Trendy district with a particular charm:
Vorderer Westen

With its smart period buildings, iconic cafés and unusual concept stores, Kassel's Vorderer Westen is one of the documenta city's trendiest and most popular districts. All around Bebelplatz square and along Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse, you'll find many unusual concept stores and iconic cafés, whilst the Goetheanlage park is a popular place to meet, especially in the summer. Look forward to many surprising discoveries and new impressions, and to meeting some lovely people along the way!

More than just a pretty face!

The fact that Vorderer Westen is one of the documenta city's most popular residential areas is above all due to the numerous well-preserved period buildings you can admire here. With their richly decorated facades, turrets and bay windows, they are truly eye-catching. Especially around the Goethestern intersection, you'll find some genuine architectural gems you wouldn't mind moving into straight away. Also worth seeing is the impressive neoclassical-style portal of the Kassel Stadthalle venue, also known as Kongress Palais Kassel. By the way, the city can thank the famous local businessman Sigmund Aschrott for both the district as well as the Stadthalle. He also commissioned the idyllic Aschrott-Park, which is located in the western-most corner of the district.

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Taste and enjoy!

In Vorderer Westen, you can seamlessly changeover from feasting your eyes to feasting on culinary delights, because on your stroll past the beautiful period buildings, you'll constantly pass cosy cafés and restaurants that serve a varied assortment of delicious food. At Eberts, the Café Lange or the Café Westend, for example, you can treat yourself to a tasty breakfast and freshly made cakes; at the Sapori, you can experience the aromas of Italy with all of your senses; you can check out irresistible gateaux and grandmother's recipes at Satt und glücklich, or work your way through the super-yummy one bowl meals served at Holy Nosh Deli. And those are only a few of the wide range of culinary offers you can look forward to between Bebelplatz and Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse!

Plenty of shops with "favourite" potential

Good that you can spoil yourself in the Vorderer Westen district with anything from breakfast to tasty night-time snacks, because time flies on a shopping trip that takes in the many unusual concept stores along Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse! You'll find everything you could possibly want here – whether cool boxer shorts from grandma's linen cupboard at Sokis, sustainable products from fashion to artworks at the Wild Wood Gallery & Store, becoming and precious clothing at hab selig, or ethical fashion at the Elsbeth Store. At Stadtliebe, you can also stock up on many unusual Kassel-related products for yourself and your loved ones – whether an Ahle Wurscht board or a raccoon-shaped lunch box. Plenty of new favourite shops, then, that are only waiting to be discovered by you!

Wow! insider tip: Vorderer Westen street party

Summer, enjoying life and having fun: That's the motto of the colourful Vorderer Westen street party, which is held every year. Many of the shops along around 1.5 kilometres of the Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse remain open until late in the evening and are ready to welcome you with snacks, street music and a great atmosphere!

Photography Tip Vorderer Westen

One of the most popular photo spots in Vorderer Westen is the imposing neo-baroque style Friedenskirche church on Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse. It is also an extremely popular backdrop for the imaginatively dressed up visitors of the manga convention Connichi for some unusual pictures.

Travel podcast world tour:
An audio guide to Kassel's districts (german)

Would you like to learn more about Kassel's various districts? Have a listen to the travel podcast world tour, where Adrian and Christoph present their favourite Kassel districts, including numerous hot tips.

Trendy district with a particular charm:Vorderer Westen