Rotbier and bratwurst in the Old Town, pubs in Gostenhof, clubs in the Südstadt: here's how to plan your stag do or hen party in Nuremberg yourself, with the best things to do for groups of men or a hen weekend.
Good to know
A Rotbier in a glass mug costs €4.70 at the house brewery, a half-litre in a pub about €4.60–4.90. Cocktails in a cocktail bar are €12–13.50, a long drink in a club about €9.50. All guide prices.
All costs and money-saving tips ↓On Friday and Saturday nights and before public holidays the NightLiner buses run hourly from the main station from 01:00 to 05:00, and the S-Bahn runs extra trains until at least 02:00. There are no NightLiners during the week. Taxi: Taxizentrale 0911 19410.
VAG timetable ↗Indoors, Bavaria only has a closing time from 05:00 to 06:00. Beer gardens, terraces and everything outdoors in Nuremberg close at 23:00. So head inside in good time in the evening.
Around the main station, at the ZOB, in the Königstorpassage and on Aufseßplatz, drinking alcohol on the street is banned around the clock, with fines of up to €1,000. A weapons and knife ban zone applies there too. No beer for the walk when you arrive.
Drei im Weggla means three Rostbratwurst sausages in a bread roll to eat on the go. The Nuremberg Rostbratwurst is protected, 7 to 9 cm long and grilled over a beechwood fire. Rotbier, a red beer, has been the city's beer since the 14th century.
By ICE you'll reach Nuremberg from Munich in just over an hour, from Stuttgart and Leipzig in just under 2, from Frankfurt in just over 2 and from Berlin in 2 hours 45. From the airport the U2 takes 12 minutes to the main station, and coaches stop at the ZOB.
Stay in the Old Town or near the station and the NightLiner hub is close by. During the Spielwarenmesse toy fair and BIOFACH in February, embedded world in March and it-sa in October it gets expensive. Hostel beds start at about €12.
In summer it's around 26 to 27 degrees, and August brings the most rain. Then head underground: the rock-cut cellars and the nuclear bunker, plus escape rooms, laser tag or the leisure pool in Stein.
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Rotbier tours, the rock-cut cellars under the castle and the nuclear bunker under the main station.
Guided through the Old Town, with free drinks or shots, as a VIP or premium version.
A food tour with Rotbier and Blaue Zipfel, a city tour, a smartphone scavenger hunt or bratwurst for 500 on Rathausplatz.
By the station, on Königstraße, in the Nordstadt or in the Südstadt; big groups play in parallel.
Four themed arenas on 2,300 m² in Sündersbühl, with a flat rate on Friday evenings.
A cocktail experience exclusively for stag and hen parties in St. Johannis, then sauna and wave pool in Stein.
A live club with 300 nights a year, four stages in a brick building, a cellar by the station, a culture cellar in the Künstlerhaus.
Irish pub at the Wespennest, run by three Irishmen who took it over in 1995. Open from 14:00 to 02:00 on Fridays and Saturdays. Round the corner on Königstraße is the sister pub with the same owners, good for switching pubs.
Craft beer bar on Unschlittplatz with beers from its own creative brewery and around 150 other beers from all over the world, plus hearty food. Open until 02:00 on Fridays and Saturdays. Book tables online; the bar can be hired for parties.
Beer bar by the Tiergärtnertor below the castle with Franconian bottled beers and changing draught beers, self-service and cash only. You can sit outside from May to October until midnight. Closed from late December to late February.
Pub of the Casablanca art-house cinema on Brosamerstraße in the Südstadt, with its own menu. Open until 01:00 or later on Fridays and Saturdays, from 15:00 on Sundays. A quiet start before you move on to the clubs on Vogelweiherstraße.
Bar and café on Innere Laufer Gasse with changing Franconian draught beers, organic regional wines, long drinks and cocktails. Live gigs with free entry on Tuesdays from 20:00, plus pub quizzes and DJ nights. Book via the website.
