Take a walk in the Black Forest, a living, breathing village of farm buildings and labourers cottages, showing 400 years in the life of these pleasant peasants.

On the shores of Lake Constance at Unteruhldingen, this Museum explores the day to day lives of the areas original Stone Age and Bronze Age. How come the Bronze Age came second?

Turning back the years – the largest toy collection in Germany, in the centre of Soltau, offers a fascinating insight into the teddy bears, dolls houses and mechanical toys of Germany’s children down the years.

Not full of hot air, but home to a vast collection of art and artefacts relating to airship and aviation history. It sits within the Bauhaus-style Harbour Railway Station, Friedrichshafen.