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Top choice in Lübeck


Due to open in late 2018, this stunning new hotel opposite the train station may even have us doubting that the best hotels in town are in the old city. Sleek, ultra-modern rooms come with all the latest gadgets. Expect prices to rise once its reputation is established.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Lübeck attractions

1. Museum Holstentor

0.36 MILES

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

2. Holstentor

0.36 MILES

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…

3. Salzspeicher

0.37 MILES

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

4. Theater Figuren Museum

0.46 MILES

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…

5. Petrikirche

0.49 MILES

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…

6. Marienkirche

0.57 MILES

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…

7. Rathaus

0.58 MILES

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,…

8. Buddenbrookhaus

0.6 MILES

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…