Hello.

I`m going to Nürnberg for the weekend Aug.17-19.
Can anyone suggest something that should really experience?
My dad has a Zündapp KS750 from 1942 so would like to find something about the Zündapp factory and its history etc.


Suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

If you want to know anything about the Zündapps, I would recommend the Museum Industriekultur where they have a special motorbike exhibition, see here for their website:

http://www.museen.nuernberg.de/engli...ekultur_e.html

Besides that, there is lots to see, first of all the medieval castle of the emporer of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. It is more intersting to see from the outside, you have a nice view of the city from up there.

The old city itself is quite nice for a stroll, even though it was severely damaged during the war, lots has been rebuilt and they kept the old street layout as well as the proportions of the buildings, so even the new building blend in quite well. It used to be considered the most beautiful medieval city in Germany before the war... You can see Albrecht Dürers house there.

If you want to see art, the Germanic National Museum has lots to offer, even some Dürers.

Finally, a bit outside the centre, there is the "Reichsparteitagsgelände" (Nazi Party Rally Ground) where the Nazis had the annual rallies. They had a huge building project out there, but most of it was never finished due to the war. In what was supposed to be the congress hall one day, there is now an excellent documentation centre about the rallies and the Nazi party.

I would also recommend having a look at the official Nuremberg website, I think it is quite good: http://www.nuernberg.de/internet/portal_e/reiseziel/

Hope this helps for a start!

Plus, when you've done all that: Grab a Bratwurst.

Thanks Bolna for the information. I feel I`ll have a great time and get to learn more about your great city. I am interested in WW2 history so I can`t wait to look around. Plus getting stuffed on bratwursts....

Vielen dank!

I spent a few nights here. Highly recommended. As previous posters have said, the old city is great to spend a day looking around. There are tours and I believe a Nuernberg card that gives to reduced admission to various things.

The Zeppelin Field is out by the stadium train stop. The train takes about 10 minutes to get there and another 5 minutes walking. This is the podium where Hitler and the other Nazi dignitaries addressed the loyal. The upper part has been blown up but the stands are still there, and the field (huge) is still used as a track (by car racers the time I was there). There's a little museum underneath the main podium.

Other remnants of Nazi architecture include bits of a huge stadium, the congress hall that's now used by the city as a warehouse, and a causeway.

One of my favourite museums is the DB (Deutsche Bahn) museum very near the railway station. One of the neatest jobs in the world is there: operating the various huge model railroad layouts.

Nurenburger would not be happy with that....it is Nurneburg Sausage they like

There is a restaurant under the Old Folks home at the bottom of the walking plaza. You cross the river and turn right at the Pharmacy. The food is good and the benefit is the Old Folks Home. Try the Knuckle witht the fried egg on top. Good wine also.

"Nürnberger Wurst"? Never heard of that, always orderd Bratwürstl...

Lebkuchen and roast sausages contribute to Nuremberg's fame all over the world. As "Drei im Weggla" (three sausages in a roll), the thumb-sized sausages are a quality "fast food" with style, popular with both Nuremberg citizens and tourists.

First stop, then, has to be Bratwursthäusle, where you can enjoy traditional Nuremberg sausage, fine beer and, of course, sauerkraut. The restaurant is hectic and always choc-full, but brimming with character.

The Nuremberg sausages, first mentioned in 1313, according to the experts, are served on pewter plates, with side dishes and soup in copper pots, by waitresses in traditional dresses.

As always the truth is in between -

Nürnberger Bratwurst is the official name.

There's even the "Society for the Protection of the Nuremberg Bratwurst" (Schutzverband Nürnberger Bratwürste, in German only, sorry) against cheap imitations not made within the city limits.

I LOVE IT! There is always something to learn in life....Thanks for that I never called to bratwurst. Just Nurembergs mit kraut! I stand corrected.

When I was in high school I stayed for a month with a German family in Lind, a village on the outskirts of Nuremberg. I fondly remember breakfasts of scrambled eggs with little wurst disks scattered among them. The lady of the house who made these wonderful breakfasts referred to the wurst as a "Nuernberger Stadtwurst." Would that be the same thing as the Nuremberger Bratwursts described above, or is it something different? I'll be in Nuremberg this October, and hope to be able to reacquaint myself with (and introduce my family to) these wonderful little wursts. Of course I don't expect to find them with scrambled eggs, though.

My research says Stadt means (City). I checked it out and found it is larger than the Roast bratwurst, so it isn't quite the same.

check this link
http://www.metzgerei-Nuernberg.com/s...ratwurst_6.htm

Nürnberger Stadtwurst and Nürnberger Rostbratwurst are NOT the same!

http://wikitravel.org/de/N%C3%BCrnberg

Here you find a photo of Stadtwurst:

http://www.stiglmeier.com/products.aspx?prc_lKey=29

Other links:

http://www.die-nuernberger-bratwurst.de/

http://tourismus.nuernberg.de/v04/pu...1&IDS=2fwX7Voa