Where else would we want to be.

WO SONST is a magazine for people on the move in the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region. On the move to special people and places—from the Odenwald to Hesse, from Bergstraße road to the Southern Palatinate.

A theatrical troupe that brings people together

The Chawwerusch theatre in Herxheim tells stories for and with the local people.

Stony Witnesses

Tracing the Celts near Bad Dürkheim

A theatre on Tromm mountain

Jürgen Flügge brings dramatic art to the countryside in his Hof-Theater-Tromm theatre

In the big world of miniature trees

A visit to the Bonsai Centre in Heidelberg

Theatre in a tower

It’s probably the smallest theatre in Germany and it is located in Freinsheim.

Hiking along Siegfried’s trail

The 130-kilometre Nibelungensteig trail leads from Bergstrasse road to the River Main.

A theatre in the bend

A small place offering great stage art in Neustadt-Hambach

On the roofs of Europe

The tile-making museum in Jockgrim tells a story from industrial history in the Palatinate.

Magical

Torsten Rau manages the office of the Magischer Zirkel in Lampertheim.

Hungry plants

Freinsheim is home to Germany’s largest nursery for carnivorous plants

Rollergirls

A derby with the Rhein-Neckar Delta Quads

Homeless, unrecognised, yet admired

The writer Augusta Bender is revered in Schefflenz.

Preserving traditions and creating a new shine

Tobias and Christian Pfeifer are shingle makers in the Odenwald.

The Lady of Crimeheim

Crime novelist Ingrid Noll leads visitors through Wein-heim on an audio guide tour

Magical medicine

The German Pharmacy Museum in Heidelberg provides insights into the history of pharmacy.

Experiencing peace and quiet

Jaroslaw Krzewicki runs a guesthouse in the former convent in Esthal.

The floating church

Shipping on the Rhine and Neckar rivers with the ship pastor Anne Ressel

A house that opens up spaces

How the barac project attracts artists to Mannheim

Foamy craftsmanship

The Mayer private brewery in Oggersheim brews beer in the traditional way.

High up, deep down

Paying a visit to the Geozentrum Tromm in the Odenwald

A playful journey into the past

Uwe Groll recreates the world of the Bing company in the Freinsheim Toy Museum.

Saving a piece of history

The Haus zum Maulbeerbaum building embodies Landau’s history.

A dialect trail leading through the Odenwald

Travelling along the Mundartweg dialect trail from Neckarelz to Hardheim

An adventure below ground

Paying a visit to the Marie in der Kohlbach mine near Weinheim

Into the blue

Anne and Matthias Gaul have planted large fields of lavender in Grünstadt-Asselheim.

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