Karlsruhe is a charming city known as the “fan city” due to its unique street network, Karlsruhe is a fascinating place full of history and culture and can enchant tourists. One of the main attractions is the Karlsruhe Palace, an impressive 18th century baroque building. Situated in the heart of the city, it is surrounded by beautiful gardens.
The city centre houses several museums, such as the Badisches Landesmuseum and the State Art Gallery. Visitors can admire the palace’s rich interior, art collections and stroll through the well-kept gardens. For history buffs, the ZKM (Centre for Art and Media) is an unusual place to visit, housed in a former munitions factory.
Location
Karlsruhe is a city on the Rhine in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located in the northern Black Forest, close to the border with France. Karlsruhe is a very safe and lively city with many students.
ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
The ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe is a unique cultural institution worldwide, It is a house of all media and genres, a house of both spatial arts such as painting, photography and sculpture and time-based arts such as film, video, media art, music, dance, theater and performance. The ZKM was founded in 1989 with the mission of continuing the classical arts into the digital age.
Karlsruhe Palace
Built in the 18th century as the residence of the Margrave of Baden-Durlach, it has since become a cultural icon and symbol of the city.
Today, the palace is home to the Badisches Landesmuseum, offering visitors an extensive exploration of the rich history, art and culture of Baden-Württemberg. The palace was built in 1715 and its structure has undergone many renovations, especially after being severely damaged during World War II.
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
The Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe is the most traditional museum in Germany. In the main building and the Orangery, visitors can admire around 800 works from the extensive collection, which offer an impressive insight into the history of art from the late Middle Ages to the present day. In addition, the Junge Kunsthalle offers temporary exhibitions specially designed for children and young people.
Hauptfriedhof
Karlsruhe’s Main Cemetery is one of Germany’s oldest municipal park cemeteries. The cemetery was established in 1874 by Josef Durm in the Rintheim district, east of the city proper, after the inner-city Old Cemetery in Karlsruhe’s eastern part of town had become too small.
The Main Cemetery has grown from its original size of 15.3 hectares in 1873 to over 34 hectares today. Currently, the cemetery contains the graves of more than 32,000 deceased.
Europabad
The Europabad offers numerous paddling attractions: a waterfall, the AquaRocket rocket slide, a white water river, the Green Viper adventure slide and, at 170 meters, one of the longest tire slides in southern Germany. In recent years, the Europabad has also added the Tarantula, an adventure slide equipped with light effects, and the SkySurfer, a stand-up slide inside the pool.
Children and teenagers can let off steam in the spacious children’s area covering 1,600 square meters of water and in the wild water river, while adults enjoy the relaxation area with champagne whirlpool in the gold grotto, water curtains, bubble loungers, steam bath and a variety of indoor and outdoor saunas.
Zoological Gardens Karlsruhe
The Karlsruhe Zoo is a city garden with a zoo in the southwest of Karlsruhe. It also encompasses the outer area; Tierpark Oberwald in the southeast of the city. The main area totals 22 hectares, and the Oberwald Zoo has an area of 16 hectares.
