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maker, Peter Vischer the Elder, and his two sons more than 11 years to complete (Vischer
is in it too, sporting a skullcap). The church is free to enter, despite the misleading sign on
the door.
Felsengänge
(Underground Cellars;
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;
www.felsengaenge-nuernberg.de
;
Bergstrasse 19;
tours adult/concession €5/4; tours 11am, 1pm, 3pm & 5pm Mon-Fri, plus noon, 2pm
& 4pm Sat & Sun)
Beneath the Albrecht Dürer Monument on Albrecht-Dürer-Platz are
the chilly Felsengänge. Departing from the brewery shop at Burgstrasse 19, tours descend
to this four-storey subterranean warren, which dates from the 14th century and once
housed a brewery and a beer cellar. During WWII it served as an air-raid shelter. Tours
take a minimum of three people. Take a jacket against the chill.
HISTORIC SITE
Spielzeugmuseum
(Toy Museum;
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;
Karlstrasse 13-15; adult/child €5/3; 10am-5pm Tue-Fri, to
6pm Sat & Sun)
Nuremberg has long been a centre of toy manufacturing, and the
Spielzeugmuseum presents toys in their infinite variety - from innocent hoops to blood-
and-guts computer games, historical wooden and tin toys to Barbie et al. Kids and kids at
heart will delight in the play area.
MUSEUM
FOUNTAIN
Ehekarussell Brunnen
(Am Weissen Turm)
At the foot of the fortified Weisser Turm (White Tower; now the gate-
way to the U-Bahn station of the same name) stands this large and startlingly grotesque
sculptural work depicting six interpretations of marriage (from first love to quarrel to
death-do-us-part), all based on a verse by Hans Sachs, the medieval cobbler-poet. You
soon realise why the artist faced a blizzard of criticism when the fountain was unveiled in
1984; it really is enough to put anyone off tying the knot.
Lorenzkirche
(Lorenzplatz)
Dark and atmospheric, the Lorenzkirche has dramatically downlit pillars,
taupe stone columns, sooty ceilings and many artistic highlights. Check out the 15th-cen-
tury tabernacle in the left aisle - the delicate carved strands wind up to the vaulted ceiling.
CHURCH
