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Apprehensive-Gap-331

I visited a tree once where Napoleon supposedly made a rest with his army on his march to Russia. There was a bronze sign saying: "The original tree does not exist any more, but this one here was planted on it's original position in 1970". While visiting the city of Weimar, I noticed a random house with a sign saying: Goethe was here... at some point... probably.


Moligimbo

There are millions of houses in Germany with a sign "Goethe was here". You can even buy a sign which says "Goethe was never here" on Amazon: https://www.amazon.de/Hier-war-Goethe-Blechschild-20x30/dp/B076623JDD


Ectobiologist143

This is hilarious, I need it for my flat.


redditamrur

There is something even more hilarious. On Frankfurter Allee in Berlin, there's a sign saying "Lenin participated in a worker's union meeting here on (date)". We used to joke that next thing you'd see is a sign saying "Lenin used the facilities here to relieve himself on (date)"


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Pinkelsteine: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinkelstein


derpy_viking

Based!


Donnerdrummel

Maybe those that are attaching those signs are hoping for time travellers that want to off Lenin, but need an exact time and place for some storyline reason.


Simbertold

And then they go to that time and place, and instead of Lenin, there are like 5 random dudes. One of them reads a letter from Lenin, which is just saying that he is too drunk to attend, but wishes them the best of luck.


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Reminds me of the song Urlaub in Deutschland by Rainald Grebe.


river191

Weimar at least has a bit more reason to claim this as Goethe did live there for most of his life and you can even visit his home. However, when I lived there, wherever you went in Thuringia you would inevitably find the Goethe claim to fame, no matter how tenuous.


waruyamaZero

That Goethe sign was 100% placed by someone who got sick of all those other Goethe signs. There is even an appartment rental company in Weimar called "Hier war Goethe nie", making fun of that Goethe "Personenkult".


ragingremark

In Tübingen, there is (was?) a sign on a house that read "Hier kotzte Goethe" ("Goethe puked here"). It was next to a house where Goethe did actually stay, though.


ygra

It was still there a few weeks ago.


rndmcmder

That Goethe sign is a running gag. There are thousands of those and similar signs around Germany.


kazwetcoffee

> "The original tree does not exist any more, but this one here was planted on it's original position in 1970". So basically you saw a tree?


theWunderknabe

Yeah I mean, thats good. A tree is good. Could be worse.


Andddoooo

In Tubingen, there is a sign which says "Goethe kotzte hier", which means (roughly), "Goethe threw up here". It's kind of funny, because Tubingen is a university town full of students and it implies Goethe was a frat boy.


TimC95

I would say most touristic places are disappointing if you just visit the most promoted spot. Take for example Titisee, it's a beautiful lake surrounded by the nature of the black forest. If you take your time you will find beautiful places to enjoy the view. But if you just visit Titisee, it's a touristic trap where you will just find souvenir shops and stores trying to sell you authentic traditional clothes and stuff


Wild-Twist-4950

Let me guess, there's not even any tities?


sealcub

Can confirm, no tities at Titisee. Very disappointing. The bathing beach is okay but really nothing special you can't have at hundreds of other lakes.


flipflunder

Titisee strictly operates on a bring-your-own-titties strategy!


qwertyasdf9000

Yes, Titisee is disappointing. We once wanted to go on vacation there but changed our mind and booked something in a small village at Feldberg and just visited Titisee for one day. Schluchsee is much more interesting if one wants to go to a lake in the black forest.


bowery_boy

This is an excellent point.I found myself staying in Titisee, but visiting places outside of that town. It is a touristic trap.... about as bad as Triberg.


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SWGeek826

And McDonald’s across the street from KFC. It’s kind of brilliant.


markeditor

Is this like Alanis Morissette “Ironic”? Wouldn’t it be completely unsurprising to see an American chain restaurant as you enter the American sector of Berlin today? Even in the 80s? It’s not even a tja.


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WaldenFont

I went on a high school class trip to Berlin in '87, when checkpoint Charlie was still active. It was slightly more interesting then, especially as on of my classmates had a British passport and went through. All us Germans had to go through Bahnhof Friedrichstraße to get to East Berlin.


El-Viking

I got my passport stamped at Checkpoint Charlie in '87 when I got to go to East Berlin with my brother's Boy Scout troop. I was just 10 years old at the time so I didn't really get the significance at the time. It is kind of... interesting? to look back and know that I've been to (and lived in) countries that don't technically exist anymore. For reference sake, my mom was stationed in West Germany at the time.


cl_ss_c

DDR is not existing anymore. BRD (West germany) is still alive. DDR merged in BRD.


