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Discover Kassel

Discover Kassel – from the hotel

World Heritage, fairy tales and contemporary art: from the KulturBahnhof opposite, you can reach almost everything on foot or by tram.

  • Bergpark: UNESCO World Heritage
  • documenta city
  • GRIMMWELT

01On the map

Every destination, measured from the hotel

Choose a destination on the map or in the list. “On foot” shows the city centre, “All of Kassel” also includes the Bergpark, Hercules and Wilhelmshöhe.

Hotel Reiss

  1. Exhibition hall for contemporary art and the heart of documenta. The first edition began here in 1955.

  2. Built in 1992 for documenta 9, at the upper edge of the Karlsaue.

  3. European painting and sculpture from 1750 to the present, plus works from documenta history.

  4. Gallery for comic art in the KulturBahnhof – directly opposite the hotel.

  5. Germany’s oldest theatre building, today a natural history museum and home of the “Goethe elephant”.

  6. Manuscripts, first editions and fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, on the Weinberg hill above the city.

  7. Prehistory and early history, applied art and the German Wallpaper Museum.

  8. A museum about death, mourning and remembrance.

  9. Social and cultural history of the city, from the Middle Ages to today.

  10. Drama, opera, ballet and concerts on Friedrichsplatz.

  11. The city’s shopping street – it starts a few steps from the hotel.

  12. More than 60 shops, cafés and restaurants in the middle of the city centre.

  13. Baroque park on the River Fulda, a venue for open-air art at every documenta.

  14. Baroque building from 1711 in the Karlsaue, today home to a planetarium and the Astronomical-Physical Cabinet.

  15. Kassel’s main station with tram and RegioTram – directly opposite the hotel.

  16. UNESCO World Heritage Site with cascades, grottoes and temples – on water display days, the water rushes downhill.

  17. Kassel’s landmark above the Bergpark and the starting point of the water displays.

  18. Old Masters Picture Gallery with Rembrandt, Rubens and Dürer, plus the Collection of Antiquities.

  19. A castle built as an artificial ruin in the Bergpark; interiors by guided tour only.

  20. Sauna area, steam baths and treatments in Bad Wilhelmshöhe.

  21. ICE stop; from here RegioTram lines RT5 and RT9 take about five minutes to the KulturBahnhof.

Map and transit data: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Distances calculated as straight-line distance

02Routes from the hotel

Short distances, good connections

  • KulturBahnhof, tram & RegioTramdirectly opposite
  • Fridericianum & Friedrichsplatzabout 10 min on foot
  • Tourist information, Wilhelmsstraße 23within walking distance
  • Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe ICE station5 min by RegioTram
  • Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe & Herculesby tram

03Sights

Worth seeing

Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe

Europe’s largest hillside park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site: grottoes, hermitages, aqueducts and temples – architecture, landscape and water in interplay since the 17th century.

Hercules

Kassel’s landmark above the Bergpark. During the water displays, the water rushes down the cascades, around 250 metres long; the grand finale is the great fountain.

Wilhelmshöhe Palace

Neoclassical palace housing the Old Masters Picture Gallery – Rembrandt, Rubens, Dürer – and the Collection of Antiquities.

Löwenburg

A castle built as an artificial ruin in the Bergpark, with an armoury from the 16th and 17th centuries.

Interiors by guided tour only

Karlsaue & Orangery

A spacious park on the River Fulda, between Baroque garden design and an English landscape garden. The Orangery from 1711 houses a planetarium, among other things.

City centre

City-Point and Königs-Galerie invite you to stroll through more than 60 shops, cafés and restaurants.

04Museums

Art, fairy tales and science

  • Fridericianum – exhibition hall for contemporary art and the heart of documenta
  • Caricatura – gallery for comic art, in the KulturBahnhof directly opposite
  • GRIMMWELT Kassel – manuscripts, first editions and fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm
  • Neue Galerie – European painting and sculpture from 1750 to the present day
  • Hessian State Museum – with the German Wallpaper Museum
  • Natural History Museum in the Ottoneum – home of the “Goethe elephant”
  • Kassel City Museum – social and cultural history of the city
  • Museum for Sepulchral Culture – on death, mourning and remembrance

Opening hours and dates change – please check with the provider in advance. Reception will be happy to help.

05Experiences

Kassel from a different angle

City tours

To the Orangery, the State Theatre, the Neue Galerie, the GRIMMWELT and St Martin’s Church.

Boat trips on the Fulda

The classic round trip through the Fuldaaue nature reserve, including passage through a lock.

Kletterwald Kassel high ropes course

In the Habichtswald forest near Hercules – over ropes and suspension bridges at heights of up to 12 metres.

Kurhessen Therme

Sauna area, steam baths, massages and treatments.

Sightseeing tour

By double-decker bus to the highlights and through the city’s history.

Fairy-tale Christmas market

In the heart of the city during Advent, in the world of the Brothers Grimm.

Fairytale Christmas Market Kassel: dates, the five squares and the highlights of 2026

We look forward to welcoming you

Kassel starts at our front door.

Werner-Hilpert-Straße 24 · directly opposite the KulturBahnhof

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