Discover Tübingen
The town has a special atmosphere with her ca. 90.000 inhabitants thereof a third part students. The old town has a historical city from the middleage. Firstly Tübingen was referred to even 1000 years ago. Market is held on the market place Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays as well as around the Jakobskirche on Saturdays.
What you can do in Tübingen
- strolling, that means discovering the „Hölderlinturm“ along the riverside of Neckar, the old bourse, the „evangelisches Stift“, than to enjoy the unique view from the castle, the historical market place and at least the alleys of “Untere Stadt”…
- Visits of the museums, for example the Stadtmuseum, where you can find informations about the history of the town https://www.tuebingen.de/stadtmuseum/ , in the castle Hohentübingen which contains an archeological and cultural historical collection https://www.unimuseum.uni-tuebingen.de/de/museum-im-schloss.html
- Stocherkahnfahrt on the Neckar river
- Visit of the observatory Sternwarte Tübingen
Restaurants and bars
There is quite a big offer of restaurants, bars and pubs in Tübingen.
Especially to mention are two swabian restaurants with outdoor catering, which you can reach after a little hike: the castle Hohenentringen http://www.hohenentringen.de/ and the Hofgut Schwärzloch https://www.hofgut-schwaerzloch.de/ , both located in an idyllic situation.
University
Tübingen is a university town. The university is spread all over the town, so there is no special campus except for the sciences which are situated in a walking distance from the apartment. Informations about the university you get here https://uni-tuebingen.de/ . You can participate in the lecture series for free which are indicated in this link
Sightseeing outside the city
In the surroundings of Tübingen you can discover also many interesting places:
Burg Hohenzollern | Kloster Bebenhausen | Schokoladenmuseum Ritter | Naturpark Schönbuch | Römerstraße Rottenburg | an outdoor museum of a roman grange near Hechingen | a fashion outlet | the Schwäbische Alb with lots of hiking trails https://www.schwaebischealb.de/ | and the visit of one of the caves https://www.schwaebischealb.de/attraktionen/baerenhoehle