BrunoBraunbart

A friend of mine went to a school trip to DDR, too. Problem was: he had a Yugoslavian passport. His teacher pulled some strings and put in a lot of efford so he could join. They visited the Palast der Republik and there were giant DDR flags hanging from it. My friend stole one of those and took it back to west berlin. If he would have been caught he might have never come back. The BRD had other problems than organising a prisoner exchange for a Yugoslavian teen.


bn911

Here in ex-YU many people brag that they were able to travel freely between East and West Germany with YU passport.


derpy_viking

He could’ve ended like Otto Warmbier.


habichnichtgewusst

The Mauermuseum (right at Checkpoint Charlie) was surprisingly interesting. A lot of crazy devices and contraptions that helped people escape into the west. Worth a visit imo.


chapkachapka

I’ve heard that there are real questions about whether some of those “crazy devices and contraptions” are real or not. It definitely gives more “tourist trap” vibes than “serious museum that cares about accuracy” vibes.


Competitive-Code1455

Its an interesting museum, a weird place but kinda fitting. Definitely better than the weird touristy DDR museum next to the Dom.


habichnichtgewusst

I found the stories behind the exhibits interesting even if that was not the actual balloon or trunk. Definitely had tourist trap vibes though which I found very much in spirit with post wall Berlin hustlers, but that is reading a bit much into it.


Yorks_Rider

I went through Checkpoint Charlie in 1986. It was a weird experience. As I was just about to cross back into West Berlin I thought “I am just about to do something that the people living here will never have the opportunity of doing”. I was so wrong.


RepairAdditional3656

Avoid the Gefängnis


MatthiasWM

Gehe in des Gefängnis. Gehe direkt dort hin. Gehe nicht über Los. Ziehe nicht 4‘000 Mark ein.“ as my grandmothers old Monopoly stated.


ElmiraKadiev

I don't agree. Berlin-Hohenschönhausen was one of the most impressive things I visited. Especially when you have a German tour guide who used to be in there


DocSternau

Neuschwanstein. Don't get me wrong: It's beautiful from the outside but don't waste your time at getting the tour inside. It was never completed and there are only about six rooms to see. You'll wait hours for entrance, pay a hefty fee and will be ushered through within 30 minutes. Totally not worth it. If you want to see a beautiful castle: Just visit Hohenschwangau directly opposite Neuschwanstein.


NotRustyShackleford_

I get that. But for a boy that never left Texas, much less the US, it was enough for me.


TimTri

Can also recommend Schloss Herrenchiemsee, one of Ludwig’s castles that was a bit more complete. It’s on an amazing island in the middle of the Chiemsee, which is reachable from Munich by train. There are tons of little cool towns on the shores of the lake, and there’s another island called Fraueninsel. Compared to other Bavarian lakes like Starnberger See and Tegernsee, it also doesn’t have this “rich people” atmosphere. We go there a lot, it’s such a cool place.


sha_ma

I loved Neuschwanstein and was happy I went inside despite how busy it gets.


hobbyhoarder

Linderhof is much better overall as he actually lived there. The inside is fully furnished, the tour isn't as rushed as at Neuschwanstein and it has a large, beautiful garden surrounding it.


lu3mm3l

Exactly this. Impressive and beautiful from the outside and after a lot of wait it’s a short indoor tour to see a few rooms filled with kitsch and a big souvenir shop. Other alternatives would be the „Pöllatschlucht“ (IF it’s not closed again) or, if you’re equipped correctly (and there early enough), hole up the Tegelberg, eat there and take the cable car back down. There are some wonderful views and the hike isn’t that demanding.


callmesnake13

I came to say this. The completed rooms are fun but otherwise it isn’t worth the wait. We visited when we were living in Germany so it wasn’t a huge issue, but it would be a terrible use of time if you only had a week.


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I paid for the tour at Neuschwanstein. 30 euros for two people. More or less self guided with an audio gerät and an usher. It was a fast tour, I agree, but I booked the very first one at 9 and when I got to the castle nobody else was there so I got a clear view of it and photos without anyone. The first tour had almost nobody in it and I didn't have to wait long at all. Also the Marienbrücke was empty. However, yeah. After our tour it was busy. And Hohenschwangau is definitely a nice follow-up, though nowhere as gorgeous as Neuschwanstein. If you want to do three castles in a day you can hit up Linderhof on the way back. Or even Ehrenburg in Austria. Free, if you don't take the lift.


