World culture and trend information : Wernigerode, Harz Germany (EU countries) 2016. Famous for witch

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Today I’d like to show you some information about Wernigerode, Harz, Germany. Some of you have not heard the name of the city so far. But the city is very beautiful, so, it worth visiting absolutely, in my opinion. Especially the scenery of the city is amazing as the pictures as follows.
In addition, the city "Wernigerode" is very famous for witch. You can often see witches in the city.

1 Transportation from Berlin to Wernigerode

If you go to Wernigerode from Berlin by train, it takes about 3 hours. But you need to transfer 2 times (at the Braunschweig station and at the Vienenburg station). On the other hand, it takes about 3 hours by car.

↓　These are the ticket information about “Deutche Bahn/DB ”.

a Schönes-Wochenende-Ticket

You can get on the DB trains (second class car) as many times as you want within 1 day (on Saturday or Sunday from 0 AM to 3 AM on next day) with the ticket.

It costs around 40 Euro per 1 pers. But 2 pers →44 Euro, 3 pers →48 Euro.(Max.5 pers)

Under 14 years old free of charge. Before you go to travel, to make sure, I recommend you to take a look at the HP of DB.

b Quer-Durchs-Land-Ticket

You can get on the DB trains (second class car) as many times as you want within 1 day (①you can choose 1 day from Monday to Friday) from 9 AM to 3 AM on Next day,②Saturday or Sunday from 0 AM to 3 AM on next day) with the ticket.

It costs around 44 Euro per 1 pers. But 2 pers →52 Euro, 3 pers →60 Euro. (Max.5 pers)

Under 14 years old free of charge. Before you go to travel, to make sure, I recommend you to take a look at the HP of DB.

c ICE Train ticket

If you buy the ICE ticket about 3 months before you go to travel, you can get about 60％ discount from the regular price. The discount depends on the time you make a reservation. If you decide to go somewhere in Germany by train, it is better to buy it as soon as possible.

2 Sightseeing spots

① The city hall

The design of the building is very nice. It was first time for me to look at such a nice city hall.

The design is very nice in my opinion.

There are many this kinds of buildings around there.

② SL-Train

Wernigerode is very famous for SL. You can get on it. I was very surprised to see the train. You can go to Brocken mountain by this train.

③ The Wernigerode Castle

If you go to Wernigerode, Harz, I recommend you to visit the Wernigerode Castle. Especially the scenery from the castle is very nice. And it’s not so difficult to go there from the center of the city. You can go there by bus. The return ticket costs 6 Euro for adults.

The Warnigerode Castle

The scenery from the Wernigerode Castle 1

The scenery from the Wernigerode Castle 2

You can go to the Castle by this bus. You can buy ticket in the bus.

Every 30 minutes the bus comes

3 Hotel

There are many hotels in the city. But the hotel I stayed was very convenient and very nice. The name of the hotel is "Altora". Because the price was not so expensive, and the service was very good.And the hotel gave us the coupon ticket for many kinds of activity and restaurants. About 160 Euro for 4 pers (incl.2 kids) with breakfast. And the access to the station is very good.