The city of Bremen is located in northern Germany at the transition
from the large coastal lowlands of the North Sea to the North German
lowlands and is completely surrounded by the federal state of Lower
Saxony. Together with the city of Bremerhaven, which is about 60
kilometers to the north, the city of Bremen forms the federal state of
the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. It is the smallest of the 16 federal
states of the Federal Republic of Germany, both in terms of area and
population. The city of Bremerhaven is described in a separate article.
The highest natural elevation in Bremen at 32.5 m is located in the
Friedehorstpark in the Burglesum district in Bremen/Nord.
The
city became a member of the Hanseatic League in 1260. Many residents are
still proud of the independence of their city, which is historically
justified in various ways. One of the most frequently mentioned
documents is the Linz Diploma from 1646.
The main roads that
still exist today, often called Heerstraße, were laid out during the
French occupation under Napoleon in the 19th century.
In the
course of the 20th century, Bremen incorporated formerly Prussian and
Hanoverian areas. Some of the town halls of these formerly independent
communities are still preserved, for example in Hemelingen or in
Bremen-Nord.
During the Second World War, the city was often the
target of Allied bombing raids, as many armaments factories were located
here. A worth seeing testimony from this time is the submarine bunker
Valentin.
The city owes its importance to the port, although the
main handling has meanwhile shifted to Bremerhaven to the north.
Bremen consists of 22 districts. The port and the developing
Überseestadt are often referred to as the 23rd district, but
administratively they do not form a separate unit.
The district
of Bremen-Nord has its own character due to its geographical location
and historical development. Here you will find parks next to - partly
former - factory buildings and shipyards. Because of the hilly
landscape, this area is also known as Bremen Switzerland.
In
addition to the Überseestadt, the Mitte district with the old town is
particularly interesting for tourists. Here you will find the landmarks
and most of the sights. The old town stretches between the Weser and the
ramparts - a green belt with a moat, which together with the former city
wall originally formed the city's fortifications. Very few remnants of
the city wall have survived, for example in the Schnoor district, which
appears to be medieval.
Bremen also has a lot to offer outside of
the old town, for example the harbor museum at Speicher XI (district
Walle) or the Focke Museum (Schwachhausen).
Center
"Mitte" is the
name of the district in the center with the old town, the station suburb
and the Ostertor district. This is where the most famous attractions of
the city are located. The Mitte district is part of a district of the
same name, which, in addition to the Mitte district, also includes the
Steintor district and the extensive port facilities that follow
downstream from the Weser.
center
South
With the Bremen
University of Applied Sciences in Neustadt and Bremen Airport.
Neustadt Obervieland Huchting Woltmershausen Seehausen Strom
East
From the Bürgerpark to the Weser Stadium to the "Oasis".
Eastern
suburbs Schwachhausen Vahr Horn-Lehe Borgfeld Oberneuland Osterholz
Hemelingen
West
From Überseestadt to "rural Bremen".
Blockland Findorff Walle Gröpelingen
North
Between Werderland
and Blumenthal, separated from Bremen-Mitte by the port area. Due to its
location, the district is similar to an independent city that is well
worth seeing with around 100,000 inhabitants.
Burglesum Vegesack
Blumenthal
The area of the old town is delimited by the moat and the ramparts in
the north, west and east. In the south, the Weser borders the old town.
Around the marketplace
On the market place there is the
Roland
from 1704. On the north-east side of the market is the Gothic Bremen
town hall (1405 to 1410), which in turn is connected to the new town
hall from 1912 on the east side. On the west side of the town hall you
will find the Ratskeller, which is special in that it is the only
Ratskeller in Germany that only serves German wines. Under the northwest
tower is the famous bronze figure of the Bremen Town Musicians by
Gerhard Marcks. Opposite is the Schütting, seat of the Chamber of
Commerce. The Cathedral of St. Petri (right) and the Church of Our Lady
(left) lie on both sides of the town hall complex.
The town hall and
Roland have been part of the UNESCO World Heritage since 2004. The
concert hall, Die Glocke, furnished in Art Deco style, is attached to
the south side of the cathedral.
