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Remarkable also are the stained glass (including a rose window 9m in diameter) and Veit
Stoss'
Engelsgruss
(Annunciation), a wooden carving with life-size figures suspended
above the high altar.
Handwerkerhof
(
www.handwerkerhof.de
;
Am Königstor; 9am-6.30pm Mon-Fri, 10am-4pm Sat mid-
Mar-Dec)
A recreation of an old-world Nuremberg crafts quarter, the Handwerkerhof is a
self-contained tourist trap by the Königstor. It's about as quaint as a hammer on your
thumbnail, but if you're cashed up you may find some decent merchandise (and the brat-
wurst aren't bad here either).
MARKET
NUREMBERG FOR KIDS
No city in Bavaria has more for kids to see and do than Nuremberg. In fact keeping the little 'uns
entertained in the Franconian capital is child's play.
Museums
»
Children & Young People's Museum
( 600 040;
www.kindermuseum-nuernberg.de
;
Michael-Ende-Strasse 17; adult/family €7/19; 2-5.30pm Sat, 10am-5.30pm Sun Sep-Jun)
Educational exhibitions and lots of hands-on fun - just a pity it's not open more often.
»
School Museum
( 231 3875; Äussere Sulzbacher Strasse 62; adult/child €5/3;
9am-5pm Tue-Fri, 10am-6pm Sat & Sun)
Recreated classroom plus school-related exhibits from
the 17th century to the Third Reich.
»
Deutsche Bahn Museum
(
Click here
)
Feeds the kids' obsession with choo-choos.
Play
»
Playground of the Senses
( 231 5445;
www.erfahrungsfeld.nuernberg.de
; Untere Talgasse
8; adult/child €6.10/4.40; 9am-6pm Mon-Fri, 1-6pm Sat, 10am-6pm Sun May-mid-Sep)
Some 80 hands-on 'stations' designed to educate children in the laws of nature, physics and the
human body. Take the U2 or U3 to Wöhrder Wiese.
Toys
»
Playmobil
( 9666 1700;
www.playmobil-funpark.de
; Brandstätterstrasse 2-10; admission
€10; 9am-7pm May-Sep, 9am-6pm Oct)
This theme park has life-size versions of the popular
toys. It's located 9km west of the city centre in Zirndorf; take the S4 to Anwanden, then change to
