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Göttingen, being an old university town with biology and agronomy as two of their strong disciplines, has three botanic gardens. I managed to visit two during my visit in 2017. And I fell like a pine (as the Swedish saying goes). The old garden, situated on the edge of the old city center, is a slightly overgrown, wondrously romantic piece of lush greenery, with generous flowerbeds overflowing with butterflies, snug paths over small hills and around the small pond. It was first established in 1736, and lies on both sides of the old city walls, connected by a long, dark tunnel.
Photo: Peacock butterfly in the Alter Botanischer Garten in Göttingen, Germany, September 2017. Posted on Instagram March 13, 2021.
Katja Malmborg 