Ulm

Worth seeing in and around Ulm

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Ulm Minster

   Ulm Minster is a Gothic church of the Evangelical Church in Germany located in Ulm, Baden-Württemberg. It is the second-tallest church building in the world, with a steeple measuring 161.53 metres.

   100 m · Gothic church in Germany · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Ulm University

   Ulm University is a public university in Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The university was founded in 1967 and focuses on natural sciences, medicine, engineering sciences, mathematics, economics and computer science.

   3.8 km · university in Germany · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Ulm School of Design

   The Ulm School of Design was a college of design located in Ulm, Germany. It was founded in 1953 by Inge Aicher-Scholl, Otl Aicher and Max Bill, the latter being first rector of the school and a former student at the Bauhaus.

   3.5 km · Ulm School of Design · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Trams in Ulm

   The Ulm tramway network is a network of tramways forming part of the public transport system in Ulm, a city in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Opened in 1897, the network is currently operated by Stadtwerke Ulm/Neu-Ulm GmbH, and integrated in the Donau-Iller-Nahverkehrsverbund.

   600 m · tram system · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Wiblingen Abbey

   Wiblingen Abbey was a former Benedictine abbey that was later used as barracks. Today its buildings house several departments of the medical faculty of the University of Ulm.

   4.1 km · abbey · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Elchingen Abbey

   Elchingen Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Oberelchingen in Bavaria, Germany, in the diocese of Augsburg. For much of its history, Elchingen was one of the 40-odd self-ruling imperial abbeys of the Holy Roman Empire and, as such, was a virtually independent state that contained several villages aside from the monastery itself.

   9.3 km · monastery · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Donaustadion

   The Donaustadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Ulm, Germany. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of SSV Ulm 1846.

   1.5 km · football stadium · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Söflingen Abbey

   Söflingen Abbey was a nunnery of the Order of Poor Ladies, also known as the Poor Clares, the Poor Clare Sisters, the Clarisse, the Minoresses, or the Second Order of St. Francis.

   2.8 km · church building in Ulm, Tübingen Government Region, Bade-Württemberg, Germany · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Museum Ulm

   The Museum Ulm, founded in 1924, is a museum for art, archeology, urban and cultural history in Ulm, Germany. Exhibits range from prehistoric and early archaeological finds of the Ulm region to Late Gothic and Renaissance paintings and sculptures made in Ulm and Upper Swabia.

   300 m · museum in Ulm, Germany · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Q2415036

    The Walther Collection is a private non-profit organization dedicated to researching, collecting, exhibiting, and publishing modern and contemporary photography and video art. The collection has two exhibition spaces: the Walther Collection in Neu-Ulm/Burlafingen, in Germany, and the Walther Collection Project Space in New York City.

    5.7 km · art museum in Neu-Ulm, Bavaria, Germany · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Ulmer Münster

   Construction on this Gothic cathedral began in the 14th century, but the current version was only fully completed in 1890.

2. 02
   Fishermen's Quarter

   A scenic old part of town with half-timbered houses, around the Blau River.

3. 03
   Rathaus

   With its ancient colourful painted walls and the astronomical clock (dating from 1520).

4. 04
   Library

   The library of Ulm, also known as "Glaspyramide" (glass pyramid), because of its architecture.

5. 05
   Wiblingen Monastery

   Points of interest are the late Baroque basilica and the Rococo library room.

6. 06
   Ulm Federal Fortifications

   The largest preserved fortifications in Germany.

From Wikivoyage: Ulm, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

Walk along the Donau (Danube) river and the city wall and through the Fischerviertel. Visit the many art galleries there. See the Schiefes Haus (Crooked House) and enjoy the nice and little houses with very little streets between and small rivers. Visit the birthplace of Albert Einstein. Today the site of the house where he was born is marked with a memorial.

From Wikivoyage: Ulm, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

There are plenty of places to eat in the nice and quiet Fischerviertel, where you can get some genuine German food and beer.

1. 01
   Hemperium

   Restaurant/bar where various meals made from the (impotent) male hemp plant are served.

2. 02
   Grüne Insel

   Kohlgasse 23.

3. 03
   Münster Kebap

   Münsterplatz 5.

4. 04
   Asia

   Hoheschulgasse 1.

From Wikivoyage: Ulm, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Ulm

Airports

Memmingen Allgau (FMM), 49 km · Stuttgart (STR), 65 km · Bodensee Friedrichshafen (FDH), 88 km

Stations

Ulm Hauptbahnhof, 600 m · Ulm Ost, 1 km · Ulm-Söflingen station, 2.4 km · Ulm-Donautal, 5.2 km · Oberelchingen railway halt, 8.7 km

• Memmingen → Ulm

  48 km · quickest by road, 1h · €6–8
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• Stuttgart → Ulm

  74 km · quickest by road, 1h 44m · €9–13
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• Friedrichshafen → Ulm

  91 km · quickest by road, 2h 7m · €11–15
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