What to see in Nuremberg

Nuremberg highlights

The places you can’t miss. In the app we sort them by day and close to each other.

1. Christkindlesmarkt

   The best-known Christmas market in the country.

2. Imperial Castle

   Above the city.

3. Albrecht Dürer’s House

   Where the painter lived.

4. Documentation Centre

   About the Nazi party rallies.

5. Courtroom 600

   Where the Nazi leaders were tried.

Day trips from Nuremberg

We take you straight to the best-rated tour on GetYourGuide, with its reviews and dates.

• Nuremberg ★ 4.8 (3,121 reviews)

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Typical food of Nuremberg

The dish you have to try there and how to make it at home, to whet your appetite before the trip (or to go back to Nuremberg from your kitchen).

Nuremberg Lebkuchen

Nuremberg’s soft spiced biscuits, with honey, almonds and hazelnuts, on a wafer base and glazed or dipped in chocolate. They’re the sweet of its Christmas market.

• Serves 20
• 1 h

Ingredients

• 3 eggs
• 200 g brown sugar
• 100 g honey
• 200 g ground almonds and 100 g ground hazelnuts
• 100 g very finely chopped candied orange and lemon peel
• 50 g flour
• 2 teaspoons of gingerbread spice (cinnamon, clove, cardamom, nutmeg)
• 1/2 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda
• Round wafers (optional)
• Dark chocolate or sugar glaze

How to make it at home

1. Whisk the eggs with the sugar until frothy and add the honey.
2. Stir in the almonds, hazelnuts, candied peel, flour, spices and bicarbonate.
3. Spoon little mounds of mixture onto the wafers (or onto baking paper) and smooth them with a wet spoon.
4. Bake at 160 °C for about 20 minutes: they should stay soft inside.
5. Dip them in melted chocolate or glaze and leave to set.

The trick: Keep them in a tin with a slice of apple: they’ll stay soft.

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