Things to Do in Osnabruck

Have fun at Zoo Osnabrück and visit more than 2.200 animals and travel around the world.

Probably the most beautiful and most varied round trip in the region in every season is the Piesberg round. The approximately eight-kilometer tour around the Piesberg offers a unique blend of nature experiences, a lot of industrial culture and spectacular views.

The museum quarter, consisting of four houses, not only houses the internationally largest collection of works by the painter Felix Nussbaum, each of which presents a selection in the impressive architecture of Daniel Libeskind: the art collection goes back to antiquity. You will see important works by Albrecht Dürer, a comprehensive cultural-historical collection and, in addition, changing exhibitions on positions of classical modernism and contemporary art.

Discover the impressive Gothic hall church in the Old Town. of Osnabrück. It was built in the first half of the 14th century and was completed about 100 years later with the construction of the lower choir and the sacristy. The Marienkirche forms an ensemble on the market square together with the town hall and the city scales.

The Botanical Garden Osnabrück is the botanical garden of the University of Osnabrück and is located in the Westerberg district in a former shell limestone quarry. It belongs to the Department of Biology / Chemistry and was opened in 1984.

Visit the late Romanesque Cathedral of St. Petrus in the heart of Osnabrück. The Romanesque crossing tower, the Romanesque-Gothic west facade and the north front are among the most beautiful and oldest parts of the cathedral. It is very noteworthy that the dome vault in the central part of the three-aisled nave is just as high as the pillars that support it.