I am planning a trip to Germany (especially South Germany) in a few months.
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I am planning a trip to Germany (especially South Germany) in a few months. If you have any recommendations for tech history, museums, industrial sites, nerdy things, I would appreciate them.
Stuff like Deutsches Museum, the cool train in Wuppertal, Arithmeum and Analog Computer Museum, ZKM, Landschaftspark… Anti-recommendations (“overrated,” “not worth the time”) are also welcome.
Thank you in advance!
@mwichary If "in a few months" covers June 27, definitely look at the Program of "Extraschicht": https://www.extraschicht.de/
It's basically a night-time opening + extra cultural program at many historic industrial sites in Ruhrgebiet, including formerly mentioned "Zeche Zollverein". (In general, have a look at their list of event locations, many are fascinating museums with regular opening times themselves, like https://henrichshuette.lwl.org/en/ ).
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I am planning a trip to Germany (especially South Germany) in a few months. If you have any recommendations for tech history, museums, industrial sites, nerdy things, I would appreciate them.
Stuff like Deutsches Museum, the cool train in Wuppertal, Arithmeum and Analog Computer Museum, ZKM, Landschaftspark… Anti-recommendations (“overrated,” “not worth the time”) are also welcome.
Thank you in advance!
@mwichary
It's neither very nerdy nor educational, but quite some fun to visit (particularly with kids): https://www.salzbergwerk.de/en
Also, there is beautiful scenery around, and some… er, say: 'historically interesting' options nearby as well. -
@mwichary If "in a few months" covers June 27, definitely look at the Program of "Extraschicht": https://www.extraschicht.de/
It's basically a night-time opening + extra cultural program at many historic industrial sites in Ruhrgebiet, including formerly mentioned "Zeche Zollverein". (In general, have a look at their list of event locations, many are fascinating museums with regular opening times themselves, like https://henrichshuette.lwl.org/en/ ).
@mwichary If it covers Whit Monday, have a look for "Mühlentag" / "Mill Day", where many heritage wind mills, water mills, etc open. https://www.deutsche-muehlen.de/muehlen-erleben/deutscher-muehlentag (unfortunately, they are very bad with presenting a good map of all participating heritage mills)
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@mwichary If "in a few months" covers June 27, definitely look at the Program of "Extraschicht": https://www.extraschicht.de/
It's basically a night-time opening + extra cultural program at many historic industrial sites in Ruhrgebiet, including formerly mentioned "Zeche Zollverein". (In general, have a look at their list of event locations, many are fascinating museums with regular opening times themselves, like https://henrichshuette.lwl.org/en/ ).
@ysegrim Yes, thanks! I was thinking about it. It will likely be earlier, but maybe I’ll catch Mühlentag.
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@mwichary If it covers Whit Monday, have a look for "Mühlentag" / "Mill Day", where many heritage wind mills, water mills, etc open. https://www.deutsche-muehlen.de/muehlen-erleben/deutscher-muehlentag (unfortunately, they are very bad with presenting a good map of all participating heritage mills)
@ysegrim Ha, jinx.
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@mwichary If it covers Whit Monday, have a look for "Mühlentag" / "Mill Day", where many heritage wind mills, water mills, etc open. https://www.deutsche-muehlen.de/muehlen-erleben/deutscher-muehlentag (unfortunately, they are very bad with presenting a good map of all participating heritage mills)
@mwichary If you happen to pass Dresden:
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I am planning a trip to Germany (especially South Germany) in a few months. If you have any recommendations for tech history, museums, industrial sites, nerdy things, I would appreciate them.
Stuff like Deutsches Museum, the cool train in Wuppertal, Arithmeum and Analog Computer Museum, ZKM, Landschaftspark… Anti-recommendations (“overrated,” “not worth the time”) are also welcome.
Thank you in advance!
@mwichary
DB-Museum in Nürnberg is great if you like trains. They also have one small floor about communication systems (old phones etc.) -
@mwichary If it covers Whit Monday, have a look for "Mühlentag" / "Mill Day", where many heritage wind mills, water mills, etc open. https://www.deutsche-muehlen.de/muehlen-erleben/deutscher-muehlentag (unfortunately, they are very bad with presenting a good map of all participating heritage mills)
@mwichary Classic music concerts in an Art Deco Hydro powerstation that's still in use in winter: https://www.spannungen.de/
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I am planning a trip to Germany (especially South Germany) in a few months. If you have any recommendations for tech history, museums, industrial sites, nerdy things, I would appreciate them.
Stuff like Deutsches Museum, the cool train in Wuppertal, Arithmeum and Analog Computer Museum, ZKM, Landschaftspark… Anti-recommendations (“overrated,” “not worth the time”) are also welcome.
Thank you in advance!
@mwichary I don't know if this is a nerdy thing, but if you are near Valley in Bavaria, have a look at the organ museum: https://lampl-orgelzentrum.com/
They have the largest collection of pipe organs in the world, many of which are in playable condition. -
I am planning a trip to Germany (especially South Germany) in a few months. If you have any recommendations for tech history, museums, industrial sites, nerdy things, I would appreciate them.
Stuff like Deutsches Museum, the cool train in Wuppertal, Arithmeum and Analog Computer Museum, ZKM, Landschaftspark… Anti-recommendations (“overrated,” “not worth the time”) are also welcome.
Thank you in advance!
