Things to See and Do in Heidelberg

446 reviews, 170 travel blogs, 533 photos and videos about 48 things to do in Heidelberg.

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Heidelberg Castle (Schloss Heidelberg)
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236 reviews 198 travel blogs 698 photos
Distance: 2.1 miles from city center

Category: Historic sites

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- Nov 24, 2003 ... new. At the beginning of the month we drove to Heidelberg, Germany, and spent the weekend with Bruce's uncle and his ...
- Jun 14, 2008 ... touristy it is truly the most romantic town in Germany and the view from the castle is spectacular plus you get to ...
- Jun 24, 2006 ... - something about telling me we're in Hamburg rather than Heidelberg. I ponder for a moment and decide to go along with it, ...
- Jul 30, 2000 ... Auto Bahn in one piece, our first castle visit ( ever I might add ) awaited. Heidelberg is a quaint little town with ...
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Carl Theodor Old Bridge (Alte Brucke) Heidelberg
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30 reviews 1 travel blog

Distance: 4 miles from city center

Category: Buildings and Structures

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Museum of the Palatinate (Kurpfalzisches Museum) Heidelberg
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5 reviews

Distance: 1.7 miles from city center

Category: Museums

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Furthof Antikmobel GmbH Heidelberg
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1 review

Distance: 2.1 miles from city center

Category: Shopping

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Philosophers' Way (Philosophenweg) Heidelberg
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74 reviews 3 travel blogs 1 photo
Distance: 1.9 miles from city center

Category: Historic sites

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- Aug 16, 2010 ... up the hill on the other side of the Neckar to the Philosophers Way overlook. Mom decided to rest at the hotel ...
- Mar 31, 2011 ... It was great. He dropped me off at the bottom of Philosophers Way in Heidelberg, which is where my first Couch-surfing Host- ...
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Guttenberg Castle (Burg Guttenberg) Heidelberg
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4 reviews

Distance: 22.6 miles from city center

Category: Historic sites

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Hotel Zum Ritter Heidelberg
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8 reviews 3 travel blogs 2 photos
Distance: 1.9 miles from city center

Category: Buildings and Structures

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- Oct 4, 2007 ... ; The city is old and incredibly beautiful. Our hotel was the Hotel Zum Ritter St Georg, a simply awesome place - old ...
- Sep 9, 2009 ... We decided that if we get to come back to Germany, we would like to stay in Heidelberg and make trips from there. It's a ...
- Sep 8, 2009 ... LOVE with this little town. It's so picturesque. Our hotel, Romantik Hotel zum Ritter St. Georg, was built in 1592. From our ...
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King's Throne (Konigstuhl) Heidelberg
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7 reviews

Distance: 1.2 miles from city center

Category: Scenery and Natural Wonders

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Old Heidelberg University (Alte Universitat)
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3 reviews 8 travel blogs 1 photo
Distance: 1.8 miles from city center

Category: Education Sites and Libraries

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- Jan 14, 2012 ... prettier and older, and I was passing churches and the old University and street performers and statues and little winding ...
- Aug 10, 1977 ... - lovely shops, market place, old university Palatinate Museum - nice paintings, jaw of Heidelberg Man from 500000 years ...
- Nov 20, 2007 ... is linked to the University. The cornerstone for Heidelberg's "Old University" was set on June 24th, 1712. The area ...
- Dec 14, 2010 ... four goddesses that represent the four faculties of the old university; theology, law, medicine and philosophy. Interesting ...
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Konigstuhl Funicular (Bergbahn) Heidelberg
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15 reviews 1 travel blog

Distance: 2 miles from city center

Category: Tours

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Thingstatte Heidelberg
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20 reviews 4 travel blogs
Distance: 2.3 miles from city center

Category: Historic sites

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- Mar 21, 2008 ... during my stay in Deutschland. Heidelberg has it's place in Deutschgeschichte und Deutschkulture. ...
- Apr 2, 2011 ... nbsp; There is only one regret I have about my visit to Heidelberg, that I didnt get to visit the Schnitzel House ( House of ...
- Oct 24, 2011 ... to get a snack there. Right next to it was the Thingstatte. I had seen pictures of it online but I was still ...
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Student Jail (Studentenkarzer) Heidelberg
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19 reviews 6 travel blogs 2 photos
Distance: 1.8 miles from city center

