"Mannheim" Mannheim by tini58de


Mannheim Travel Guide: 258 reviews and 447 photos

Industrial city with quite a bit of history!

Mannheim is a rather industrial city, but it does have a few nice things to offer:
a castle, the water tower, great shopping opportunities and quite a few nice museums.

It was here that Carl Benz drove in his first automobile and Mozart lived in this city for a while - not bad, right?

Mannheim is not too far away from Karlsruhe, but I usually only encounter it as the place where I have to change trains.... But one day in 2002, hubby and I decided to go visit - and thinking about it, we should do that again one day, since there are also some really nice VT members living in Mannheim!!!

Pros and Cons
  • Pros:shopping, museums and fun
  • Cons:industrial town
  • In a nutshell:not a number one destination
  • Last visit to Mannheim: Dec 2001
  • Intro Updated Sep 3, 2006
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    timada Nov 2, 2008 at 10:21 AM Report Abuse

    Thanks for showing me a little bit of Mannheim ! I'll go next summer there , again , to my cousin.

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    sue_stone Jan 14, 2007 at 11:31 AM Report Abuse

    The old part of Mannheim sounds interesting with the unusual street names!

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    christine.j Nov 18, 2006 at 11:29 AM Report Abuse

    Germans, too ,can get lost in the "Quadrate", when they're new here - it happened to me when I had just come to Mannheim. Come back next year, for the birthday party (400 years), when hopefully!!! all the construction work is done.

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    cnango Jul 28, 2006 at 11:48 PM Report Abuse

    "not bad, right" RIGHT ! not bad at all ; ) love the trivia about Carl & Mozart. Gr8 informative page. Thanks for sharing

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    JackM2006 Jul 15, 2006 at 10:04 PM Report Abuse

    I was in Mannheim in 2004, to see a South African troupe perform, while vacationing in Heidelberg. Never knew of VT or thought I would become a member then. I would certainly have taken my camera with me. Best regards.

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    Jasen71 Jul 13, 2006 at 6:42 AM Report Abuse

    Nice pages christl! Your hubby must have like the museum with all the keys....

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    nepalgoods Jun 8, 2006 at 9:30 PM Report Abuse

    I did not know, that Mozart lived in Mannheim for a while! Great informations!

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    Madschick Jun 5, 2006 at 10:21 PM Report Abuse

    Good update - I like the links you included!

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    diocletianvs Mar 25, 2004 at 5:09 AM Report Abuse

    Several tram lines in Zagreb are still served by old trams bought second-hand from Mannheim in mid-1990s. The geometry of the city sounds intriguing for me.

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    seratonin Feb 11, 2004 at 12:21 AM Report Abuse

    Nice page, nice place...

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