Hello everyone. We are about to discover a new German city. Are you ready for a new adventure? Perfect, let’s start!
The city that will explore today will be Magdeburg, capital of Saxony-Anhalt. The city own the Elbe river and it is a pretty populous city. Famous not only for its great historical and artistic heritage but also for being one of the cities with more green areas. Its charm is due to the influence of the romantic art (if you’re fans of this genre, Magdeburg is definitely the place for you!).
To know more (what to eat, where to eat, where to have fun, things to visit…) continue to read.
We could spend hours and hours to present it but since time is never enough, we will Know it slowly, starting from the culture.
PLACES TO VISIT (MUSEUMS/THEATERS..)
Magdeburger Dom
- Magdeburger Dom: Cathedral of Magdeburg and the first building in Gothic style built in Germany. With its high towers is considered the symbol of the city. It’s a very charming structure, a great background for the city. Inside the cathedral there is the tomb of Otto von Guericke. He is a very present figure in the culture of Magdeburg, having been a great politician and scientist who supported the city during the difficult period of the Thirty Years War.
- Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen: this monastery (not far from Magdeburger Dom) is one of the most important examples of Roman culture in Germany. Outside the building there is a quaint courtyard and a cloister. Inside it hosts a monument dedicated to the students and teachers killed during the war. Today the monastery is a Kunstmuseum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen, an art museum.
- Sankt-Johannis-Kirche: evangelical church situated in the old part of town. There is lots to visit, inside and outside, some examples are the two statues: Martin-Luther-Denkmal, Trauernde Magdeburg im Eingangsbereich on the outside and the work Zwillingstürme Eberhard von Oertel on the inside.
- Museum für Naturkunde Magdeburg: museum dedicated to paleontology and fossils with many collections, exhibits, botanical area, so much history. The structure also houses a library.
- Galerie Himmelreich: art gallery with several collections and exhibitions.
- Lukasklause: former military tower (which apparently might seem a castle), now houses the museum of Otto von Guericke. You will know many interesting facts about this character so famous here in Magdeburg and you will see also many demonstrations of various experiments but you will also know the historic events of the regional history. The museum is located in the old part of the city.
- Bastion Cleve: former fortress of Magdeburg, opened to the public. A very impressive place to be explore.
- Kiek in de Köken: Magdeburg tower. Today it used sporadically for some exhibitions.
- Schiffsmuseum: maritime museum. This is a museum located on the ancient Württemberg boat. This complex also has a restaurant. You can’t miss it!
Speaking about the theaters, the most famous are: Theater Magdeburg (that own a wide range of genres from classic to modern), Puppentheater Magdeburg (puppet theater) and in the end Theater an der Angel.
Lukasklause
ENTERTAINMENT (PUB/DISCO/PARKS…)
Going on with our tour, let’s see what we can do and see in Magdeburg.
- Jahrtausendturm: one of the most high wooden towers, located in the Elbauenpark. The latter is a large park in which you will find many attraction including: a small floating stage, sports area, a maze, gardens, restaurants, cafè… After this digression, let’s analyze the building. It consists of several floors and each floor has its own section dedicated to a specific historical period (Middle Ages, Renaissance…). Inside you will find scientific exhibitions (in which the visitor can also interact), historical artifacts, objects and important inventions, biology (with optical and sensory perception) and much more. The sixth floor is an observation point over the city. This is a really beautiful attraction, especially on the inside.
- Gruson-Gewächshäuser: botanical garden located in Schönebecker Strasse. The garden is home to more than three thousand plants and flowers of every kind. Annexed to that there is a vast aquarium, inside which there are several species of fish that come from the river Elbe.
- Zoologischer Garten Magdeburg: a place where you can stay in close contact with the fauna and flora of the place.
- Rotehornpark: the city’s largest urban park. The park is an attraction for many tourists, not only for its beauty and its attractions (lakes,track for skateboarding…) but also because in the summer is here that takes place the festival “Rock In City Park”.
- Herrenkrugpark: another urban park. It is located on the side of the Elbe river where there is the pedestrian bridge Herrenkrug Steg. The park has several sculptures and a dining areas, as well as the great vastness of vegetation.
- Klosterbergegarten: urban park located in the Buckau district (always next to the banks of the Elbe river). The park has a beautiful garden that is worth admiring!
