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Mannheim
City in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Mannheim

Mannheim, officially the University City of Mannheim, is the second-largest city in Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, the state capital, and Germany's 21st-largest city, with a population of over 315,000.

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It is located at the border with Rhineland-Palatinate. The city is the cultural and economic centre of the Rhine-Neckar, Germany's seventh-largest metropolitan region, with nearly 2.4 million inhabitants.

Get in

Getting to Mannheim

  1. 01
    Mannheim City Airport

    The airport provides seasonal holiday flights from Elba, Heringsdorf, and Sylt, plus regular business trips from Hamburg and Berlin.

  2. 02
    Mannheim Hauptbahnhof
See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Water
  2. 02
    Mannheim Baroque Palace
  3. 03
    Paradeplatz
  4. 04
    Konkordienkirche

    68161 Mannheim, citygemeinde.hafen-konkordien.mannheim@kbz.ekiba.de.

  5. 05
    Christuskirche

    Werderplatz 15, christusfriedengemeinde.mannheim@kbz.ekiba.de.

  6. 06
    Luisenpark

    Considered one of Europe's most beautiful parks, Luisenpark offers vast green spaces, a Chinese tea house, and boat trips on the 'Gondolettas'.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    National Theater Mannheim
  2. 02
    Cineplex

    Includes showings of films in original English.

  3. 03
    SAP Arena

    An der Arena 1 (Tram: "SAP Arena" / Train: "Mannheim ARENA/Maimarkt"),.

  4. 04
    Congress Center Rosengarten
  5. 05
    Capitol

    Waldhofstr.

  6. 06
    Maimarkt

    Largest regional consumer exhibition of Germany, for eleven days in April/May.

Eat

Where to eat

Spaghettieis was invented in Mannheim in 1969. Vanilla ice cream is pressed through a spaetzle press, creating the spaghetti-like shape, over which comes strawberry sauce as tomato sauce and grated white chocolate as grated cheese. Mannheim is known for its many pretzel stands. Little pretzel baguettes with mozzarella and tomato are quite yum.

  1. 01
    Katik Döner

    Kaiserring 40 (Across the street from Heller's).

  2. 02
    Little India

    Don't get fooled by the look from the outside.

  3. 03
    Big Pom

    F1 4.

  4. 04
    Syrisches Haus

    U1 27.

  5. 05
    Nisa's Hot Dog Store

    N4 10.

How locals move

Getting around Mannheim the local way

  • Get aroundThe town Edingen-Neckarhausen is on the opposite side of the Neckar and can be reached either by ferry (travel times and prices) or via the wide footbridge along the side of the railway bridge.

From Wikivoyage: Ladenburg, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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