Nurnberg - Where to stay and what to do for one day?

The first and most important place for us to visit was the site of the Nurnberg Trials.

Hotel Victoria is nice.

In walking distance opposite to the Central Train Station (400m)

Next to the Handwerkerhof I would visit as well at St Lorenz Church down the road (400m) and the Market Square over the River(800m)
Upto the Castle on the hill (1,5km distance from Hotel)

You can take this little train to get around

All inside the City Walls of the Historic Center of Nuremberg

I recommend a forum search.

Example:
https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/germany/nuremberg-sights-and-sleep

When I'm in Nuremberg i usually stay at the Meridian or the Park Plaza, or on the south side of the Bahnhof, Lowe's Merkur.

Just walk into the Altstadt towards the Lorenzkirche, then to the Pegnitz (river). Then turn left and follow that down to the Trodelmarkt and the watergate. then turn right and go up the hill to the Albrect Durer Haus. Then continue to the Castle. From there you can pick several routes back inside the city walls. This takes a couple hours if you rush, all day if you get sidetracked.

We also stay at a hotel Victoria and will again this September. Their location is next to the train station and near many wonderful places to eat. The tram is an excellent way to get to the Documentation Center and other WW II sites near it. Have a wonderful time there. Its one of our favorite cities to visif.

anybody for pencils? The home of Faber-Castell is just down the road in an adjacent city, with a museum and tour (9€).

https://www.faber-castell.co.uk/corporate/faber-castell-experience/faber-castell-mine

Wow! So much to see. I'll definitely look into all these ideas! Thank you : )

The Nazi Documentation Center gets my vote for one of the best museums, period full stop. The Germanisches National Museum is good for a quick stop to see some of the globes and science stuff, though I would breeze through the fine art. Otherwise, I was surprised to find the old town was particularly enjoyable to wander around. Do get yourself some Nuremberger sausages.

anybody for pencils? The home of Faber-Castell is just down the road in an adjacent city

This reminds me of BBC Justin Rowlatt's adventure as a Faber-Castell factory employee in Nuremberg.
BBC Documentary - Make Me a German
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSQKtxJ-Uvk
It's several years old. The BBC description:

Just what makes Germans so successful? They work fewer hours, yet they are more productive and their economy is the most successful in Europe. Even David Cameron says we should strive to be more like them.
In a bid to discover their secret, Justin and Bee Rowlatt head to the manufacturing city of Nuremberg with two of their children. Under the tuition of advertising expert PJ, whose company has done detailed research into the typical German, they set out to live, work and socialise the German way.
Justin starts work in a pencil factory, Bee learns how the German housewife organises the home and they set about saving a portion of their income. Trying to make themselves German involves hard work, fun and some entertaining surprises.

Train museum

Nuremberg is very charming and you can get a good feel for the city by just walking, since most of the major sites are within the Altstadt. Take a map (or use your phone's map) and head towards the city center. If you just start walking, you will come across Lorenzkirche, an ornate huge old church that was once Catholic but is now evangelical Lutheran. Much of the church was bombed during World War II, but they restored it to its original grandeur.

There is also the Holy Ghost hospital (Heilig-Geist-Spital), which sits on the river. It was built in the 14th century to care for the sick, disabled and elderly citizens of the town. Nearby is the Shöner Brunnen, which means “beautiful fountain”. Because the old slaughter houses and even the hospital dumped very unsanitary things into the river, the town build the fountain to provide clean drinking water to the square. And of course they made it as ornate and beautiful as possible.

I recommend visiting the toy museum, which is charming and has so many interesting items. I also loved the German National Museum, which houses some original Dürer and Rembrandt paintings, and several pieces by Tilman Riemenschneider, a gifted sculptor from the 15th and 16th century.

If you like Albrecht Durer, his house has been turned into a museum. I did not visit it but have heard good things about it. It sits near the top (north end) of the Aldstadt.

Near there is a street called Weissgerbergasse, which is lined with very colorful half-timbered buildings. Definitely make a point of walking through it - it's incredibly charming! Here's a photo of it. https://www.fotocommunity.de/photo/weissgerbergasse-in-nuernberg-abbe-foto/32963877

I'm assuming you know about the Documentation Center on the outskirts of town.

For restaurants, I highly recommend Literaturhaus, which is about a 4 minute walk from your hotel. It is on Luitpoldstraße near the Altstadt and open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I ate several meals there, including breakfast and several dinners. The food was very good--lots of German entrees--and a large and varied menu. I really enjoyed eating here. https://www.restaurant-im-literaturhaus.de/ I especially liked that most of the patrons I saw in there were Germans. 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).

Either the Germanic Museum or the Railway Museum are enough to fill a whole day if you are interested. Or just wander around the town centre. Don't feel obliged to visit grim Third Reich sites if you don't want to.

Nuremberg is covered very well in the Rick Steve’s Germany guidebook. He covers all the main sites and prioritizes them along with helpful practical info, hotel and restaurant recommendations Hotel Victoria is one of his recommendations