Get to know the surprising features of a green and lively city.
Here, your soul can take a holiday, and your mind can go on a voyage of discovery. Osnabrück, the City of Peace: a destination for urban travelers and active tourists. Alluring in every sense!

Osnabrück is the only large city in Germany situated in the midst of a nature reserve – the UNESCO Geo Park TERRA.vita. This picture-postcard landscape is a paradise for hikers, cyclists and nature lovers, and it’s each to reach. Discover and experience a quiet, relaxing world of impressive castles and farms.
Marvel at the famous Town Hall of the Peace Treaty of Westphalia, the historic Old Town, the Cathedral, the old, honourable churches and museums of industrial, natural and cultural history...

Why not visit the Felix Nussbaum Museum, the Art Gallery (in a former church) or – near the city – the Museum of the Varus Battle, fought in 9 A.D.?
Cosmopolitan Osnabrück does not only offer numerous sights, there are also first-class shops, lively markets, typical pubs, stylish coffee bars and lots of cheerful festivals.

Osnabrück is peaceful
On the road signs it says in black and yellow: Osnabrück “The City of Peace.” Next to them the steel figure of the “peace rider” sometimes keeps watch. This sculpture by the artist Volker Johannes Trieb shows that the city is serious about this statement: “The task of peace – committed to peace.” This is the maxim that defines political and cultural life in the old bishopric and the young university town. In each October, when hundreds of primary-school children ride their hobby-horses up the steps of the Town Hall and receive a pretzel from the Lord Mayor, they ride in celebration of the Peace Treaty of Westphalia, and this is a very conscious, living sign of peace culture. The most important year of Osnabrück’s history was 1648. For five years, a peace treaty was negotiated in Münster and Osnabrück. Finally, on the 24th October 1648 The Peace Treaty of Westphalia was signed, which ended the first European war of the modern age after 30 years.

The Felix Nussbaum Museum with works by the Jewish painter murdered in Auschwitz was designed by Daniel Libeskind and evokes a thoughtful mood.
Almost everyone knows the novel “All Quiet on the Western Front” by the Osnabrück author Erich Maria Remarque. The peace centre named after him and the peace prize of the same name pay tribute to his work. The international Peace Talks supervised by the university consolidate the reputation of the City of Peace. Osnabrück wants to continue furthering the worldwide peace process in the future.