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2023 Europe Trip

55 stops in 9 places across 6 countries, in the order I saw them. 9 were Don’t miss.

Don’t missWorth a detourWorth a stop

Paris3

  1. Conciergerie$15 · about €14
  2. Louvre$26 · about €24

    It’s the Louvre, but was actually worse than I expected.

  3. Musée National Picasso-Paris$19 · about €17

Cologne5

  1. Duftmuseum im Farina Haus$12 · about €11
  2. EL-DE Haus$5.27 · about €5
  3. Cologne Cathedral$9.37 · about €9

    Overhyped

  4. skipHohenzollern BridgeFree
  5. Cologne Old TownFree

Hamburg3

  1. Deutsches Hafenmuseum - Standort Schuppen 50A$8.19 · about €8
  2. Museum of Art and Industry$16 · about €15
  3. German Customs MuseumFree

Berlin5

  1. Stasi Museum$14 · about €13

    Eerie

  2. Jewish Museum BerlinFree
  3. Neues Museum$16 · about €15

    Go for the Gold Hat

  4. Bode-Museum$16 · about €15
  5. Pergamonmuseum$14 · about €13

Potsdam3

  1. Sanssouci Palace$16 · about €15

    Stunning palace, a smaller Versailles

  2. Dutch QuarterFree
  3. Glienicke BridgeFree

Prague3

  1. Prague Castle$22 · about 500 Kč

    Actually kind of disappointing.

  2. Czech Museum of Cubism$7.19 · about 170 Kč

    Czech Cubism is very interesting, the museum was not

  3. Medieval Underground Museum$32 · about 730 Kč

Vienna5

  1. Sisi Museum$23 · about €22
  2. Schönbrunn Palace$40 · about €37

    One of the greatest palaces in Europe

  3. Hofburg$23 · about €22
  4. Albertina$23 · about €21
  5. Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien$25 · about €23

Budapest8

  1. Budapest History Museum / Castle Museum$5.62 · about 2,000 Ft

    Interesting enough

  2. House of Terror Museum$12 · about 4,100 Ft
  3. Labyrinth$18 · about 6,200 Ft

    The caves and tunnels underneath the castle

  4. Hospital in the Rock$28 · about 9,900 Ft

    Interesting history

  5. Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives$38 · about 13,500 Ft
  6. Shoes on the Danube BankFree

    Thought it would be more powerful, seemed almost an afterthought.

  7. skipChain BridgeFree
  8. Buda CastleFree

Bratislava3

  1. SNM – Museum of History in Bratislava$16 · about €15
  2. The Blue ChurchFree

    It’s not super interesting or pretty or anything, but oddly captivating

  3. Bratislava CastleUnknown

    Not really much there

Berlin7

  1. East Side GalleryFree

    A must when visiting Berlin

  2. Brandenburg GateFree
  3. skipCheckpoint CharlieFree

    Way too commercialized

  4. Memorial to the Murdered Jews of EuropeFree

    Interesting

  5. Memorial to Europe’s Sinti and Roma Murdered Under NazismFree

    Too little too late, Berlin should be ashamed this didn’t open until 2012

  6. Berlin Wall MemorialFree
  7. Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial ChurchFree

Vienna2

  1. Spanish Riding School$28 · about €26

    Some of the most beautiful stables

  2. BelvedereUnknown

Prague5

  1. Jewish Museum in Prague$29 · about 660 Kč
  2. Charles BridgeFree

    Landmark

  3. Prague Astronomical ClockFree
  4. Old Town SquareFree
  5. Old Town Bridge TowerUnknown

Paris3

  1. Sainte-Chapelle$22 · about €20

    Best thing to do in Paris

  2. Notre-Dame de ParisFree

    Overhyped

  3. Musée d’Orsay$19 · about €17

    Best museum in Paris