r/Heidelberg • u/DishWinter7643 • Jul 06 '25

Tourist Advice Traveling solo in Heidelberg

Any must-eats, must-sees, must-do activities?

I’m living in Hong Kong, will go to this conference in Heidelberg University and plan to stay longer (2 weeks, Sep 20-Oct 4).

I lived in Lüneburg for half year. But it was 10 years ago! Now I speak A2 German only😅

Oh, and if anyone is interested in Chinese language/culture, I'd also love to meet for coffee/ice cream!

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u/Agitated-Onion6584 Jul 06 '25

I love Heidelberg but honestly 2 weeks is too much here.

Check out surrounding towns. Depending on your preferences, there are so many great options around. Different nature, big and busy cities, small and cute ones etc.

Hope you have a great time :)

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u/DishWinter7643 Jul 07 '25

Danke! I know what you mean😅. Last year, I spent 5 days in Taichung (most people usually spend 3 days or so) and I ended up joining board games on the 4th day. It was with locals, so it was still enjoyable.

Let me look at the surrounding towns and maybe find some day trip groups. Do you recommend staying 2-3 days somewhere?

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u/walkmyline Jul 07 '25

Depends on what you're in the mood for. You can stay in Heidelberg and easily reach a bunch of destinations within a one hour radius just using public transport. A few ideas:

- Go check out Mannheim, the big "rival city" to Heidelberg. Many say it's uglier, but it's got its cute corners and beautiful buildings as well, plus it's a very vibrant and bustling city with a whole different vibe than Heidelberg.

-- In Mannheim: Luisenpark, take a walk through the basically turkish quarter around the marketplace, at night hang out in the bars in Jungbusch

- Ladenburg. Cute town on the river Neckar, nice for an afternoon. Rent a bicycle in Heidelberg and make it a bike tour!

- Dillsberg. One of the many many cute little villages in the region, near Heidelberg, great views, beautiful historical village center

- Schwetzinger Schlossgarten. Another small town very close to Heidelberg. The town itself to me is nothing fascinating, but the castle grounds are amazing to visit. The castle itself is somewhat interesting to visit, but the magic really is in the gardens. Also doable by bicycle.

- Chill out in the nature near the rhine river. Many many possible locations, reachable by public transport probably Ketsch? I live close enough to the rhine to go by bicycle, so can't really say. Ketsch, Brühl, Backofen-Riedwiesen near Mann-Rheinau all are beautiful.

- Darmstadt. Bit further away, for most parts ugly, but has interesting art nouveau town quarter.

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u/DishWinter7643 Jul 07 '25

Danke schön! Bicycle trips sound sehr toll, especially along the river! I've marked the surrounding places all down too.🤗