e-Scavenger hunt Paderborn: Explore the city at your own pace

First-time visitors to Paderborn are pleasantly surprised by the attractive old town with its numerous sights, its romantic alleys, the attractive pedestrian zone and the 200 springs of the Pader, Germany's shortest river.

Nice square in the middle of the city. Nice to have a drink and rest.

The three-storey half-timbered gable house, which was built around 1560, is characterized above all by its rich carvings on the friezes of the gable front. The most impressive of the three carved friezes with ornamental and figurative decorations is the lower one, which also gave the house its name. In the classic reading direction, he tells the story of Adam and Eve's fall into sin.

he Abdinghof Monastery Petrus and Paulus is a former Benedictine abbey in Paderborn, Germany. The monastery was founded in 1015.

The Bartholomäuskapelle is the oldest known hall church on German soil and impresses with its special acoustics.

Paderborn Cathedral, one of the most important church buildings in Germany from an art-historical point of view, is the archiepiscopal church of Paderborn. The church is dedicated to three saints: Mary, Saint Kilian and as principal patron, Saint Liborius of Le Mans.

The Marktkerk is a Roman Catholic church building in the center of the Westphalian town of Paderborn. Originally a Jesuit and university church of the first University of Westphalia, dedicated to Saint Francis Xavier.

De Marktkerk is een rooms-katholiek kerkgebouw in het centrum van de Westfaalse plaats Paderborn.

Nice modern shopping street in Paderborn with the nicest hippest shops in the city.

In the middle of the market square is the Neptune Fountain, a work by the Paderborn artist Josef Rikus from 1977 to 1979.

Bronze statue of Friedrich von Spee reading a book.

The Paderborn town hall with its three gables is a prime example of Weser Renaissance architecture. The upper floor with its numerous windows is particularly typical.

The city of Paderborn has over 150,000 inhabitants. The city was built in the headwaters of the Pader. Follow this path along this small river.