#1 most popular of 14 things to do in Weimar
- "The concentration camp at Buchenwald, on the northern outskirts of Weimar, is a very sobering experience.…"
- "In some ways Buchenwald was more movnig than Auschwitz. Auschwitz is green, with lots of grass, while in…"
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#2 most popular of 14 things to do in Weimar
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Übermütig sieht's nicht aus,
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- "Where else can you find so many good things in such a small place!"--Goethe
The poet was referring to…"
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#6 most popular of 14 things to do in Weimar
- "Erfurt is a lovely town with one of the best-preserved medieval city centers
in Germany. Many newer buildings are also richly decorated and even banks and
bakeries are housed in works of art. Erfurt’s close…"
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#7 most popular of 14 things to do in Weimar
- "Goethe National Museum
For many Germans, and scholars of German literature, a visit to Weimar is
first and foremost a pilgrimage to the houses of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. As
Goethe’s status and stature…"
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#9 most popular of 14 things to do in Weimar
- "Everyone raves about French breads and pastries, but German ones are just as good. I can
testify to this because of long evenings at home following around a good German cook in
my own kitchen. Through a…"
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#8 most popular of 14 things to do in Weimar
- "The Domplatz (Cathedral Square) in Erfurt is an enormous open space, the size
of six football fields. It is used for markets and all kinds of festivals but on
a recent cold, grey February morning, it was…"
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#5 most popular of 14 things to do in Weimar
- "The Ilm River is a lazy stream as it winds its way through Weimar, lazy enough for
wooden footbridges and a park that felt so "cozy" to me that I could easily understand
why Goethe loved it. The poet…"
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#12 most popular of 14 things to do in Weimar
- " "It moves us not!--Great God, I’d rather be
A pagan suckled in a creed outworn;
So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,
Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;
Have…"
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#13 most popular of 14 things to do in Weimar
- "I first learned about the Bauhaus Movement in architecture and design when I read
From Bauhaus to Our House by Tom Wolfe, America’s most irreverent art critic
who really hated Bauhaus. It’s a good book,…"
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#14 most popular of 14 things to do in Weimar
- "Since we came back the town Erfurt has become one of the litany of places where school violence has occurred. We were there long before that, and to us it was just the location of a youth hostel (there was a…"
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