• Pan-European Roadtrip
    Baden-Baden Trinkhalle (pump house) as part of the Kurhaus spa complex
    Nice apotheka in downtownWould not want that kind of alarm set for 8AM in the morning 😅Entrance to the funicular stationThe ride costs 6€ together in both ways per person. Completely automated.Photos cannot really convey the steepness and altitude of the railway...Two wagons move alternatively up and down, meeting at the centerVista without Windows (pun intended)This will make your soul sing and appreciate the beauty of nature 🥰

    Baden-Baden

    May 19, 2022 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

    This spa town in southwestern Germany’s Black Forest, near the border with France, was on our list by a recommendation of a good friend.

    With a population of some 57,000 residents it is quite small and compact.

    It felt like a town we would gladly live in ☺️

    The main attraction of Baden-Baden is, of course, The Merkur Funicular Railway (Europe’s steepest, and most technically advanced, funicular railway).

    The ride is already an experience, but looking down from the tip of the near-700m-high Merkur mountain is truly breathtaking!    Read more