Category: Historic sites

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- Jul 5, 2004 Visited it's University and Student Jail. Didn't manage to go up the Castle or it's Bridge. Busy walking around the town and ...
- May 17, 2009 ... of the old town, visiting the towns university and the attached student jail. By now we had got a nice tan, not expected in ...
- Feb 26, 2006 ... than 30,000 students attending school there. We got to see the student jail, as it was used up until WWI. It seems that ...
- Jun 29, 2006 ... 's aloooot of drinking! From 1778 to 1914 there was a student jail for unruly students who were incarcerated for ...
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Town Hall (Rathaus) Heidelberg

3 travel blogs 1 photo
Distance: 1.9 miles from city center

Category: Buildings and Structures

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- Aug 15, 2010 ... ! It was at this moment that I decided Heidelberg deserves to be in Rick Steve’s Germany guide. In case you ...
- Sep 8, 2009 ... in 1689 and 1693. Between 1695 and 1705 it was used as Heidelberg’s town hall; later it became an inn, and it’s ...
- Aug 26, 2011 ... Heidelberg University was founded in 1386. Heidelberg University is the oldest university in Germany and was the fourth ...
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New University (Neue Universitat) Heidelberg

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Distance: 1.8 miles from city center

Category: Education Sites and Libraries

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- May 5, 2010 ... my backpack, then headed into town. My hostel was near the new University area and was pretty basic. I grabbed a scone and ...
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Friedrich Ebert Memorial (Gedenkstatte) Heidelberg
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2 reviews

Distance: 1.9 miles from city center

Category: Historic sites

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Church of the Holy Ghost (Heiliggeistkirche) Heidelberg
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16 reviews 2 travel blogs 8 photos
Distance: 1.9 miles from city center

Category: Buildings and Structures

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- Feb 24, 2008 ... which is breathtaking, University (oldest in Germany), City, Church of the Holy Ghost, so many shops to check. ...
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University Library (Universitatsbibliothek) Heidelberg
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3 reviews 4 travel blogs 1 photo
Distance: 1.7 miles from city center

Category: Education Sites and Libraries

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- Mar 14, 2006 ... said she will meet us at Zundo's place. We walk to the University library where Marty stashed his sleeping bag, and then we ...
- Aug 28, 2011 ... libraries and it was much more impressive than any other university library I’ve ever seen. ...
- Sep 10, 2009 ... to charge our laptop and use the Internet, we popped into the university library that we passed. We were able to charge the ...
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St. Peter's Church (Peterskirche) Heidelberg
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2 reviews 1 travel blog 1 photo

Distance: 1.7 miles from city center

Category: Buildings and Structures

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H & M Heidelberg
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4 reviews 398 travel blogs 4039 photos
Distance: 2.9 miles from city center

Category: Shopping

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- Jun 24, 2006 ... of stupid comments from those with american accents. Indeed, Heidelberg is an extremely picturesqe town with a lot to ...
- Nov 24, 2003 ... new. At the beginning of the month we drove to Heidelberg, Germany, and spent the weekend with Bruce's uncle and his ...
- Sep 26, 2004 ... My frist stop, however, was the famous university town of Heidelberg, which is an hour+ north of Stuttgart. I arrived ...
- Jun 14, 2008 ... with a typical old-town and the German Fachwerk-Houses, but Heidelberg tops it off...though being a little touristy it is ...
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Caroline VK Heidelberg

Distance: 1.2 miles from city center

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Christ Heidelberg

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Distance: 4.4 miles from city center

Category: Shopping

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- Mar 4, 2009 ... the apartment and packed up. We decided to head towards Heidelberg and it's famous castle. By the time we ...
J. Schmitt Heidelberg

Distance: 1 miles from city center

Category: Shopping
Verkehrsverein Heidelberg e.V.

Distance: 2.4 miles from city center

Category: Sightseeing
Agyptisches Museum Heidelberg (Egyptian Museum of Heidelberg)
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1 review

Distance: 1.9 miles from city center

Category: Museums
Deutsches Verpackungs Museum Heidelberg
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2 reviews

Distance: 1.3 miles from city center

Category: Museums
Kamera Heidelberg
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1 review

Distance: 1.5 miles from city center

Category: Performances
Andrea Creations Heidelberg

Distance: 1.9 miles from city center

Category: Shopping
Dicker Turm (Schloss) Heidelberg

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Distance: 2.1 miles from city center

Category: Historic sites
Antikenmuseum mit Abguss-Sammlung Heidelberg

Distance: 1.8 miles from city center

Category: Museums
Dokumentations - Und Kulturzentrum der Deutschen Sinti und Roma Heidelberg

Distance: 2 miles from city center

Category: Museums