Lübeck
BUSTLING LIFE IN NARROW STREETS

The Holstentor is one of Lübeck’s most well-known landmarks. Long ago, anyone who wanted to enter the city was obliged to pass through this gate. Once you’ve passed it yourself, you can find your own way through the small alleyways and side streets of historic Lübeck. Perhaps they’ll lead you to the Old City Hall? In the courtyard of the city hall, you’ll discover the old marketplace. Green grocers and merchants still sell their products here on several days of the week. At the city harbour, you can marvel at the historic warehouses, called “Kontore”, once owned by the town’s wealthy merchants.

If you like music, then you can enjoy regular organ concerts at one of the three major churches in town. These and several other churches have provided Lübeck with its nickname, the “City of the Seven Towers”, which refers to the seven church steeples. If you view the city from outside the city walls, you’ll be able to see all seven of them at one time.

But you won’t only find ancient history in Lübeck. If you’re interested in German literature, you can pay a visit to the Buddenbrook House. It’s a model of the house in which the Buddenbrook family lived, the fate of which was the subject of Thomas Mann’s world-famous novel “Buddenbrooks”. The Nobel laureate was a native of Lübeck, whose works and life are featured in a museum in Lübeck. Günter Grass, another famous German author, lived close to Lübeck as well.

Lübeck is also famous for its marzipan. This sweet almond treat is produced by several companies, some of which are over 200 years old. You can buy Lübeck marzipan in many shops in town. It comes in all shapes and sizes – fruits, musical instruments, flowers – and they’re all made of marzipan!

Most of the small and large restaurants and bars are located in Lübeck’s old part of town. The historic district is ideal for meeting up with friends from your higher education institution. In the summer time, you can sit at a pub along the Trave and kick back with a cool beverage.

If you’re a music enthusiast, Lübeck has a lot to offer. Concerts of classical music are held regularly at the large churches in town, but also at the concert hall. The Brahms Festival takes place in late April or early May every year, and in the summer, there’s the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival.

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