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centre; an all-day ticket costs €4.40 at ticket machines, €5.90 on the bus and €3.80 at
weekends (valid for both days).
Car & Motorcycle
The Steinerne Brücke and much of the Altstadt is closed to private
vehicles. Car parks in the centre charge from €1.50 per hour and are well signposted.
Around Regensburg
WALHALLA
Modelled on the Parthenon in Athens, the Walhalla is a breathtaking Ludwig I monument
dedicated to the giants of Germanic thought and deed. Marble steps seem to lead up
forever from the banks of the Danube to this dazzling marble hall, with a gallery of 127
heroes in marble. It includes a few dubious cases, such as astronomer Copernicus, born in
a territory belonging to present-day Poland. The latest addition (2009) was romantic poet
Heinrich Heine, whose works were set to music by Strauss, Wagner and Brahms.
To get there take the Danube Valley country road (unnumbered) 10km east from Re-
gensburg to the village of Donaustauf, then follow the signs. Alternatively, you can take a
two-hour boat cruise with Schifffahrt Klinger (
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)
, which includes a one-hour
stop at Walhalla, or take bus 5 from Regensburg Hauptbahnhof.
Ingolstadt
0841 / POP 125,400
Even by Bavaria's standards, Danube-straddling Ingolstadt is astonishingly affluent. Auto
manufacturer Audi has its HQ here, flanked by a clutch of oil refineries on the outskirts,
but industry has left few marks on the medieval centre, with its cobblestone streets and
historic, if slightly over-renovated, buildings. Ingolstadt's museum-church has the largest
flat fresco ever made, and few people know that its old medical school figured in the liter-
ary birth of Frankenstein, the monster by which all others are judged.
Sights
Asamkirche Maria de Victoria
( 305 1831; Neubaustrasse 11-12; adult/concession €2/1.50; 9am-noon & 1-5pm
Tue-Sun Mar-Oct, 1-4pm Tue-Sun Nov-Feb)
The Altstadt's crown jewel is the
CHURCH
