First time in NUREMBERG, GERMANY! 🇩🇪 – (Things to do + local FOOD & BEER!)

In this weeks video we are in Nuremberg, Germany for the first time. As always we had some delicious local food and beer.

We start our day by exploring one of many beautiful churches in the city, Sebalduskirche.
We then visit Hauptmarkt Nürnberg, admiring the Frauenkirche along the way.
Next up, we visit Lebkuchen-Schmidt, where we try some of the best German gingerbread we’ve ever had.
From here, we decide to grab some more food at a local sausage stand. It’s here that we try our first Nürnberger sausage. We try the “drei im weggla”, which has three sausages in a bun, with sauerkraut.
After all this food, it’s now time for a nice cold drink at Cafe Wanderer! It’s here that we try two local beers: a red beer, and a helles beer.
It’s now time for dinner! Unfortunately for us, the weather has other plans. As the skies open up and the rain pours down, we decide to save dinner for another day.
Two days later, we finally head to Bratwursthäusle for another hearty German meal of sausage, beer, and schäufele.
For our final destination, we head to Wicklein – Die Lebküchnerei, for some lebkuchen for the road.

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Chapters:
00:00 – Intro
00:39 – Sebalduskirche
01:06 – Hauptmarkt Nürnberg
01:52 – Trying Lebkuchen
05:05 – Drei im Weggla
08:25 – Local beers at Cafe Wanderer
11:38 – Nürnberger Rostbratwurst, Beer & MORE
19:40 – Final lebkuchen
20:08 – End

Hello everybody and welcome to another video. 
Today we are in Nuremberg, Germany. We’re super excited to be in Germany and to start 
a little series here. In case you don’t know, I’m from Germany. I was born here, but we haven’t 
been back since before COVID, so it’s been a really long time. Nuremberg is a city we’ve never 
visited before. It’s supposed to be really pretty and medieval, so let’s explore and see what the 
city has to offer. Let’s eat and drink some beer. As I said, Nuremberg is super medieval, and one of 
the medieval buildings you shouldn’t miss here is the St. Sebaldus Church. It is one of the oldest 
churches in Nuremberg, and it’s a protestant church. You can go in for free, and it looks super 
pretty and super impressive, so don’t miss that. One of the most famous Christmas markets 
is actually in Nuremberg. I always thought that when I visit Nuremberg, it would 
be because of the Christmas market, but we actually came here in the summer. It’s 
still beautiful. We’re here at the Hauptmarkt, or like the main market square, and they 
still have some type of market here. I don’t know if it’s every day, but that’s pretty 
cool. It’s right next to the Frauenkirche, which is another super old church in 
Nuremberg, and it looks crazy from the outside. You definitely have to come here 
and look at it as well. It looks amazing. One thing that Nuremberg is famous for is 
Lebkuchen, or gingerbread. For me as a German, that’s more something that you eat for 
Christmas, but here there are all these different Lebkuchen shops, or gingerbread 
shops, and you can get gingerbread at any time of the year. The Nürnberger Lebkuchen, like 
that term, is actually, I think, protected, so nobody is allowed to call their 
gingerbread that unless it’s from here. We came to this place called Lebkuchen Schmidt, 
which has been around for over 85 years. It’s right here at the market square, and we got one 
of these massive, freshly made gingerbreads. It looks delicious. It smells delicious. 
It’s so chewy, there’s so many nuts inside, and this one is sugar-glazed. They had a plain 
one, but I prefer the sugar-glazed ones. It has this wafer on the bottom. These are quite common 
in Germany, and my favorite type of gingerbread for the Christmas time. I always get these, and 
I’ll have a glass of milk with them. So good! That is honestly way better than I was expecting. 
Gingerbread isn’t my favorite, but these are something special. It feels like there are these 
massive chunks of nuts in there or something. This is actually really, really good. Gooey and 
chewy. Yeah, definitely the best gingerbread I’ve ever had. We’re going to try a second one, and 
this one is blood orange and almond. Apparently, they have a gingerbread of the year every 
year, and this is the chosen one for this year. It tastes very similar to the first one, but 
there is that strong citrus note. It really does taste like orange, and I think that 
I prefer it without the orange, actually. But this one’s not bad either. That is still so 
good. Considering this one is not freshly baked, it’s still the best gingerbread I’ve had. This is 
called an Oblate, and this is always the type I choose for Christmas. This is the best Oblate I’ve 
ever had, but the freshly baked one is still the best one. You definitely need to get one from a 
Lebkuchen or gingerbread store and get a freshly made one. I didn’t even know they existed, but 
yeah, it’s so good. And the chocolate is so rich. Although it’s the second-largest city in Bavaria, 
it’s really not that big of a city. I think the population is around 500,000 to 550,000 people. 