Irish bar and restaurant on Königstraße near the main station, with Irish beer and a big choice of whiskeys. Sport on four screens from the Premier League to rugby, plus live Irish folk music. Open from 10:00 on Saturdays, until 02:00 on Fridays.
Franconian tavern in the Südstadt with beer from wooden barrels from changing country breweries, about 220 seats inside and a beer garden for 500 from spring to late summer. Lay your empty mug down and you get the next Seidla. Book by phone.
Tiki bar on Weinmarkt with more than a hundred house cocktails and around 120 rums; the menu changes every six months. Tuesday to Saturday from 18:00, over-18s only, reservations by phone only. Summer break from mid-August to early September.
Pub with a beer garden under old trees in Gostenhof, with dishes that change daily, vegetarian too. Open until 01:00, from 14:00 on Saturdays, otherwise from midday. Tables can only be booked by phone; for a group in the evening, definitely book ahead.
Pub with a beer garden in Gostenhof, with a big choice of drinks and food. Open until 02:00 on Thursdays and Fridays, from 18:00 on Saturdays, closed on Sundays and Mondays. Book on the website or by phone; a few streets from Palais Schaumburg.
Plush jazz bar in the Nordstadt with a small stage, open until 03:00 on Fridays and Saturdays. Gigs cost €20 entry, and in good weather there's a beer garden from 19:00. Private parties are possible, but not on Fridays and Saturdays.
Pub in the Südstadt since 1992, decked out like a living room, with draught beers from Franconian breweries, single malts and a whisky of the month. Chess and steel-tip darts whenever you like, daily until 01:00. No reservations, so big groups should come early.
Live club and disco on Vogelweiherstraße in the Südstadt, by its own account for more than 25 years. About 300 nights a year from indie and rock through electro to metal, with party nights at weekends. The hall with a stage can be hired for private parties.
House for contemporary culture on Frankenstraße, a brick building with four stages. Gigs, parties, readings and flea markets; door prices are listed in the calendar. In summer there's a beer garden. A very mixed programme, so pick your night carefully.
Small live and dance club in the cellar of a listed building, about 200 metres from the main station. Parties with indie, punk and rock classics for over-18s, gigs for over-16s. Upstairs a bar with Rotbier and Helles on draught, often with free entry from 21:00.
Event venue in the Stadtpark with a restaurant, café and summer garden. From October to May the retro party with hits from the '80s to today on three areas, after-work on Thursdays, plus poetry slams and pub quizzes. Tickets in the online shop; rooms can be booked for parties.
Pub-club on Marientorgraben on the Old Town ring road with two areas: house, disco and techno in the pub, hip-hop, Latin and Afrobeats in the club. Book tables on the website; you can also get in touch via WhatsApp.
Electronic music club on Vogelweiherstraße, with residents and guest DJs from Germany and abroad; tickets via the website, over-18s only. Right next to Der Hirsch, so you can combine both in one night. Long drinks around €9.50.
Culture cellar in the Künstlerhaus opposite the main station, running parties, gigs, theatre and readings since 2008. Party series such as QuerBeat or Vintage Vibes, mostly on Fridays and Saturdays. Run by a non-profit association with an awareness policy.
Club on Kaiserstraße in the middle of the Old Town, with parties mostly on Fridays and Saturdays, plus student parties and theme nights. Book tables for your group online, or get in touch via WhatsApp. That way you have a fixed spot for the whole group.
Escape rooms on Bucher Straße with six rooms for 2 to 6 players each and the Zauberakademie for 4 to 8 players over 90 minutes. Big groups play in parallel. A room for six people costs €184, so about €31 a head.
Five escape rooms and five city rallies on Marienstraße near the main station, for 2 to 30 players, with a dedicated stag and hen offer. Big groups play in parallel in rooms for up to 8 people, and the rally comes in battle mode. Be on time.
Laser tag in Sündersbühl on 2,300 m² with four themed arenas, from a labyrinth to a western village, ages 14 and up. One game costs €12.90, three games €30.90, and on Fridays from 20:00 to 24:00 there's a flat rate. Book online.