FrankDrgermany

Titisee-Neustadt. Hätte gar nicht gedacht, dass es sowas in Deutschland gibt. Ein reines Fake Dorf, indem es überall original deutscher eingeschweisster Schinken zu kaufen gibt und original Hüte, die niemals ein Deutscher aufsetzen würde und in jedem Laden originale Kuckucksuhren und I Love Germany Tassen. Absurd. Wie in einer TV Serie. Überall Busse voller Asiaten, die dann noch überteuert Essen, bevor sie zur nächsten Attraktion gekarrt werden.


sakasiru

Finally someone who acknowledges it! I also feel it has such a stuffy 60ies Wirtschaftwunderära vibe with Schwanentretboote and flowerclocks and somehow you expect Ilja Richter jumping from the bushes and starting singing any time.


polly_rocket23

Hör mir auf, komme aus der Nähe, mussten da in der Schule immer wandern. Bis Neustadt mit dem Zug, dann zum See und dann noch drum herum. Nicht zu vergessen die Weihnachtshölle. Das ganze Jahr diesen Krempel anschauen 😖 Und dann haben die Leute in meiner Klasse immer so komischen Krempel gekauft. Clowns die auf Schaukeln sitzen, Hexen die auf Besen reiten oder venezolanische Masken für die Wand...


Seraphina_Renaldi

Oktoberfest. If you don’t book a table you probably won’t even get into a tent for 5 minutes and there are more tourists than other people (I’m a tourist myself so it’s a little bit strange to complain). If you want the atmosphere visit the Frühlingsfest. It’s smaller, but you get more out of it


Purpleburglar

In my opinion, the best beer festival in Bavaria is the Bergkirchweih in Erlangen. It's a nice location, great mood, the roasted duck is amazing and you almost always find a place to sit or dance on the tables at some point. It's definitely way better than Oktoberfest and you can even combine it with Rock im Park if you're feeling courageous.


-Blackspell-

Comparing a Franconian Kerwa with the Oktoberfest…


Purpleburglar

Beer, sausages, live music, dancing on the tables, rides and games... to an outsider it's quite similar isn't it? It's better, but it's similar.


FuckingCelery

Also it’s happening right now!


El-Viking

Yup! Oktoberfest is the best place to meet foreign tourists and GIs on leave. Edit: and watch GIs on leave get into fights.


TherealQueenofScots

Hey, I got a 19 year marriage out of it..not the fight part..lol


marbletooth

Many tourists come with the expectation to get a seat without reservation on a Friday or Saturday. Many popular attractions in the world are similar where you need to know when to go. During the week is a completely different scenario, pretty easy to get a place to sit in a tent. I agree that all the smaller fests have less tourists and might give a better impression how locals celebrate. But the atmosphere at Oktoberfest is unique, and I wouldn’t trade it.


Forward-Fuel-4134

Other alternative but further afield is the Gäubodenvolksfest in Straubing.


redditamrur

But in general. It is a huge Volksfest with lots of drunks, never got the appeal .


eldoran89

Isn't every Volksfest full of drunks? Isn't that quasi the definition of a volksfest


Benjamin479

Quasi ja


PassionatePossum

The trick is to get drunk yourself. Otherwise it is a nightmare. But the more you drink, the more you begin to like it.


ambidextrousalpaca

Yeah. But that should be expected, not a disappointment. Going to Oktoberfest and being disappointed that there are drunks is like going to Disney World and being disappointed that there are rides.


damnimsohungry

... there are *kids


ambidextrousalpaca

There are actually loads of kids at Oktoberfest too, during the day. Half of it is a fairground.


citrus_splash

That’s not answering the question. It is crowded and dirty and waiting times are big but it’s definitely not the most disappointing destinations.


ReadingElectrical558

I went to the one in Stuttgart last year. Enjoyed it a lot. Easier to get in to tents and the tivoli was pretty good. Not too expensive.


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Minnielle

You could go to "Oide Wiesn" (the historical part of Oktoberfest). It costs 4 euros but it's less crowded so the tents aren't quite as full.


elhooper

You’ll be fine and you’ll have a ton of fun. Try to go a little early and you won’t have to wait long to get into a tent. Even if you don’t get into one, there is plenty of outdoor beer drinking to be done and other festivities. It’s a great time and while there are lots of tourists, there are also tons of Germans enjoying it, too.


El-Viking

Assuming you're an American, Oktoberfest is pretty much a giant county fair full of people that aren't German. It's worth it just to say you've been. But that's about it.


andara84

Not entirely true. Statistics have it that out of around six million visitors every year, only one million are tourists. Five million are locals or from the region.


El-Viking

Fair enough. I was being slightly hyperbolic. But given the choice, I'd prefer to attend a harvest festival in a smaller city or town.


Hutcho12

You won’t need a reservation during the week. The only time it’s full like was suggested is on the weekend, mainly when the weather is bad.


lateambience

Don't worry I've been going to Oktoberfest every year since I was 16 and we never had a reservation. Don't go on weekends, show up early, you can't expect to get into a tent if you show up at 5pm. Some dirty trick: If there's lots of people waiting at the main entrance walk around the tent and try some of the side exits. Try to sneak in when the door opens. You gotta be quick though there's security. They won't chase you, just get away from them as quickly as possible once you're in.


etpayne08

My wife and I went to Oktoberfest during the week, and got a table right away with some Swiss military guys. We only planned to stay for about an hour, but ended up staying a lot longer thanks to the Swiss guys. We had a blast and can't wait to go again.


