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Bremen

Bremen is a city in northern Germany, population 500,000+.

Understand


History
Bremen was once a member of the medieval Hanseatic League and is still one of the most important cities in northern Germany. Together with the city of Bremerhaven on the North Sea it forms Germany's smallest province.
Bremen has a more than 1200 years of history, and was most of the time an independent city state.

Geography
Bremen is a rather long and narrow city, lined along both sides of the river Weser. Along the north-west/south-east axis it stretches 37 km, but across only 10 km.

Get in


By air
Bremen airport (BRE) is located in the south-west of the town and offers flights to most bigger German cities and some European destinations. It`s easily accessible by public transport (tram line 6, about 20 minutes from the city centre) and by car. Major carriers are OLT ,Ryanair and Lufthansa .
By train
Regular and frequent services connect Bremen with the rest of Germany. There are trains nearly every hour to Hamburg in the north and Osnabrück, Münster and the Ruhr Area in the South as well as to Hanover. In the west lie the cities Delmenhorst and Oldenburg and the frisian islands.

By car
Autobahn 1 runs to Hamburg in the north and Cologne in the south but do check the traffic information! The A27 goes north to Bremerhaven and Cuxhaven and south towards Hanover, Braunschweig, Berlin and other eastwards connections.

Get around


By Foot
Much of Bremen (or at least the part frequented by travellers) can be negotiated by foot - the best way to explore the old city and its surrounding districts.

By Bus/Tram
Bremen offers an intensive public transportation network with street-cars (trams) and buses.
For public transportation timetables and ticket fares see (english).

By Taxi
Taxis are found nearly everywhere and everytime but they have got their price (about 1,25 EUR/km).

By Bike
You can hire bicycles at the railway station and several bike shops in Bremen. See http://www.adfc-bremen.de/ (German only).
Bremen is a quite bike-friendly city mostly due to his former mayor who is an avid cyclist (who despite the wishes of his bodyguards rode his bike every day to his office.)

See


  • Rathaus (Town Hall) this is one of the finest in Europe and as such has been included on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Building work started in 1410 and it is seen as an important display of the wealth and freedom of the city. Tours of the interior are conducted by the Tourist information office at 11am, noon, 3pm and 4pm
  • Dom St Petri (Cathedral of St Peter) is over 1200 years old, and its huge towered façade dominates the main square. the interior is impressive with some fine painted details on the ceilings. There is a tressury displaying the collection of the cathedral. Entrance is free, for €1 you can climb the Southern Tower offering nice views over the whole city
  • Roland this statue on the main sqaure is of the Knight Roland who was a protector of trade. It appears in many European cities especially those involved in the Hanseatic league....



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    Hotels in Bremen
    Atlantic Hotel Vegesack Score 8.275 from 6 reviews
    Sagerstrasse 20 8.28/10
    Bicycles are for rent for our sportive guests. ... more
     
    Beauty & Wohlfühlhotel Steimkerhof Score 6 from 5 reviews
    Nienburger Straße 68 6/10
    The wellness centre "Harmony" offers a sauna/bio-sauna with coloured light therapy and aromatherapy, a “Rose” relaxation bath with underwater lighting, and a quiet zone with tea bar. As the hotel is located in the most bicycle-friendly town in Lower Saxony, it offers an ergometer bike and bicycle hire. The region invites you to go hiking, walking and Nordic walking (an introductory course and equipment are provided). Two 2-lane bowling alleys will tempt you to a game, while an 18-hole golf course can be found just 5 kilometres away. Sauna: EUR 9 per person Telephone: EUR 0.20 per unit Room service: EUR 3 Bicycle rental: EUR 6 per day Bowling alley: EUR 10 per hour ... more
     
    Hotel & Restaurant Schomacker Score 7.9 from 9 reviews
    Heidberger Str. 25 7.9/10
    We have 28 comfortable single and double rooms. ... more
     
    A1 Hotel Score 7.175 from 12 reviews
    Moordeicher Landstraße 79 7.18/10
    Our hotel was classified as a four star hotel on February 2008. ... more
     
    Hotel & Restaurant Jägerstuben Score 6.4 from 11 reviews
    Struckbergstraße 23 6.4/10
    Our 30 cosy guest rooms are of varying size and décor. Choose whichever suits you best. ... more
     
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    Dusseldorf Airport Private Arrival Transfer 1 hour

    Dusseldorf Airport Private Arrival Transfer

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    Hitler and the Third Reich Munich Walking Tour 2.5 hours

    Hitler and the Third Reich Munich Walking Tour

    Unknown to the casual tourist, many of Munich's buildings carry the secrets of a dark past. Just six decades ago, Munich bore the official title, Hauptstadt der Bewegung, the Capital of the Nazi Movement. This was the city that the Allied Supreme Commander General Eisenhower called 'the cradle of the Nazi beast'.

    Munich was the birthplace of the Nazi Party and the home of its headquarters. The voice of Adolf Hitler resounded around the public squares and streets of Munich before being heard anywhere else in Germany. As the stage upon which some of the Nazis' most notorious crimes, from Hitler's failed Putsch to the horrific Kristallnacht, the largest anti-Semitic progrom seen in Europe for centuries and a dismal milestone on the road to the Holocaust were launched, Munich was the nursery of a movement that would shake humanity with some of the most infamous and terrible events in history.

    In a unique and fascinating tour, our dedicated guide will open up this hidden history for you. We'll show you the beer-halls which hosted the first small gatherings of the fanatics who one day would lead the Third Reich, and the place where Hitler made his first major speeches. We'll walk you through the streets where Hitler and his brownshirts fought their way to power, to the HQ from where he bullied the world. The irony is that while much of central Munich was devastated by Allied bombing, many Nazi buildings survived and still stand today. And standing alongside them are memorials to the city's many victims of Nazism, including those who sacrificed their lives in opposing its hateful ideology. We'll show you all these sites and give you the story. Nowhere else can you experience a tour like this because no other place has this history.

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    Bötcherstrasse

    Bötcherstrasse

    Off the south side of the Markplatz, the Böttcherstrasse was transformed in the 1920s by the Bremen coffee Magnate Ludwig Roselius, who commissioned local artists to convert the alleyway into a Gothic-cum-Art Nouveau fantasy. The street, today a 110-metre pedestrian walkway area, was at one time inhabited by the town's coopers and barrel makers.

    The traditional red-brick architecture and more modern expressionist constructions, for which Böttcherstrasse has become well known, offer contrasting yet interesting sights. The street was transformed between 1923 and 1931. The gilt Bringer of Light relief over the entrance to the Market Square was forged by artist Bernhard Hoetger. Besides its tiny stores, crafts workshops and Bremen's Casino, the Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, the Roselius Haus as well as a fine carillon make rewarding sights. A walk down the alleyway towards the River Weser takes you to St Martini's, a Gothic hall church with three naves.

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    Liebfrauenkirche

    At the top of Sögestrasse, Bremen’s main shopping street, you will find the Liebfrauenkirche, a lovely hall church engulfed by a flower market.

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