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DAY 1: Arrival Leaving in Brussels at 8:22 (departure is a bit later actually), arriving in Köln around 10:45 => a quick look at the Dom. Departure in Köln at 11:35, arrival in Frankfurt at 12:48, departure at 12:58, arrival in Kassel at 14:28 \o/
Buy a Kasselcard => 72 hours of public transport + discounts in the museums for 1 or 2 persons for only 13 euro's!
Find hotel and check in => a pretty weird but cheap "hotel" in a big building with for instance a physiotherapists practice. Good name though: Hotel Genius.
Use public transport to get to the centre for the first Documenta visit => to the Aue Pavillon, the Documentahalle and the Fridericianum (see
pics )
Documenta is much like a music festival with art and "stages" (pavilions and buildings in this case) everywhere. The weather was terrific and so was the atmosphere. It's great to see people standing in line for art with a positive and expectant mood!
Time for some food: Asia Restaurant Jasmin (see
pic)
And now the tram back to the hotel and time for some sleep!
DAY 2: Nature's Beauty Wake up, get breakfast and then go outside on this beautiful autumn day (see
pic)
Take the tram to the centre of the city and visit the Natural History Museum.
Pictures and
siteSuch a great collection & building! And a very cheap museum too! Btw a bought another pet-bat here ;-)
Time for some lunch at
Subway. Mmmm yummy sandwiches!
And now the tram to
Wilhelmshöhe which is on the other site of the city. From this height you have a great view of Kassel (see
pic).
In the castle there is another Documenta exhibit, a pretty interesting collection of European masters and a lot of Roman stuff.
The park surrounding the castle is massive and it would take a lot of time and effort to see it all (most is up hill too!). It's a great place to sit and walk and it's very busy on this beautiful day.
One of the most interesting features of the park are the
waterworks (if you scroll down there is more info under the picture!).
Back to the inner city with the tram now to visit the Museum for Sepulchral Culture:
pictures and
site. This "Funeral Museum" isn't very big but has a very interesting and beautiful collection of all things funerary. Pity there wasn't a special exhibit when we were there :-(
And now the last visit to Documenta: the Neue Galerie with for instance
this great work by Churchill Madikida. It was really hot in the room with all those candles!
And after finishing all the Documenta's main exhibits it's time for some food! There's this cool steak-restaurant (see
site) under the town hall, pretty weird but nice food ;-)
And now it's back to the hotel for some sleep....
DAY 3: Finale Today we are leaving for Belgium again but we still have some time to visit a museum and some shops.
A real must see in Kassel is the
Grimm-museum. These brothers are probably the best known Germans in the world and they have shaped the world of fairy-tales.
I love fairy-tales so it's a great museum for me ;-)
Now it's time to have some cake and shop a little. And after getting some sandwiches for the long ride home it's time to go the the station.
Our train leaves around 14:40 and after switching trains in Cologne (and getting some dinner) we are back in Brussels around 20:40.
It was a perfectly great trip! So we may be back in 2012 for the next Documenta:
http://www.documenta.de/
