The city in surroundings of forests, beautiful lush green valleys and hilly mountains makes the spectacular settings in North Rhine Westphalia (NRW), Germany. The historical city of Detmold first documented in 783 as ‘Theotmalli’, with incorporation of surrounding 25 villages it became a grand city with the population of over around 70,000 inhabitants. The city offers you almost everything; diversity in culture, novel and well preserved settings of the old town, captivating sights, plethora of sports, recreational and leisure activities, beautiful landscape and great fun with shopping and superb eateries.

Moreover, Detmold is renowned for housing more than 600 remarkable historic and ornamented buildings perfectly exemplify the ancient architecture. An array of half timbered houses prettify the old town, the marvelous architectonic of ‘New Palais’ in 18th and 19th centuries served as abbey the building now transformed to internationally popular ‘Academy of Music’ in North Rhine Westphalian State.

Detmold settings are definitely eye opener, tremendous and surprising association of diverse culture, wonderful entertaining events and eye-catching natural landscape. The city is home to the German’s largest open air museum known as the ‘Westphalian Open Air Museum Detmold’, the museum includes around 90 buildings that are fully furnished and tells the historical tale of the region. The huge collections of artifacts on display reveal the cultural history of the city and surrounding region. Another largest museum of the state is the ‘Lippe State Museum’ with its huge collection of artifacts, reveal the prehistory and historical tale of the region.

The landmark of the city is the ‘Hermann Monument’ visited by over one million visitors every year. The statue of Hermann who was the German leader Cherusker on top commemorates his victory over Romans in the famous battle of Teutoburg Forest. The 356 meters high rising monument is visible from far away.

In center of the old town the majestic Princely Residence Castle is located, with its state of the art architecture one of the major attraction of the visitors in the city, belongs to the Princely family.

The city housing the ‘Bird Park Heiligenkirchen’  which is the Europe’s oldest bird with its diverse range of exotic bird species, the large collection of birds about thousands of birds settled in large aviaries and outdoor enclosures belongs to over 300 exotic species. The ‘Teuto Climbing Park’ a beautiful park, literally you can hook yourself and get ready for hiking and climbing in an adventurous park.