Kassel sightseeing

The brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm are world-famous for the many fairy-tales, the 'poetry of the people' that they collected around central Germany...

The natural history museum in the beautiful Ottoneum building, originally the first permanent theatre in mainland Europe, has everything you and the...

At the very top of the park, the huge monument of Hercules is perched on top of the stone Oktogon building, completed 300 years ago in 1717. There's...

The huge palace halfway up the Bergpark, originally home to Kassel's Landgraves and visible from much of town, has three excellent museums. Starting...

The only historical building that's in its original state, the gothic 13th century Brüderkirche church was part of the Carmelite monastery until the...

Kassel's magnificent Karlsaue park (or simply Auepark) was once just a marsh along the river Fulda. In the mid-sixteenth century work started on...

Science boffins shouldn't miss this museum of marvels inside the elegant Orangerie building. After passing Foucault's pendulum, which topples a pin...

Kassel's main parish church was built in Gothic style between 1364 and 1462; in 1524 it changed from catholic to protestant denomination. Much of the...

Halfway up the Bergpark, Löwenburg castle is unique as one of the first pseudo-medieval castles in Europe, dating back to the late 18th century. Used...

To the rear of the Hercules monument, the award-winning new visitor centre (Besucherzentrum) offers tickets, information, videos and surprising views...

Founded in 1987, Germany's largest museum of caricature, cartoons, satire, humour and criticism offers changing exhibitions. Parallel to the...

Starting off with the earliest origins of 'Chasella' in 913, the new city museum does an excellent job of showing visitors how the the city developed...

A beautifully renovated neoclassical building showcases a small but excellent collection of 19th to 21st-century painting and sculpture. Half the...