Image credits

Photos on our city pages

Our city pages use photos from Adobe Stock (standard licence) and from Wikimedia Commons (free licences). Below we credit the photographers for each page. The photos have been cropped and resized for the website.

Last updated: 26.09.2026

Almere

Header image, Weerwater: © Pavlo Glazkov – stock.adobe.com
Almere Centrum: © Jan van der Wolf – stock.adobe.com

Bad Rappenau

Header image: © A.Freund – stock.adobe.com
Salinenpark and graduation tower: © A.Freund – stock.adobe.com
Moated castle and park: © Marc Stephan/Wirestock – stock.adobe.com

Berlin

Header image: © Falko Göthel – stock.adobe.com
Kurfürstendamm: © ArTo – stock.adobe.com
Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church: © kreativ4insider.com – stock.adobe.com
Charlottenburg Palace: © nejdetduzen – stock.adobe.com

Biberach an der Riß

Header image: © Sina Ettmer – stock.adobe.com
Market square and St Martin’s: © Sina Ettmer – stock.adobe.com
Weberberg: Photo: Edelmauswaldgeist, Wikimedia Commons, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped and resized

Braunschweig

Header image: © Mapics – stock.adobe.com
Burgplatz: © Rene Hartmann – stock.adobe.com
Magniviertel: © ArTo – stock.adobe.com

Bremen

Header image: © EKH-Pictures – stock.adobe.com
Market square, Town Hall and Roland: © nordenfan – stock.adobe.com
Schnoor: © Sina Ettmer – stock.adobe.com

Bruchsal

Header image: © Markus Mainka – stock.adobe.com
Bruchsal Palace: © H-AB Photography – stock.adobe.com
Belvedere in the town garden: © Falko Göthel – stock.adobe.com

Chemnitz

Header image: © AndreasJ – stock.adobe.com
Karl Marx Monument: © Sina Ettmer – stock.adobe.com
Chemnitz Industrial Museum: © Jens – stock.adobe.com

Darmstadt

Header image: © RRA – stock.adobe.com
Mathildenhöhe: © Sina Ettmer – stock.adobe.com
Rosenhöhe: © checker – stock.adobe.com

The Hague

Header image: © Nancy Pauwels – stock.adobe.com
Hofvijver and Binnenhof surroundings: © neirfy – stock.adobe.com
Mauritshuis: © Richie Chan – stock.adobe.com
Scheveningen: © fotolupa – stock.adobe.com

Dortmund

Header image: © uslatar – stock.adobe.com
Dortmunder U: © ArTo – stock.adobe.com
Westfalenpark: © Marco Wicke – stock.adobe.com
PHOENIX See in Hörde: © Jan Claus – stock.adobe.com

Filderstadt-Bernhausen

Header image: © visuals-and-concepts – stock.adobe.com
Historic Bernhausen: Photo: Giftzwerg 88, Wikimedia Commons, licence CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped and resized
FilderStadtMuseum in Bonlanden: Photo: Ziegler175, Wikimedia Commons, licence CC0, cropped and resized

Friedrichshafen

Header image: © karlo54 – stock.adobe.com
Promenade and Lake Constance trail: © holger.l.berlin – stock.adobe.com
Zeppelin Museum: © bikemp – stock.adobe.com

Gelsenkirchen

Header image: © Volker – stock.adobe.com
Nordsternpark: © Darius Böhm – stock.adobe.com
Rheinelbe spoil heap: © Alexander – stock.adobe.com

Goslar

Header image, Goslar old town: © pixs:sell – stock.adobe.com
Imperial Palace: © shorty25 – stock.adobe.com

Graz

Header image: © blickwinkel2511 – stock.adobe.com
Schlossberg and clock tower: © Przemyslaw Iciak – stock.adobe.com
Kunsthaus Graz: © finkandreas – stock.adobe.com
Murinsel: © agephotography – stock.adobe.com

