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Flensburg is an independent town in the North of the German state Schleswig-Holstein. Flensburg is the centre of the region Südschleswig. After Kiel and Lübeck it is the third largest town in Schleswig-Holstein.
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Attractions

Theatre

• Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landestheater (at the Stadttheater) and Symphony Orchestra
• Niederdeutsche Bühne der Stadt Flensburg ("Low German Stage of the city of Flensburg")
• Dänisches Theater (Det Lille Teater)
• Theaterwerkstatt Pilkentafel ("Theatre Workshop")
• Orpheus-Theater

Museums

• Museumsberg – Museum for artistic and cultural history.
• Schifffahrtsmuseum – Museum for shipping and shipbuilding.
• Rummuseum – History of the "Rum Town" of Flensburg.
• Naturwissenschaftliches Museum – Animal and plant worlds of northern Schleswig-Holstein.
• Museumshafen – Private initiative for maintaining old traditional working boats mainly from the the Baltics (Segelschiffe).
• Museumswerft – Shipbuilding (sail) of bygone centuries. The place also has a children's boatyard.
• Fischereimuseum – Initiative of the fishery association, lies on the old Fischery harbour.
• Phänomenta – For experiencing and understanding nature and technology.
• Salondampfer "Alexandra" – Passenger Steamer built 1908. The "Alexandra" regulary makes small trips in the Flensburg Förde (Bay)
• Klassische Yachten Flensburg – Classic Yacht Harbour. Private Initiative to present classic yachts typical for the Baltics.
• Gerichtshistorische Sammlung – a collection of legal history at the Flensburg State Court.
• Bergmühle – Association for maintaining the historic windmill from 1792.
• Johannesburger Heimatstube – Documents, pictures and writings from East Prussia.

Buildings

Flensburg has a well preserved Old Town with many things to see from centuries gone by. Characteristic is the row along the waterfront. Three of the four old town cores are found along this north-south axis. The building boom in Imperial times led to a partial rebuilding of the Old Town, but without destroying its structure, and rather leading to notable expansion of the town. Virtually unscathed in the Second World War, Flensburg, like other places in Germany, adopted a policy of getting rid of old buildings and building anew in the style of the times. This trend was limited in Flensburg by a lack of money, but before the policy was finally stopped in the late 1970s, countless old buildings had been demolished in the north and east Old Town to be replaced by newer structures. Despite great losses, Flensburg still comes across as having a compact, well preserved Old Town in the valley with good additions to what was built in the founders' time on the surrounding heights.

Others

• Flensburg Fjord
• Old Cemetery, parkland with noteworthy grave markers from the 19th century
• Christiansenspark, remnant of a very big landscape park
• Volkspark in the town's east end
• Marienhölzung (Danish Frueskov), woods in the town's west end