🇩🇪 Lübeck City Walk ⚓🏰
Nestled on the Trave River in northern Germany, Lübeck is a medieval masterpiece that’s been weaving tales for over a millennium. Once the wealthy "Queen of the Hanseatic League," this UNESCO World Heritage Site (1987) now dazzles visitors with its: ✨ Why Lübeck? Brick Gothic Wonderland: Crimson towers and cobbled alleys straight from a Grimm brothers’ storybook Literary Legacy: Nobel Prize winner Thomas Mann set Buddenbrooks in these very streets 📖 Baltic Gateway: Follow the river to the sparkling sea (just 30 mins to beaches!) 🚶 Must-Wander Routes 1️⃣ Holstentor → Town Hall Square Pass devil’s claw-marked stones and marzipan-scented cafés 2️⃣ St. Mary’s Church Climb the tower where Bach once played (and see WWII-damaged bells) 🔔 3️⃣ Hospital of the Holy Spirit Peek at Europe’s oldest medieval hospital (since 1286!) 🍽️ Local Flavors Niederegger Café: Sip coffee with 600-year-old marzipan recipes 🍰 Fischküche Travemünde: Smoked herring sandwiches by the harbor 🐟 #Lübeck #UNESCO #GermanHistory #SlowTravel