University Library (Universitatsbibliothek) Heidelberg

Following our Meersberg stay, we had our longest journey of the trip by car to Heidelberg, a city of about 140000 people, including a world famous university and U.S. army base. Our hotel was right on the river, offering great view of the old bridge and the city's famous monkey sculpture. We started our traveling around the city by crossing the …

It's a city of students and parties. Old town is alright and the castle and the Philosopher's Way give you nice p.e. You can cover most places of interest on foot. Some text about the visit at Traveler Willem …

... in Rome!) She has us put our bags in her car and then said she will meet us at Zundo's place. We walk to the University library where Marty stashed his sleeping bag, and then we head to Zundo's. He lives on the other end of this awesome footbridge. ...

... Kirche which is a 300 year old church but it was closed for rehearsals so we walked down Plöck Strasse until we reached the University Library and St Peter's Church. The former had a world globe dating to 1751, the Codex Manesse (famous volume of Middle ...

... stunning library.  It is one of Europe’s oldest secular libraries and it was much more impressive than any other university library I’ve ever seen.   ...

... topped everything off. As we really needed to find a place to charge our laptop and use the Internet, we popped into the university library that we passed. We were able to charge the laptop but no Internet…the university building was worth a look, ...

... stunning library.  It is one of Europe’s oldest secular libraries and it was much more impressive than any other university library I’ve ever seen.   ...