Böttcherstrasse
Böttcherstrasse On the other side of the market, the narrow
Böttcherstrasse begins, which leads in the direction of the Weser. Lined
with handsome brick houses, this street is the work of Ludwig Roselius
(1874-1943), who also invented decaffeinated coffee. There are three
special sights here: the Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, the Roselius
House and the carillon.
Schnoor
A real gem of Bremen's history
is the old town district of Schnoor. It consists of narrow streets with
half-timbered and brick houses from the period between the 15th and 18th
centuries. Nice cafés, restaurants and many small unusual shops can be
found here.
Schlachte - Weser promenade
Schlachte - Weser
promenade
More historical buildings in the old town
City scales in
Langenstrasse
Commercial building (chamber of crafts)
Mühle am
Wall (Herdentorswallmühle)
Built in 1833 as a windmill by master
mill builder Berend Erling. In operation as a grain mill until 1947.
Completely renovated in 1998 and equipped with a restaurant. The mill is
a popular photo motif for tourists and a particularly beautiful view in
spring and summer due to the numerous colorful flowers that are planted
every year in a large bed in front of the mill.
Ostertor and
Steintor Quarter: “The Quarter”
South-east of the old town is the
quarter (Ostertor and Steintor trendy district) (tram 2, 3 and 10).
Theater at Goetheplatz
Overseas city
One of the largest
urban development projects in Europe, the Überseestadt Bremen, is being
realized on the almost 300-hectare site in the old Bremen port area
north-west of the city centre. A new district with apartments and
offices on the waterfront is only emerging very slowly. The former
overseas port basin was filled up in 1998 and the wholesale market and
freight forwarding company were built on its area, which generates a lot
of traffic noise early in the morning and makes living there
unattractive. The 400 m long Speicher XI from 1908-12 is one of the few
historical buildings in the old port districts that survived the Second
World War and the time after. Since 2003, the University of the Arts,
the Harbor Museum and a design center have been housed here.
Hafenmuseum Speicher XI, on 2,000 square meters of exhibition space
Bremen's port history and modern port location
Bremen University of
the Arts, Am Speicher XI 8, 28217 Bremen. Phone: +49 (0)421 95 95 10 00,
Fax: +49 (0)421 95 95 20 00 . The art and design department of the
Bremen University of the Arts is located in Speicher XI in Bremen's
Überseestadt district.
Infocenter Überseestadt, Am Speicher XI, 1,
28217 Bremen (entrance via the harbor museum). Permanent exhibition on
the history and development of the Überseestadt. Open: Tue-Sun
11:00-18:00. Price: free.
Shed One, Konsul-Smidt-Strasse 20-26, 28217
Bremen. Phone: +49 (0)421 365191-58, Fax: +49 (0)421 6491286 .
Restoration workshops for old automobiles with many vintage cars worth
seeing on display, as well as galleries, other shops and restaurants.
Open: Mon-Fri: 08:00-19:00, Sat:10:00-20:00, Sun: 10:00-19:00. Price:
free.
More Attractions
Churches, Mosques, Synagogues, Temples
The most famous and oldest churches in Bremen are in the Mitte district.
For more detailed information on all these churches see there.
Bremen Cathedral (St. Peter's Cathedral, Protestant), Sandstrasse 10-12,
28195 Bremen. Phone: +49 (0)421 36 50 40, fax: +49 (0)421 365 04 25,
e-mail: kanzlei@stpetridom.de
Liebfrauenkirche (Our Lady,
Protestant), Our Lady Kirchhof 27, 28195 Bremen. Tel.: +49 (0)421 34 66
99 56, fax: +49 (0)421 84 13 91 10, e-mail:
dein-lieben-frauen@kirche-bremen.de
Probsteikirche St. Johann
(Catholic), Hohe Str. 2, 28195 Bremen. Tel.: +49 (0)421 369 41 15, fax:
+49 (0)421 369 41 13, e-mail: pfarrbuero@st-johann-bremen.de
St.
