Visit Bamberg

Altbier in the 'longest bar in the world', Gehry's dancing towers at the harbour and the Konigsallee.

The Town Musicians, the UNESCO-listed Roland statue and town hall, and the Schnoor lane of medieval cottages.

A 12th-century stone bridge over the Danube and the largest intact medieval city in Germany.

The capital of the Hanseatic League: the Holstentor gate, seven brick spires and Niederegger marzipan.

Goethe's and Schiller's houses, the birthplace of the Bauhaus, and Buchenwald on the hill above.

Ireland's medieval capital: a Norman castle, St Canice's round tower and the Smithwick's brewery.

The Gothic town hall, the oldest Catholic university in the world and the headquarters of Stella Artois.

Tsingtao beer in plastic bags, German colonial villas and beaches on the Yellow Sea.