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Municipality in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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Flensburg (Danish: Flensborg) is a city on the east coast of Schleswig-Holstein. The 90,000 (2018) inhabitants live around the Flensburger Förde (Flensborg fjord). Its main claim to fame is that it sits on the border with Denmark, so there is lots of shopping. There are several museums too.
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A museum on a hill in the centre of Flensburg exhibiting local history artefacts and art by not only local artists.
Science Museum
Shipping museum
A museum dedicated to Flensburg's maritime history, including a small exhibit on rum, the "Rum-Museum" in the basement.
An interactive science museum, where you can try experiments on your own, especially interesting for families and children and anybody interested in science
Shipyard museum
This museum shows and builds old ships and boats and offers courses for children, teenagers and adults.
Kommandeursvilla
A naval museum in the famous Naval Academy Mürwik. The "Mürwik area" was the last part of Germany left under Nazi German control in May 1945 before the British forces in the area decided to put an end to the charade by having the "government" of "president" (former admiral) Dönitz arrested.
Ice Age House
As the last Ice Age has had a significant impact on the local geology and geography, this house holds a number of interesting fossils and geological samples.
A yachting museum opened in October 2016 run by the local silversmithing company of the same name
A typical photo subject. The church is good to see from the harbour on the eastern shore.
A garrison church built in the 1950s. The Christuschurch owns a beautiful triumphal cross (rood) from the 16th century. Otherwise the church is as unadorned and austere as one would expect of a Lutheran church.
One of the oldest buildings in the city. It was built in the 15th century. The architecture inside as well as outside is very much worth visiting.
Built to look like a castle on the orders of German Emperor Wilhelm II and opened in 1910. It was modelled after Marienburg, the Castle of the Teutonic Order, which lays today in the Polish town Malbork. The naval academy has churned out German naval forces under four different political systems (Imperial Germany, Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany and finally the Federal Republic).
Naval sports academy
This part of the Naval Academy was built in 1936/37. In May 1945 it was the seat of the "Flensburg Government" (see infobox).
Beautiful old white castle.
Campushalle
Home to SG Flensburg-Handewitt, one of Germany's — and therefore the world's — premier Handball teams which is among the top contenders for the German championship in most seasons.
The Alexandra was built in 1908 and is so the oldest passenger stream boat which is still in use in whole Germany.
Low German Theater
A theatre putting on plays in the local Low German vernacular.
Plays largely in High German.
Danish Theater
An amateur theatre with roughly 80 seats putting on plays in Danish.
German cuisine. Vegetarian options available.
Italian Restaurant
A Greek restaurant in the first floor of Hotel Fruerlund.
A Chinese restaurant offering a tasty buffet and a good menu.
A restaurant offering a variety of pizza and pasta, non-vegetarian and vegetarian food.
Inexpensive hotel outside the city centre. Not without reason sometimes compared to British comedy "Fawlty Towers", but the staff is very kind and helpful. No credit cards accepted
The borough Mürwik (Muerwik) owns also a separate little centre, named Twedter Plack. The centre is on the edge of the military where also located is the Naval Academy Mürwik.
Red Street
As part of the traditional "Ochsenweg" the Rote Straße represents a big part of Flensburg's history. Many little shops can be found there.
A shopping centre on the outskirts of town.
Due to its location and tourists visiting it is allowed to open all week long and attracts locals from both sides of the border, who go there for a Sunday grocery run.
By car
Most people arrive here by car.
By plane
The nearest airports are Hamburg (HAM) about 150 km away offering a wide array of flights to domestic and international destinations and Sønderborg (SGD, in Denmark 50 km away; flights from…
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