Uncovering the BEST Kept SECRET on Germany’s Romantic Road! Hidden Gem in Nördlingen, Bavaria.

Uncovering the BEST Kept SECRET on Germany’s Romantic Road! Hidden Gem in Nördlingen, Bavaria.

Welcome to nerling in a true Hidden Gem hiding in plain sight on Germany’s most famous romantic Road the list of everything I want to accomplish here today is actually quite long and overwhelming I mean there is so much medieval charm to explore but here in noodling and there is so much more for starters the entire town is completely encircled with a fortification wall and it is so rare to

Find one intact like that and I can’t wait to explore it the Daniel the Central Church Tower in the middle of town is far more than just an empty tower that you can get a good view from but instead a residence with a fulltime inhabitant who I can’t wait to meet but

More so than just that the to itself is built within a meteorite crater and I think in the local crater Museum there might even be a very special souvenir all in all like I said it’s overwhelming there is so much to do but like always let’s start with a damn good Walk I mean just look everything has become so faded and muted usually I prefer like nice bright popping colors for these buildings but instead we have spooky noling now because this town is so lived in so authentically Charming what I really want to go do right now is check out

Their weekly Farmers Market every Saturday right in the morning center of town let’s Go And what I’m loving so much about this Market is I think it’s really emblematic of what I love so much about noodling in itself the local community unlike so many other places that you can go on vacation the more well-known places rodenberg garish Etc people really live

Here and you can tell by just watching them do the Groceries and this really cool bronze well covering statue it commemorates that barely a generation ago local farmers were still driving their livestock right onto these very streets for this Market but it’s just so nice to see that the market is alive and well and remembering its history the produce here is also

Supposed to be of exceptional quality because the whole meteorite crater area has exceptionally high quality soil meaning you get that high quality prod produce just being a little cheeky and listening into the German conversations I can hear around me there are so many people meeting up but not because they

Plann to or intended to but because everyone’s out and about and they just have all these chance encounters it makes the whole town feel so vibrant and alive I haven’t felt like this in a while like honestly I think this little locals Market might be more hustling and

Bustling than the felan market in Munich and that’s because people are actually using it not just showing up to take photos on Instagram even though that is technically what I’m doing right now but it’s for your benefit you’re welcome by the way I mean someone has to actually

Go off the beaten path to show you around right and I don’t think you’re getting that from many other travel YouTubers shots fired however the reason why you should come to this Market even if you’re not planning on buying any carrots is this is the best place to get the legendary noodling And I can already tell you that this is one of the best sausages in all of Germany however as you might already be able to tell the food scene in ningan is off the charts and there’s no way I could include all of it in this video

Alone so I think you know what’s coming next you’re going to need to subscribe there are so many amazing restaurants and cond and of course most importantly my full reaction and the story of this sausage but that’s all coming next week so subscribe and I will see you then Now I know you know that I’m a bit of a do at least maybe we’re both dos and huge fans of the Middle Ages so walking around this town is incredible because there’s so much beautiful half Timber every everywhere the favor koer they’re just so cool and they’re so colorful but

What strikes me is different than say bomber rotenberg and all those places is these half Timber houses are absolutely massive and it’s not just one all the buildings in ningan make me feel small so weird like just look at this thing it’s so big it’s a beautiful Tower so beautiful everywhere oh that’s

Horrible it has to be a task no one’s acting like this about to be an aid I don’t like that at All and you know I had to find the nordling and bronze map I mean this is an iconic statue I just love it you seeing this that is an epic Daniel yeah with the eagle in the background where in the top left so I’m very excited to get the

Chance to travel outside of overon because we get to see some new architecture in over byon you see a ton of houses that have those beautiful natural wood balconies with religious murals in this part of Germany many of the old houses are and I love seeing them because there are so many

Crazy fun color combinations I found this one back here and I think it’s particularly striking and every time we go to a new town I just have so many pictures that I take of the tippy tops of these F hoers because I think they’re just so interesting and so

Striking now of course this is a near from home video we do need to talk about logistics and this one’s kind of weird it’s easy but hard to find I’ve been thinking about making a noodling in video for years and what stopped me was the logistics I thought I’d have to rent

A car and it was going to be a whole thing the train connections looked terrible and it turns out that was Google Maps lying to me the Germans notoriously bad for putting things online have not actually updated the railway lines on Google Maps so what looks complicated is actually a direct

Train you just need to go to db.de to find it I mean could you even imagine if we had followed those Google Maps directions when there’s a direct train the whole time I’d never forgive myself and now you know no Jesus yeah there’s no way we’re going to

