Tour 4: Barbarossa, Brocken witches and the brothers Grimm: from Goslar to Göttingen
9 Things to Do in Goslar
- Guided city tour “The Old Town in a 1000 steps”
- Kaiserpfalz Palace with St. Ulrich’s Chapel
- Rammelsberg World Cultural Heritage Site – museum and tourist mine
- Multimedia exoerience hall of homage in the Goslar Town Hall
- Münchehaus – Museum of Modern Art
- Handicrafts in the Great Holy Cross Hospital
- Panoramic view from the Maltermeister tower
- Hiking on the awarded "Liebesbank" trial
- Nordic stave church in Hahnenklee
Evening
Brauhaus Goslar is Goslar´s only public house with inhouse brewery! Watch the master brewer at work and enjoy original GOSE - the beer from the Harz - as well as other beers made at Brauhaus Goslar.
Hallmarks
The Harz mountains and Goslar stand for mining. The history of the Rammelsberg Mine is played out every day by the moving figures and carillon on the Market Square at 9:00, 12:00, 15:00 and 18:00. Legend has it that the horse ridden by Sir Ramm pawed the ground to expose the first silver vein.
Tour
First make a short detour to Wernigerode and ride the famous Harz narrow-gauge railway to the summit of the Brocken mountain – the highest point in Northern Germany at 1142 metres, and wreathed in myth and legend. On arriving back in Wernigerode, don’t miss strolling through the colourful streets with their brightly painted half-timbered houses. Continue your tour to Göttingen in the late afternoon.
9 Things to Do in Göttingen
- Guided sightseeing tour with visit of the historic university "Karzer" (student prison)
- Shopping in the historic city centre
- A visit to the venerable Georg August University
- Tour of the old Botanical Gardens
- Tour of the oldest pan salt works in Europe (groups)
- Panoramic view of Göttingen and the surrounding area from the Bismarck Tower
- Splashing about in the leisure pool
- Tour of the city cemetery (graves of eight Nobel laureates)
- Trip to the Wilhelm-Busch Mill and the European Bread Museum in Ebergötzen
Evening
The night comes alive in Göttingen. Cosy student pubs, international restaurants and fashionable bars. Not to mention lots of culture, variety and three theatres.
Hallmarks
The most-kissed girl in the world. If you are lucky you may be in Göttingen to see for yourself the famous Gänseliesel Kiss. There is a long tradition that every new Ph.D graduate from the university has to kiss the statue of "Gänseliesel".
Route Distance/approx. Travel time approx.
Goslar – Wernigerode: 35 km, 50 minutes
Wernigerode – Schierke: 20 km, 25 minutes
Schierke – Göttingen: 75 km, 90 minutes
Goslar – Göttingen: 70 km, 80 minutes
Harz narrow-gauge railway: Schierke – Brocken, Approx. 30 minutes
