The beer cellars
Rooms cut into rock for storing beer since the fourteenth century, some still in use.
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They are, but at fewer times than the German ones. Ask when booking or call ahead, and do not assume an English tour will be running whenever you turn up. The visit depends heavily on the guide's commentary, so language matters here.
The tunnels are reasonably wide, not a crawl through tight passages, but they are underground and closed in, the lighting is dim, and the tour runs a full hour that is not easy to leave. Anyone genuinely claustrophobic is better avoiding it.
Older children enjoy the idea of a city underground and the wartime stories. Younger ones may find the dark and cold frightening, and a full hour is a long tour for them. Make sure they are dressed warmly enough as well.
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Beneath Nuremberg's old town runs a wide network of tunnels and cellars cut into the sandstone since the fourteenth century. They were dug originally for storing and brewing beer, because their temperature stays steady at around eight degrees all year, and the law once required brewers to own a cellar. In the Second World War the tunnels served as air-raid shelters, and valuable artworks were stored in them for protection from the bombing — which is how much of the city's treasure survived. Visits are by guided tour only, lasting about an hour, and the cold inside is constant, so take a jacket even in summer.
Rooms cut into rock for storing beer since the fourteenth century, some still in use.
Sections used as air-raid shelters, with the fittings and blast doors still visible.
Where Nuremberg's art treasures were hidden during the bombing, and so survived.
Bergstraße 19, 90403 Nürnberg