Guided tour:

CITY WALL

Nuremberg's insurmountable wall

The rich must protect themselves. And Nuremberg was rich and therefore always invested in its fortifications, such as the city wall.

In the area of the Imperial Castle, the city wall is characterised by angled bastions. They afforded the city the best possible protection and were designed according to a sophisticated principle. The city wall could be defended from above by the bastions and battlements as well as below at moat level by secret passages.

During the tour you will see the structure of the city walls and their function from all possible perspectives. Starting on the bastions, our tour guide will tell you what special features can be discovered there. Then descend to the secret passages within the castle walls and take a look out at ground level into the moat, which could be defended from there via gun ports. Then you then change sides and explore the city wall from the outside, from the moat, before taking a look at Tiergärtnertor and its defensive strategies to round off the tour.

Buy tickets here

Ticket machine at the entrance to the Historic Art Bunker

Obere Schmiedgasse 52
90403 Nuremberg
Mon-Sun 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Museum shop at Albrecht Dürer House

Albrecht-Dürer-Straße 30
90403 Nuremberg
Tue-Sun 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tourist info office on the main square

Am Hauptmarkt 18
90403 Nuremberg
Mon-Sun 9.30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Logo der Stadtkulisse Nürnbergs

Förderverein Nürnberger Felsengänge e.V.

Albrecht-Dürer-Strasse 21
D-90403 Nuremberg

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