ABOUT DARMSTADT
Darmstadt is situated less then an hour by train from Frankfurt, halfway to Heidelberg or Mannheim, in central Germany. Darmstadt was the jugend architecture style in the early 20th century and is most famous for, architecturally Hundertwasser's Waldspirale. The chemical element darmstadtium is named after Darmstadt. It is one of the few larger cities that are not situated by a river. It is also known for its industries, science and university as well as 2 music festivals, jazz and contemporary classical music. It is rumoured that the castle named Frankenstein and inspired Mary Shelley's novel is situated close to Darmstadt.
MY EXPERIENCES
I visited Darmstadt as part of my Frankfurt visit. I dropped off the train in Darmstadt on my way to Heidelberg, mostly to visit Hundertwasser's Waldspirale in the north part of the city, but also to see how the city, rarely heard of, looked like. I found it a bit dull in its city center because of the modern buildings that arose after the bombings, but its citizens seemed nice and helpful and there are some nice historic buildings, such as the Ducal Palace, and parks in the center. It is very busy in the city center, especially at Luisenplatz, with a lot of people going anywhere in this very populated German region. There seem to be many dull areas in the city, but the north part, however, there the Hundertwasser building is, is very nice with a mix of top modern apartments buildings, alleys and old jugend buildings. Darmstadt also has nice gardens in Mathildenhöhe and Rosenhöhe with jugend residences and a botanical garden, but I didn't have time to visit.
Darmstadt is connected by an extensive subway system trams and buses.
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