Platanenallee
The finest view.
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The Neckarfront is a row of colourful old houses on the riverbank in the university town of Tübingen in south-western Germany, about 30 km in a straight line south of Stuttgart. It is one of the best-known views in Baden-Württemberg. The University of Tübingen, founded in 1477, is one of the oldest in Germany and gives the town a young, lively feel. Houses painted yellow, pink, green and blue are packed along the north bank of the river, topped by old church towers, and among them stands the yellow Hölderlin Tower, where the poet Friedrich Hölderlin lived for more than thirty years. The finest view of the front is from the Platanenallee, a long avenue of plane trees on an island in the middle of the river, or from the Eberhard Bridge. In summer visitors can ride the long wooden «Stocherkahn» punts that students push along the river with poles, a local tradition. Behind the front, the lanes of the old town climb to the market square and the castle. Walking is free, and punt rides are paid. The view is at its best in the evening, when the sunset light falls on the houses and the water.
The finest view.
A student tradition.
Lanes and castle.
Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
From the Platanenallee or the Eberhard Bridge.
Yes, in summer.
