Erlangen

Bierkeller (beer cellars) at Entlas Keller

At Entlas Keller (the duck's cellar), you can visit the extensive underground paths and former beer storage areas. Before artificial cooling was invented, people dug cellars into the hills and brought ice in there to cool the beer throughout the year; at this place you can visit Erlangen's extensive underground.

Public tours Apr-Sep: Sun 11:00; groups and individual tours upon request·public tours: €6 including 1 drink (0.4 L), kids up to 12 years old free of charge; individual/group tours: €90

Botanical Garden

A nice place for a walk especially in rainy weather or winter. Visit the greenhouses. The garden offers an artificial stalactite cave, called Neischl-Grotte (which however is not always open).

Bubenreutheum (string instrument maker and music history museum)

You probably would not expect to find much in Bubenreuth, a rather small town just north of Erlangen's Burgberg. However, this Franconian town is home to great music and instrument makers. This museum is located in the town hall and has been initiated by a local association. It shows the local string instrument maker history (which most significantly relates to makers of violins), which is rich in the 20th century, after World War II. While not part of Erlangen, it's no farther than the south of the city.

Sun 14:00-17:00, group tours can also be arranged at other times·€2, reduced admission: €1.50, kids up to the age of 14 free of charge

Burgberg garden, including the Heinrich Kirchner sculpture park

Between villas, it spans about 30,000 m² and has many old trees. At its upper end, it contains a viewpoint and the best view over the city. A further highlight are the bronze sculptures by Erlangen artist Heinrich Kirchner.

Dechsendorfer Weiher

Großer Bischofsweiher

The "Dechsi" as it is frequently called has in the past had problems with algal blooms and was famously immortalised in an absurdist song by local band J.B.O. purporting the existence of a Great White Shark in said body of water. The Algal blooms were fixed through extensive redesigns of the lake, including routing one of its tributaries around it, but you can see maintenance work done on some of those installations from time to time. The Dechsi is frequently the site of events like "Rock am See" or "Klassik am See". Even when swimming is not possible, you can rent boats of various kinds or simply jogg around the lake.

Galerie im Treppenhaus

A commercial art gallery that regularly displays photo exhibitions.

Mon-Fri 09:00-20:00·Free

German reformed church Bohlenplatz

This is not a church any more, it is now a parish house. Reformed Christians from Palatine and Switzerland created the parish and consecrated their own church in 1734. In 1922, the French Reformed and the German Reformed churches merged.

Herz-Jesu-Kirche

The first Catholic church to be built after the Reformation in Erlangen, this is a surprisingly austere affair. After much prodding by the growing Catholic community (the religious toleration extended to Huguenots was also granted to Catholics) they finally got a Bethaus in 1790 under rather strict limitations (no organ, no spire, a site on the outskirts of the old town) put in place on the urging of local Lutheran and Calvinist citizens. The congregation grew with emigrants from the French Revolution and upon the Bavarian takeover, Catholicism was now much more favored by the Catholic overlords in Munich so extensive redesigns and the wholesale replacement of the original building with a church in 1849/50 were done to keep pace with the growing congregation. Today only a 1830 baptismal font is one of few things that remains after extensive redesign and expansion.

Historic water tower on Apfelstraße

Built to supply the fountains within Schlossgarten and Orangerie. In the days of black pedagogics, it also housed the Karzer of the University where students who had broken one of the myriad rules were thrown. Ultimately it became a badge of honor for every student to have at least one Karzer sentence to their name and they tried to "leave their mark" on the walls (despite that of course also being against the rules).

Historic water tower on the Burgberg hill

The water tower on the Burgberg hill was built to store the city's drinking water supply and can be seen from many locations within the city. It was built in 1904/05 and is still in use.

Hugenot church

This Reformed Church is the oldest building of the new town. Its impressive size and central location give testimony to the importance of the Reformed Huguenots to the history of Erlangen.

Kunstmuseum Erlangen

A small museum with often astonishing exhibitions of modern regional art.

Tue-Fri 11:00-18:00·Free

Kunstpalais

A small but good museum of modern art with changing exhibitions, run by the city. Shares the former city hall and beautiful building in its own right Palais Sutterheim with the municipal library.

Tue Thu-Sun 10:00-18:00, Wed 10:00-20:00·€4, reduced rate €2

Kunstverein Erlangen

Gallery of the local art association mostly showcasing exhibitions of local art.

Tue Wed 15:00-18:00, Thu 15:00-19:00, Sat 11:00-14:00·Free

Palais Stutterheim

Built 1728 through 1730 for Amtshauptmann Christian Hieronymus von Stutterheim based on sketches by Wenzel Perner. Used as town hall between 1836 and 1971. Today, it hosts the museum Kunstpalais and the city's public library, which offers a magnificent public place to read magazines and newspapers. The University has a small but still impressive assortment of non-German language books as well as resources for language learning.

Schlossgarten

Especially popular amongst students and other young folks on nice weather and is used for sunbathing and playing; it also offers a lot of benches.

daily 06:30-20:00

Schwabachanlage

A park around the tiny river Schwabach which begins at the northern end of the old town and spans across Palmsanlage up to the borough of “Sieglitzhof”. It contains open playing grounds (including a water playground for children, located next to the footbridge Steg an der Bleiche near the neurological clinic of the university hospital, to get there take either of the paths next to the house Schwabachanlage 1a) and sports areas and is popular amongst walkers, joggers and bikers.

Sculpture park "An der Wied" (Tennenlohe)

A presentation of a large variety of modern sculptures throughout the former village of Tennenlohe (which has been annexed to Erlangen). The best way to experience this is to take the circular route displayed on the map, starting at Tennenlohe's little lake (which is next to the bus stop, at the intersection of An der Wied and Sebastianstraße).

Siemens Med Museum

A museum about the evolution of medical technology associated with Siemens. "Siemens Med" used to be the name of what are now the "Healthineers" - an oft derided name that is virtually unpronouncable to many Franconian native speakers.

Tue-Sat 10:00-17:00·Free

Stadtmuseum Erlangen

Historic museum of the city that also has changing exhibitions on various topics. The building dates to the 18th century and used to house the city hall for Altstadt - old town and new Hugenot town being separate for a long time.

hours: see website

Tennenlohe sculpture axis

Sculptures by local artists are presented in the wood by an association which also provides a map with positions of all sculptures.

Urwildpferde (primary wild horses)

A fenced area within the nature reserve of the Tennenlohe forest (you can go around the area and cross a bridge at about the middle of the area); this gives you a nice walk in a foresty area even without the horses.

Walderlebniszentrum Tennenlohe (forest experience centre)

It offers a presentation and workshop targeted at children to adults to give them a lively feeling about the woods, their backgrounds and importance; during the summer weekends, it also features a café.

Nov-Feb: Mon-Thu 07:30-16:00, Fri 07:30-14:00, Sun and holidays 11:00-17:00. Mar-Oct: Mon-Thu 07:30-16:00, Fri 07:30-18:00, Sat 13:00-16:00, Sun 11:00-18:00·Free

aromatic garden

Near the clinic and the university buildings next to the auditorium maximum and is part of the university's research collection Herbarium Erlangense. Take a walk around the intertwined paths and offers a variety of well-known and less well-known aromatic and spice plants as well as a marsh area.

Altstädter Dreifaltigkeitskirche

A Lutheran church.

Brucker Wasserrad

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Margrave Palace (Markgräfliche Schloss)

Built 1700–1704, it hosts the university's administration.

Orangerie Erlangen

In the Schlossgarten park.

St. Martinskirche

Altstädter Friedhof 1

University Church of the New Town

Neustädter Kirche

A Lutheran church.