Available year-round on request

Throughout the year, Hildesheim offers not only its characteristic sights and cultural sites, but also other diverse opportunities, such as the baroque-style Magdalenengarten, the City Beach at the City Hall in summer or the green oases of the city: 

Wine Festival on Ascension Day
During the days around Ascension Day each year, wine growers, wine merchants and pub and restaurant owners extend an invitation to one and all to the traditional Hildesheim Wine Festival. In front of the historical backdrop of the market square, visitors can spend the five days of the festival enjoying wines from different growing regions and special culinary delights along with a supporting program of live music until far into the night.

Culture in Hildesheim

• Guided City Tours
  The two-hour guided city tour entitled “Getting to Know Hildesheim” provides an initial overview of the city’s history. It starts at the historic market square, goes on to St. Michael’s Church and then through the Cathedral courtyard. 
  Dates:
  1 April to 31 October: daily at 2 pm
  1 November to 31 March: Friday, Saturday und Sunday at 2 pm 
  24 an 31 December: at 11 am (1 January, 25 and 26 December no guided city tours)

• Historical City Tours:
  Go back in time to the modern city of Hildesheim with city tour guides dressed in historical costumes of past centuries. Whether it is the dutiful nightwatch, the herb woman suspected of being a witch or Hildesheim's first member of the Reichstag parliament: they and other “notorious” personalities take you on an exciting trip back into the past. 
  Tel. 05129 – 96123, 
  www.costume-event.de

• UNESCO World Heritage in Hildesheim
  Hildesheim is particularly famous for its many churches, of which the Cathedral with his cathedral treasure and St. Michael’s are extraordinary examples of the Romanesque religious art of the Holy Roman Empire. The UNESCO honoured this by adding St. Michael’s Church and St. Mary’s Cathedral with his cathedral treasure both to the list of World Heritage sites in 1985. With its monumental ceiling painting dating from the 13th century, which illustrates the lineage of Jesus Christ, St. Michael’s is considered as one of the most beautiful early Romanesque churches in Germany.
  Opening hours St. Michael´s Church: 01.11. - 31.03. daily 9 am to 4 pm, 01.04. - 31.10. daily 8 am to 6 pm, Tuesdays the church will be open from 10 am
  No viewing permitted during church services, events in the church, concert rehearsals or any other church ceremony

• Hildesheim Cathedral and Cathedral Museum
  UNESCO World Heritage objects in the Cathedral include the Bernwardian bronze castings – Christ’s Pillar (1020) and the double-wing bronze door (1015). The wings of the door, which are 4-72 m tall, depict stories from a medieval Bible, a unique document in the form of a large-scale Romanesque sculpture.
  
  Opening hours Cathedral: Monday - Friday 10 am to 6 pm, Saturday 10 am to 4.30 pm, Sunday 12 noon to 5.30 pm (closed 24 and 31 December)
  No viewing permitted during church services, events in the church, concert rehearsals or any other church ceremony
  Opening hours Cathedral Museum: Tuesday - Sunday 10 am to 5 pm (closed 24 and 31 December)
  www.dom-hildesheim.de 

   

The Surrounding Area

• Marienburg Castle – the last castle of the Royal Family of Hannover – is a popular place to visit and only an approx. 20-minute drive from Hildesheim. During the season, visitors are welcome to tour the castle, climb the towers and enjoy concerts and special events on a daily basis. Culinary delights are available in the beer garden or in the café and castle restaurant. Extensive information and the current programme of events can be found on the internet.
  Tel. +49-(0)5069 348 000, 
  www.schloss-marienburg.de
  
  Opening hours 2018: 
  from January 6th to March 2nd: Saturday and Sunday 11 am to 4 pm
  from March 3rd to May 31st: Tuesday to Sunday 10 am to 6 pm
  from June 1st to August 31st: daily from 10 am to 6 pm
  from September 1st to November 4th: Tuesday to Sunday 10 am to 6 pm
  from November 5th to December 23rd: Wednesday to Sunday 11 am to 4 pm
  With prior registration, groups can also visit the castle outside of these opening hours.
   
• Fagus Factory in Alfeld on the Leine River
  The factory, which was built by Walter Gropius starting in 1911, is an unusual success story of exemplary industrial culture in the 20th century. Officially registered as a historic monument since 1946, the factory has been elaborately restored and renovated in the meantime and is open to the public for tours. The Fagus Factory has been added to the list of UNESCO World Cultural Heritage sites for Germany.
  Opening hours: daily from 10 am to 4 pm, 
  Tel. +49-(0)5181-790, www.fagus-werk.com
   
• Autostadt in Wolfsburg
  The theme and lagoon park continuously adds to its special attractions and offers cultural, sport-related and culinary highlights in a wide variety of different ways. 
  Opening hours: daily from 9 am to 6 pm  
  Tel. 0800 288 678 238, 
  www.autostadt.de   
   
• Erlebnis-Zoo Hannover – Germany’s most spectacular zoo 
  You can spend an entire day exploring the fascinating animal worlds with approx. 2000 inhabitants in seven different adventure environments: In the African Zambezi River landscape with a boat ride through Africa, in the Indian jungle palace, on Gorilla Mountain, in the new Canadian landscape, Yukon Bay, in the outback of Australia, on the typical northern German Meyers’ Farm and in kids’ land at Mullewapp. Have fun! 
  Tel. +49-(0)511 – 280740, www.zoo-hannover.de

Besucherzentrum Welterbe Hildesheim & tourist-information
Rathausstraße 20 (Tempelhaus), 31134 Hildesheim
Tel. +49 (0)5121 - 1798 0, Fax: +49 (0)5121 - 1798 88
E-Mail: tourist-info@hildeheim-marketing.de
Internet: www.hildesheim.de/tourismus

For more information, click on  Leisure Time and  Events.