Münster Day 2.1

Today we explored Münster aka the city with all the big fancy churches! Last night in the dark it was hard to tell just how many there were!

We woke up to a gorgeous sunny day. A bit cold but not too bad. We are staying just outside of the downtown area and there are so many fancy houses everywhere! It is fun wandering and seeing what we will find!

Nearby is the Heilig Kreuz church which was our first stop for the day. Lots of nice stained glass windows and located in a traffic circle! Then on to the park that circled the city (where the city walls once were) and the old tower.

We then walked by the Diocesan Library (the largest theological north of the alps) that is right next to Uberwasserkirch. We went to spy inside and there was an art exhibit inside! Not what I was expecting!

Across from the church is Antiquariat Solder, a rare books store which turns into the Antiquariat Wilsberg for the long running Wilsburg Krimi TV show set here! Apparently the private detective works out of his rare books shop. I’ve never heard of the show, but we might have to check it out when we get home.

Then on to the St Paulus cathedral, which the main part wasn’t as nice as I had thought it would be, but the area around behind the alter was really cool. There was an astronomical clock from the 16th century and lots of interesting stained glass windows. It was hard to get good photos of them, but if you zoom in you will see like lines sketches on them? I’ve never seen anything like that before so that was fun. There is a large square in front that holds the weekly market, but we will miss that as we aren’t here on market days.Read more