- Nordpark: park located in the old part of the city (we had warned you of the great vastness of the green area around the city). A particular thing is its blue lawn. The blue color is due to the presence of the beautiful flowers of this color that give the magnificent effect.
- Die Grüne Zitadelle (green citadel): is a building designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser. Unlike as the name says, it is an inhabited building all in pink color and looks very original. On the ground floor, in the courtyard, there are some shops, a café and a restaurant. On the upper floors there are: apartments, a hotel and a theater. Think that it is such a quaint place that is worth to see the bathrooms inside the locals as well (even if it is not urgent, go for it!).
- If you like to walk around the city, the choice is very wide. You may prefer to stroll along the banks of the Elbe and the street next to the river is: Elbtreppen Magdeburg or the place where there is the Arbeiterfahne (the cycle path along the river). If that’s not enough, or doesn’t like you, some main streets, shopping streets and shopping centers (Magdeburg is a perfect place for those who love fashion) of the city are: Allee-Center, City Carré, Karstadt. Wandering through the streets you will see lost of statues, including the “knight of Magdeburg“.
- Straße der Romanik: is a tourist itinerary entirely dedicated to the most important monuments of Romanesque age of Magdeburg.
- Magdeburger Wasserfall: is a small “waterfall” very nice to see. It is part of the Elbe river and it is located in the Cracau district.
It’s time to leave the space to the nightlife. Ready to know the places where to party?
- Prinzzclub: nightclub.
- Nachtcafe La notte: cafè.
- Geheimclub: nightclub.
- Musikkneipe Flowerpower: pub.
- First Club Magdeburg
- SC Baracke: nightclub.
- CinemaxX Magdeburg
Next to the Hasselbachplatz square, just near the center, you will find lots of clubs, cafes, restaurants. Twice a year, in this place is held the Hassel Night Line, an outdoor party with live music (many are the festivals that take place in city such as: Sommer-Open-Air, Magdeburger Frühjahrsmesse…).
Klosterbergegarten
TYPICAL FOODS
Gehacktesstippe
Let’s get lost into the flavors of the city, knowing the typical dishes of Magdeburg.
- Gehacktesstippe: it is a dish made of minced meat, dipped in the sauce and accompanied by potatoes.
- Pottsuse: it is a specialty of the city. It’s a spreadable food made of pork, lard and spices.
- Harzer lamm in buttermilch: is a dish made of lamb that is done marinating in buttermilk (a transformation of cream into butter) and then it is cooked.
- Salzwedel baumkuchen: a typical dessert made up of various layers, from which it takes the name of “tree cake” (it should remind a tree). The exterior is covered with chocolate. Its preparation is not simple as it requires the use of a roaster.
- Streuselkuchen: it is a sweet similar to the crumble pie. The interior can be filled with vanilla cream or with some fruit… Both the variant don’t change its nice taste!
WHERE TO EAT (RESTAURANTS/CAFE’..)
As a last step, we just have to know where you can taste some local (but also not local) dishes in the city.
- Selma & Rudolph: German cuisine.
- ALEX Magdeburg: German, international, European cuisine.
- Indian Palace – Restaurant: Indian, vegetarian and vegan cuisine.
- Bralo House: steakhouse with German, European cuisine.
- Berner & Brown: Spanish cuisine.
- Cafe Hadrys: cafè with German, international, Mediterranean cuisine.
- Cafe Alt-Magdeburg: cafè with German cuisine.
Our journey in the city of Magdeburg is over but we still have a few other cities in Germany to explore. Just a moment to rest and then to the road again for a new adventure with you all!
Let us know your opinions about this place. If you liked it or not, if you’ve been there or you’re going to go there? What you liked the most or least? We’re curious to read your opinions.
A big kiss to everyone.
Below we will list the accommodations that you can find in Potsdam.
http://www.booking.com/searchresults.html?iata=ZMG&aid=960457&no_rooms=1&group_adults=1– accommodation near the airport.
http://www.booking.com/searchresults.html?city=-1822294&aid=960457&no_rooms=1&group_adults=1 – accommodation in the city.
http://www.booking.com/searchresults.html?landmark=1916&aid=960457&no_rooms=1&group_adults=1 – accommodation next to the central station.
