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90 climbing routes, 1,000-m² climbing area, 14m high wall.
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Each year around 25,000 fans of metal, industrial, dark-wave and goth music gather at this festival which is possibly the most famous of its kind in Europe. Many top names in these genres have performed here at least once and the 2014 event included Within Temptation and Marilyn Manson among others.
Museum located in a reconstructed Knochenhauer-Amtshaus (Butchers' Guild Hall building) next to the Markt. Permanent exhibition concerns city history.
St. Michaelis
Early Romanesque church famous for its Ottonian architecture and the unique "Jessebom", a painted family tree of Jesus-Christ on the wooden ceiling. Also World Cultural Heritage.
historic market place
- and surrounding buildings which include, among others, Rathaus (Town Hall), Knochenhauer-Amtshaus (Butchers' Guild Hall), Bäckeramtshaus (Bakers' Guild Hall), Tempelhaus and Wedekindhaus.
Upended Sugarloaf
Half-timbered house,built between 1500 and 1510, destroyed in World War II, reconstructed in 2010.
St.-Andreas-Kirche
It has the tallest church tower in Lower Saxony (114.5 metres, can be accessed and offers great views).