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Gardens & parks
Weimar
Park an der Ilm in Weimar is the landscape park that Johann Wolfgang von Goethe helped design, and one of the loveliest places to experience Germany's classical age. Stretching for about 120 acres (48 ha) along the Ilm River right next to…
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Berlin
Pfaueninsel (Peacock Island) in Berlin is a car-free island in the Havel River on the city's southwestern edge, reached only by a short ferry ride. It feels worlds away from the capital: a whimsical white palace, centuries-old oaks, open m…
Gardens & parks
Köln
Rheinpark is the large park on the east bank of the Rhine in Cologne's Deutz district, and it offers some of the best views of the cathedral and old town. Lawns, flower gardens with waterfalls, an open-air stage and the cable car station s…
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Feldafing
Rose Island (Roseninsel) is the only island in Lake Starnberg, a short boat ride from the shore at Feldafing, about 30 km (19 miles) southwest of Munich. King Maximilian II of Bavaria turned it into a romantic retreat with a rose garden an…
Gardens & parks
Oranienbaum-Wörlitz
Wörlitz Park (Wörlitzer Park) in Saxony-Anhalt is one of the first English-style landscape gardens on the European continent and the centerpiece of the Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000. Lakes, canal…