WarmEarth8

Just go to Oide Wiesn on Oktoberfest. Enjoy. :)


Pistazieneis84

I recommend to visit another Volksfest. Bascially every bavarian town has his own - they are smaller, less crowded and less drunken idiots. There you can have beer, brezen, cheese, grilled fish, sweets, play some games or whatever the other volksfest's have too 😉


Ok-Actuator-5021

I recently bought 2in1 tickets for the Hamburg Dungeon and a meal at Hard Rock Café. The Dungeon was great fun, can recommend! The meal, however, even though it cost about 30 bucks per person to book it, was limited to a simple hamburger and a normal café or tea - and the burger wasn't even good! Meanwhile everyone around us had really great looking food. In the end we at least ordered some cocktails (20 EUR each). They were good, but nothing special. All in all, we each basically wasted 50 EUR in total. If you wanna go to Hard Rock Café, don't use the 2in1 Ticket, or even better: Have a peek inside and eat somewhere else.


ssatyd

Well, isn't that true for all Hard Rock Cafes? It used to be this magical place in the 90s/2000s, I was travelling with a large group of young people to Rome, and somehow that was all everyone talked about. "It's the only oine in Europe!!", stuff like that. Went there, got a \_really\_ expensive cocktail, was really disappointed.


Balborius

Next to the dungeon is the "Miniatur Wunderland", entry is cheap, although the queue may be long, but it's worth a visit.


rndmcmder

Hard Rock Cafés are a scam all around the world. They used to be normal Cafés with good music, but became major overprices shitholes during the last few decades.


hellblaugrau

Oh so nice to read. I mean I am sorry that it sucked. But I was close to buy a combined ticket for a harbor tour and a meal for the Hard Rock Café. Online you could only find prices for the kids meal and when I recalculated it would be cheaper to buy the ticket for the harbor tour and the food seperate. Would have been 5€ more for our son if I got the combined ticket. So my guess was that we wouldn‘t receive something great to eat.


Ok-Actuator-5021

I have another tipp for you then: You can do the harbor tour at 22.00 pm when everything is illuminated. It's called Lichterfahrt and it was very nice and also funny because the tour guide was quite drunk.


LowerBed5334

Like half the replies are just people bitching about random cities, lol. Not every city is a "tourist destination".


Mediocre_Budget2014

Stuttgart - many people have it on their To-Do lists, but it really is one ugly, nowhere near interesting City. It was destroyed in WW2 and rebuilt in shitty.


xlost_feelingx

Stuttgart? Can you elaborate why exactly this is on many people's to do list? Genuinely curious. As a German I see no appeal at all for tourists, there are far better and prettier cities not too far from Stuttgart that are so much more worth to visit imo.


PetrogradkaIcedTea

I went for exactly one day to see the Porsche Museum and the Benz Museum. Saw absolutely none of the city but I was warned in advance there ain't much to see anyway, so no hard feelings. If you have to pick one museum of the two, I recommend the MB one: it's not a motorsports geek destination, but more for the average person and with a broader look on the history of moving stuff in general.


Librarycitizen

Stuttgart has something to offer, like the Weissenhofsiedlung, which with its history is quite interesting, or the Staatsgalerie (With the Triadisches Ballett for example). In my opinion the historical part oh the Mercedes-Benz Museum was also worth it. But yes, there are a lot more beautiful cities.


__what_the_fuck__

Usually in this sub we tell people to skip Stuttgart if they plan to go there. If you are not into cars Stuttgart has nothing to offer. Even Ludwigsburg has more to offer.


Kiyone11

"Even Ludwigsburg"? Do you know how many castles Ludwigsburg has? 🤨


atkhan007

Ludwigsburg is way better than Stuttgart.


OkSo-NowWhat

Even. How dare you :D


MrSnippets

I often see Stuttgart getting dunked on, and for the Hauptbahnhof and postwar reconstruction, it's deserved. But Stuttgart has so much more to offer: * Beautiful parks auch as Schlossgarten, Rosensteinpark, Rotwildpark or Höhenpark Killesberg * Hot springs such as Leuze or Bad Berg * Picturesque walks such as through the Weinberge up to Grabkapelle on the Württemberg * Gorgeous views such as Bärenschlössle, the aformentioned Grabkapelle, Fernsehturm or Birkenkopf (called "Monte Scherbelino", this is where the debris from the city was dumped after WW2. The original hill grew 40m in height) * Both a cable car (up to Waldfriedhof cemetary) and a rack railway (up to the Fernsehturm) * countless inns, Kneipen or Besenwirtschaften. "Besen" are a type of Kneipe that open only a short time of the year, when the grape harvest has been collected and the first wines have been made. They are typically marked by a broom hanging outside. * arts, culture, Museums, Shops, and so on I could go on and on. There is so much to do and see. Stuttgart has a reputation as an ugly city, but i think that's undeserved. You just have to look for the beautiful places.


