Must-see attractions in Lübeck

  • Holstentor.

    Holstentor

    Lübeck

    Built in 1464 and looking so settled-in that it appears to sag, Lübeck’s charming red-brick city gate is a national icon. Its twin pointed cylindrical…

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    Europäisches Hansemuseum

    Lübeck

    Opened in 2015, this brilliant museum tells the remarkable story of the Hanseatic League, Lübeck and the region. For 600 years, city states in northern…

  • Museumsquartier St Annen

    Lübeck

    This museum quarter includes an old synagogue, church and medieval buildings along its uneven streets. The namesake St Annen Museum details the diverse…

  • Buddenbrookhaus

    Lübeck

    Thomas Mann, winner of the 1929 Nobel Prize for Literature, was born in Lübeck in 1875, and his family’s former home is now the Buddenbrookhaus. Named…

  • Günter Grass-Haus

    Lübeck

    Born in Danzig (now Gdańsk), Poland, Günter Grass had been living just outside Lübeck for 13 years when he collected his Nobel Prize in 1999. But this…

  • Rathaus

    Lübeck

    Sometimes described as a ‘fairy tale in stone’, Lübeck’s 13th- to 15th-century Rathaus is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful in Germany. Inside,…

  • Marienkirche

    Lübeck

    This fine Gothic church boasts the world's highest brick-vaulted roof and was the model for dozens of churches in northern Germany. Crane your neck to…

  • Heiligen-Geist-Hospital

    Lübeck

    The former Heiligen-Geist-Hospital has an elegant old entryway and a few resonances of Germany's first hospital (dating back to 1227). Through an early…

  • Dom

    Lübeck

    The Dom was founded in 1173 by Heinrich der Löwe when he took over Lübeck. Locals like to joke that if you approach the Dom from the northeast, you have…

  • Katharinenkirche

    Lübeck

    Art lovers will enjoy the Katharinenkirche for its sculptures by Ernst Barlach and Gerhard Marcks, plus The Resurrection of Lazarus by Tintoretto. It has…

  • Theater Figuren Museum

    Lübeck

    Even if you think you don't like puppets, don’t miss this wondrous collection of some 1200 puppets, props, posters and more from Europe, Asia and Africa…

  • Salzspeicher

    Lübeck

    Just behind the Holstentor (to the east) stand the Salzspeicher: six gabled brick shop-filled buildings once used to store salt transported from Lüneburg…

  • Willy Brandt House

    Lübeck

    Besides Gunther Grass, Lübeck's other big Nobel Prize winner was chancellor of West Germany (1969–74) and was honoured for his efforts to reconcile with…

  • Petrikirche

    Lübeck

    Thanks to a lift, even the fitness-phobic get to enjoy panoramic views from the 50m-high platform in the tower of the 13th-century Petrikirche. No longer…

  • Füchtingshof

    Lübeck

    Among Lübeck's famous Höfe (courtyards), this is one of the most beautiful, although it's not always open.

  • Glandorps Gang

    Lübeck

    The Glandorps Gang is one of Lübeck's most stunning centuries-old gänge (walkways).

  • Museum Holstentor

    Lübeck

    Sheds light on the history of the gate and on Lübeck's medieval mercantile glory days.

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