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From the park by the river via the museums in the city centre to the stunning Bergpark. Kassel has a wealth of interesting and beautiful sights.

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Karlsaue Park
Auedamm
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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 concerting the …
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Stadtmuseum Kassel
Ständeplatz 16
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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 over the …
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Naturkundemuseum
Steinweg 2
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The natural history museum in the beautiful Ottoneum building, originally the first permanent theatre in mainland Europe, has everything you and the kids need …
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Löwenburg
Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe
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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 as a …
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Alte Brüderkirche
Brüderstraße
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The only historical building that's in its original state, the gothic 13th century Brüderkirche church was part of the Carmelite monastery until the 1526 …
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Herkules Monument & Wasserkünste
Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe
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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 a platform …
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Schloss Wilhelmshöhe
Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe
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The huge palace halfway up the Bergpark, originally home to Kassel's Landgraves and visible from much of town, has three excellent museums. Starting from the …
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GRIMMWELT Kassel
Weinbergstraße 21
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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 when they …
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Neue Galerie
Schöne Aussicht 1
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A beautifully renovated neoclassical building showcases a small but excellent collection of 19th to 21st-century painting and sculpture. Half the space is used …
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Martinskirche
Martinsplatz 5a
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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 church …
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Caricatura
Rainer-Dierichs-Platz 1
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Founded in 1987, Germany's largest museum of caricature, cartoons, satire, humour and criticism offers changing exhibitions. Parallel to the documenta …
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Herkules Visitor Centre
Schlosspark 28, Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe
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To the rear of the Hercules monument, the award-winning new visitor centre (Besucherzentrum) offers tickets, information, videos and surprising views of the …
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Astronomisch-Physikalisches Kabinett
An der Karlsaue 20
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Science boffins shouldn't miss this museum of marvels inside the elegant Orangerie building. After passing Foucault's pendulum, which topples a pin every ten …
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