special building out of car parts & wood panels at the osthang - a place for experimental constructions. so darmstadt , where do i even begin? it's not really a classically beautiful city, but it also isn't ugly. i'd rather describe it as a very quirky & immensely interesting one. darmstadt seems to have a multitude of facets, combining historic & modern/contemporary elements in a way that makes you want to learn more about it. it surely made ME want to learn more! the most famous attraction in darmstadt is mathildenhöhe , an architectural art nouveau ensemble. this was basically what attracted me to darmstadt initially, because i'm a huge admirer of everything art nouveau/art deco. for our first visit, though, we decided to take a look at the city itself, which means, we basically just did a little sight-seeing tour by ourselves, without entering the museums on mathildenhöhe. we did visit a museum later that day, though, because it started to rain ...
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