It’s actually only our second time in Bavaria. The first time we were in Munich, and that was almost, 
what, like eight, nine years ago? We actually went for Oktoberfest with a friend of mine. Really 
fun. We’re very happy to be back here in Bavaria, and I just cannot wait to eat and drink 
all the food here, but especially the beer. There’s another super awesome church, St. Lawrence 
Church. I think that one is my favorite one from the outside. It looks like Notre Dame, doesn’t 
it? Very cool. I love Gothic architecture. If you watch this channel at all, you know 
that about us. We love Gothic architecture, and so far, Nuremberg in general has not 
disappointed. The buildings here look amazing. It would be pretty strange to come to 
Nuremberg and not get some Nürnberger sausages, so here we are. We came to a stand near the 
St. Lawrence Cathedral. Beautiful setting, so perfect place to enjoy a sausage. We have 
three Nürnberger sausages with sauerkraut, ketchup, mustard, in a roll. Absolutely 
delicious. So meaty, so juicy. Obviously, a little bit sour from the sauerkraut. 
I think that next to bratwurst, Nürnberger sausages are probably one of 
the best—one of my favorites, at least. I think one of the most comparable things in 
North America would be breakfast sausages. They’re the same shape. They have a similar 
flavor, but I’m not sure if they’re exactly the same. But yeah, this is absolutely 
delicious. I’m so glad we got this. Really yummy. These are actually 
my favorite sausage growing up, and probably still are. You can get them 
at the grocery store in Germany everywhere, but this is where they’re from. They basically 
are a Bratwurst. But just a small version. Even the stand is called Original Nürnberger 
Rostbratwurst. When you come to one of these stands, you usually would order 
a “Drei im Weckla,” or three in a bun, in the dialect of Nuremberg. That’s what we 
ordered. I think it would maybe be a bit better without the sauerkraut. I read that online, 
that somebody said to get it without, because I think it’s a bit overpowering. I really like the 
sausages; they have really good spices and stuff. We came to the Handwerkerhof, which is this 
little cute area with really old-school buildings where you have restaurants and little 
businesses. This is inside the city walls, and I think they used to sell or make weapons 
here because Handwerker means tradesmen. So, I guess maybe there used to be these 
shops where people made guns or swords or something. It feels like a little 
medieval town inside of the village, so it’s really, really cool. But now they 
do not make weapons here. They mostly sell little trinkets and souvenirs—definitely 
lots of food and beer in here as well. Yeah, pretty cool, though. It’s 
really cute. I really like it. It looks like it’s taking you to a different time. This place has all these different stands 
with different restaurants and chocolate stores and stuff like that. And we 
saw this one place called Dornauers, and they have these Dürer Kugeln or 
Dürer Balls. They’re from Nürnberg, apparently, and they invented them. I 
think it has honey and rum in this case. Let’s see… It’s really good. It just has this 
paste kind of texture. It’s really delicious. I thought they would be like Mozartkugeln from 
Vienna, but they’re not. They’re really good. I would get these again. Not bad! We are now at Café Wanderer & Bieramt for some 
beer,  obviously. When you come to Bavaria, of course, you have to drink beer. But 
Nürnberg is famous for one particular beer, and that is Rotbier, or red beer. It’s actually 
debated on where it came from—whether it’s from here or from Belgium. Of course, since 
we’re here, I’m saying it’s from here. It’s actually been brewed since the Middle Ages, 
and much like a lot of the other beer in Germany, it is heavily regulated. It has to have a 
certain specific amount of ingredients and type of ingredients to be considered a red beer. And 
I think it has a lot of malt in it—maybe that’s where the red color comes from, I don’t know. 