Grevenbroich

Header image, Villa Erckens: © E. Schittenhelm – stock.adobe.com
Old Castle on the Erft: Photo: Käthe und Bernd Limburg, www.limburg-bernd.de, Wikimedia Commons, licence CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, cropped and resized

Hamburg

Header image: © Carl-Jürgen Bautsch – stock.adobe.com
Speicherstadt: © NilsZ – stock.adobe.com
HafenCity and the Elbphilharmonie: © holger.l.berlin – stock.adobe.com
Inner and Outer Alster: © Sina Ettmer – stock.adobe.com

Hanau

Header image: © pusteflower9024 – stock.adobe.com
Market square and Grimm monument: © Sina Ettmer – stock.adobe.com
Philippsruhe Palace Park: © David Brown – stock.adobe.com

Heidelberg

Header image: © Freesurf – stock.adobe.com
Heidelberg Palace: © eyetronic – stock.adobe.com
Old Bridge and Neckar waterfront: © bbsferrari – stock.adobe.com

Heilbronn

Header image: © Eberhard Spaeth – stock.adobe.com
experimenta: © Timo Haberl – stock.adobe.com
Market square and town hall: © EKH-Pictures – stock.adobe.com

Hermannsburg

Header image, Misselhorner Heide: © Elly Miller – stock.adobe.com
Örtzepark: Photo: Hajotthu, Wikimedia Commons, licence CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped and resized

Hilden

Header image: © agumus – stock.adobe.com
Alter Markt and Reformation Church: Photo: Klaus Graf, Wikimedia Commons, licence CC BY 2.5, cropped and resized
Wilhelm Fabry Museum: Photo: Bordeaux (de.wikipedia), Wikimedia Commons, licence CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped and resized

Karlsruhe

Header image: © Alfredo – stock.adobe.com
Palace exterior: © Manuel Schönfeld – stock.adobe.com
ZKM: © Klaus Eppele – stock.adobe.com

Cologne

Header image: © Günter Albers – stock.adobe.com
Cathedral and old town: © Sina Ettmer – stock.adobe.com
Museum Ludwig: © gehapromo – stock.adobe.com

Pulheim

Header image: © lunaundmo – stock.adobe.com
Brauweiler Abbey: © Klaus Büth – stock.adobe.com
Walzwerk Pulheim: Photo: Chris06, Wikimedia Commons, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped and resized

Leipzig

Header image: © alexleipz – stock.adobe.com
St Thomas Church: © arianarama – stock.adobe.com
Mädler Passage: © Xavier Allard – stock.adobe.com
Monument to the Battle of the Nations: © kentauros – stock.adobe.com

Mannheim

Header image: © Felix – stock.adobe.com
Water tower and Friedrichsplatz: © eyetronic – stock.adobe.com
Baroque Palace and courtyard: © mojolo – stock.adobe.com

Mühldorf am Inn

Header image, Town square: © ARochau – stock.adobe.com
Nagelschmiedturm: Photo: Flocci Nivis, Wikimedia Commons, licence CC BY 4.0, cropped and resized

Munich

Header image: © Noppasinw – stock.adobe.com
Marienplatz and old town: © digidreamgrafix – stock.adobe.com
Kunstareal: © rudiernst – stock.adobe.com
English Garden: © Luciana – stock.adobe.com

Dachau

Header image: © Angelika Bentin – stock.adobe.com
Dachau old town: © Benjamin – stock.adobe.com
Palace gardens: © Sandra Alkado – stock.adobe.com

Neu-Ulm

Header image, Neu-Ulm Danube waterfront: © Jürgen Fälchle – stock.adobe.com
Glacispark: © nastyakamysheva – stock.adobe.com
Edwin Scharff Museum: Photo: Maimaid, Wikimedia Commons, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped and resized

Norderstedt

Header image, Stadtpark Norderstedt: © Björn Wylezich – stock.adobe.com
Schleswig-Holstein Fire Service Museum: Photo: Matthias Süßen, Wikimedia Commons, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped and resized