Be able to do this Justice on camera but one of the coolest things one of the things I love about German towns is that they put stalk nests all over the top of their buildings I tell you what ningan has so many you could actually see them

From the Daniel but man watching them fly around and Roost it’s so adorable now I need to level with you as a travel creator for a second because honestly something has really confused to be so far today and that’s where are all of the tourists I mean we are on the

Romantic road it is so famous it’s so full of tourists rodenberg OB taba one of my most popular videos I mean that town gets hundreds of thousands of visitors per year it’s insane and nordling and it’s practically empty with a unique charm all to its own a complete

Encircling medieval wall and a moon rock I mean what more could you possibly want from a destination it’s incredible yet in comparison with its more famous neighbors ningan goes overlooked hiding in plain sight quite literally because there’s some irony behind this as undervisor as nordling and is millions

Hundreds of millions of people know exactly what it looks like what do I mean well go and watch again the 1971 classic Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and when the glass elevator bursts from that very Factory revealing the beautiful Town below it’s revealing nordling a town with this much charm

This much to do that everyone has seen yet no one is going to this is near from home Magic All right no more putting it off it’s about time we finally climb the Daniel and you know I hate heights but let’s just say there’s someone very special waiting for me at the top of the tower who I’d really like to Meet but seriously why am I always doing this for you guys there there awful Towers in hi highle medieval Manhattan San Jano it just feels like I’m always doing this and I don’t like it but I think it’s going to be worth it I hope you got this let’s go

Oh I have a feeling there’s going to be a lot of stairs today oh the Daniel’s going to be a workout how are you doing there buddy I like that they have little passing places walking upstairs spiral stairs oh I’m a little bit dizzy this would be a particularly bad

Time to learn that it’s cash only once you’ve already done about 30 m now it’s time for wooden stairs there is a point when climbing all towers that it starts to get a little rickety I don’t think we’ve hit that point yet but I think we’re going to the stone

Tube offered a lot more Comfort especially when you can see the holes can you see that shaking like it’s shaking when there you go there are a few holes oh I don’t like this we just hit halfway 35 out of 70 M and you know I’m not out of breath I

Don’t need to stop I could keep going however there’s something very cool to look at and that is the human treadmill powered winch and Axle system what a worthy break oh the this is weird we’re suspended on either sides and it’s only completely horrifying I hope the view is worth it

They say on a good day you can actually see to the rim of the crater itself not just the Ring of the town that would be Amazing what’s so amazing to me is that this Tower is so much more than just a Viewpoint for you to climb it’s also a residence and that’s why the cash desk is up here too because there’s a little house just behind me with a very adorable permanent resident it’s a tower cat oh

Wow and boy or a girl a girl girl she’s a so called lucky cat three colors so she must be a girl three colors hey good afternoon she’s 15 years old 15 oh my gosh oh you are beautiful we love cats and so are you do you live here

Full time or perhaps one or two three nights a year somebody sleeps here because of any reason whatever but um we do know l so yeah so what you’re saying is there a main group of people employed by the town who trade off when they’re living here and then you fill in during

Other times and whatnot and she’s here she’s always always here so there there is a permanent resident of the tower but it’s a cat well uh today is Saturday and Saturday is a special moment uh in the week and uh at 4:00 in the in the

Afternoon uh it’s the only time in the week when all four bells ring and it’s really amazing and the tower moves a little bit shakes a little bit and it could be very interesting Ah that’s fantastic amazing timing as always where’s the best place to be for the

Bell should we be here should we go down to look at them more I think it’s too loud it’s really too loud I think the best is open because and you feel like a oh my god let’s do it that sounds amazing all right let’s go up

Top in about 5 minutes the four bells are going to go off the only time of the week that that ever happens other than special occasions and I’m pretty nervous cuz you said the whole Tower shakes a little bit you know I don’t like height and the Daniel is Lofty Oh my God I do feel safe but I do feel scared why does that always happen on this channel can we just do like a chocolate eating video nordling is Glorious if you pay attention and you look around no matter what direction 365° you’re going to see what looks like a small hill or Mountain mhm they call that the green crown and that is actually the rim of the meteor crater itself I mean it does feel like we’re

Enclosed on multiple levels right we’ve got the meteor and then our walls I feel perfectly Fortified it’s 3:59 are you ready no I’m so scared he said it would only shake a little bit only a little is more than I need oh God the Bells Are Ringing oh they’re going to start oh no oh I’m only like really SC has our started I don’t

Know I don’t know I don’t know if it’s my vertigo or the Bells but it does feel like it’s shaking a little bit and this might have been one of like the scariest most ominous feelings I’ve ever had cuz this Bell doesn’t go off first all the