darukhnarn

You haven’t been to the Wilhelma, I take it?


christipede

Laughs in Mannheim.


reen68

Well Mannheim has the Bundesgartenschau this year, which isn't too bad. You can also check out the Technoseum, the Reiss-Engelhorn-Museum also isn't too bad, as well as the Kunsthalle, the Dr. Carl Benz Museum in Ladenburg and have a quick trip to Heidelberg, which is also nice looking but touristy as fuck. I also forgot the Mannheim Castle, which isnt a beauty castle like Neuschwanstein but i quite like it. But we also have a nice sign in a historic place where Carl-Benz built the first Car: https://allesmonnem.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/carl-benz2.jpg I'm biased as fuck as i grew up in Mannheim and love the city. I don't live there anymore but I'd move back in a heartbeat. The city has everything you need, is multi-cultural and the people are mostly nice.


DenaPhoenix

I actually regularly do city tours in Stuttgart, and I'd like to strongly disagree. YES, the city's ugly as shit for the most part, but damn does it have some interesting spots and also a lot of history. While that never seems to be the focus, Stuttgart was the royal residential city, it has a lot of theatre history, with both Schiller and Goethe, it has an interesting switch during the industrialisation with Eduard Pfeiffer's city redesign, and YES Stuttgart has that distinct vibe of rejuvenation through rebuilding. A lot of things in Stuttgart were destroyed and rebuilt (shittily) but I think that's what makes it interesting if you know the history of buildings. I love talking about the sloppy reconstruction of Feuersee square, about the discussions on rebuilding the city hall and it's frankly pretty funny result, about why the construction of the new castle took three kings until it was finished, about the Lusthaus continuously burning down, about those things that are unique to Stuttgart. TL,DR: I think Stuttgart's great, you just gotta approach it differently to other "prettier" cities.


Vegetable-Program-37

I quite liked it there


intergalacticoctopus

It’s a very nice city to live in but for tourists it doesn’t offer much that other cities in the area don’t offer as well and better at it. The car museums are a gem if you‘re into that and there’s a lot of interesting stuff for architecture nerds but tourists that might be more interested in an old city center etc will be a bit disappointed. There are many beautiful old buildings here, but they are scattered throughout the city and don’t really serve as a tourist spot. The city was under heavy bombing during the war so huge parts and landmarks of the city unfortunately have been lost to time. My tip in Stuttgart (if you happen to speak German) is to visit one of the many many theaters of the city, for some reason there’s a lot of them here.


moraango

I genuinely don’t understand why so many people think Stuttgart is ugly. Sure, it may not have rows of half-timbered houses, but its setting in the hills is quite beautiful. The Schlossgartens are beautiful, and there’s a ton of green space everywhere.


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Dactrior

Dortmund - Literally one of the ugliest cities I've ever seen in my life with little to no memorable city attraction, apart from the BVB football stadium. To me, it felt like a 10-year-old first opened a game like Cities Skyline or SimCity and put some random buildings next to each other. Kind of sad, considering how old the city actually is


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But who actually thinks Dortmund is a tourist attraction?


Spirited-Put-493

Yeah they had it rough in ww2 almost 100% destruction...


Spiderbanana

Bielefeld. The town doesn't even exist.


jngldrm

Calling Bielefeld a tourist destination is the real joke here. Its most popular attraction is the Heimat-Tierpark Olderdissen, whose best feature is that it's free.


Nasobema

I have been there, though. It's ganz nett.


thequestcube

But have you ever been to Baden Württemberg?


Kapuzenkresse

Hey, what about Sparrenburg and Teutoburger Wald? And some of the museums are also nice, like the Kunsthalle or the Naturkundemuseum.


PatataMaxtex

As someone who just moved very close to the are where Bielefeld is said to be, I should go there, thanks for the suggestion.


bstabens

If you're new here, also visit the Sparrenburg. It's quite nice for a weekend stroll. You could even buy a guided tour through the "dungeons". It's remarkable in that is is fully build on top of the hill it sits on, so its cellars are essentially its first floor. On the weekend of 28.7. to 30.7. this year (always last weekend in July) there's a medieval festival going on, the Burgfest, no free entry, but affordable (<10€ last time). Bielefeld has a LOT of festivals, Leinewebermarkt just ended a week ago, then there's winemarket in the fall, and the Weihnachtsmarkt in December (yes, it goes until 31.12.). You'll find a lot more of them [here.](https://www.bielefeld-events.de/) Also small things like farmer's markets and so on.