Four escape rooms on Königstraße, from a wizard to an abandoned orphanage, for 2 to 7 players and 60 minutes each. The operator has a dedicated stag and hen page. Open 10:00–23:00 at weekends.
Escape rooms on Wölckernstraße for 2 to 7 players and 60 minutes, one room for over-18s only. With six players a room costs €155. Open until midnight on Fridays and until 01:00 on Saturdays, plus outdoor scavenger hunts.
Tour of the shelter under the central hall of the main station, built for about 2,500 people. A private group tour takes about 75 minutes and costs €120 for up to 20 people, at a time of your choice. Meet at the Königstorpassage.
Cocktail bar in St. Johannis with its own spirits school. The two-hour cocktail experiences are also available exclusively for stag and hen parties; in the Celebrity Shake the guest of honour gets behind the bar with a bartender. Groups enquire by email.
Leisure pool in Stein, about 7 km from the Old Town, with a wave pool, slides, thermal baths and a sauna world. Four hours with sauna cost €34.50, open until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. A private lounge after the sauna can be booked.
Cellars cut into the sandstone under the castle, built to store the city's red beer. The tour takes about 60 minutes for €13, and a private group of up to 20 people costs €145. On Saturdays there's the Rotbier tour with a beer tasting, ages 16 and up.
House brewery below the castle that brews Original Nuremberg Rotbier from organic ingredients in copper kettles, with its own whisky distillery. Parties of 35 to 90 people get a restaurant on two levels, and the rock-cut cellar tours start next door.
Bratwurst kitchen on Rathausplatz; the Rostbratwurst comes from its own butcher's and is grilled over beechwood, served 6 to 12 at a time on a pewter plate. Two terraces looking out on the town hall and the Hauptmarkt, Tucher on draught.
Bratwurst restaurant on Rathausplatz with rooms for groups of 50 to 530 people; the main room holds 300 and the beer garden on the square 250. Send a booking request via the website; everything is also available to take away. Good for very big groups.
Tavern on Bergstraße, explicitly set up for bigger groups: agree numbers and arrival time beforehand. Schäufele, bratwurst and its own house beer, Hell and Dunkel, on draught. Closed on Tuesdays, otherwise hot food all day.
Beer hall in the historic vaulted cellar of the Mauthalle, with the beer brewed on site. Parties for 5 to 550 people; the Ratsherrnstube holds 50 and the Rotbier cellar 150. Monday to Saturday 12:00–23:00, usually closed on Sundays. Book tables online.
Beer house in St. Johannis with a big beer garden in summer and a side room for up to 40 people that you can book in full. Franconian tapas platters Friday to Sunday. Book by phone.
Tavern right by the Tiergärtnertor below the castle, with freshly tapped Augustiner, Schäufele and Rostbratwurst, and a beer garden in summer. For ten people or more, enquire by email. Closed on Wednesdays, otherwise open until 23:00.
Wine bar and café on Gostenhofer Hauptstraße with a wine list that changes weekly and food in the evening from 16:30, mains around €16–23. Open until midnight on Fridays, closed on Mondays. Book online; a quiet start.
Restaurant and art bar in the Nordstadt with changing exhibitions by local artists. Tapas plates, salads and mains, plus organic wines, cocktails and draught beer. Garden under chestnut trees, Monday to Saturday from 17:00 to 23:00.
Café in St. Johannis since 1990, a few minutes from Friedrich-Ebert-Platz. Weißwurst breakfast with a pretzel and Hefeweizen on Saturdays, breakfast buffet on Sundays from 09:00 to 14:00 for €22.80. Good for the morning after a long night, with a summer garden.
Tavern by the city wall in the Handwerkerhof at the Königstor, since 1972, with a vine-covered courtyard. Six Rostbratwurst cost €13.90, plus Schäufele, Franconian wine and a wine carousel to taste your way through. Closes at 21:00, so it's a starter.
Burger restaurant with a pub feel in the Künstlerhaus on Königstraße, opposite the main station. Wednesday to Sunday from 16:00 to 22:00; book via its own booking page. The culture cellar for afterwards is in the same building.