Other churches in circling you go off one after another and then yours hits I’ve never felt the beat drop in a tower before this is really cool I would highly recommend this normally I’m not a big climb the tower and see the views of the city type of person I’m always like

Eh all the views always kind of look the same but this is so unique and special you were very skeptical you almost wanted to skip the Daniel yeah I just think it’s really worth it because you get to see the crater and the city walls and sort of the delineation between the

Old and the new yeah for sure I mean getting to see out to the green Crown at Golden hour is incredible but just no matter where you look this is so cool and you’re right this is one of the most unique views I think we’ve had so if

You’re also like me not a big tower and Views person I would say give the Daniel a try happy to be here with you I’m nervous about going down there don’t remind me ready to descend not really it’s going to be so hard oh god oh what are you doing oh what are

You doing I think I’m going to put the camera down for The Descent guys I’ll see you on Solid Ground now I am absolutely famished and it’s time for dinner so we’ve made our way over to Cal’s restaurant um Daniel because everyone has recommended it to us from our hosts to the tourism board and some locals we chatted with in the cafe they said for dinner you have to go

To cbls so here we Go I’m so excited I have had a lot of malachin on this channel my word this is some of the best now you already know where to go if you want the full foodie details on this meal 2 weeks into the future when we publish our next video but come on just

Look at this footage these pictures must be worth more than a th000 words so spoiler alert cbles was fantastic you should go here now of course you definitely can day trip nordling in 2 hours from Munich 2 hours back I have seen a lot of of people travel far more for far less

However though if you do stay the night which I would more than recommend there’s so much to do a long weekend in noling in is welld deserved if you stay out nice and late well there is a very special very spooky surprise waiting for

You all you need to do is stand by the Daniel and listen it’s Happening Now maybe some of you out there found that a little bit underwhelming and I can’t apologize for your bad taste but for me that was really cool zo gazelle zo just checking if everything’s all right they’ve been doing it for hundreds of years and they still do it to this

Very day it can be easy to miss he’s hard to hear and sometimes there are children speaking loudly but when you hear it it’s amazing now then though I am mighty tired it’s been a long day of filming high quality travel guides so it’s time

To go to bed and this is actually a rare turn for near from home usually you guys are always asking the comments where should I stay when I visit X Y or Z and I say I I don’t know wherever you really want but here in ningan we have found an

Amazing little locally owned vacation rental property that is amazing so come with us we’ll give you a little tour I’ll show you where we’re sleeping tonight cuz you might want to sleep there for yourself when you inevitably visit nordling a medieval house right against the city walls recently renovated by

Locals with a passion for not only noling in but clearly Aesthetics and design as well rarely do we sleep so good on these trips welcomed by local beers with a true multilingual Encyclopedia of travel suggestions sitting right there on the coffee table this is the kind of place I not only

Want to stay in personally but as somewhat of a travel brand myself this is the kind of place I want to support and promote locals who care about tourism though for a complete and exhaustive room tour that’s going to be naturally in our next video links of course on screen description box Below Oh you are a baby for SC now we have alluded to we have mentioned the nordlinger re the crater that nordling in sits in quite a few times by now however I think it’s time we finally go to the museum and learn all about it I’m so excited this Museum looks awesome oh it’s going to be such a

Highlight for Me it’s actually really interesting something I’d never thought about but because the Earth is so geologically active with tectonic formation mountains all that stuff impact crators don’t last very long before they get kind of recycled back into the Earth and so it’s actually really rare to have such a well

Preserved impact crater at all and yet we get to be in one right now in a fantastic Village it’s pretty incredible and more than just being like a theater continuing the excellent theming that is in this Museum the theater is the impact creator with different types of rocks at the

Appropriate scale distances and the center where all the action happens a cosmic bullet penetrates the atmosphere in 2 seconds and at ground level unleashes the destructive power of several 100,000 hirosima size atomic bombs in a monstrous explosion a few tenths of a second later the crater has grown to a diameter of

Around 4 km and a depth of about 2 Km almost all plant and animal life is destroyed within a radius of over 100 km so out of the scorched Wasteland 15 million years ago the norling E of today has developed a fertile flourishing landscape an extraordinary natural environment Okay there is one last artifact in this Museum probably the coolest artifact I’ve ever seen though I haven’t laid eyes on it yet but to fully appreciate it there’s one last story about noodling and that you need to know because as we learned earlier craters like this that