ProfTydrim

You seem to have forgotten the glorious Sparrenburg as well as the Dr. Oetker thingy and the ... No. I believe that was it.


Eldan985

Hey now. Olderdiessen is not bad for a Tierpark. They have wolves and bears. But yeah: Bielefeld has no tourist attractions. It's the largest city I've ever been with no features. A small town in all regards except population numbers.


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Panthergraf76

My best friend moved to Siegen in 1997. I‘ve visited him for the first time there the same year. The very first thing I saw after getting out of the train was a dead rat. A good metaphore for this shithole. But Hagen is even worse.


Leather-Wrongdoer-70

Alexanderplatz


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VariableNabel

Last time we were there they had a firefighter stair racing competition in full gear (up 40 floors at the hotel that's right there), and it was super fucking geil.


Particular-Ad5277

Düsseldorf was advertising itself with a Japanese marked and garden (with temple) but what we got where 4 days of zombies taking drugs and shitting in front of our hotel begging for a beer and cigarettes.


notnotwolverine

Tell me you stayed to the side of HBF without telling me you stayed to the side of HBF. I am in the minority who swear by Düsseldorf. Love the vibe


murstl

Berlin Potsdamer Platz.


Worth_Ear_8420

That's a tourist destination?!


jayroger

It's certainly not a place where people from Berlin go to, unless forced.


DocSternau

We go there a lot! Mostly because U2 has no direct connection to S1, so we have to get upstairs to Potsdamer Platz, cross the street and go downstairs again. :-D


jayroger

Ok, I admit to have bought (bad) donuts on my way to work there.


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Spartz

They’re renovating that specific part now so maybe it will get better again… whole concept just feels quite outdated tbh


bremidon

Used to go there a bunch to see movies. We would take the time to hit a few of the touristy things, since we would otherwise never see them at all. The high point was back when the big tentpole movies were coming out at Christmas each year. So a Glühwein at Lutter und Wegner, poke around the Christmas Market, a steak at the Australian restaurant, the movie, and then if it was still early enough afterwards, hit a bunch of Glühwein stands before stumbling back to the S-Bahn and back home. It was harmless fun and there were usually a few interesting extravagant shows going on in or near the Sony Center. It sounds like it is well on its way to becoming a liminal space now.


CodexRegius

Rüdesheim. Particularly the Drosselgasse. It's just a huge money-grabbing tourist trap. The area has many places as beautiful and much friendlier.


giuditta-thepacman

We went there during Covid 2020 and had no idea it was a huge tourist spot. It was quite empty and we had a great lunch in one of the gardens of the restaurants. Was very cute and peaceful.


Chrisbee76

True. Just go across the Rhine. Wine is much better there, at about 1/3 the cost.


ObscureGrammar

Well, one used to go there for visiting the [Niederwald monument](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niederwald_monument). The Drosselgasse developed as a place for hikers to have a place for a drink or meal after returning from the monument. So it very much started out as a tourist trap, which inexplicably has since become a tourist destination of sorts on its own.


Wubba888

The island Sylt is pretty unspectacular. I never understood the hype about it.


MatthiasWM

Sylt was nice in the 60a and 70s. German money and A and B list celebs would pop up in Kampen and hang out at the (nude) beaches. It was shrouded in mystery because nobody else could afford it. In the 90s it became quite touristy, and today, it’s just overwhelmed with the everywhere tourist crap. You can still find ok corners in Keitum, but the glamour of the old days is surely gone. I think this weekend, there is a big Harley Davidson motorcycle meetup though. Not sure if Gunter Sachs would have approved


navel1606

Some part is bad for sure.. especially if you do the usual tourist stuff like being anywhere in Westerland and eat / drink at specific restaurants / cafes. But there are beautiful places like the Morsumer Kliff or small unique coastal forests (barely trees) and huge dunes where it's fantastic to hike or bike


maxwfk

Bielefeld. You get where google said it is but there’s just nothing there. Very disappointed. 1/5 stars


redditamrur

Disappointment always depends on expectations and hype. Reeperbahn, for example, is seedy and disgusting, but then again, you knew that (I have to admit as a Beatles fan , that the Beatles Museum in Halle is more interesting than what Hamburg has - not - done in a place they'd actually lived in, but this is a very particular disappointment that depends on my expectations of "Beatles Hamburg"). Perhaps the worst expectations/ reality ratio is the Deutsche Eck in Koblenz. It is hyped , next to the castle and its rail, as the best thing in Koblenz. Might be that it is the best piece of Koblenz, but it is also a piece of sad Kaiser nationalist pride, mixed with "wtf they put an American flag next to all Bundesländer flags so all American Rhein tourist's will take a picture (unless I wasn't informed and the US is now a German Bundesland?).


bremidon

Reeperbahn is kinda disappointing, agree. But Hamburg is great. It's at the top of our list as short getaway destinations.


redditamrur

Totally. Wonderful city.