But let’s just drink this because I am thirsty. So delicious, especially on a warm day like 
today. Nürnberg is also known for Weißbier, but I think we’re going to try to have that later 
on in the video. But yeah, this is delicious. It’s such a hot day, and there’s nothing better than 
a delicious cold beer outside on a hot patio. It’s a lot more bitter than other beers, I feel 
like, than a Weißbier or a lager. I can see why this would be maybe from Belgium because I feel 
like I’ve seen Belgian beers that look like this. Also, the location of this place is really cool 
because it’s right attached to the city wall—like, basically part of it. And it’s a 
square where you can people-watch, and there are a bunch of other 
bars. Especially in the summer, everyone’s just sitting, relaxing, 
and drinking. It’s very, very nice. And it’s cash-only. Germany is still a 
country where some places are cash-only, and we’re not used to that because 
in other countries, like the UK, sometimes you can’t even pay with cash 
anymore. So, make sure you have cash. We also got a Helles, or light-colored beer, and it’s by Friedmann. It’s not from Nürnberg; 
it’s actually from a city northeast of here, only 40 minutes away, called Gräfenberg, 
I think. So, let’s see how it tastes. Mmm, it’s really light, really 
refreshing. I do think I prefer the Rotbier, though—it definitely hits the spot. It actually started raining. It’s currently 
dry, but I don’t think it’s going to last, and it’s supposed to thunder too. 
So, we had this big meal planned, but I think we’re going to 
postpone it to tomorrow. We also have to go to a 
concert, so see you tomorrow. See you tomorrow! And we’re back. It’s actually two days 
later because yesterday it was raining and thundering—it never stopped. The 
concert the day before was awesome, though. But now we’re finally going to get our 
delicious, savory German meal. So, let’s go eat! So for our meal, we came to Bratwursthäusle, 
which is a place that actually cooks the sausages on a coal grill, and there’s this 
fire, there’s this chimney that comes out of the building. So the sausages they sell 
here are legit because the other day, when we had the “Drei im Weggla,” it wasn’t as 
good as we imagined because I feel like the ratio of sausage and Kraut wasn’t right. The sausage 
kind of got lost. So we wanted to try it again. But first, we’re going to have some 
beer. This one is called Kellerbier. That’s apparently a traditional 
Franconian beer from this region. So again, really nice on a hot day. 
We also have a Weißbier or wheat beer, which I think is the second most 
popular beer here in Nürnberg. I think Weißbier has been brewed since the 
1500s here. I think it said since 1536 or 1538 or something like that. So, very, 
very old beer, just like the Rotbier. And this is actually my favorite type of beer in 
Germany. I love it. I am absolutely obsessed. So, this is delicious. And the brand, I 
guess, of the beer is called Tucher, and they’ve actually been making beer 
since 1672. So, almost 400 years. So, I guess they know what they’re 
doing. Really, really good. As I said, we’re having some Nürnberger sausages. 
This place claims it’s the oldest place that does these the way they’re supposed to, with the coal 
grill and everything. And we got six. You can order other amounts, like twelve and stuff like 
that. You order them by twos—like basically eight, then ten, twelve, whatever. But six is 
the smallest amount. And then you can get a side of either sauerkraut, potato salad, or 
horseradish. I didn’t know about the other ones, so I just got the normal kraut because 
that’s the usual thing you order. And I love sauerkraut. And you also have this little 
tub of Senf, mustard, on the side of the table. You can taste that they were made on a 
charcoal grill. They’re delicious. I really like these little sausages because 
they have all these spices in them, and they’re just more, I guess, dense, but 
I really like that. These are delicious. So good. Even by the smell, I know this is going 
to be way better than what we had before. I’m going to just try it straight up because I don’t 
want to put anything else on this at this moment. Oh, just like you said, you can 
definitely taste the charcoal, the grill, the fire, which is kind of 
where the taste comes from anyway. It brings out the juices and the fattiness. 
It’s so much more flavorful than when it’s just sitting around waiting to be 
reheated like you see in those stands. The sauerkraut is really good as well. 
Yeah, this is absolutely delicious. But I’m actually equally as excited for 
this next dish. Our next dish is Schäufele, which is a pork shoulder, and it is so crispy. 
