Germany – Weida (En)
Weida is located in the state of Thuringia and is known for its well-preserved old town, with numerous historic buildings such as the castle or the St. Mary’s Church. One of the highlights of the year in Weida is the city festival in August, with musical performances on various stages, as well as a large arts and crafts market. In Weida, there is also the Aumatalsperre Lake where you can swim or fish.
Where to stay
We stayed in the town’s motorhome area (50.774529, 12.039516 lat, long), which is located next to a beer garden where you can eat very well and for a very good price and where we could watch the soccer games. Parking is 18 euros a day, with electricity for 80 cents and water for 1 euro for 80 litres. It has a bathroom with very good showers and is very clean. There is an area with chickens, goats, geese and piglets, and another with horses and deer. There are also seating areas with wooden tables and benches. The town, the castle and the lake are all within walking distance, about 15 minutes, and there is a supermarket 5 minutes walk away. I highly recommend it if you come to see Weida, we stayed 5 days to see our friend Sandra and we enjoyed it very much.
What to see
We walked to the centre of the town with Asha, the first thing you find are impressive buildings until we reach the centre where the St. Mary’s Church, from the 13th century, is located. Another place to highlight is “Galerie 26” with changing exhibitions and whose exterior is full of drawings.
Another day we went on the motorcycle to see the Castle, today it is a museum about the city’s history and changing exhibitions to visit. From the top of the castle, you have incredible city views. We were not able to visit it inside because visiting hours had ended when we arrived.
On Saturday my friend Sandra came to see us and we watched football in the beer garden. On Sunday Sandra came with her boyfriend Stephan and we walked to see Lake Aumatalsperre, which we walked around, it is about 5.4 km, where you pass through walkways and bridges with stunning views.
What to eat
The culinary specialities of the area are Thuringian meatballs, bratwurst and Schweineschnitzel. After our walk, the four had dinner in the beer garden. Ben and I shared the Schweineschnitzel which is breaded pork, ours came with camembert, potatoes and salad. Stephan had the Schweineschnitzel with mushrooms and potatoes and Sandra had pasta with shrimp.
After saying goodbye to our friends we went to Eisenach, a city in central Germany known for being the composer Bach’s birthplace, which you can see in the following blog!
