Nuremberg – city of peace and human rights

Nuremberg, Bavaria's second largest city, is a centre for the information and communications industry, transport and logistics, energy technology and power electronics. It is Germany's most important printing centre, even ranking above Hamburg. Nuremberg hosts Alcatel-Lucent's "Optical Centre of Excellence", the company's largest research centre outside the United States.
Nuremberg Messe is one of the biggest conference and exhibition sites in Germany and ranks among the top twenty in the world. It hosts many events including the annual Nuremberg toy fair.
The city is a major centre of the toy industry and has a toy museum.
Nuremberg does not have its own university; this can be found in the nearby city of Erlangen. However, it is home to a number of well-known polytechnics and research institutes.
There is a museum dedicated to Nuremberg's most famous son, Albrecht Dürer, and to the city's less glorious past as home to the National Socialist "rallies" and the post-war trials. Today, however, Nuremberg has a major profile in the field of human rights. Each year it presents a Human Rights Award and a Human Rights Film Award. The city's commitment in this field was recognised by UNESCO, which presented Nuremberg with its Prize for Human Rights Education.
Nuremberg is a transport hub. It lies at the junction of the A3 (Cologne-Passau) and A9 (Berlin-Munich) motorways and railway lines. Munich can be reached in a good hour. Nuremberg has its own airport.
The nearby Fränkische Schweiz (Franconian Switzerland) is a large recreational area.