• Excursion,  Tips

    Fall excursions

    COLORFUL, COLORFUL, AUTUMN IN REGENSBURG! The days are getting shorter, the sunlight is weaker, the plants produce less chlorophyll and the red, orange and yellow pigments in the leaves come to the fore. This is the sober and completely unromantic explanation for the magic of this colorful season. Now is the perfect time to recharge your batteries and get some fresh air on hikes or long walks and admire the colorful autumn leaves in all their glory. You can find…

  • City tour,  Tips

    Insider tips Regensburg

    OUR INSIDER SIGHTSEEING TIPS FOR REGENSBURG! Have you already seen everything in Regensburg or shown your visitor all the highlights? Then now it’s time for the finer details, the little things, the insider tips. Even in Regensburg there are still hidden corners, lesser-known areas that are off the beaten track. We have picked out nine unusual things and places in and around Regensburg for you. 9 Regensburg insider tips that not everyone knows about: Discover small monuments Regensburg is home…

  • City tour,  Tips

    Small trip around the world

    WHERE REGENSBURG LOOKS LIKE A VACATION! There are many places in Regensburg where you can feel like you’re on vacation. Fancy a little trip around the world through Regensburg and the surrounding area? We’ll show you where in Regensburg you can feel like you’ve been transported to a completely different place. Just like in San Gimignano! In the Middle Ages, the so-called dynastic towers were built in Tuscany. These towers were used by influential urban families for residential and defensive…

  • Culinary,  Tips

    Wine time

    FALL IS WINE TIME! In Vino Sanitas, in Vino Veritas. In wine lies health and truth – the Romans already knew this when they settled on the banks of the Danube in the second century of our era and founded Castra Regina. This is why viticulture has been at home here since that time. In Winzer and Bach an der Donau, this tradition is still carried on today with a great deal of love, passion and commitment. Even if there…

  • Free of charge,  Tips,  Top Ten

    Regensburg for free

    REGENSBURG FOR FREE! We thought about what you can do for free in Regensburg. Apart from going for a walk and so on. There are some wonderful things and projects in Regensburg that are free of charge. So if you’re short of money, need a break from your spending spree or simply want to do a shopping detox, we have the following tips for you: 12 things you can do in Regensburg for free! 1) Regensburg Municipal Museums. Admission to…

  • Social affairs,  Tips

    Kopfhoch.de

    KOPFHOCH – Help for young people. Back in 2019, we presented the online and telephone counseling service for children and young people Kopfhoch.de on RegensburgNow.de. Now that stress has increased due to coronavirus and the war in Ukraine, we would like to present this great project again. By calling 0800-5458668, a team of around 40 volunteers and two full-time specialists offer anonymous, free and professional help and advice for children and young people up to the age of 21 every…

  • Gifts,  Tips

    Experience gifts

    GIVE AWAY EXPERIENCES FROM THE REGION! Are you looking for a gift with a difference? Something special, something to amaze or make you smile, something to enjoy and discover? You don’t have to go far to find it, because our city and the surrounding area offer a wide range of options! After all, experiences are the real gifts and maybe you can do one or two things together? Then it’s twice the fun and a wonderful shared memory and the…

  • Tips

    Spring tips

    TIPS FOR SPRING! Winter was long, but spring has finally arrived and is spoiling us with slightly warmer temperatures and blue skies! The first rays of spring sunshine are always balm for the soul. It is already the third Corona spring, but luckily the sun is constant in these wild times and the magnolias already have big buds and will soon show their full bloom. It’s high time to enjoy spring and soak up some sun and vitamin D. You…

  • Shopping,  Tips

    Book tips

    BOOK GIFTS! We love books! We recently discovered the wonderful book podcast “Seitenloge” and reported on it (click here for the article → New podcasts). “Seitenloge” is run by Katja Neugirg from Regensburg, who talks about her great passion: Books, books, books! Katja herself is a trained bookseller, worked for many years in London for German publishers and now has her own agency for sales and marketing for publishers. And she also has a book podcast. We met her in…

  • Summer,  Tips

    Cooling down

    ALWAYS STAY COOL! It’s really hot in Regensburg at the moment. It’s good to cool down. We’ve looked around to see which places will provide you with a little refreshment in these temperatures. Here are the RegensburgNow tips for cooling off a little: Cool – below 20 degrees in Regensburg: The Old Chapel. The people of Regensburg also call it the “Cold Chapel”. We have experienced weddings there where the bride wore ski underwear under her wedding dress. The ideal…

  • Leisure time,  Tips

    Game tips

    THE BEST GAMES FOR AT HOME! We usually give game tips around Christmas time, but as we all have to stay at home at the moment, we’ve rummaged through our game collection and picked out a few tips for you. There are games for two players, for the family and for children. Here are RegensburgNow’s favorite games: Settlers of Catan. A classic that is still fun to play. Together you colonize the island of Catan, build roads, collect resources, build…

  • Tips

    Lent

    6 IDEAS FOR 6 WEEKS OF FASTING! Fasting is something that exists in almost every culture – even ancient Egypt had a fasting period. In our culture, it is now less about asceticism and more about getting rid of the winter fat. Lent is a wonderful time to give up things that we already have far too much of: Stress, plastic, digital media… This year, Lent officially lasts from Ash Wednesday, February 26 to April 9, 2020, with Good Friday…