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Germany, the country of cars. Mr. Benz, Daimler, Maybach and Co. they laid the foundation for this with their inventions. You can easily follow its history and the history of the car, which extends to the electric age, to other cities…
Wolfsburg: All cars, or what?
Wolfsburg: Autostadt
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An art museum, a Renaissance castle, a scientific center designed by Zaha Hadid and much more: reducing Wolfsburg only to VW is not enough. However, Europe’s largest car manufacturer is located in a small town in Lower Saxony on the Mittelland Canal. It is also responsible for the biggest visitor attraction: the 28-hectare Autostadt. In addition to the new car buyers, which floats perfectly from one of the 48-meter-high glass towers, visitors to outsiders are also welcome in the world’s most unique park in terms of mobility. Must-sees include the Zeithaus with 135 years of automotive history, an off-road course, a driving simulator, a large water fountain exhibit and several pavilions displaying models of the group’s models, including Audi. Its headquarters in Ingolstadt, factory visits, museums and the world of tourism, although it is much smaller than the Audi Forum, also attract visitors.
Stuttgart: Color Cauldron
Stuttgart: Exhibition at the Porsche Museum
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Who invented it? The answer is more often than not: a smart head from Stuttgart! The designers of the Leitz folder, the solarium and the first mass-produced bras all come from the Neckar region or the surrounding area. The same goes for Carl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler, Wilhelm Maybach – the main pioneers of cars. The exciting Mercedes-Benz Museum tells how this success story began at the end of the 19th century and how the three treasures are connected. More than 1,500 exhibits at Germany’s largest automobile museum include 160 vehicles, such as John Paul II’s Popemobile and the famous Silver Arrows. Fast cars are also the focus of the Porsche Museum, which is small but not worth seeing. For everyone who not only dreams of classic cars, but also prefers to do so in a place close to them, the best thing to do is to visit Motorworld Stuttgart, a kind of “Disneyland for car fans”. Another top offer from Stuttgart!
Zwickau: 115 years of automotive history
Zwickau: August Horch Museum, Trabant
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In “Autoland Saxony” front-wheel drive and left-hand drive began their triumphant journey. And even today, tens of thousands of workers are still working on the future of mobility, be it Dresden, Leipzig, Chemnitz or Zwickau, which founded the construction of cars 115 years ago like any other city in Germany. Anyone who misses something – keyword Trabant production and electromobility – can take a crash course at the August Horch Museum. That’s where the first Audi company August Horch & Cie. established. Exactly one hundred years before that, another great person saw the light of day in a city rich in character and architecture (council school library, priests’ houses, cathedral): Robert Schumann, composer of stars of Romanticism. It makes sense that the Conservatory, where many talented artists started their careers, is named after him. A departure from tradition is what the historic “Sachsenring” means. Every year up to 200,000 visitors travel here to cheer on the motorcycle masters in their fight to take over the world.
Munich: Driving directions
Munich: BMW World
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The car manufacturer BMW promises driving pleasure, it is clear that the builders of BMW World had a great time designing it. This futuristic building, which opened near the company’s headquarters in 2007, is as tall as the Pantheon in Rome and has a roof that could easily span St. Mark’s Square in Venice. What’s under the hood is also exciting: a hybrid event space, a new car showroom and a showroom for a wide range of BMW models, from Mini to Rolls-Royce. The Junior Campus even has its own volunteer center for children aged 7 to 13. There are also many things to see in the different Olympic Parks, be it the TV tower or the pool Olympic swimming. If you’d like to delve into the history of traffic, visit the traffic center above the Theresienwiese Oktoberfest. Under the motto “What Moves Us,” the 12,000-square-meter branch of the German Museum displays many vehicles, including the Benz Patent Motor Car Number 1, the first modern automobile since 1886 .
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