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catch alive on market days. The 36m-high glass pyramid behind the Rathaus is the city's
Gottfried Böhm.
Stadtmauer
South of the Fischerviertel, along the Danube's north bank, runs the red-brick
Stadtmauer
(city wall), the height of which was reduced in the 19th century after Napoleon decided
that a heavily fortified Ulm was against his best interests. Walk it for fine views over the
river, the Altstadt and the colourful tile-roofed
Metzgerturm
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(Butcher's Tower;
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, doing a Pisa by leaning 2m off-centre.
East of the Herdbrücke, the bridge to Neu-Ulm, a bronze
plaque
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marks where Albrecht Berblinger, a tailor who invented a flying machine,
attempted to fly over the Danube in 1811. The so-called 'Tailor of Ulm' made an embar-
rassing splash landing but his design was later shown to be workable (his failure was
caused by a lack of thermals on that day).
WALL
NEIGHBOURHOOD
Fischerviertel
The charming Fischerviertel, Ulm's old fishers' and tanners' quarter, is slightly southwest.
Here beautifully restored half-timbered houses huddle along the two channels of the Blau
River. Harbouring art galleries, rustic restaurants, courtyards and the crookedest house in
the world - as well as one of the narrowest - the cobbled lanes are ideal for a leisurely
saunter.
Ulmer Museum
(
www.ulmer-museum.ulm.de
;
Marktplatz 9; adult/concession €5/3.50, Fri free;
11am-5pm Tue-Sun, to 8pm Thu)
This museum is a fascinating romp through ancient and
modern art, history and archaeology. Standouts are the 20th-century
Kurt Fried Collec-
tion
, starring Klee, Picasso and Lichtenstein works. Archaeological highlights include
tiny Upper Palaeolithic figurines, unearthed in caves in the Swabian Alps, including the
30,000-year-old ivory
Löwenmensch
(lion man), the world's oldest zoomorphic sculpture.
MUSEUM
Kunsthalle Weishaupt
GALLERY
