2 Best Sights in Aachen, The Rhineland

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We've compiled the best of the best in Aachen - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.

Centre Charlemagne

Despite its name, this museum, which opened in 2014, doesn't just pay homage to Charlemagne, the man who put Aachen on the map in the 8th century. It also reveals Aachen's much broader history, from Neolithic times to the present, including its Celto-Roman and baroque-era stints as a spa town, and its centuries as Holy Roman imperial coronation city. Multimedia stations help bring the past to life, and the interactive audio guide is highly recommended.

Domschatzkammer

The cathedral houses sacred art from late antiquity and the Carolingian, Ottonian, and Hohenstaufen eras. A bust of Charlemagne on view here was commissioned in the late 14th century by Emperor Karl IV, who traveled here from Prague for the sole reason of having it made. The bust incorporates a piece of Charlemagne's skull. Other highlights include the Cross of Lothair and the Persephone Sarcophagus.

Papst-Johannes-Paul-II.-Str., Aachen, 52062, Germany
0241-4770–9127
Sight Details
€7

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