Holstentor and Lübeck Old Town

Lübeck was the 'Queen of the Hanseatic League', the medieval trading network of the Baltic, and its old town, on an island ringed by water, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. You enter through the Holstentor, a leaning brick gate with two round towers, now a museum. Inside are tall brick churches, merchants' houses and hidden courtyards.

Lübeck is famous for marzipan: Niederegger has sold it since 1806, with a café and a small marzipan museum. The European Hansemuseum tells the story of the Hanseatic League.