One of my favorite dishes in all of Germany is a crispy pork knuckle, and this seems very similar 
to that. It’s got a thick layer of crispy skin, and then it’s got all this fat underneath, 
and then this meat that looks a little bit dry but salted, maybe cured—I don’t 
know. It looks really good. And it’s served with a giant dumpling. Or is this 
a Knödel? Yeah, a giant potato dumpling. It looks so good, and of 
course, this broth, this sauce. All right, I got the perfect 
bite—big chunk of skin, big chunk of meat. Looks so… It looks so good. Everything I want it to be. Super salty, really 
porky, meaty, and it definitely reminds me of eating a pork knuckle. I absolutely love 
this. Let’s try a bit of the dumpling too. I always think, if I was going to be put to death, 
what would be one of my final last meal requests? And I feel like something like this would be 
perfect. I could die happy after eating this. I really love that juice, that gravy, or 
whatever you call this. This is delicious. This is actually a bit smaller than I 
thought it would be because the bone takes up half of the space. But there’s 
actually a lot of meat underneath as well. I wonder if this is different. 
Yeah, it looks lighter and softer. Yeah, I like that part. It’s a lot softer and a bit fattier. The other part was 
not dry but more, like, stringier. This is so good. I do think I like a pork 
knuckle a bit more. Yeah, it’s more meaty and fatty because that is something very 
traditional in other parts of Germany. But this dumpling looks so sticky 
and gooey, like it’s… Oh, it has something inside. Oh, really? Bread! I love potato dumplings. They’re not 
that common where I’m from, in Berlin, but here in Bavaria, people eat them all 
the time, and they’re so, so, so good. Yeah, this is really, really good. I feel like 
these sausages are so much better. Therefore, I think if you want to try them, 
which obviously you should, you should probably come to one of these 
places that cooks them in the traditional way. And maybe don’t get the bun. I 
think it’s just better on their own, with sauerkraut or potato salad and mustard. And the woman that was sitting next to us, she was 
actually saying that this place is the best one, and we chose right. And I have to agree—not that 
I know other places, but this one is amazing. These are so good. That food was so heavy, but that’s what it’s 
like in Germany. It’s so delicious, though. But in order to kind of flush it down, we got 
a little Schnaps. This is called the Burggeist, which is basically like the “castle ghost.” 
It’s even got a little ghost on the bottle. And it has 51%. It comes from Nürnberg, and 
it is like an herbal schnaps, but it’s clear, which I find interesting because other ones 
are usually like Jägermeister. So let’s try. It does not taste like it’s 
51%. It’s sweet, really nice. This is dangerous. Maybe they’re not all 51%. I think so. I 
think there’s only this one. It tastes sweet. I don’t know. I’m almost like, is this right? 
Because now I’m like, it tastes like hazelnut, and they have a hazelnut one 
that’s not the Burggeist. But this is clear. I don’t think the hazelnut 
one looks like this. It’s delicious, though, and it’s burning. So Anja has no taste buds, and 
she told the waitress that she gave us the wrong shot because she couldn’t tell if this tastes right. I said maybe. And I tasted it, and I was like, this definitely 
tastes herby. So I think Anja was just wrong, but I guess that means maybe we got a free shot? 
I don’t know. Unless they charge us for it. It definitely tastes herbal, kind of licoricey. It 
smells more sweet. It really does not taste like 51% either. I understand the confusion that Anja 
had. I would never think that this is 51%. This tastes like 20% max. But it’s really, really 
good. If this is the real deal, I don’t know. This smells like… nut ice cream to me, and 
I know they have a hazelnut liqueur here too, and that’s why I was confused. Curious to know, by people who watch this—does Burggeist
really sweet and sugary? I don’t know. I couldn’t leave Nürnberg without getting 
more Lebkuchen or gingerbread. So we stopped at a store called Wicklein Lebkuchen, 
which is also at the marketplace, and I got a whole pack. This was 
only €6.95 for a mix of them. They’re obviously not freshly baked, but the 
freshly baked one that we had the other day was like €5, so almost the same price. It 
was really good, though. I think you should definitely have a freshly baked one, but I had to 
take some with me because I’m never going to have good gingerbread like this again unless I come 
back to Nürnberg. And this is so, so, so good. So it’s starting to rain again, so we 
have to end this video. But there will be a lot more videos coming from 
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