Ulm

Ulm is a town at the edge of Bavaria in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. It is home to the highest church steeple in the world, even higher than the Cathedral of Cologne. Wikivoyage

Population 130,288 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Germany

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Germany
Daylight 8 h 21 in Dec, dark by 16:25 · 16 h 05 in Jun
  1. January: 8 h 45 of daylight
  2. February: 10 h 13 of daylight
  3. March: 11 h 50 of daylight
  4. April: 13 h 39 of daylight
  5. May: 15 h 12 of daylight
  6. June: 16 h 05 of daylight
  7. July: 15 h 43 of daylight
  8. August: 14 h 22 of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 38 of daylight
  10. October: 10 h 53 of daylight
  11. November: 9 h 15 of daylight
  12. December: 8 h 21 of daylight
Tourist office · 590 m Tourist Information Ulm/Neu-Ulm

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. Ulm Tent Festival

    May – July

    Festival in Friedrichsau Parc. Famous artists from all kind of genres perform in the huge red and blue circus tent. Every year from May - July

  2. Schwörmontag

    July

    A town festival that includes the serenade of lights, the historic oath and the Nabada, a water parade in the Danube (Donau) river. Every year on third weekend in July

  3. Einstein Marathon

    September

    Every year. End of September

  4. Christmas market

    November – December

    On the plaza in front of the Münster

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 (Ulm); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

  • Wochenmarkt Ulm

    1. Monday: closed
    2. Tuesday: closed
    3. Wednesday: 06:00–13:00
    4. Thursday: closed
    5. Friday: closed
    6. Saturday: 06:00–13:00
    7. Sunday: closed

    06:00–13:00

    600 m from the centre

  • Wochenmarkt am Weststadthaus

    1. Monday: closed
    2. Tuesday: 14:00–18:00
    3. Wednesday: closed
    4. Thursday: closed
    5. Friday: closed
    6. Saturday: closed
    7. Sunday: closed

    14:00–18:00

    1.5 km from the centre

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

Eating nearby

All 36 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

More train stations: Ulm Ost 1.2 km, Neu-Ulm 1.8 km, Ulm-Söflingen 1.9 km, Finningerstraße 3.4 km, Ulm-Donautal 4.9 km, Blaustein 5.0 km

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