This is so cool to read a Blog post about one of my Hometowns, Magdeburg! I lived there for many years and of course I know all these places well. It is really great to read your post, since there are not so many posts out there about Magdeburg. I hope you enjoyed your stay there 🙂
It’s always a pleasure when someone who lives/lived in the place that we reviewed leaves a comment on our post and says that love it 🙂
Magdeburg is a city that has always fascinated us, now even more!!
Wow the Die Grüne Zitadelle looks like one of the coolest buildings ever! I love how you take us through all the sites you saw to nightlife to what you ate. And it’s cool to see a lesser-known German city.
We think that even if a city is less popular this doesn’t mean that it has nothing to offer. As you could read Magdeburg has various cool activities for the tourists and for who lives there. Are we right? 😉
Die Grüne Zitadelle looks awesome! I have seen another Hundertwasser building when I was in Darmstadt, they look so odd and cool at the same time. I have never been to Magdeburg tough, but it seems there is pretty a lot to do. Good blogpost!
We haven’t been to Darmstadt yet but now we are curious to visit it. It’s impossible to not notice the Die Grüne Zitadelle, it is something that catches your attention for sure. Starange but cool, original.
This is a very extense and detailed guide of the city, I love it! Especially that you also share typical food and where to eat it, when we go to a new city this part can be the trickiest of all!
If you are going to explore a city, you can’t miss to eat typical foods. It’s an original (and delicious) way to learn the traditions of the place and get in touch with them!
I’ve never heard of this German City before. I love visiting Germany. So full of culture. Some of the buildings look really interesting. I will have to add this on to my list of new places in Germany to visit.
Germany is one of the oldest countries in Europe therefore it has lots to offer and we are not only talking about history.
Magdeburg is a city that deserves to be visited and we are happy you decided to explore it 🙂
Thanks for the comprehensive list and descriptions. That Hundertwasser building looks amazing. I love his work.
Thank you for reading our guide!
Hundertwasser has a great talent in fact his works are famous all over the world. We love admire them.
Wow! The architecture captured in your photos is just stunning! These buildings remind me of fairytales 🙂 But I have to say my favorite is Die Grüne Zitadelle! I truly appreciate the detail you put into your guides. Thank you for taking the time 🙂
When you see a building like Die Grüne Zitadelle it’s almost impossible to not notice it. It easy to love it because there aren’t so many original architectures in the bordering areas.
The design of the building is interesting. I have no plans in going anytime soon but this will definitely be on my list of dream places to visit. Thank you for sharing important details on your trip 🙂
You are welcome! It’s always a pleasure when someone gets inspired by our guides, it means we are on the right way!!
The Cathedral of Magdeburg looks beautiful from the outside but most drawn to the interesting architecture of the Die Grüne Zitadelle. What an interesting building. great city to visit with so many places to see, will have to put on the list of places to visit in the future.
The Cathedral is one of the most visited attractions of the city, maybe the first but the Die Grüne Zitadelle is a rival for it haha
One thing is sure: you will never get enough of Magdeburg 🙂
I love how the Magdeburger Dom looks. the gothic style is great and I love the color. Magdenburg looks very versatile. I love the style of the buildings. I think I’d make a 1000 photographs haha. The Lukasklause is stunning. Great that’s it’s also a museum. But just the building along is already worth a visit!
One of the hardest things to do is to select what needs to be photographed, the GB on the SD are limited hahaha
In Magdeburg you have the spoiled for choice 🙂
This is the beauty of travel blogs. We get to read little-known, underrated destinations. Thank you for this! Germany’s such a gem <3
Thank you very much for your sweet words!
World is beautiful because there are tons of fabulous places and thanks to the web you can discover them even virtually. Isn’t amazing?
I love the gothic style of this! So beautiful. & I’m actually experiencing some serious travel envy after reading this post. Thinking I need to book a travel soon!
There are lots of interesting offers at the moment so we suggest you to give a look on the web 😉
You will love Magdeburg!!
We have been here once but it’s been a while. We live in Austria so visiting Germany is easy! This is a great detailed guide for first time and returning visitors.
We visited Austria and it was the country where our journey started, too many memories! You are lucky because you live in a beautiful country surrounded by other beautiful ones 🙂
The Streuselkuchen looks so delicious. I really need to take out some time to travel more! This sounds like such an amazing experience!
