Location: Kassel
Top Things to do in Kassel
The 10 Best Free Things to do in Kassel, Hesse
Dating from at least the 10th century, today Kassel is most famous internationally as the home of Documenta, an every-five-years exhibition of modern and contemporary art. In the late 17th century Kassel received a large influx of Huguenot refugees from France. During the 1800s, it became the capital of the Brothers Grimm's Fairy Tale Route. In 1943, the city was virtually razed by British bombers, leaving few old sights, but the 18th-century Wilhelmshöhe Castle overlooking the city remains.
Restaurants in Kassel
1. Bergpark
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 846 reviews
Reviewed By 476jael - Long Island, United States
During our stay in Frankfurt, we took an excursion to Kassel, the charming city of Grimm Brothers, famous German fairytale writers. After about 1.4 hour train ride from Frankfurt Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe Bhf and a short taxi ride from the station, we arrived at the road side of Schloss Wilhelmshöhe (Wilhelmshohe Castle) inside Bergpark, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. After a short walk, we arrived at the majestic Schloss Wilhelmshöhe. The castle was facing a breathtaking view of the vast and beautiful Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe with the tall Hercules Monument and its cascading water fall. After looking at the castle and admiring the beautiful view of the park from the castle front, we started walking toward the direction of Hercules Monument and Schloss Lowenberg (Lowenberg Castle). We spent about 2 hours walking around the beautiful park before returning to the place where our taxi dropped us off. Since there was no taxi stand around, we crossed the road and walked to the beautiful “SchlossHotel Bad Wilhelmshöhe”. The hotel’s receptionist kindly called a taxi for us. So, we took the taxi to return to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe Bahnhof for our train to Eisnach for our visits to J.S. Bach’s Birth House and Schloss Wartburg where Martin Luther was hiding and translating New Testament. [Notes: (1) Kassel train station to visit Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe is not Kassel Hauptbahnhof. (2) My review of Schloss Lowenberg would appear on Tripadvisor site as a separate review]
2. Hercules Monument
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 749 reviews
Reviewed By hallf - Bad Soden-Salmunster, Germany
A world heritage site , definatly worth visiting, take the bus to the top and walk down, unless you are feeling really strong and need a good climb, the water only runs on certain days but with or without it’s worth the effort.
3. Schloss Wilhelmshohe
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 401 reviews
Reviewed By michaelmO4549AV
Just arrived in the morning time, cloudy heaven... Walked up to the ???? castle also the Löwenburg, the Bergpark... Then the sun dropped the Clouds... Wow what a view
4. Staatspark Karlsaue
5. Wasserkuenste
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 276 reviews
Reviewed By ThomasS11693 - Kassel, Germany
I went on a beautiful sunny day in August with my mom. Since she is not so good on food we started our afternoon at Wilhelmshöhe Castle and walked around there to see the big water fountain.The park is beautiful and well maintained and good to walk for older people or people in a wheel chair. i would recommend to go on weekdays. I found weekends are to crowded. We finished off with a nice cool Beer in the Park Hotel's Beer garden just beside the Castle. It was a nice afternoon and I will definitely go there again.
6. Orangerie
7. Markthalle Kassel
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 46 reviews
8. The Shamrock Irish Pub
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 36 reviews
Reviewed By swissmedicUK - London, United Kingdom
Having grown up in Ireland I can say this place is really good. It has live music, a lot of different drinks and beers available on the menu and really friendly staff. A lot of the patrons always seem to be having a good time, the only thing that caught me off guard was the table service, thats REALLY unusual in an Irish Pub, but that's alright. Nice touch actually, usually back home you have to wrestle your way up to the bar on a busy night. It mislabeled Black velvet as something else, so if you go there and order a black velvet you're not gonna get Guinness and Champagne. It also has a drink on the Menu called Black & Tan, which if you know the history of Ireland that's like opening a German Kniepe and having a drink called Nazi (which some place do). But none of that really bothered me was just a bit of quirky info. Overall as a newcomer to Kassel it's a great place to meet people and make new friends. I spoke to university students out partying, some guys just chilling having some beers and a lovely couple in their 30's out having a date night and few drinks who wanted to practice their English. It's a really fun and friendly place and all the staff that served us were really nice and had awesome english. They were also really patient with me when I tried ordering in German (and messed it up several times). I wanted to go again before I left but sadly didnt have the time. Will return again when I go back to Kassel in a few months to get drunk again. Added bonus for students and travellers! They have free WiFi!
