Lüneberg

About 45km southeast of Hamburg lies Lüneberg, a cute-as-can-be town that is home to 75,000 lucky folks. Holger asked us to choose a day trip spot 50km or less from Hamburg to visit. We chose Lüneberg and were instantly happy with the choice. The town couldn't be sweeter.

Nope, it's not a ghost town. This is just how Germany looks on Sundays. 

Lüneberg is smaallll--you can walk around it's square-shaped map in less than an hour. The city is as perfectly kept as it is small; the building facades are in tip-top shape and each one is different from its neighbor.  The eye-appeal is great for me and less-than-great for my travel partners because it meant they had to slow their pace to turtle-speed to manage my endless photo-taking activity. They were great sports. 

Luneberg's Rathaus, or Town Hall 

I've now deemed Lüneberg the 'pretty door capital of northern Germany.' 

Just trust me, I'm sure you'll agree...

What? You can't tell this is a pharmacy? 

The Church of Luneberg

There. I think I got them all. 

Our short trip to lovely Lüneberg was proof that though just about everything shuts down for the day, Sundays can absolutely be fun-days.