About this experience
Travelers reach Aachen less often than other German cities, yet this is an exceptional place: you will feel its openness, admire the rich architecture, learn about traditions, and understand how Aachen gamely responds to all historical challenges. You will discover the city's Carolingian history, the core of the European Union, the mecca of equestrian sports, and how the people of Aachen managed to outsmart the devil hundreds of times.
What to Expect
Through narrow streets past masterpieces
Your acquaintance with Aachen will begin with a true entrance to the city through the Ponttor Gate, whose name is not actually related to a bridge. Winding through narrow streets, admiring churches and their spires reaching skyward, you will enter the heart of the city, where a magnificent architectural ensemble listed among Germany's most valuable monuments will reveal its mysteries and beauties to you. You will also encounter numerous fountains - ancient and modern, with stories, legends, and anecdotes. You will learn about the city's history, why Aachen is the heir to the spiritual traditions, values, and ideals of the Carolingian Empire. Moreover, you will see the Town Hall, the main Cathedral, the Granas Tower, and the Rose House: I will tell you witnesses of which glorious centuries and events these places have become.
Galloping through Europes
Located at the crossroads of the German, Belgian, and Dutch borders, Aachen has always sought openness and harbored ideas for the future European Union. You will learn about the international award associated with this, the peculiarity of the local bus route, and why the people of Aachen consider their city the perfect European project. Additionally, you will meet a herd of bronze horses at Aachen's train station (seeing these animals throughout the city more than once) and learn about the annual grand event in the world of equestrian sports in Aachen.
Aachen Stories
You will definitely hear not only the history of landmarks but also discover the evidence of the resourcefulness, ingenuity, and cunning of the people from Aachen they preserve. Furthermore, I will tell you about the student past and present of Aachen and help you understand this city of promise with its external diversity and inexhaustible zest for life.
And I will also reveal to you the secret of how to pass yourself off as an Aachener anywhere in the world or how to be mistaken for a local in the city:)
