Magdeburg, Germany Cruise Port

• Most tourists consider The Green Citadel of Magdeburg the staple of this wonderful cruise port, contributing to the city’s wealth of art and culture. Designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser as a form of radical human expression and an oasis for humanity and nature, this eye-catching structure with pink pastel walls and rich interiors definitely plays the part for which it was intended in the cruise port of Magdeburg, Germany.
   
• The medieval gem of Eastern Germany, known as the first Gothic-style cathedral to ever be constructed on German soil is the Magdeburg Cathedral. This unique sacred building founded by Emperor Otto I and dedicated to St. Maurice can be traced as far back as 937 BC, and completed during the Middle Ages. In honor of the emperor, a stone sarcophagus with his remains can be found in the cathedral today.
   
• The oldest surviving building in the cruise port of Magdeburg, Germany is the Art Museum in the Monastery of Our Lady; home to a concert hall and intriguing museum of contemporary art and sculpture. Its popularity among tourists can be attributed to the magnificent barrel-vaults, sublime monastery church and slender towers.