The guided VIP pub crawl with free drinks and VIP entry: someone who knows the places, so all you have to worry about is partying. A classic for a loud stag or hen night in the Old Town.
The Rotbier tour is all about Nuremberg's very own beer speciality: you learn everything about Franconian red beer and taste the dark beer you'll only find here. A typically Nuremberg start, with a tasting.
Private pub crawl just for your group, with a guide, shots and drinking games from bar to bar. No strangers, just you and a night that's all planned out. Ideal for a stag or hen group that wants to keep to itself.
Food walk with red beer and Blaue Zipfel, the bratwurst speciality cooked in a sour vinegar broth. Eating, drinking and exploring the Old Town on foot in one: typically Franconian and just right for getting the group fed and in a good mood.
The private premium pub crawl with free shots and drinks: the upmarket version of the pub crawl, just for your group and with all the trimmings. The right choice if you want to hand over the whole evening.
700 years of brewing tradition around Nuremberg's Rotbier: a guided tour through the city's beer history with a tasting of the speciality. For groups who want to know more about Franconia's beer culture than fits in a glass.
City tour with a traditional dinner and beer: sightseeing through the Old Town combined with Franconian food and drink. A relaxed, filling daytime activity that brings together the city and its food.
Smartphone scavenger hunt through the Old Town: with puzzles and tasks on your phone you move as a team from stop to stop. Cheap, flexible, no fixed time. A fun warm-up that gets the group moving.
Central square of the Sebald side of the Old Town with the Schöner Brunnen fountain and the Frauenkirche; in Advent the Christkindlesmarkt is held here. The two bratwurst kitchens on Rathausplatz are a few steps away. A meeting point everyone can find.
High Gothic church on Lorenzer Platz, the main church of the Old Town south of the Pegnitz, with Veit Stoss's Angelic Salutation hanging inside. This is where the pedestrian zone starts towards the Weißer Turm, a meeting point in the middle of the Old Town.
The city's largest ensemble of old craftsmen's houses, mostly half-timbered, with cafés, bars and small shops in the tanners' houses. From the Hauptmarkt via Weinmarkt you'll be there in a few minutes. Good for photos in the afternoon.
The hub for the night: all NightLiner buses leave from here hourly between 01:00 and 05:00, with 15 lines fanning out to the districts. The Old Town with Königstraße is opposite. An alcohol ban on the street applies around the station.
Gate tower of the old city fortifications on Ludwigsplatz, with an escalator in the archway down to the U1. It marks the western end of the pedestrian zone, and the Ehekarussell (Marriage Carousel) fountain stands next to it. A meeting point right at the U-Bahn.
Large square south-west of the city walls, one of the city's most important transport hubs with the U1, U2 and trams. South of it is Gostenhof with its pubs and beer gardens, east of it the Lorenz side of the Old Town.
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Most groups start in the Old Town with Rotbier and bratwurst and then move on to Gostenhof, the Südstadt or the station. You walk the Old Town; everything else is quick to reach by U-Bahn and tram.
For Rotbier and bratwurst
North of the Pegnitz between the Hauptmarkt and the castle: the house brewery with Original Rotbier and its own distillery, beechwood-grilled Rostbratwurst on Rathausplatz, Augustiner by the Tiergärtnertor. On Weinmarkt there are tiki cocktails with more than a hundred house creations.
For vaults, a pub and a club
South of the Pegnitz, on Hallplatz, there's a beer hall in the vaults of the Mauthalle, and at the Wespennest an Irish pub run by Irish landlords since 1995. In a cellar near the station it's indie, punk and rock, and on Kaiserstraße you book a table at the club.
For a beer garden and a pub
Gostenhof starts right behind Plärrer: two pubs with beer gardens under old trees on Kernstraße and Volprechtstraße, and a wine bar with a changing list on Gostenhofer Hauptstraße. Fewer tourists than in the Old Town, more of a neighbourhood.
