Arts & Culture - Germany

Lovers of arts are in their element in the Upper Rhine Valley. A number of museums throughout the region celebrate the spirit of technical innovation:  the drasine, the forerunner of the bicycle is honored in Karlsruhe, the history of clock making and cuckoo clocks in Furtwangen, and in Mulhouse the focus is on fabric printing and the history of automobiles and railways.  A wide spectrum of artistic treasures are on display at the Kunstmuseum in Basel, the Museum Unterlinden in Colmar with its world famous Isenheim Altarpiece and the Augustinermuseum in Freiburg.  The strongholds of modern art are the museum Frieder Burda Baden - Baden, the Wurth Museum in Erstein and the Fondation Beyeler in Basel- Riehen,  In Basel and Strasbourg there are museums specifically dedicated to the famous contemporary artists Jean Tinguely and Tomi Ungerer.   Personal interaction  is top of the agenda in Karlsruhe's Center for Art and Media (ZKM) while a striking architectural feature is the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein.

A lively evening of theatre can be enjoyed by visiting the artistically impressive establishments in Basel.
Freiburg, Mulhouse, Strasbourg and Karlsruhe, while grand performances dominate the programmes of the Festspielhaus in Baden-Baden and the Festhalle in Landau