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Nuremberg's cultural and gastronomic highlights are mostly found in the city center or within easy walking distance. Nuremberg's world-renowned toy museum (Spielzeugmuseum, Karlstraße 13) is, for example, only minutes away from the Neues Museum (Klarissenplatz) where lovers of modern art can enjoy works by, among others, Beuys and Warhol. Students with a particularly great thirst for knowledge can complete the 'cultural hat trick' by visiting the nearby Germanisches Nationalmuseum (Kartäusergasse 1) which also frequently stages special exhibitions from all over the world.
If cinema is more your thing, then see the current Hollywood blockbusters at the Admiral cinema complex. Alternatively, enjoy a cappuccino in the cinema’s roof-top Sky Bar which has a fantastic view of Nuremberg's castle and then walk just a few minutes in that direction to the more intimate Meisengeige cinema which specializes in art-house films and literary readings. From the city center, lovers of theatre or opera can travel a couple of stops on the underground to Richard-Wagner-Platz (the station is, helpfully, called Opernhaus). Whether a concert, play, ballet or opera – the Nuremberg State Theatre can compete on the world stage with the quality of its productions.
More modest theatrical productions of equal quality can be enjoyed at the Gostner Hoftheater (Austraße 70) where plays and cabaret are performed upstairs and music and comedy downstairs in the jazz cellar and “Comedy Lounge”. The Gostner quarter itself is well worth a visit, whether to browse in the unusual shops, eat in the Franconian restaurants or crawl the many modern bars and pubs.
Sports fans will also find plenty to entertain them in Nuremberg. “Der Club”(otherwiseknown as 1. FC Nürnberg) is the city’s much loved football team, famous in Germany for having won the German title more often than any team apart from Bayern München. The team plays in what was until recently known as the “Franken Stadion”, a stadium now renamed the “easyCredit-Stadion”. Fans of ice hockey will wish to visit the “Arena” (Kurt-Leucht-Weg 11) to see the Nuremberg Ice Tigers play. Whenever the basketball team from neighbouring Bamberg (one of the best basketball teams in Europe) plays in Nuremberg or when a major musical event needs to be accommodated, the ice rink is then transformed into a sports or concert hall. There is also another indoor ice rink, open to the public in the winter months. At weekends skaters can even enjoy a spectacular musical light show while they skate.
And now from an ice spot which is a nice spot to spend your time to a nightspot, which is no less cool. With new music and the latest trends, at the art house K4 (Königstraße 93) you can dance into the early hours at concerts or DJ nights to music ranging from indie rock to neo-country, from northern soul to nu rave.
If you want even more of an adventure, then visit the three-floor club “Stars and Stairs” (Engelhardsgasse 33) near Nuremberg’s red-light district. If you want to see how the evening takes you, then visit Klingenhofstraße. There are four discos so close to each other that they share a car park. You can choose between rock, oldies, chart hits and latino, or do the rounds and visit all four. And you can get in the mood for the evening there by visiting one (or indeed all!) of the many pubs and bars along Inneren Laufer Gasse or around Weißgerbergasse. We know we shouldn’t really offer you such temptations, but, after a hard day’s study, Nuremberg does indeed offer a lot in the way of relaxation…just, please, remember to earn it first!
Text: Martin Schano
Translation: Sheila Regan
Photos: Katharina Flassak
What’s on when in Nuremberg?
- Spring Funfair (March)
- “Blue Night” (May)
- Rock in the Park (June)
- Norisring Race (June)
- Classics Open Air (July and August)
- Singer Songwriter Festival (August)
- Autumn Funfair (September)
- Nuremberg Opera Ball (September)
- Old Town Festival (October)
- Christmas Market (December)
