The Heidelberg Castle is the most popular sightseeing spot in Germany and attracts countless of visitors to the Neckar Valley every year. Thanks to its picturesque ruins and a doll’s house like old town, Heidelberg has become a romantic destination in our minds. A city as a postcard idyll. But what about the cultural scene apart from the well-known clichés? For Arte Metropolis Frauke Schlieckau visits Heidelberg and talks to the German hiphop legend Toni L. from Advanced Chemistry, the publisher Manfred Metzner and the artist Cholud Kassem to find out.