@mwichary If you're coming to Munich for Deutsches Museum, be aware that there is renovation going on, so you might not see all the exhibits. If you're there around lunchtime and the weather is good, go to the "Frau im Mond" rooftop restaurant, good food, reasonable prices and a great view over the Isar river. Try to also go to the two outposts of the Deutsche Museum: Verkehrszentrum (they have the Ernst Dickmanns autonomous car from the 1990s) and Flugwerft (in the north, they have the Dornier DO 31 VTOL cargo plane)
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I am planning a trip to Germany (especially South Germany) in a few months. If you have any recommendations for tech history, museums, industrial sites, nerdy things, I would appreciate them.
Stuff like Deutsches Museum, the cool train in Wuppertal, Arithmeum and Analog Computer Museum, ZKM, Landschaftspark… Anti-recommendations (“overrated,” “not worth the time”) are also welcome.
Thank you in advance!
@mwichary The old iron works in Völklingen, close to Saarbrücken.
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@mwichary the tech museum in Sinsheim is always worth a visit (https://sinsheim.technik-museum.de/), as well as its a bit less known sibling in Speyer (https://speyer.technik-museum.de/). The University of Stuttgart has a cool little computer museum, but with extremely narrow opening times: https://www.f05.uni-stuttgart.de/informatik/fachbereich/computermuseum/besucherinformation/
@germannukes @mwichary
Sinsheim felt a bit underwhelming to me to be honest. Many exhibits and surely a lot of them interesting, but they mostly failed to tell any stories with it.
My experience was a lot of "this is car/tank/plane XYZ from year 19xx with xyz power/cylinders/weight". -
I am planning a trip to Germany (especially South Germany) in a few months. If you have any recommendations for tech history, museums, industrial sites, nerdy things, I would appreciate them.
Stuff like Deutsches Museum, the cool train in Wuppertal, Arithmeum and Analog Computer Museum, ZKM, Landschaftspark… Anti-recommendations (“overrated,” “not worth the time”) are also welcome.
Thank you in advance!
@mwichary Industriemuseum Lauf (a few km east of Nuremberg) with several well-preserved workshops from 19th century and earlier https://www.industriemuseum-lauf.de
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I am planning a trip to Germany (especially South Germany) in a few months. If you have any recommendations for tech history, museums, industrial sites, nerdy things, I would appreciate them.
Stuff like Deutsches Museum, the cool train in Wuppertal, Arithmeum and Analog Computer Museum, ZKM, Landschaftspark… Anti-recommendations (“overrated,” “not worth the time”) are also welcome.
Thank you in advance!
@mwichary Have you thought about hopping over to Luxembourg for a day or two? Klein aber fein, with some very interesting and beautiful sights. I live there
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I am planning a trip to Germany (especially South Germany) in a few months. If you have any recommendations for tech history, museums, industrial sites, nerdy things, I would appreciate them.
Stuff like Deutsches Museum, the cool train in Wuppertal, Arithmeum and Analog Computer Museum, ZKM, Landschaftspark… Anti-recommendations (“overrated,” “not worth the time”) are also welcome.
Thank you in advance!
@mwichary the first thing that comes to my mind is the Zeppelin Museum in Friedrichshafen!
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@germannukes @mwichary
Sinsheim felt a bit underwhelming to me to be honest. Many exhibits and surely a lot of them interesting, but they mostly failed to tell any stories with it.
My experience was a lot of "this is car/tank/plane XYZ from year 19xx with xyz power/cylinders/weight".@Domkat Thanks! Appreciate you flagging it.
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I am planning a trip to Germany (especially South Germany) in a few months. If you have any recommendations for tech history, museums, industrial sites, nerdy things, I would appreciate them.
Stuff like Deutsches Museum, the cool train in Wuppertal, Arithmeum and Analog Computer Museum, ZKM, Landschaftspark… Anti-recommendations (“overrated,” “not worth the time”) are also welcome.
Thank you in advance!
@mwichary
Very far up north, but...German Tank Museum in Munster: https://daspanzermuseum.de/
Deutsches Marinemuseum in Wilhemshaven:
https://www.marinemuseum.de/The famous german Submarine U-995 in Laboe:
https://deutscher-marinebund.de/marine-ehrenmal-u-995/technisches-museum-u-995/ -
I am planning a trip to Germany (especially South Germany) in a few months. If you have any recommendations for tech history, museums, industrial sites, nerdy things, I would appreciate them.
Stuff like Deutsches Museum, the cool train in Wuppertal, Arithmeum and Analog Computer Museum, ZKM, Landschaftspark… Anti-recommendations (“overrated,” “not worth the time”) are also welcome.
Thank you in advance!
@mwichary I went to the Bauhaus site in Dessau last year, staying overnight in one of the student dorms and visiting the (newish) Bauhaus Museum and the Meisterhäuser. Well worth it if you’re into 20th-century modernist design.
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Attached: 3 images In Dessau, I stayed overnight at the Bauhaus, in a former student apartment fitted out with appropriately modernistic furniture and vintage fittings. It was one of the rooms with those iconic balconies (which was unlocked, though we could use at our own risk; presumably the period railings don’t comply with modern safety standards). The bathroom was communal though modern, but nobody else was staying on the floor. The stay cost me only €65. 5/
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@yvg Oh my god, this is perfect. I was just thinking of wanting to learn more about the Ruhr area.
@mwichary @yvg https://voelklinger-huette.org/en/ is pretty cool
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@mwichary The old iron works in Völklingen, close to Saarbrücken.
@mwichary Here is a great video about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIDlNQ8C5pM
"it’s all the thrills of urban exploration without the danger, the criminal trespassing, and the fear of getting caught (so arguably without three of the thrills of urban exploration)."
