Nuremberg the smart alternative

Sebastian Schmitz visits Bavaria’s nocturnal gateway, Nuremberg Albrecht Dürer Airport, which champions itself as an alternative to larger facilities in Frankfurt and Munich.

Eurowings is one of the airport’s biggest year-round operators. All images author

Nuremberg is the second largest city in the German state of Bavaria, with more than 500,000 people calling it home. It is an attractive and affluent city, boasting one of the country’s largest exhibition centres, NürnbergMesse, which hosts the annual Nuremberg Toy Fair.

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