Nuremburg this May

We’re in Nuremberg right now. The only thing we pre-booked was the WWII art bunker. That has pretty limited access and the tours do sell out. Note that the tour is only in German - for us English speakers, they give us a little audio guide and we listen to that while the guide speaks in German to the rest of the tour. We definitely got less information than the live tour participants but we were still glad we went.

https://museums.nuernberg.de/world-war-art-bunker/

I stayed in Nürnberg last year for 4 nights and ate at one restaurant called Literaturhaus for at least 4, maybe 5 meals. It is on Luitpoldstraße near the Altstadt and open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Many of the people I saw in there were Germans - in fact, on several occasions there were groups of locals there for various events - one was a book club meeting and another one was a birthday party for a woman who was turning 90. The book club group was sitting near me and told me that they meet there regularly (we spoke in German, although the servers speak English).

The food was very good - lots of German entrees - and a large and varied menu. I was there once for breakfast, once for lunch and at least twice for dinner. I really enjoyed eating here. https://www.restaurant-im-literaturhaus.de/

If you are historians, I don't think you've allowed enough time for Nuremburg. We deep dive into history, too, and with three days in Nuremburg weren't able to do everything we wanted to. The trials location is very dense - we originally allotted a morning for it. We had tickets for a walking tour that afternoon, so we have to leave before we finished and ended up going back the next morning to finish up (for a total of at least six hours, likely more). What about the Germanisches Nationalmuseum? That is also amazing and I think unmissable for those with a deep interest in history.

We basically devoted at day to the rally grounds/documentation center, a day to the trial museum, and a day to Germanisches Nationalmuseum, with a few other little things like the walking tour. Consider careful what your priorities are for your time there.

Here’s another vote for the German National Museum! That place is fabulous and you need at least a few hours in there. What a collection of stuff!!!!!!!!!