🇩🇪 Münster: Germany's Bicycle Capital with a Royal Past
📊 City Snapshot • Population: 317,713 (Germany's 20th largest) • Students: 65,000+ (Top 10 university cities) • Bikes: 500,000 for 300,000 residents 🚴♂️ • Altitude: 60m | Area: 303 km² 🎓 Powerhouse of the North Rhine-Westphalia Home to: ⚖️ State Constitutional Court 🏛️ High Administrative Court 📜 European Heritage Label for the Peace Hall (1648 treaty site) 🌟 Iconic Landmarks • Prinzipalmarkt: Gothic arcades with 48 gabled houses • Zwinger Palace: 1528 fortress turned cultural venue • St. Paul's Dom: Since 805 AD, with a mechanical apostles clock • Lamberti Church: Famous for its hanging iron cages 🚲 Bike Utopia • 100,000 daily cyclists on Europe's longest car-free promenade (4.5km) • Police patrols on bikes 🚓 • DB's largest bike parking (3,500 spots) #MünsterVibes #BikeCity #GermanHistory