Living in a Square – just as unusual as the checkerboard street system in Mannheim is much else. In the city located at the confluence of the Neckar and Rhine rivers, which boasts the largest inland port in Germany, stand the five tallest buildings in Baden-Württemberg. Here, the bicycle and the automobile were invented, and the cultural and concert calendar is packed. With the 15 "Direct Chapters" of the travel guide by Annika Wind, you can casually mingle with the locals, dive directly into city life, and discover the highlights and hotspots: Friedrichsplatz and the Kunsthalle, the East City with its historic buildings and Luisenpark, the shopping streets on either side of Planken, multiculturalism, coffee culture, and industrial romance. In dedicated chapters, you will learn where to sleep well in foreign beds, where to indulge in delicious meals, where the people of Mannheim go to browse and discover, and where they head when night falls. With the overview maps, detailed neighborhood plans, and a separate large city map, you can freely explore Mannheim at your leisure.