Erlangen

Erlangen is a Middle Franconian city in Bavaria, Germany. It is the seat of the administrative district Erlangen-Höchstadt, and with 120,839 inhabitants, it is the smallest of the eight major cities in Bavaria. Wikipedia

Population 116,450 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Germany

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Germany
Daylight 8 h 10 in Dec, dark by 16:16 · 16 h 16 in Jun
  1. January: 8 h 36 of daylight
  2. February: 10 h 08 of daylight
  3. March: 11 h 50 of daylight
  4. April: 13 h 43 of daylight
  5. May: 15 h 21 of daylight
  6. June: 16 h 16 of daylight
  7. July: 15 h 54 of daylight
  8. August: 14 h 29 of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 40 of daylight
  10. October: 10 h 50 of daylight
  11. November: 9 h 07 of daylight
  12. December: 8 h 10 of daylight
Tourist office · 1.7 km Erlangen Tourist Info

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. International Jazz Workshop Erlangen

    March – April

    Held yearly around end of March/beginning of April

    Official site

  2. Poetry Festival

    August

    Held every year (late August)

    Official site

  3. Summer Nights Film Festival

    August

    Open air cinema, yearly in August

    Official site

  4. Historical Christmas Market

    November – December

    Official site

4 events here have no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Erlangen); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

  • Bauernmarkt

    1. Monday: closed
    2. Tuesday: closed
    3. Wednesday: closed
    4. Thursday: closed
    5. Friday: 09:00–14:00
    6. Saturday: closed
    7. Sunday: closed

    09:00–14:00

    1.3 km from the centre

  • Erlanger Wochenmarkt

    1. Monday: 08:00–15:00
    2. Tuesday: 08:00–15:00
    3. Wednesday: 08:00–15:00
    4. Thursday: 08:00–15:00
    5. Friday: 08:00–15:00
    6. Saturday: 08:00–15:00
    7. Sunday: closed

    08:00–15:00

    1.7 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 11 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

More train stations: Erlangen Paul-Gossen-Straße 2.2 km, Erlangen-Bruck 3.1 km, Bubenreuth 4.3 km, Eltersdorf 4.8 km

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.