Against a picturesque backdrop, browse the shops and galleries for antiques, craft items and art, often actually within the studios and workshops of the locally based artists.

Arts and crafts in ancient alleys
Art and antiques, glassware and ceramics, felt and wool creations and jewellery – a lot of the time directly from the studios and workshops of these local artists and artisans. You can find that special gift in the lovingly kept shops in the town centre as well as in the museum shops and in the Lyonel Feininger Gallery. The courtyards host an extra-special Advent experience on the second and third Sundays before Christmas.

You can't go too far in Quedlinburg without stumbling upon another place of interest. Monumental and fascinating ecclesiastical buildings alternate with art nouveau structures, and timber-framed houses spanning eight centuries are dotted everywhere. Castle Hill with its collegiate church is the focus of the town's silhouette even from a distance.

Quedlinburg, with its abundance of quaint timber-framed buildings, is not only a World Cultural Heritage town, but it is also home to an extraordinarily large number and variety of museums. The castle museum with its Ottonian exhibition is just as popular with visitors as the Klopstock Museum or the Museum of Half-Timbering.