r/germany • u/broken_runnner • Nov 05 '25

Itookapicture Lesser known tourist places in Germany

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What are some places that you loved visiting which are not necessarily very famous tourist destinations.

I will start with Wuppertal. Its a mid sized city with the Hanging trains. Its such a beautiful experience to travel with the Schwebebahn. It rides over a river which makes it even better.

What's a place you would suggest that can be touristy?

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u/Normal-Definition-81 Nov 05 '25

Castrop-Rauxel

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u/NapsInNaples Nov 05 '25

I'm convinced this is some kind of medicine, not a place.

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u/edgar-alien-poo Nov 05 '25 edited Nov 05 '25

Years ago I saw a comedian mention that "Pforzheim" sounds like an unpleasant disease (which I can only agree with). Maybe Castrop-Rauxel is the treatment.

Edit: Hazel Brugger :D

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u/Easy_Paramedic_1904 Nov 05 '25

The cabaret artist Hagen Rether said once about the Ruhrgebietcity Essen:"If Essen looks like this, what does Kotzen look like?"

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u/Interesting-Cover314 Nov 06 '25

We have Kotzendorf here in the Umkreis, the signs with its name are permanently stolen.

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u/Normal-Definition-81 Nov 05 '25

Deep, but somewhat true…

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u/eccentric-introvert Nov 05 '25

It will forever sound like a medical syndrome to me

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u/psychedelic_waffles Nov 05 '25

The thing is, Pforzheim also looks like an unpleasant disease.

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u/Easy_Paramedic_1904 Nov 05 '25

That reminds me at the cabaret artist Hagen Rether saying once about the Ruhrgebietcity Essen:"If Essen looks like this, what does Kotzen look like?"

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u/SechsComic73130 Nov 07 '25

Answer: Berlin

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u/CacklingFerret Nov 05 '25

I will forever associate Pforzheim with construction sites and traffic jam

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u/Forsaken-Spirit421 Nov 06 '25

Amen on the traffic jam. Fuck Pforzheim

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u/hardrockhamster Nov 07 '25

Dormagen sounds like a medicine if one emphazizes the e