For a live club and techno
On Vogelweiherstraße a live club with 300 nights a year and an electronic music club sit door to door. On Frankenstraße four stages play in a brick building, and at the tavern on Sterzinger Straße the Landbier comes from a wooden barrel.
For arriving and a culture cellar
Opposite the main station, the Künstlerhaus has a culture cellar with parties at weekends and burgers in the same building. In the Handwerkerhof craftsmen's courtyard by the city wall there's bratwurst and Franconian wine, and on Marienstraße escape rooms. An alcohol ban applies around the station.
For jazz, art and a beer garden
North of the Old Town, in the Nordstadt, a plush jazz bar has a small stage, and next door you eat tapas in a garden under chestnut trees. In the Stadtpark there are retro parties on three areas, and in St. Johannis a beer garden and a function room for 40.
Sample itinerary
This is what a weekend that works in Nuremberg looks like, with a different focus depending on your group. You'll find every venue in the planner above, where you can swap out individual stops.
House brewery on Bergstraße, rooms for groups of 35 or more.
Beer from its own brewery, a Rotbier cellar for 150.
Book a table for the group online.
From the beechwood fire on a pewter plate, looking out over the Hauptmarkt.
Four themed arenas in Sündersbühl, ages 14 and up.
Pub under old trees; book by phone.
Guided, with shots; the meeting point is in your booking.
Party nights at weekends on Vogelweiherstraße.
A new wine list every week and food in the evening.
More than a hundred house creations; book by phone only.
Pub with house music, club with hip-hop and Latin.
On Saturdays with a pretzel and Hefeweizen in St. Johannis.
Private tour under the castle, up to 20 people.
Leisure pool in Stein, four hours with sauna.
Exclusively for stag and hen parties; the bride mixes with the bartender.
Bratwurst and Franconian wine by the city wall, until 21:00.
A gig on the small stage, €20 entry.
Double chapel, Deep Well and Sinwell Tower.
Private tour for up to 20 people, about 75 minutes.
Tavern in the Südstadt, beer garden until late summer.
Franconian draught beers and a whisky of the month.
Your group's a bit different? The itinerary generator builds a plan around your group, budget and mood, using the same venues.
Budget
Nuremberg is cheap for beer and bratwurst; cocktail bars and trade fair weeks cost more. What makes the difference is whether you stay in beer halls and pubs or head to a club.
| Option | Per person | What's included |
|---|---|---|
| One night out | €45–90 | beer hall with food, pub, club |
| A day with an activity | €80–160 | plus the rock-cut cellars, an escape room, laser tag or a pub crawl |
| Weekend | €160–350 | two nights out, one activity, one night in a double room, travel not included |
Guide prices per person, based on the prices of the venues and tours on this page. The bride or groom usually doesn't pay; their share is split across the group. The planner above adds up what your programme costs.
Travel isn't included, as that depends on where you're coming from. Accommodation is based on the country's price level. Work out your own budget with the cost calculator.
Seasonal tips
These festivals and trade fairs come round every year. If your weekend falls on one of them, the city will be packed and beds will be expensive. If you'd rather keep things relaxed, plan around them.
Spielwarenmesse in early February, BIOFACH in mid-February, embedded world in March. Hotels are scarce and expensive.
Spring funfair at the Volksfestplatz around Easter, about three weeks of beer tents and rides.
Three days in early June on the Zeppelin Field, with camping around the Dutzendteich lake. No glass on the campsites.
Late July or early August, three days of music on eight stages in the Old Town, with free entry.
Autumn funfair from late August into September at the Volksfestplatz.
Old Town festival from mid-September to early October on Schütt island and by the Katharinenruine.
From the Friday before the first Sunday of Advent to 24 December on the Hauptmarkt, daily until 21:00.
With its double chapel, a well 47 metres deep and the Sinwell Tower above the Old Town.
Beer cellars cut into the sandstone under the castle, with tours every hour on the hour.
Exhibition on the Nazi Party Rally Grounds, with the Zeppelin Tribune and the Zeppelin Field.
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