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| December 5th-8th 2016 |
Nuremberg or Stuttgart???
According to a few people we had spoken to in Munich, it was to be Nuremberg.
Our AirBnB was a shared apartment with a host, and one of the more remote locations we've had for a while which meant a train ride, a bus ride, and a walk for a few minutes... BUT they a had ripper dog!
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| Our AirBnB dog! - Sammy |
The Nuremberg Christmas markets are rated as some of the best in Germany, and after being pretty impressed with Munich we were keen to see what it had to offer! Other interesting things Nuremberg housed was its significant stake in Nazi history - the site of the Nazi rallies and post WWII Nuremberg trials.
The second largest city in Bavaria and old mate Adolf Hitler's favourite city - "the most German of German cities." Nuremberg was considered to be a symbolic place in Germany, so basically that's why it was used by Hitler, and then the Allies post WWII for the bringing Nazi war criminals to justice.
The first day we arrived we headed straight into town to get our bearings and some tucker. We were greeted with a cold night, but plenty of people out and about milling around Christmas market stands in the centre of old town Nuremberg.
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| Small thin bratwurst - specific to Nuremberg. Have'ta! |
Nazi rally grounds and museum (documentation centre).
It was only a couple of km walk from our accommodation to the Nazi rally grounds and museum, and it wasn't too long before we knew we were heading in the right direction. A massive brick structure was on the horizon, as we walked down this abandoned granite road (the Great Road) with over grown concrete seating either side.
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| The Great Road - intended to be the central axis for nazi parades. Although never used for parade purposes, it was used as a temporary airfield for the US Army post war. |
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| Entrance to the inner courtyard of the Congress Hall - Kongresshalle. Designed to have a self-supporting roof and provide seating for 50,000 people. The building was never finished, and is one of the most significant buildings I've ever seen! It sort of stands out like dog balls and looks abandoned. There was no real signage indicating how to walk into the hall, we sort of just stumbled onto it on our way to the Documentation Centre (museum) which is in one of the halls wings. |
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| Views from the museum lookout. |
The museum was really good! There was a free audio guide supplied, and we spent a couple of hours walking around learning about the uprise of the Nazi's, their rallies held prior to WWII and the Nuremberg trials.
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| A memorial to all the prisoners killed by the nazi's in the extermination camps. Each card in this memorial represents 100 lives lost at the camps. |
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| Zeppelinfeld - a monster grandstand now run down, this was an impressive sight in the 1930's. |
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| Weissgerbergasse - historic street. |
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| Good value for Gluhwein - typically you pay an extra 5 euros and they serve the wein in a sweet Christmas cup. If you return the cup you get your deposit back. Great souvenirs, not that we got one. |
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| Amy didn't like the idea of Gingerbread at the beginning, but now its her favourite. Nuremberg's speciality is Nurnberger Lebkuchen - pictured. It was chocolate coated and so delicious. |
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| Token Christmas horse and cart. |
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| Views back towards the centre of town for the Imperial Castle. |
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| Dominating the crepe game. Nutella and banana if your wondering. |
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| !!!!Gluhwein-lyf!!!! |
We really enjoyed visiting the WWII sites in Nuremberg. The city had a great festive vibe and we had a ripper time walking around sipping Gluhwein and checking out the Christmas stalls. They even had an international Christmas market section which had stalls from all over the world selling traditional items specific to their country. In comparison to Munich there seemed to be less variety in the stalls, a lot seemed to have similar things for sale in the main square.
Unfortunately our AirBnB here was one of our least favourites - our host was hard to communicate with and we didn't really feel comfortable using the kitchen. And every time after we had a shower, she would run into the bathroom and rubber squeegee it clean... A very unique experience. We had three nights and Nuremberg and considering the weather, I think it was enough time.
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