The Best places in Nuremberg to visit in Winter: 2 days in Nuremberg
When they first started designing the city of Nuremberg, they asked themselves “where would Santa want to live?”. Nuremberg in winter, with the snow falling softly around us, and the simple fairy lights twisted around every tree, felt exactly like somewhere Santa would live (if he was partial to a small wooden townhouse in a mid-sized city).
Nuremberg is the second largest city in Bavaria, Germany after Munich. But don’t let its size fool you. Nuremberg has kept its traditional buildings in tip-top shape, and resembles something out of a Disney movie. Old, wooden Medieval buildings fill the Old Town, where small Christmas Markets pop up down every street.
How many days in Nuremberg?
I recommend 48 hours in Nuremberg. 2 days gives you enough time to see the Christmas Markets as well as some of the most important sites. Nuremberg is a smaller town so it is easy to get around to all the sites. Since you won’t be spending half a day in transit, 48 hours in Nuremberg is really all you need (but you could definitely stay longer!).
What you will find here
This post will tell you how to spend 2 days in Nuremberg. I will go over my 48 hours in Nuremberg, including the best places in Nuremberg and the beautiful photos I took!
What Is there to do in Nuremberg during winter?
DAY 1
Visit the Christmas Markets
The Christmas Markets in Nuremberg are world renowned for a reason. They’re some of the oldest in the world and tradition is definitely still alive in this town. I’ve been to some of the best Christmas Markets in Europe, and these are definitely on the list. Once we checked into our hotel after getting off the train, the first thing we did was check out the Christmas Markets (you can read here for a more detailed post about Nuremberg Christmas Markets). They’re walking distance from the train station, which is where our hotel was located for the night.
Experience the Snow Covered Castle
After checking out the Christmas Markets during the day, we went to check out Nuremberg Castle. This is definitely worth seeing if you’re in Nuremberg, as the main castle is at the top of the hill with gorgeous views of the town. Even in the snow!
The city walls around the town are worth walking around to see, but make sure you stay warm by heading into a coffee shop or two when it gets too cold.
DAY 2
Visit St Lawrence Church
We got up early and went for a walk around the town. While walking around we discovered this gorgeous medieval church. It is pretty hard to miss considering its size so I highly recommend checking it out!
Visit the Christmas Markets at night
We went back to the Christmas Markets to check it out during the night. It was snowing quite a bit this day so we didn’t stay out too late but we found that there is also a Christmas Market just for kids, which was quite a cute idea! We headed back to the hotel to get warm.
DAY 3
Visit Hangman’s Bridge
The Henkersteg, known for being the Executioner’s Bridge, is a morbid yet interesting destination that you must visit, even if it is just to satisfy your curiosity. We visited this spot because my partner had heard the stories about the Hangman’s Bridge and wanted to see it.
It is covered in spiders to add to the creepy factor! This was the last thing we saw before heading back to the train station.
VERDICT
48 hours in Nuremberg is the perfect amount of time
I felt like I was able to see a lot of Nuremberg in the time that I had, and I would probably only want to stay longer if I wasn’t visiting other European Christmas Markets. However, if you’re like me and visiting a few, you will be happy to just spend two nights here!
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