Raunheim

Header image, Oil harbour bridge: © straab – stock.adobe.com
Main riverside route: © straab – stock.adobe.com

Recklinghausen

Header image, Old town and Wallring: © sehbaer_nrw – stock.adobe.com
Icon Museum: Photo: Nordenfan, Wikimedia Commons, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped and resized

Regensburg

Header image: © Frank Lambert – stock.adobe.com
Stone Bridge: © Andy Ilmberger – stock.adobe.com
Stadtamhof: Photo: Dguendel, Wikimedia Commons, licence CC BY 3.0, cropped and resized

Salzburg

Header image, Mönchsberg: © Tilo Grellmann – stock.adobe.com
Mirabell Gardens: © SusaZoom – stock.adobe.com
Getreidegasse: Photo: Leonhard Lenz, Wikimedia Commons, licence CC0, cropped and resized

Schwerin

Castle gardens: © Wolfgang Knoll – stock.adobe.com
Pfaffenteich: © Uwe Kantz – stock.adobe.com
Schelfstadt: © Carl-Jürgen Bautsch – stock.adobe.com

Stuttgart

Header image: © Frank Wagner – stock.adobe.com
Schlossplatz: © thorabeti – stock.adobe.com
Staatsgalerie: © Manuel Schönfeld – stock.adobe.com
Upper Palace Gardens: © diegograndi – stock.adobe.com

Leonberg

Header image: © Klaus Eppele – stock.adobe.com
Old town and market square: © Martin Dutkiewicz – stock.adobe.com
Pomeranzengarten: © Hans-Martin Goede – stock.adobe.com

Ditzingen

Header image: © nounours1 – stock.adobe.com
Am Laien: Photo: Florian Hoffmann, Wikimedia Commons, licence CC0, cropped and resized
Konstanzer Kirche: Photo: Harke, Wikimedia Commons, licence public domain, cropped and resized

Timmendorfer Strand

Header image, Timmendorfer promenade: © aldorado – stock.adobe.com
Niendorf harbour: © foto-select – stock.adobe.com
Niendorf pier: © reichdernatur – stock.adobe.com

Ulm

Header image: © Luis – stock.adobe.com
Ulm Minster: © Jürgen Fälchle – stock.adobe.com
Fishermen's Quarter: © Jogerken – stock.adobe.com

Wels

Header image: © Sina Ettmer – stock.adobe.com
Stadtplatz and Ledererturm: © Glaser – stock.adobe.com
Castle and castle garden: © Sina Ettmer – stock.adobe.com

Wenningstedt-Braderup (Sylt)

Header image: © Thorsten Schier – stock.adobe.com
Wenningstedt beach: © Manninx – stock.adobe.com
Village pond and nature trail: © lerninfos.de – stock.adobe.com

Vienna

Header image, Old town and St Stephen’s Cathedral: © mRGB – stock.adobe.com
Belvedere: palace, gardens and art: © and.one – stock.adobe.com
Prater and the Giant Ferris Wheel: © mRGB – stock.adobe.com
Schönbrunn and its park: © mitarart – stock.adobe.com
Wienerberg: a green break: © BenjaminLeinwather – stock.adobe.com

Wiener Neustadt

Header image: © a_medvedkov – stock.adobe.com
Casemates: Photo: Funke, Wikimedia Commons, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped and resized
Museum St. Peter an der Sperr: Photo: C.Stadler/Bwag, Wikimedia Commons, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped and resized

Zwickau

Header image: © Animaflora PicsStock – stock.adobe.com
August Horch Museum: Photo: Derbrauni, Wikimedia Commons, licence CC BY 4.0, cropped and resized
Priesterhäuser at the Domhof: Photo: Dguendel, Wikimedia Commons, licence CC BY 4.0, cropped and resized
Robert Schumann House: © ArTo – stock.adobe.com