A view from the outside.
Dec. 10, 2022
Bamberg is known as "one of the most beautiful small towns in all of Europe."
Fittingly, we were greeted with a storefront that was turned into a life-size advent calendar!
Another Christmas market? Yes, please!
Bamberg has more than 2000 well-presevered buildings and is a beautiful, unique place to explore - even in the cold!
The Altes Rathaus (Old Town Hall) is one of Europe's most photographed and occupies its own little island in teh middle of the Regnitz River.
It was built ~1467. Anwar Johann painted the murals on the exterior walls.
Exploring the winding cobbled streets and neighborhoods.
It's a very walkable city. We drove here from Nuremberg, parked our car in a paid parking garage at a hotel and then wandered the town by foot. It was easy to see all the town's major highlights by walking around, including this one - the four-towered Kaiserdom cathedral, built under Heinrich II and the site of his coronation in 1012.
It is the only place outside of Italy or France where a Pope is buried.
Now that's a nativity!! It was huge!
A view from the outside.
Colorful and charming and just so authentically German.
Verdict: No, you don't need to see Bamberg before you die. I have nothing bad to say about it. It truly was charming. We very much enjoyed exploring the town and especially enjoyed seeing the Kaiserdom Cathedral and Altes Rathaus. I do think you need to go to Germany before you die and I do think you need to explore various towns there, big and small, it just doesn't necessarily need to be this one.
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