EUROPEAN HANSE MUSEUM

A must-see in Lübeck... What a museum! Housed in different buildings, both historical and modern, this is surely the most comprehensive museum about the famous Hanseatic League, so important for the history of Northern Europe. You will learn everything about the life of the merchants of this powerful economic alliance through more than 600 years of history and 4,000^m2 of exhibition space. You will understand how this alliance was able to last so long and witness its impact on the expansion of European cities. We also witness the crises suffered by the Hanseatic League and the difficulties encountered by the merchants, especially during the plague.

Permanent exhibition "die Hanse". The most impressive thing about this ultra-modern museum, which opened in 2015, is its innovative, playful and striking scenography, worthy of the greatest museums! With a chip in your ticket, you can activate impressively clear digital panels and tools in each room. At the beginning of the visit, you will also choose a city about which you will be able to obtain information throughout the visit and you will thus discover its history through the centuries, always in connection with the Hanseatic League. This museum offers incredible reconstructions (merchant ships, streets of Lübeck in the 13th century, market of Bruges...) which allow you to be really immersed in the Hanseatic era but also interactive maps, digital screens. You could easily spend the whole day there, as there is so much to see, read and listen to! The room about Lübeck from 1226 on is particularly interesting and well done. You can see the expansion of the city, the architecture of the merchants' houses and the arrival of bricks as building materials. The Hanseatic League literally comes to life in this 100% immersive museum where the visitor also acts and takes the place of a merchant for a few hours out of time.

Burgkloster. Your entrance ticket allows you to visit the former convent of Mary Magdalene. Founded in 1229, this convent was home to the Benedictine order until 1531. With the Protestant Reformation, it became a hospital and hospice for the poor, used until the 19th century. During the Third Reich, the Nazis incarcerated and tried opponents of the regime. This complex history, from the Middle Ages to the dark hours of the 20th century, is told to you by an audio guide.