Things to do in Wernigerode and the Harz Mountains
The half-timbered town of Wernigerode and the Harz Mountains offer many opportunities for an interesting and varied stay.
Castle Wernigerode
Schierke – Home of Schierker Feuerstein (herbal liqueur)
Schierke
Distance: 18 km
- District of Wernigerode
- Arrival by city bus (included in visitor’s tax)
- Feuerstein-Arena
- Brocken Railway
- Brocken Coaster
- Schierker Feuerstein Stammhaus
- Harzer Hexenstieg – hiking
- Brocken trails – hiking
Monastery church at Ilsenburg Castle (Romanesque Road)
Ilsenburg
Distance: 8 km
- City of Ilsenburg: www.stadt-ilsenburg.de
- Harzlandhalle Ilsenburg
- Ilsenburg Castle & Monastery
- Ilsetal – Wandern – Harz Hiking Badge
- Adventure Forest Climbing Forest
- Monastery Drübeck
Goslar – Kaiserpfalz
Goslar
Distance: 37 km
- City of Goslar: www.goslar.de
- Half-timbered town
- Old town fortifications – ramparts and Breites Tor gate
- Bell and figure show at the market
- Marketsquare & Marketfountain
- Town hall and homage hall
- Imperial palace & Kaiserworth
- World Heritage Site Rammelsberg
- Cinema
- Culture
- Restaurants
- Shopping
Thale
Distance: 29 km
- Bodetal legends
- Bodetal thermal baths
- Thale Cable cars
- Climbing forest
- Hexentanzplatz
- Harzbob summer toboggan run
- Rosstrappe
- Mountain theater and zoo
Thale – Cable car to the Hexentanzplatz
Rappbode Dam with suspension bridge
Harz
- Glassworks in Derenburg Distance: 8km
- Visitormine in Elbingerode/Büchenberg Distance: 10km
- Stalactite caves and exhibition mine in Rübeland Distance: 12km
- Rappbode dam system Distance: 16km
- Titan RT suspension bridge Distance: 16 km
- Stemberghaus charcoal kiln Distance: 22km
- Western town “Pullmann-City II” Distance: 27km
Brocken – highest peak in the Harz Mountains
Hiking & Cycling
- Brocken (1142 m)
- Armeleuteberg
- Kaiserturm
- Harburg
- Elverstein
- Forest inn “Plessenburg”
- Ilsestein (Harz legend)
- Hohneklippen
- Ottofelsen
- Forest inn “Steinerne Renne”
HarzCard
The HarzCard is a paid all-inclusive card that entitles holders to benefits at museums and leisure facilities. These often include free admission or a discount on a special offer.
The card is purchased once, after which it entitles the holder to free admission at almost all HarzCard partners. A total of around 100 establishments participate in the project. It is up to the HarzCard holder to decide how many to visit. There is no upper limit – only a time limit.
The card is available in two versions:
– for 48 consecutive hours or
– for 4 individually selectable days within a calendar year