What appears to be a charming small town buried in reminiscence of its glorious past, emerges to have an extensive selection of noteworthy places. Deriving from its massive historical gravity, a heritage of writers and thinkers, a wealth of remarkable and contrasting architecture, picturesque parks and kooky social diversity. An influx of young and (sub)culturally active individuals adds creative tension to this seriously nostalgic place. Goethe, Schiller, Nietzsche, Bach, Liszt, Luther, Herder, Cranach, Kandinsky, Feininger, Klee, Gropius, Van de Velde, etc.

Antique renaissance buildings next to modern art & architecture of the "Art Noveau" and Bauhaus eras. The ill-fated "Weimar Republic" was founded here. Gloomy and distressing Buchenwald Concentration Camp towering over the city as a permanent reminder. Four dinky castles and their surrounding landscape parks within walking or cycling distance .

Hababusch Hostel offers a simple, low-budget accommodation. It is run as a non-profit society together with the students that life in the 200-year-old baroque house and slowly renovate and furnish it themselves. The hostel is located in the historic city centre between Goetheplatz, Marktplatz, Theaterplatz and Herderplatz. We are an independent YouthHostel. No MembershipCard required. Individual travellers, families and groups are all welcome.

There is a shared kitchen, shared showers and we can do the laundry for you. We do not offer breakfast, but you can use the shared kitchen or visit the numerous cafés and bakeries nearby. We are an independent backpackers hostel, i.e. no membership/ curfew/ lockout. Check-in between 9 AM and 12 PM but if you arrive later than 4PM, let us know. Please vacate your bed by 11 AM. You are welcome to leave your lugagge in the lounge until you depart. Sheets are an extra 2.5€. Towels are .5 to 1€. Internet access 1€ per 30 minutes. Ask us for bicycle hire The Hostel is named after Lieselotte Hababusch. She lived in the 18th century in this house. She has an interesting tie to Goethe, who she met during a journey to Santiago de Compostella. Weimar, the great artistic and philosophical home of Geman culture.

Walk through the ambient cobblestone streets and alleyways of the old centre and experience this unspoilt compact town on the picturesque Ilm river; bordered by beautiful parkland where some of the great minds of Europe once relaxed and found inspiration. Experience the cultural treasures of this town set in a magnificent artistic past. Fittingly named "Heart of German Culture" in the official ad messages, it is centered in the state of Thueringen which in turn is the "Green Heart of Germany". The place where Martin Luther, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Nietzsche spent most of their lives. Follow their tracks on the network of bicycle paths that is steadily expanding: www.rad-thueringen.de/uber/