Nuremberg from Munich in a day: the ICE or the RE1, the Imperial Castle, the Rally Grounds and the Memorium

💡 The Short Version: Nuremberg is 1 hour 41 minutes from Hauptbahnhof by ICE and 1 hour 51 minutes by the regional RE1, which the €34 Bayern-Ticket covers from 9:00 on weekdays. The Imperial Castle is €10 for the combined ticket, sold only at the cash desk. The Documentation Center on the Nazi Party Rally Grounds is €7.50 and closed on 3 and 4 November 2026; the Zeppelin Grandstand and Field are closed to visitors. The Memorium Nuremberg Trials (Courtroom 600) is €7.50 and closed on Tuesdays. The Christkindlesmarkt runs 27 November to 24 December. On your own, the trains and three sights come to about €59. Or book a tour: the Nuremberg day trip by trainad is from €79 for 9 hours (GetYourGuide).

Getting there on your own

Train times are for the timetable valid to 12 December 2026, which changes on 13 December.

• The Bayern-Ticket covers the RE1 and not the ICE. On weekdays it is valid from 9:00, so the first RE1 it covers is the 10:04.
• Cost on your own with the RE1: €34, the Imperial Castle at €10, the Documentation Center at €7.50 and the Memorium at €7.50 come to €59 for one adult, and €94 for two (€44 plus €50).

Tours

Nuremberg is a train day, so a tour is for the guide and the fixed plan. Prices are GetYourGuide’s lowest “from” prices for one adult.

Nuremberg day trip by train

From €79 · 9 hours · 4.4 stars from 433 reviews

From Munich: Nuremberg Day Trip by Trainad is a full-day excursion by train, and the listing names the old town and the Nazi Party rally grounds. At €79 it costs more than twice the €34 Bayern-Ticket.

Tours that start in Nuremberg

What to see

Allow a full day, and take the Rally Grounds and the Memorium as the two memorial sites. They are plain places and read best without a rush.

The Sinwell Tower of the Imperial Castle, with a half-timbered castle building in front. Photo: Oliverrode, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.

1. The Imperial Castle (Kaiserburg). The combined ticket is €10 (€9 reduced) for the Palas with the double chapel and the museum, the Deep Well and the Sinwell Tower; the Palas and museum alone are €7 and the Deep Well and tower €4. The Deep Well is seen on a guided tour included in the price, and an audio guide is €2. There are no online tickets: buy at the cash desk in the outer courtyard, by cash or card. The castle gardens are free from 26 March to 1 November.
2. The Documentation Center, Nazi Party Rally Grounds. The museum at Bayernstraße 110 reopened on 22 May 2026 after more than five years of renovation, with the new permanent exhibition “Nuremberg and the Nazi Party Rallies”. The media guide comes with the ticket, and a guided tour of the exhibition runs on Sundays at 13:30. The rest of the former rally grounds can be walked, with 23 information panels; allow about 90 minutes. The Zeppelin Grandstand and Zeppelin Field are closed to visitors. It is not suitable for children under 14.
3. The Memorium Nuremberg Trials. The museum on the Nuremberg trials, built around Courtroom 600. Courtroom 600 is no longer used for trials and is sometimes closed for events, but the exhibition stays open then. A €4 add-on turns either museum ticket into a day ticket for the other municipal museums.

The Documentation Center at the Nazi Party Rally Grounds. Photo: Fred Romero, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.

The order that works: the Imperial Castle in the morning, when it opens at 10:00, then the Rally Grounds, then the Memorium if it is open. What to skip: the Memorium on a Tuesday, because it is shut, and the Bimmelbahn city tour on a short day.

The Christkindlesmarkt

27 November to 24 December 2026 · daily 10:00 to 21:00 · opening ceremony 27 November, 17:30

Nuremberg’s Christmas market. In 2027 it runs from 26 November to 24 December (christkindlesmarkt.de).

Hours, prices and getting around

• Prices at the Documentation Center include a 10% service fee, and tickets cannot be cancelled, returned or exchanged.
• To the Documentation Center: S-Bahn S2 to Dutzendteich station, buses 36, 45, 55 and 65 to the stop Doku-Zentrum, or trams 6 and 8. Because of building work trams 6 and 8 are currently replaced by buses for part of the way.
• The one thing that ruins the day: a Tuesday for the Memorium, or 3 and 4 November for the Documentation Center.

Nuremberg is one of the day trips from Munich. Dachau and Berchtesgaden cover the other Nazi-era sites near Munich, and Third Reich tours in Munich compares the city walks. Munich public transport explains the Bayern-Ticket, what to book before you go to Munich has the closed days, and where to stay in Munich compares the areas.