The charm of Bamberg

If you happened to visit Bavaria, besides making a compulsory stop at Munich, I’d very much recommend you to drive/go a little north to visit this very beautiful town of Bamberg. There are only a handful of cities in Germany that aren’t destroyed by WWII bombings and Bamberg happens to one of those very lucky ones. A very nice tablecloth depicting the old town of Bamberg. It’s saying ‘Weltkulturerbe Bamberg’ (Bamberg is listed in the UNESCO World Heritage Site)
Visiting Bamberg was actually one of those spur-of-the-moment decisions as a friend of mine stayed just an hour of train-ride from this charming little town. I didn’t expect much from it and I ended up liking the town much more than I first thought I would.The colourful old town of Bamberg
It has all the features that I’ve listed for a typical German town. A walk down the town and you’re surrounded by all sorts of colourful town houses, each one of them unique in their own steep, slanting roofs, the discerning wooden windows and the patterns on their brick walls. I can’t help but noticed that not one of those shop houses has the same design as the other. Little Venice of Bavaria
The river Regnitz which runs across the town no doubt adds some Italian flavour to this town as some eye-catching shops and houses with their colourful facade dot the riverbank, deeming it the Little Venice of Bavaria. The only thing missing is the gondola . The wonderfully painted walls of the city hall
Even the city hall stands out from the crowd with the stark, attractive paintings on its wall. You can’t miss it. Surprisingly the town was already teeming with tourists despite the not-too-cheerful weather that day. I can’t imagine how it’d be like when the weather is fine. A very Venice-like building
As we explored further into the less crowded area of the town, we came across some buildings which remind me very much of those that I saw in Venice. The quasi-dilapidated look, the plain wooden windows and doors, those rusty window sills are so Venice-y. That area was like Venice revisited!One of the brewery in town
Another very common sight in Bamberg. Buildings with very different heights directly next to each other and those half-timbered houses. I realised that I really love seeing those half-timbered houses. The geometry formed by the frames painted in contrast with the windows and the walls complemented with some tiny red potted plants creating such a pretty sight for the eyes to behold.