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Pro
being a University city, it has many pubs and a lot of young citizens
Con
Small and not too many attractions. Don't think I would have travelled here if it wasn't for visiting a friend.
In a nutshell
Better than I thought after my first visit!
antistar Says: Situated at the end of the wide Wilhelminenstr. boulevard is the stunning St Ludwigskirche, built by the same Georg Moller who was responsible for the grand History House on the other side of own. Its garish pink cylindrical base, topped with a shiny metalic dome, looks...
antistar Says: In the grand building of the palace's Bell Tower is the Palace's own museum. Its collection shows the history of the rulers of the Grand Duchy of Hesse, and includes potraits of the ruling families, furniture from the palace buildings, and paintings of the surrounding...
Maritim Konferenzhotel Darmstadt
2 Reviews and 46 Opinions If you like camping, this is the hotel for you. Rooms are depressing and sad. Amercians beware of...
1 Review and 3 Opinions from 20 EUR on (without breakfast) Well, this was a great value - only 20 Euro a night per person in...
Grohe Tavern (Schanke): Great Beer, not so good location
TomInGermany Says: The Grohe Tavern is just like the bar back in your home town that all the locals hung out in and everyone knew your name. At least that is the feeling I got when I entered the establishment. There are five large tables, a couple of small tables and some seats at the bar. The...
Darmstadter Ratskeller Hausbrauerei: Good Beer, good location
TomInGermany Says: I've been to this restaurant on two occasions, one in the middle of summer eating out on the Platz and once in the winter during the Christmas Market season. Both times the food was good, the beer was tasty and the service was excellent. Their food menu is fairly short but...
Bayrischer Biergarten Zum Scheinheil'gen: Bavarian beer garden atmosphere
Trekki Says: We have several beergardens in town but the best is without doubt the Bavarian Biergarten in the northeast of town. On a huge areal they have space for approximately 1300 seatings (that’s what the website says) and I can confirm that I always found a place to squeeze in,...
Café-Restaurant Mathildenhöhe: Coffee and cake on Mathildenhöhe
Trekki Says: If you are walking around the Art Nouveau centre of Mathildenhöhe and get hungry at a point in time, I can recommend the restaurant here, Café-Restaurant Mathildenhöhe. But note that it is a very elitist one (see photo 2), delicately decorated and many people are dressed...
Fürstenbahnhof - CLOSED NOW: Good lunch restaurant near train station
Trekki Says: Update, February 2011: the restaurant is closed now. I leave the tip as it is since it might be still listed in guidebooks, but don't save or rate anymore.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I would not recommend this restaurant for an evening’s dinner, unless you are a...
Bedouin: Culinary delights from Eritrea
Trekki Says: Darmstadt’s Martinsviertel (Martin Quarter) is an area where many students and young families live. Consequently several cafes and small restaurants are located here which are lively, international and good places to meet and gather. That’s why we have decided to try out...
Cubana: Cocktails - all you can imagine :-)
Trekki Says: Well, originally, Cubana was on my list to write about as excellent Mexican food, burrito style like. But… I just was there again in summer 2006, as I liked the food and I was badly disappointed. They must have changed the cook or the directives of ingredients or what so...
El Cid: Nice Spanish Tapas Bar (El Cid)
Trekki Says: As far as I know, this is the only Tapas Bar in Darmstadt. The restaurant itself is nicely decorated with Spanish type ceramic bowls and posters, a bit dark, but it is a bar... (sorry, no interior pictures yet - I am still a bit too shy to take pics inside of restaurants -...
Shalimar: Best Indian Restaurant in Town
Trekki Says: This small Indian-Pakistani restaurant is run by a Pakistan family (who own another, called "Lahore Palace" in Darmstadt).However, this one is my favourite, as it is quietly located and you most of the time find parking space. The interior is not much overloaded and simply...
Nemorino Says: Darmstadt is served by a number of fine regional cycling routes, most of which manage to get you in and out of town in ways that avoid the worst automobile streets.The folks in this first photo are coming into Darmstadt from the south, from the direction of Pfungstadt and...
Facilities at DA’s Main Station
Trekki Says: Darmstadt’s main train station has recently been renovated and several shops came into business on the western side (the one opposite of the city entrance). The main facilities are located in the eastern, city entrance side and include:Bahn ticket shop, Bahn information...
Andreas Goldner Floristik: Flower magic at Goldner
Trekki Says: As it is happening quite often in bigger cities, shop chains take over and expell old-established and good shops. This is also true for Darmstadt city and definitely for me a reason to avoid the town for spontaneous shopping. Concerning florists – I cannot remember a good...
If you crave for tea – Gschwendner + Rustica
Trekki Says: There might be other tea shops in Darmstadt, but these two ones are my favourites. To make it easy, they are located next to each other (haha, I don’t know whose idea it was, but it seems to work. Both are here since ages).Tee Gschwendner belongs to a franchising chain, but...
Nemorino Says: Darmstadt had its Nine Eleven on 11 September 1944, when 234 British bombers dropped over 280,000 fire bombs in less than half an hour, killing well over ten thousand people and making seventy thousand homeless. Much of the city was completely destroyed, including the...
State Museum - Roman Mosaic Floor
Trekki Says: The little archeologic exhibition in Darmstadt’s State Museum is dominated by a 7 x 4,7 m mosaic floor of roman age, 175 AD. It shows Oceanus, the oldest aquatic deity of Greek-roman mythology, around him several half human, half animal figures, fish and birds being grouped....
Nemorino Says: The Adult Education Center in Darmstadt shares this building, the Justus-Liebig-Haus, with the city library and the city art gallery.In front of the building there are two sculptures, one of a slim naked ballerina and one of a book-seller.Second photo: The ballerina.Third...
Jugendstilbad – do yourself some good
Trekki Says: So Darmstadt has managed to renovate this gorgeous piece of Art Nouveau art. The bath was built in 1909, when Darmstadt was in its Art Nouveau heydays. It had separated baths (of course in these days) for men and women and bathtubs and steam baths for the ones who could...
Travelling Aikidokas are warmly welcome
Trekki Says: If you are Aikidoka, travelling and your way takes you to Darmstadt or nearby and you feel like practising - you are warmly welcome to join our training at Aikikai Darmstadt.Training schedule:Tuesday 18:30 - 20:30 (beginners and advanced students); Wednesday 19:00 - 21:00...
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More than meets the eye - When people think of touring this part of Germany, Darmstadt is not on their list of places to visit. While this is understandable if you only have a short amount of time to hit the highlights, if you...
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Q: Hi. I'll be in Darmstadt this week, and will have the opportunity to take a few side trips. I don't want to go too far, and I've...
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Discovering Darmstadt with the eyes of a tourist
So I am expected to write an intro about the town where I live and work ? It seems so. This is not an easy task as … how should I put it… I don’t like it here very much. It is not the city but the...
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Opera and Cycling in Darmstadt
As it was originally built in the early 1970s, the Hessen State Theater in Darmstadt was a grotesque example of car-oriented architecture. It consisted mainly of a large parking garage, with a...
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Darmstadt: a City of Surprises
I hadn't intended to come to Darmstadt - I was planning to day trip to Koblenz. However, on the morning that I went to the station in Mainz the only trains running to that city were the sluggishly...
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Exploring & discovring a jewel off the beaten path
Some of my friends told me since a long time about Darmstadt. They went there to visit expositions, to visit Mathildenhoehe, to study there .... And I also heard, that Darmstadt is not a nice place at...
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My time in Darmstadt was far too short we came here to visit a friend, Ingrid (VT Member Trekki) and explore other out of the loop places in the south west region. Ingrid had told me before about...
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