This sculpture is at the bottom of the Baden-Baden Sophienstraße where it intersects with…read moreLeopoldsplatz. It looks a bit like a flower, as if it were a Georgia O'Keeffe painting in three dimensions. It is quite polished and smooth, which gives it some play in the light as you walk around it. Artist Antoine Poncet (1928-2022) was a Swiss-French sculptor who has won multiple awards including the Prix André Susse in 1957 and the Prix Henry Moore in 1983. From 1942, he attended the École des Beaux Arts in Lausanne. He served as President of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 2009. His artwork has been displayed worldwide including Europe, Japan and the United States including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Montreal and the Museum of Modern Art in Milan. This piece is titled Fugue-Fougue. A similar artwork sold at Christies for €122500. https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6282956 [Review 20953 overall - 225 in Germany - 1938 of 2023.]

This is by far the most stereotypically Black Forrest thing in Germany. Imagine the Brothers Grimm,…read morefairy tales, and enchanted forests. What just came to mind was this hike. Moss covered rocks, cascading streams, dark forests, tall pine trees-this place has it all! The hike is not difficult at all, but is jam packed with beautiful views. You start the hike from the valley and hike up to the top of the ridge, taking about 1.5 hours. Get there EARLY! This is a very popular hiking spot and it gets crowded fast.

This interesting sculpture is located in the center median of the Place de Bordeaux. The artist is…read moreBernar Venet and it was made in 1987 for the city of Épinal, which is about 2 hours southwest of here. It is made of black painted metal. The caption is just about illegible and needs replacement. Art doesn't always have to make sense and this sculpture proves it. [Review 16420 overall - 56 in France - 1928 of 2021.]

as you enter town signs point to the tourist office, a circular structure built over the river Oos,…read morea one-stop resource for everything to see/do in Baden-Baden and the Black Forest (the largest single wooded area in Germany) studded with resort towns and sanatoriums promoting spa cures. a year-round sporting playground (Europe summer capital in 1800s), Baden sports elegant casinos, theater, music, art fests, nature reserves, lakes, moors and hiking-paragliding-skiing holidays. aside from 2 public thermal baths (Friedrichsbad & Caracalla), there are boutique hotels with their own hot spring spas. been spending time in recent years visiting friends and researching micro-wineries in Strasbourg, France and Baden is a short 45 minute drive on the autobahn. have taken advantage of the proximity to visit the spa each week when here and to explore. je recommande fortement d'aller quand vous etes dans la région de Alsace.

We had a lot of fun at the Wildline and here is what we found out…read more The cable car to get to the top is fun! If you want to go over the hanging bridge, it is extra! If you want to include this, buy the ticket upfront. I was terrified to take the slide down the spiral lookout tower and screamed the whole way down. I love/hated it. The view at the top is spectacular! This is a great place for adults and children. The food and the gifts in the shop were all reasonably priced. Just FYI, the German husband loved the apfel kuchen here. We did go over the Hanging Bridge. It was a windy day and my adrenaline had been activated by the slide so going across this was very hard for me. We hiked back instead of taking the bridge back which was hard because there is no clear way to do this. We had to hike over rocks and tall grass to find a trail that went back to the park. We really enjoyed the scenery here and the creative use of outdoor land to educate and entertain.

We're here today, 30.09.2022. we are all in our 60's and we went on the tree line suspension bridge…read morewhich had testing your fears, challenges, and balance. The tree lined bridge, 7Euros per, swung a little bit while walking but wasn't scary. I did most of the challenges, though the last got me. The steps were connected by chains and ropes but it swung too much for me to handle. ( i didn't complete it). Fear factor: 4 out of 5. The next location was the spiral pathway that climbed up to 30 meters that overlooked the black forest and nearby towns. The climb up the spiral pathway was about 20 minutes but taking the sit down ride for 2 Euro, the enclosed tunnel was quick. Fear factor: 2. It was a blast. We're at the suspension bridge but for me the cost of plucking down 9.50 E per person was costly and i decided not to go. My wife and sister in law went. Took about 30 m. No wind for that day and they return within 30 minutes. There was another place to have fun was a huge trampoline mostly for small kids. We decided not to go as it was costly area, 9.5 E per person. Overall we loved the place. Would go back, next year.

I am unable to find much information about the inscription on this fountain that is located along…read moreone of the mountainsides in Baden-Baden, "Herr Peter Nagel ST Börger Meister 1783". Nonetheless it is a fountain and the water is potable. The stone needs some cleaning so if you are thinking of drinking, use the running water and not the standing water. [Review 21155 overall - 232 in Germany - 118 of 2024.]

This lovely fountain stands in front of the Stiftskirche. It is one of a half-dozen such fountains…read morein Baden-Baden that are, yes, potable water that is checked regularly by the city and they clean regularly. If you're going to drink from it, I would not suggest filling your water bottle from the pool but instead the spigot. Yes, it's drinkable. There are news articles showing Mayor Alexander Uhlig filling his water bottle at one of the fountains. I was here in November when it was cold but apparently it gets rather hot in Baden-Baden and this will help tourists keep cool. Enjoy! [Review 20966 overall - 230 in Germany - 1951 of 2023.]

Johannes Gutenberg (1400-1468) is best known as the inventor of letterpress printing. If you've…read moreever heard of the Gutenberg Bible, yes, that's this guy. His work started the Printing Revolution in Europe and is regarded as a milestone of the second millennium, ushering in the modern period of human history. The man lived here in Strasbourg from 1439 to 1444. It was in Strasbourg in 1440 that he is said to have perfected and unveiled the secret of printing based on his research. The statue dates back to 1840. It is in the center of the plaza and depicts a bearded Gutenburg holding a page of the Scriptures with the printing press at his side. The page apparently reads "And there was light" in French but the copper statue is too corroded and in need of a cleaning and protecting. [Review 16421 overall - 57 in France - 1929 of 2021.]