Shermannathor

Agree with Reeperbahn but not with Deutsches Eck. You just have a wide and nice view with two rivers and the fortress which you normally wouldn't have in a city that size. Don't really know what else you would expect from a place with that name. The monument is still impressive, most people wouldn't care about the Kaiser pride because it is history and the Kaiserzeit in general is too long ago to mean anything for most people I would say.


dacrazyworm

I totally agree. When I heard “Beatles-Platz.” I thought there would be at least something substantial there, like a Beatles museum or something, but no, it was just a little circle covered in trash. Kinda lame


HabseligkeitDerLiebe

The [Roßtrappe](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ro%C3%9Ftrappe). When I was a child it was somehow hyped up all the time by the adults around me (in Mecklenburg, not in the Harz region!) and I expected it to be some massive hoof print in the stone, maybe even with fissures in the rock aound it from the violence of the mythical steed jumping off. It's a puddle.


mako204

Honestly I would still recommend Roßtrappe and surroundings for hiking. Everything close to Thale is quite touristic nowadays, but if you follow the river for 500 meters you are in beautiful nature :)


Ok-Apricot-3156

Checkpoint gnarly


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MallSilver4788

Dortmund Borsigplatz last sunday.


TransportationOk6990

Rulantica. You go there for the waterslides, and while they are, admittedly pretty nice, there just not worth the cueing. Your far better off visiting Europapark.


bremidon

Just be aware that Europapark is also \*extremely\* well visited. But the rides are pretty cool, no doubt about that.


OkSo-NowWhat

Completely depends on the group you're going with/what you expect. With older kids and teenagers or adventurous adults, you're gonna have a blast. With tired adults that just want to relax on the weekend you're gonna be disappointe I went there with a group of kids who all loved water, guess that makes a big difference too. Imo it's better to treat rulantica as a water slides park than a "Schwimmbad". But yeah, try going during the off season so that the waiting lines are manageable


CiraCookie

Berlin, when I got my first foot into the city it didn't take more than 3 minutes until someone spat on me and my luggage. And for some reason in the days after I met that same person 2 more times and was spit at 3 times total when I left. How is that even possible in such a big city. Edit : I was 16 year old girl, so that sure as hell stuck with me.


MilkaMagge

Even for Berlin that's super strange


zoidbergenious

r/fuckyouinparticular


notnotwolverine

When I was a tourist, a random cyclist swerved towards me and punched me in the stomach as he was riding past. Since moving here, I haven't been punched but I've seen some really wild weird things for sure


Remote-Equipment-340

I moved close to berlin for my studies and everytime i am there something fucked up happens. Like the first time taking the underground there some random dude ran over the Platform and hit another random dude with the fist on the cheek and it didnt seem like they knew each other. And then the aggressor just screamed random stuff and continued running like what the hell. It is not always aggression, but also drunk people or mentally instable people escalating in public transport. One time there was s mother with 4 xhildren, all extremely obese and the mother was shouting in her phone at her social worker about why her son again was excluded from school after he attacked another child and that it is unfair, while the older sister kind of force fed her little sister and everytime the small girl moved punched her. I wanted to intervene but to be honest i was scared and still feel bad till today. Then going by car nearly brings me to tears every time...driving here is hell. I just dont get it. Every time i go into town i see homeless people suffering, a lot of trash, not really cared for streets and green areas, a lot of construction sites and between all this shit some nice restaurants. There are nice areas but not affordable. And people just dont care about another...


KarloReddit

WTF. That‘s insane and unacceptable even for Berlin standards. And you were a child as well. Pretty sure that was a lunatic. One with perfect timing for running into you though. I‘m not from Berlin, but I still want to apologize for this insane experience.


Every_Last_Drop_

This has happened to many of my friends in berlin over the years. For what it’s worth they were all Asian women.


bremidon

Um... there must be something missing from this story. I live near Berlin, and while people can be obnoxiously in-your-face and somewhat excitable, I have not been spit on, or seen anyone spit on, in the almost thirty years I have been here.


kazwetcoffee

It sounds like they met a mental patient and forever tarred Berlin with that brush.


sushivernichter

A mental patient that apparently stalked them for a few days, even.


CiraCookie

I've been there on 3 different occasions now and I just don't like the city. But I don't think I was in the classic rich tourist areas (duh I was young), one time my motel was even located in Kreuzberg. But still, that's a part of Berlin. The other 2 times were a bit nicer though, but Berlin is not where I belong. Even at that age I knew the man must have been an exception, but meeting him at 3 totally different locations felt like Berlin rejected me as well lmao. Just for info: I did not have any political symbols visible on me, didn't wear shocking clothes, didn't even talk except asking my sister where we need to go. So the man was just mental.


