... if one opens up to perceive it.
I confess that maybe something "from a former life" (😄) hindered me to see that cheerful feature. Too much Middle Age atmosphere - not for nothing also called the "dark age" - and while other people enjoyed the picturesque views and half-timber houses, I read the name of a beautiful bridge: "hangman's bridge", and that name was taken from real life...
So: I was biased and prejudiced.
For a while -
but I am still capable of learning.
And thus I made a plan:
To learn more about the city in my neighbourhood I took the list of 14 ice cream parlours and went on the last beautiful and sunny Sunday of August to the number one "best ice cream"- winner of 2025:
"Ice cream parlour" just as an aim to discover a part of Nuremberg that was unknown to me.
It was lovely! And the surroundings so beautiful! Old houses from the time around 1902 - the quarter is called "Gärten hinter der Veste", which means Gardens behind the fortress - so: the Imperial castle. I talked with a couple enjoying their ice-cream - and learned a lot.
Here you see an especially fine house there:
So I am very eager to visit the other 13 ice cream parlours - widely scattered over unbeknownst (to me) Nuremberg.
The tested ice cream was very good!