Elsen Travel Guide

This former residence of bishop princes from the Renaissance era has a Baroque garden, an open-air theater and a nature museum and art gallery in its former stables.

See the most important religious building of Paderborner Land and browse the mosaic vault chambers in the crypt of this Romanesque-Gothic cathedral.

Stroll over this cobblestoned square in the heart of Paderborn to see its ornamental Maria statue, attend a market or enjoy the sunshine on a café terrace.

You can spend time studying the exhibits at Diocesan Museum during your trip to Kernstadt. Experience the theatre scene and museums in this walkable area.

Paderborn’s fairytale-like formal city hall with its three gables has seen multiple uses over the years and has become a symbol for this historic river city.

Whether you like musicals, opera or classic comedy and theater, Theater Paderborn introduces young and old to the tradition of Westfälische Kammerspiele.