When choosing accommodation in Wernigerode, it is worth organizing your planned days around their themes: guided city exploration, parks and museums, or railway history. The Wernigerode Castle Railway travels to Wernigerode Castle; during the journey, the drivers provide information about sights along the route. City tours, a museum, parks and the planetarium each offer a distinct focus. You can therefore plan your stay according to whether you are looking for a guided perspective on the city, a park or a specific subject.
City tours and living conditions in the past
The Wernigerode Tourist Information Office offers public city tours for individual visitors every day, as well as tours for travel groups and themed tours. These include a brewmaster tour and an evening tour. If a tour is to be a fixed part of your itinerary, check the latest booking details in advance.
The Kleinstes Haus Museum shows the living conditions of the past in this house. This gives it a different focus from the city tours: here, the emphasis is on the living conditions in a single house. The two offerings therefore appeal to different interests, without requiring you to choose one particular theme for your entire stay.
Parks, miniatures and engaging topics
Wernigerode’s Bürgerpark has themed gardens, playgrounds, animal enclosures, a park restaurant and ponds. The “Kleiner Harz” miniature park is also located in the park. It features around 60 culturally and historically significant Harz buildings in a miniature landscape. While the Bürgerpark brings together various garden and park features, the “Kleiner Harz” focuses on buildings in miniature. This also distinguishes it from the Kleinstes Haus Museum, which shows the living conditions of the past in a single house.
The Harz Planetarium in Wernigerode offers explanations and experiments on topics including the sun’s path, the phases of the moon and how clouds form. Those interested in these subjects will find a different focus here than in the parks or local history. The HSB steam locomotive workshop offers another technical perspective: during their major inspections, visitors can watch steam locomotives being dismantled into individual parts from a gallery; the history of the HSB is also presented. The workshop grounds include an adventure playground for children. Check current visitor access arrangements before your visit.
The Harz as a wider travel destination
The wider Harz travel destination offers further opportunities to explore its landscapes and hiking trails. Harz National Park has eight visitor centers and national park houses with information about the park, hiking tips, exhibitions and film screenings. The national park also offers guided hikes and excursions with rangers, experts, national park guides and national park forest guides. As dates may change, check the latest schedule in advance.
At 1,141 meters, the Brocken is the highest peak in the Harz and lies in the core zone of Harz National Park. The Brocken Railway offers a way to reach the summit by train. For hiking enthusiasts, the Harz offers different kinds of experiences: the national park has 560 kilometers of signposted trails leading to scenic viewpoints. The Harzer-Hexen-Stieg runs through the national park and the Brocken Moor; twelve experience points highlight viewpoints, tell stories or invite visitors to take a short break.
Another hiking destination is the Harzer Wandernadel, with 222 stamping points across the Harz. Anyone who collects all 222 stamps earns the title “Harzer Wanderkaiser” (Harz Hiking Emperor). The wider travel destination thus offers different ways to explore: trails to viewpoints, stops with short stories or places to rest, and the goal of collecting stamps at the stamping points.
Discover more destinations: Schierke, Benzingerode, Ballenstedt, Osterwieck, Hedersleben, Oberharz Am Brocken, Tanne, Huy.
Go to the wider travel overview: Harz.
