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A Day in Ulm Essentials
Central Ulm is easily explored on foot: most places of interest lie GETTING THERE
between the Danube and Ulm Minster, which are just minutes apart. Stuttgart International Airport lies an hour’s
train journey from Ulm. The rail station is within
MORNING Climb the 768 tight stairs of the minster spire while you
walking distance of all central attractions.
are fresh, then admire the church’s 15th-century choir stalls and its
WHERE TO STAY
fine stained glass. Head downhill to the Fishermen’s Quarter on the
Pension Rösch (inexpensive) offers basic
banks of the Danube and the 1443 Schiefes Haus, or crooked house,
but clean and quiet rooms in the riverside
which leans alarmingly over a stream.
Fishermen’s Quarter. +49 7316 5718
AFTERNOON Walk along the medieval riverside city wall to the Hotel Bäumle (moderate) is a welcoming hotel
equally crooked Metzgerturm, a 14th-century defensive tower uphill with good-value standard rooms in a
of which lies the Rathaus. It contains a replica of the world’s first 500-year-old building by the minster.
hang-glider and is decorated with frescoes of Ulm’s medieval heyday. www.hotel-baeumle.de
Hotel Schiefes Haus (expensive) is an eccentric
Cross the square to enter the striking modern Kunsthalle Weishaupt
Ulm landmark – a half-timbered 1443 house
and enjoy its contemporary and modern art, then visit the adjoining
that is “the most crooked hotel in the world.”
Ulmer Museum for an overview of city history.
www.hotelschiefeshausulm.de
EVENING When there’s no festival in town, travel ½ mile (1 km) south
TOURIST INFORMATION
of downtown to the Roxy, a huge, happening cultural venue. www.tourismus.ulm.de
Left The roughly shaped pieces of handmade Spätzle are often mixed with cheese and herbs for a simple meal
Below The soaring spire of Ulm Minster rises above the city to an astonishing height of 530 ft (161 m)