Traveling is good for everyone, for your health and your mind!! We are not saying this because we are passionate about it haha
Wow, the cathedral looks like a real castle. And that garden is stunning! I hope I’ll get a chance to visit Magdeburg in the future. Seems like my kind of city 😀
We suggest you to visit Magdeburg if you have the impression that it looks like your kind of city. Indeed we think that it almost impossible to not be conquered by all the things Magdeburg offers 🙂
Che dire, mi hai fatto venir voglia di prendere un aereo, anche solo per assaggiare quel fantastico dolce!
Missione compiuta!! Uno dei nostri obiettivi è proprio quello di ispirare le persone a viaggiare ed esplorare ciò che il mondo offre 🙂
Incredibile quanti luoghi interessantissimi esistono dei quali non ho mai sentito parlare! Grazie per questo post! questa città sembra incantevole e fiabesca. Posso chiederti con che voli/mezzi siete andati? Credo che pianificherò una tappa 🙂
Felici di averti motivato! Come hai ben notato non è facile resistere al fascino di Magdeburgo.
E’ possibile raggiungere la città con diversi mezzi, ma se non sei molto vicino il consiglio è l’aereo. L’aereoporto è ben collegato con il resto della città e facilmente raggiungibile. Per l’alloggio ti consigliamo di dare uno sguardo ai link che abbiamo postato, ci sono diverse offerte.
Tienici aggiornati 🙂
What a beautiful City – we are actually Expats living in Germany right now, and I have never heard about this town. We will need to check it out while we are living here. I love the green citadel buildings even though they are pink! Thank you for sharing!
You look like the kind of people who have lived and this is great, you know how to face the life. Meanwhile you are in Germany you can’t miss Magdeburg, it’s worth it.
So cool to read guides to smaller cities, not just places like Berlin and Hamburg. Great post, will put Magdeburg on my list.
There are so many places that deserve to be visited and no one talks about them. We are here for this, therefore your comment is what we like to read 🙂
Non conoscevo questa città: sembra stupenda!! mi hai fatto venire voglia di partire *_*
Questo è il bello di viaggiare, non sai mai cosa realmente ti aspetta durante il percorso.
Magdeburgo potrebbe essere la tua prossima destinazione!
Wow thanks a lot for this! Actually will be in the area later on this year and will definitely do my best to have a look. Magdeburg certainly looks awsome, especially those cool buildings and of course the food and beer 🙂
Great! We suggest you to follow our itinerary so you will not miss nothing in this wonderful city.
Our trip in Germany isn’t over so if you are looking for other cities to discover… you know our site 😉
Germany is on my bucketlist and this city will certainly be part of my itinerary. Great post!
We don’t know your travel list but we love it only because Germany is included 😀
That cathedral is amazing! I go to Cologne every year and see another amazing German gothic cathedral. I may have to make the trek to Magdeburg sometime! And that Salzwedel baumkuchen looks amazing.
They are not so far away (only 4 hours by car) so it is a great idea! If you love Cologne you have to love Magdeburg too, we are sure about this!!
Che bel posto da scoprire, Germania è assolutamente nella mia travel bucket list! Die Grüne Zitadelle è semplicemente una meraviglia di architettura e arte! Adoro i colori e design!
In Germania sono molto all’avanguardia per quanto riguarda il design, perciò se ti è piaciuto questo amerai tutto il resto. I tedeschi sanno essere originali e stravaganti allo stesso tempo haha
Mi piace molto viaggiare, chissà forse è una delle prossime città che magari visiterò. Comunque, è molto bello come posto in quanto amo l’arte in generale e avendo studiato un po’ di storia dell’arte un po’ ne capisco. In particolare, sono attratta dallo stile gotico!
La Germania è stata da sempre una delle nazioni più influenzate dai vari fenomeni artistici e culturali, qui puoi trovare davvero di tutto (non solo artisticamente parlando). Ne vale la pensa un bel viaggio a Magdeburgo, fidati!!
Magdeburg looks amazing! I have yet to make it to Germany, but it is definitely at the top of my bucket list!!
This is good! Keep following us and discover all the other german cities that deserve to be visited, you can’t resist them.
This post actually made me really really want to go travelling again. This place looks fresh out of a fairytale and die grüne zitadel looks so funky. Thank you for sharing and giving me itchy feet.
When we read comments like your we are very satisfied of our work. This means that even if you have read the article behind a display you have traveled with your mind and this is amazing 😀