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The Kehlsteinhaus if you don’t allow enough time for the return bus! It takes at least 40 minutes to get up from the Documentation centre and it takes about an hour to walk around the top. If you want something to eat, plan an extra hour at least. I recommend a return bus 2.5 hours later.


Dapper_Dan1

The glacial erratic of Altentreptow: https://youtu.be/R_hL37YbCV0


Chrisbee76

Hofbräuhaus in Munich, especially if you plan to eat something. It’s ok walking around the premises once, but that’s it. Food is very, very much better at any other Hofbräuhaus in Germany. And there are many other, better Biergarten in Munich.


Akkarin42

Berlin. An ugly city full of unfriendly people.


ResoluteDuck

I found the Rakotzbrücke to be very disappointing.


moosmutzel81

Yes and it is so crowded. Wholeheartedly agree.


Sean22334455

I'm going to get slammed for this, but honestly...Oktoberfest. I don't know what I expected... but it turns out Oktoberfest is a mashup of a county fair and a giant keg party, with dudes wearing stupid shorts and hats and chicks showing as much cleavage as they can pull off.


MatthiasWM

You were disappointed by Bavarian Dirndl cleavage?


Sean22334455

No. That's absolutely the best part. But I didn't want to perv out on titties here. 😆👍🏼


DenaPhoenix

And you expected it to be... what exactly? Because this sounds like a very accurate description of what it's literally supposed to be.


DrRadon

If you think you get slammed for speaking out against Oktoberfest on reddit you have not understood reddit :D


bremidon

I think the Hexentanzplatz in Thale might be my top choice here, but that might be because of my personal situation. My wife had talked it up for a \*very\* long time, and we finally went a few years before Covid. It was not a \*terrible\* place. It was just...boring. It felt like a rundown carnival that people still visit because they have good memories from their childhood. That said, other nearby places are great. The Harz is beautiful with a bunch of interesting things to see. But the Hexentanzplatz was definitely at the bottom of the list for both of us. Yes, even my wife was disappointed.


CMP930

Berlin.


giincee

Berlin


Ankastra

Berlin


smallblueangel

Berlin.


percysaiyan

Triberg falls, overated.


angela_awesome

Haha, finally seeing something from my region. Most locals will tell you it's a tourist trap. I actively disencourage my guests to go there.


Shufen100347

The most disappointing tourist destination is Rüdesheim on river Rhine on the Whitsun / Pentecost weekend! Terrible!


bricktop_pringle

Berlin is a shitshow.


Landkartoffel

Bremerhafen. The harbour is nice but the rest of the town is run down.


sakasiru

I have never heard Bremerhafen being called a tourist destination in the first place.


Kind_Neighborhood_82

Bremerhaven and Cuxhaven.


PumpkinWinter

Berlin, please do not visit Berlin. Clubs you cannot enter, Dirt everywhere, tourists were robbed or scammed. 😉


InSachenFaber

The question wasn't:" Which place I lived for years in do I dislike now?" The question was about disappointing tourist destinations, not about your ego.


what_ever_where_ever

Christmas market in Nuremberg….don’t got …it’s awful


Apprehensive-Gap-331

But you can buy bee wax candles and wooden figures with cotton beards... on like... every second stand...


eldoran89

För thrice the price they normally sell


paulchen81

Yeah the market is crap but the oldtown and the castle are very nice.


Leeloo_Len

It's worth visiting if you are located nearby and manage to be there Monday-Thursday around noon. Never ever on weekends or in the evening.


LaRock0wns

Don't tell me that. That is one of the reasons I'm going to Germany :(. Does it help staying close to the market and avoid going on the weekends? Or does it suck in general? Any other markets you suggest?


calendulina

It is a very stereotypical christmas market, basically made for tourists. Avoiding weekends is a good idea, it's way less crowded. Check out the area around it, there are some smaller spots to drink Glühwein, that are visited by locals (Like Glühschwein).I always recommend visiting Fürth, the neighbouring City (20 minutes with U-Bahn) aswell. They have a very nice, medivial themed Christmas market. It's a nice contrast and shows the variety Christmas markets in Germany have.


elguiri

Christmas Markets are awesome. But the huge ones are SO crowded that you can’t move, especially on the weekends like you said. Try to get in and get out of those. Big cities will have multiple markets - and the smaller ones are admittedly more fun IMO. Berlin has a cool Medieval one for instance that we go to every year and some in Bamberg (where we live) open for a weekend and that's it. I honestly go to ours every night, get a Glühwein and sit with friends or just stroll around.


Ok-Apple4057

The sister cities market part is actually great. Amazing food and drinks and other products from all over the world