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Attractions in Heidelberg
Heidelberg's most famous attractions - from the castle and the Old Bridge to the Philosophers' Walk and the Königstuhl mountain. Click a card for details, prices and directions.
Old Town
Church of the Holy Spirit
The striking late-Gothic parish church on the Marktplatz - Heidelberg's religious and architectural center.
Free entry
Old Town
Hauptstrasse
At 1.6 kilometers, one of the longest pedestrian streets in Europe - Heidelberg's central shopping and strolling boulevard through the whole Old Town.
Free entry
Old Town
Heidelberg Castle
Heidelberg's most famous landmark - the part-restored, part-romantically-ruined castle complex standing 80 meters above the Old Town.
from €9
Schlierbach
Königstuhl
Heidelberg's 568-meter home mountain - reached by funicular from the Old Town, with a lookout tower, a fairy-tale park and a falconry.
from €16
Old Town
Kurpfälzisches Museum
City-history museum in the baroque Palais Morass - home to the cast of the Homo heidelbergensis jawbone and works by Tilman Riemenschneider.
from €3
Old Town
Marktplatz
Heidelberg's civic center with the town hall, the Church of the Holy Spirit, the Hercules Fountain and a fresh farmers' market twice a week.
Free entry
Neuenheim
Neckarwiese
The famous riverside lawn on the north bank of the Neckar opposite the Old Town - Heidelberg's summer living room, with a castle view.
Free entry
Old Town
Old Bridge (Karl Theodor Bridge)
The stone Neckar bridge of 1788 with its two white towers and its bridge monkey - one of the most photographed sights in Heidelberg.
Free entry
Old Town
Old University & Student Prison
The historic main building of the Ruperto Carola on University Square, with the Old Aula and the famous student prison in the rear courtyard.
from €3
Neuenheim
Philosophers' Walk
The famous hillside path on the Heiligenberg with the finest view of the Old Town, the castle and the Neckar valley - inspiring poets and thinkers for centuries.
Free entry
Old Town
Student Prison
The old detention cells for Heidelberg students - in use from 1778 to 1914, now a cult sight covered in artful wall graffiti.
from €3