Munster is the core cultural center of the North Rhine Westphalia, Germany, situated on the River Aa. The population of city is around 2, 70,000 inhabitants. Munster is the amusing, rich culture and historical city offers myriad of alluring sites, a perfect excursion to plan.

St. Pauli’s cathedral, built in 13th century renowned for its Gothic style building, ornamented with big historical clock. St. Lambert church built in 1375 is marvelous ancient church, famous for its three Anabaptist Cages for Rebellion.

The Market place (Prinzipalmarkt), one of the best shopping centers in the center of the city built in 14th century. Munster Arkaden another shopping area near the Prinzipalmarkt with around 26000 square meters space for retailers.

At the Aasee, the famous lake of Munster which offers swimming, boat riding and bundle of water sports. In 2009 it was named as the most beautiful Park of the Europe. The blooming Botanical Garden (Botanischer Garten Munster) renowned for its design and recreation built in 1803 is the part of the University, apart from its research importance offers impeccable site for visitors. The All-Weather Zoo is the splendid nature park with lush green field and house to around 4000 animals.

In 1787 a Palace (Schloss) was constructed for prince Bishop, this building is worth to watch. Now is transformed to the local administrative office of the University. Monster is the home of many higher education institutes includes the University of Monster and University of Applied Sciences.

Munster offers the abundant of lucrative museums, the true blend of art and history. The most renowned of all is the Muhlenhof Munster Museum situated beside the shores of Lake Aasee. This depicts the old style town with timbered houses and the most attractive structure of ancient villages is the windmill, located in the vicinity. The Stadtmuseum Munster (City Museum Munster) is the house of historical collections of the city; divulge the core information about the history of old ages. The Museum fur Lackkunst (Museum of Lacquer), is the superb display of lacquer artwork collected from all across the globe, with more than 1,000 artifacts describing the 2,000 years old history.

Whatever the season you visit, Munster will entertain by any of the event held numerously throughout the year. One of the popular event is the Send Funfair held thrice a year, attended by 250 performers and approximate audience is around one million, so don’t miss to plan your trip accordingly. During summer the skies of Aasee Lake becomes more colorful as the exuberant Kite Festival blooms.