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Lübeck: Where Red Brick Cathedrals Meet Salt Merchants' Dreams

Northern Germany holds within its borders a testament to medieval ambition and mercantile prowess. Red brick spires pierce the sky, cobblestone passages wind between centuries-old warehouses, and the scent of marzipan drifts through air thick with maritime history. Here, where rivers meet and trade routes once converged, a different kind of European story gets told – one written not by kings and emperors, but by merchants and craftsmen who built an empire of commerce.