the Environment (Naturkunde Museum) is situated in a former manor house, known as the Spiegelshof, dating from 1540. The...

Schloss Sparrenburg is the principal attraction in Bielefeld. It is a castle which was built in the 13th century as a residence for the von...

Bielefeld’s History Museum (Historisches Museum) is situated in the town’s Ravensberg Park. It tells the story of Bielefeld from its earliest times, and how the...

The Huelsmann Museum in Bielefeld is located in the former manager’s office at the Ravensberg Spinning Mill which was built in 1865. This is a...

The Krameramtshaus in Münster is located next to the Gothic St. Lamberti church. It was built in 1589 and served as a guard house and...