Burtscheid

Burtscheid – more than just Aachen’s health spa district

With its two spa clinics, Burtscheid is rightly known as Aachen’s spa district. However, Burtscheid is also an attractive district where even Aacheners feel like they’re on holiday. With its many excellent cafés, the weekly market and its parks, Burtscheid is a place worth spending time in. During the spring, the residents of Burtscheid organise their own wine festival, while in winter, there is a small Christmas market, as well as preparations for carnival on “Fat Thursday”.

Get the most out of your spa cure in Burtscheid

In the Burtscheid spa district, there are also two rehabilitation clinics which use the 73°C-hot mineral thermal springs to bring their patients back to health. The VIALIFE Schwertbad specialises in orthopaedic and rheumatological rehabilitation, while the “An der Rosenquelle” clinic also focuses on treating cardiovascular diseases, vascular diseases and metabolic diseases, as well as all types of chronic lung diseases.

Incidentally, Aachen has these healing waters to thank for the fact that it is officially permitted to call itself “Aachen spa”, or “Bad Aachen”.

Aachen’s most beautiful district...

... at least, that's what the residents of Frankenberg say, who have created their own blog out of a love of their district. However, there is some truth in this claim, with rows of fascinating turn of the century buildings all around the Bismarckstrasse and Oppenhoffallee roads. During the summer, the district is particularly lively. Families get together on the Neumarkt square, students enjoy the sunny weather in the park in front of the Frankenberger Burg castle, and long queues of people wait in front of the ice cream parlours, both of which offer home-made ice cream.

The Aachener Tierpark zoo, with its 1,000 or so animals, including 200 species and breeds, is small, but definitely worth a visit.