Are so well preserved are exceedingly rare back during the Apollo missions the Americans sent their astronauts right here to this crater to practice just just sounds wild to me however it must have worked it must have been helpful because over here they have a moon rock from Apollo

16 which is just like I have shown you some truly incredible things on this channel but never before have I taken you to a tiny picturesque romantic German Town to look at the Moon is it just not the coolest thing it was in space I mean obviously we’re all in

Space all the time but that bit was in a different bit and then we brought it back if this isn’t worth a subscribe I don’t know what is who else is showing you this cool Stuff could there be any doubt in your mind as to what I’m about to say I don’t think so I absolutely love that and I think you might have already known I mean right so on this channel near from home I have said so many times that I love

Small specific local museums and I stand by that they are the best kinds of museums however those museums are also usually on a human scale asparagus museums toilet museums paper Museum museums however to get to go to a small local specific Museum that is on a cosmic scale is an absolute treat I

Loved it and it’s just so emblematic of how special ningan really is it’s an amazing Town all right it is finally time I am so excited we’re going to walk the wall and of course there are so many entrances all around the city however the best place for me to start is at a grand Tower don’t you think this does however mean we need to

Walk up some more spiral stairs but I think these are way better than the ones in the Daniel don’t you this is absolutely incredible and I know I say that about every fortification wall that I mean it every time but the one in ningan is so special one of only

Three complete medieval walls in all of Germany is that not enough are you not entertained because I am this is the best the total length is about 2.7 km so not a short walk but by any means I can see why most people just do a shorter

Tourism route but I can’t wait to walk the whole thing it’s so cool because this whole thing is a circle with the Daniel at the center no matter where you go it’s always right there it’s really cool looking is it just me or is it taking a

Long time to walk 2.7 km yeah I mean it’s a pretty long wall and because it’s so narrow you don’t exactly walk quickly but um yeah this is the longest wall we’ve ever walked we’ve been on here for ages worth it though oh completely and there’s the Daniel hi

Daniel random question that I’ve been meeting to ask you all day why is it the Daniel the Daniel oh my God the best I’ve been able to figure out online is that that tower has gone by many names but they decided to call it the Daniel

After a passage in the Bible I haven’t read the Bible honestly uh so I don’t know why it’s the Daniel and not Daniel I think it sounds great that’s such a silly Name and because nordling is residential you know it’s not just Immaculate for the tourists it’s just got so much more visual interest if you ask me so many of the places that you can go they come off a little Mickey Mouse the half Timber too perfect but here now that is a real

Half Timber house what do you think it’s so cool I’m having a great time honestly the more of this wall I walk we’ve walked a fair bit of it now the more I kind of want to live in nordling and I mean just over here there

Is a beautiful play Park it’s full of kids there’s so many families here everyone’s having such an amazing time out and about I cannot imagine what it would be like to grow up here there in quite literally a medieval village I mean that just must be wild because what

If you grew up here and then you flew to New York City that feel like time Travel quite literally and metaphorically too this wall encapsulates everything I have come to love about nordling in the lived in charm the beautiful houses the medieval history and you can always see the Daniel this is like the coolest thing I’ve ever done bye you can still

Follow if there is one problem with this wall and I think there’s at least one is that it’s a little bit narrow meaning the whole Adventure is a little solo a little single file a little shuffly past everybody but you know what we make Do and with this step we have finally completed our circuit we have circumnavigated all of nordlingen and so it’s about time we draw this video to a close but not necessarily our entire time here I’ve still got a few more bites left to eat so please if you have

Enjoyed this video half as much as I’ve enjoyed making it make sure to hit the Subscribe button because you are not going to want to miss our companion food video next week it is going to be so much fun thank you all so much for

Watching and I will see you in the next video wherever that might Be

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Come with us as we discover a hidden gem on Germany’s Romantic Road. Forget Rothenburg ob der Tauber, we are exploring the undernourished town of Nördlingen. With a fully in tact medieval wall, unique church tower, locals’ farmers market, and fascinating geological history, what isn’t to love about Nördlingen.
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Intro: 0:00-1:23
Farmers’ Market 1:24-3:50
Sausage 3:51-5:02
Nördlingen Architecture 5:03-7:30
Logistics 7:31-8:20
Storks! 8:21-8:54
Tourism 8:55-9:50
Willy Wonka 9:51-10:45
Climbing the Daniel 10:26-13:00
Learning about the Daniel 13:01-15:00
Views from the Daniel 15:01-18:21
Kleibls 18:22-19:21
So G’sell, so 19:22-20:37
Stadtmauer Apartments 20:38-22:00
Ries Krater Museum 22:01-26:53
The Wall 26:54-31:52