Inside Lumen in Wiesbaden, Germany. The restaurant, on the city’s market square, is open all day, serving breakfast lunch and dinner. They claim their bar is the longest in Wiesbaden.
Lumen in Wiesbaden is a good stop after a market visit

Lumen has a long bar, a short food menu, an extensive drink menu and a great spot along the market square.

A glass of apple wine at Zum Gemalten Haus, the popular apple wine tavern in the Sachsenhausen district of Frankfurt, Germany.
An acquired taste: Sampling the specialty at an apple wine tavern in Frankfurt

In certain taverns in Sachsenhausen, the Frankfurt district south of the Main River, apple wine — or apfelwein — is the drink of choice.

With the town hall tower and church steeples in the background, people walk across Wuerzburg, Germany’s Alte Mainbruecke, the old stone bridge across the Main River, into the old town.
Wuerzburg dazzles with Franconian history, architecture and food

Wuerzburg is in the heart of Franconia, a region known for its hearty food and quality wines. The German city itself has beautiful architecture and a charming old stone bridge, complete with Baroque statues.

Gondolas glide over the vineyards of Germany's Rheingau region between Ruedesheim and the Niederwald Monument, which can be seen in the distance at left.
Vintage Germany: A watch on the Rhine and a wine in Ruedesheim

Take a gondola ride to Niederwald Monument for some of the best views of Rhine River wine country

Most of he beer served at the Biergarten in Darmstadt, Germany, is brewed by two local breweries. Only the wheat beer is from Bavaria. Apple wine is also a popular drink here, but also they offer a wide range of non-alcoholic beverages, too.
Shade, suds and scrumptious German dishes on offer at Darmstadt’s diverse beer garden

Tucked away under leafy chestnut trees is the Biergarten, an outdoor watering hole popular with residents and tourists alike.

The Hamburger am Turm restaurant in downtown Frankfurt, Germany, is open daily until 4 a.m. and depending on business until 6 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. It's a great place to grab a bite to eat before or after going out on the town.
The burgers are fine, but there’s something better at Frankfurt’s Hamburger am Turm

It’s a hamburger restaurant, but the vegetarian falafel plate is mouth-watering.

A stylized metal statue of a Roman soldier stands in front of the Roemermuseum in Osterburken, Germany. The museum features the remnants of a Roman bath and artifacts from the time when they had a fort guarding the border here.
Osterburken gives fragmentary glimpses of Roman life on the edge of the empire

Tucked away in rolling, wooded hills of the Odenwald are a reconstructed watchtower, the remnants of the fort and the Roemermuseum.

The sun sets behind the Ratusz, or town hall, on Rzeszow, Polands Rynek, or market square. The town hall was built in the late 16th century.
Rzeszow, temporary home to US troops, is the cultural center of southeastern Poland

Rzeszow is an old city in the path away from a modern conflict for thousands of Ukrainian refugees.

The traditional homemade cottage pie with ground Irish beef, onions, celery and carrots, in a gravy and red wine sauce, topped with mashed potatoes, served with toasted bread and butter and a traditional Irish breakfast in the background. Served at Waxy’s Irish Pub in Frankfurt, Germany.
The roast was late, but Waxy’s Irish pub in Frankfurt more than satisfies

Waxy’s is the place for a delectable Sunday brunch you won’t want to stop eating.

The Kunsthalle Mannheim’s new building, the Hector Bau, completed in 2017, is connected to the original art nouveau building built in 1907. The ensemble holds a remarkable collection of art, with space for temporary exhibitions.
Mannheim’s Kunsthalle is ‘open for art’ after $56 million donation

The original Kunsthalle has been joined by a new, modern building, adding more than 38,000 square feet of exhibition space.