Lübeck Germany - A Culinary Adventure in the Marzipan City
Lübeck feels like a living museum, with its medieval courtyards and high gabled merchant houses reminiscent of medieval relics. Stroll through Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site featuring wide Huxstrasse streets and narrow, winding alleyways which give it a truly distinctive character, for an immersive experience that transports visitors back centuries. Lübeck in Germany once part of the Hanseatic League, remains a dramatic sight today, especially at nightfall when illuminated by its historic Holstentor gate (uncompregnable gate). Its tower, a symbol of its former power and protection against attacks from pirates and raiders alike. Additionally, St. Mary's church serves as an inspiration for Thomas Mann's novel Buddenbrooks set nearby. A Sweet Legacy: Lübeck's Marzipan Tradition Lübeck is famous for its Gothic churches and ubiquitous crow-step gables, but also for producing some of the world's best marzipan. According to food legend, marzipan originated during a fa