Black Forest · Things to do

Produce, flowers and grilled sausage circling the cathedral, Monday to Saturday mornings. Locals shop here, not just visitors.

From the cable car top station, easy marked paths run to the lookout tower and along old mining trails. Return by the same lift.

One of Germany's higher falls, with the Blackforestline suspension bridge strung high above the valley nearby.

The Höllental railway crosses the gorge on a tall stone viaduct; in Advent a Christmas market fills the arches beneath it.

Schonach, near Triberg, keeps a cuckoo clock big enough to walk inside. Peak Black Forest kitsch, and good fun with it.