Tourist Attractions in Saarbrucken

The former Stiftskirche of St Arnual (13th-14th C.; Protestant), in the St Arnual district 3km/2mi southwest, has numerous tombs of members of the house of Nassau-Saarbrücken.

The Ancient Art Collection in Saarbrücken features paintings, sculpture, porcelain and furniture from the middle Ages to 19th C Germany. Many of the pieces are from the Alsace and Lorraine regions.

The Gollenstein in Blieskastel is a rock stele, known as the "Stairway to Heaven". This megalith is approximately 4,000 years old.

The open-air museum at Homburg is built around the remains of an ancient Roman city. Much of the city has been reconstructed to give visitors an idea of what it would have once looked like and provide a glimpse of Roman life dating back 2,000 years.

Homburg is located about 35 km north-east of Saarbrücken.

The Homburg Caves are the largest sandstone caves in Europe.

The Modern Art Gallery in Saarbrücken features 20th C sculptures and paintings. Within the collection are sculptures by Archipenko and works of German expressionism.

This annual four-day festival takes place in late May and includes daily afternoon and evening performances of symphonic and chamber concerts. The festival focuses on contemporary music by composers such as Messiaen and Kurtag, among many others. The performances take place in the Funkhaus Halberg, the Convention Hall and the Academy of Music.

This annual month-long festival takes place in June in the 12 towns throughout Saarland. The festival includes at least 20 performances every year, including symphonic, choral and chamber concerts and vocal and piano recitals based on the music of Mendelssohn and his sister Fanny. Lectures on the Mendelssohn siblings are also organized as part of the festival.

St Arnual's two main attractions are the Stiftskirche and the German-French Gardens.

On the southwest side of St Arnual are the German-French Gardens (Deutsch-Französischer Garten; water organ; "Gulliver-Miniwelt").

The town of Volklingen has an ironworks which is a UNESCO world heritage site. The ironworks dominated the city and is the only example, in existence today, of an integrated ironworks that was built and worked on in the 19th and 20th centuries.