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City in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Paderborn is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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Cathedral
11th -16th century
City Hall
Adam and Eve House
Pader Headwaters
An area of more than 200 springs, the source of the Pader river, the shortest river in Germany.
HNF
The world's largest computer museum.
climb trees next to a pond, where you can also hire rowing boats
Ask at tourist information
Take a guest flight in a glider
Concerts
Concerts
Neatly trimmed spa gardens.
Earl's park
Triangular-shaped, early 17th-century Renaissance castle built for the prince-bishops of Paderborn. During the Nazi era it was chosen as an SS cult-site and redesigned after Heinrich Himmler's fancy.
Galerie-Hotel
Very cosy inside, great places outside, very delicious food with many organic ingredients. Breakfast, lunch, tea and self-made pies, dinner.
is the biggest one in Paderborn.
probably the smallest.
Best Western
Very cosy hotel in one of the oldest buildings of Paderborn.
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