The Definitive Guide to Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Oh Heidelberg, how thou have but stolen my heart! Ok, ok, perhaps I’ve been talking about Shakespeare too much with students, but tis’ true! Ich hab’ mein Herz in Heidelberg verloren in 2007 and I never got it back! As one of Germany’s most romantic towns, located along the Neckar River nestled in a wooded gorge with the stunning ruins of the Heidelberg Castle perched above the town, Heidelberg is one town I keep going back to over and over again. It never ceases to loose its appeal, and yet I can always find some new things to do in Heidelberg!

As previously mentioned, Heidelberg stole my heart in 2007 when I spent a year as an exchange student living right in the very heart of Heidelberg along Hauptstraße (Main Street) with the Heidelberg Castle right in my very own backyard. I attended the Heidelberg University studying Deutsch als Fremndsprache (German as a Foreign Language) and I had the time of my life at one of Germany’s oldest university towns. I met some amazing people and cemented my love of Germany then and knew one day I would be back.

Many hopeless romantics have passed through Heidelberg, casting their wishes on the Heidelberg Bridge Monkey for a future return to one of Europe’s most beautiful cities. Nineteenth century Romantics like Goethe, Turner and Disraeli wrote about Heidelberg’s exceeding loveliness which shot the town to fame, drawing in over 3 million tourists annually and is typically part of Grand European Tours. There’s no one I haven’t met who hasn’t already been! But in case YOU haven’t been, here’s your Heidelberg itinerary! ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).