Martini Church (Protestant), Martinikirchhof 3, 28195 Bremen. Phone: +49
(0)421 32 48 35, email: gemeindebuero@st-martini.net
St. Stephani
(cultural church, protestant), Stephanikirchhof 8, 28195 Bremen. Tel.:
+49 (0)421 303 22 94, e-mail: info@kulturkirche-bremen.de
St.
Michaelis (Protestant), Doventorsteinweg 51, 28195 Bremen. Phone: +49
(0)421 17 17 53, fax: +49 (0)421 169 68 96, e-mail:
buero.michaelis-stephani@kirche-bremen.de
Other interesting
churches in Bremen and in Bremen-Nord:
The Evangelical Church of the
Holy Cross (Horner Kirche) was built in 1823-1824 and rebuilt in 1894.
The neo-Gothic, evangelical St. John's Church at Hohenkampsweg 6 in
Bremen-Oberneuland was built between 1858 and 1860 according to plans by
Heinrich Müller.
Hauptbahnhof, Bahnhofsplatz 15, 28195 Bremen . Built in 1885-1889 to
a neo-Renaissance design by Hubert Stier, the station is a sight in
itself. The hall roof was covered with glass until 1966, which was then
replaced by wooden cladding for reasons of stability and because of soot
- steam locomotives were still driving here in the 1960s. The reception
building has largely been preserved despite several modifications and
has been a listed building since 1973. The striking wall mosaic was
installed in 1957 as advertising space for the Brinkmann cigarette
factory.
City scales, Langenstrasse 13, 28195 Bremen. last edit:
Mar. 2019 (information may be out of date)
The Fairy Tale of the
Bremen Town Musicians Change: Mar. 2019 (information may be out of date)
Weser Stadium wikipediacommons. Venue of SV Werder Bremen (Bundesliga)
last change: Mar. 2019 (information may be out of date)
Aalto
high-rise from 1961, Berliner Freiheit 9. designed by Alvar Aalto,
Finland. Last modified: Mar. 2019 (information may be out of date)
Borgward House, Horner Heerstrasse 11. The Borgward house - formerly
Landhaus Focke-Fritze - was built in 1750 and rebuilt in 1819-1820 by
the city master builder Johann Georg Poppe and in 1921 by Rudolf
Alexander Schröder. Last change: Mar. 2019 (information may be out of
date)
Horner Mühle, Leher Heerstrasse 98. The Horner Mühle in Lehe is
a gallery Dutch mill. It was built in 1848. Last modified: Mar. 2019
(information may be out of date)
Oberneuland mill, Mühlenweg 34. The
Oberneulander Mühle, landmark of the Oberneuland district, is a Dutch
windmill with a gallery. The listed mill dates from 1848, from the
classicism era.
Cemetery chapel, Oberneulander Landstrasse 37. The
monument-protected cemetery chapel, Oberneulander Landstraße 37, in
neo-Gothic style, dates from 1905. last change: Mar. 2019 (information
may be out of date)
Landhaus Waldthausen, Mühlenfeldstrasse 49 . The
Landhaus Waldthausen, Mühlenfeldstraße 49, was built from 1905 to 1906
according to plans by Eduard Gildemeister and Wilhelm Sunkel. last
change: Mar. 2019 (information may be out of date)
Farmhouse
Osterholzer Dorfstrasse, Osterholzer Dorfstrasse 29 . At the Osterholzer
Dorfstraße 29 there is a classical farmhouse and its enclosure (around
1816) last change: Mar. 2019 (information may be out of date)
Parchmann Villa (Wikingborg), Katrepeler Landstrasse 51. The Parchmann
Villa from 1962, Katrepeler Landstrasse 51, is a remarkable house
designed by Eberhard Gildemeister. Last modified: Mar.
Landgut
Hodenberg, Hodenberger Strasse 10. The Hodenberg estate with the manor
house and the Hofmeierhaus has existed since 1608 and is now a
foundation. Ernst Müller-Scheeßel, Th. Hermann, Albert Ritterhoff and
Heinrich Vogeler worked here.
The 17 Lür-Kropp-Hof, Rockwinkeler
Landstraße 5, is a thatched, Low German 2-poster half-timbered farm that
is over 200 years old and is used for celebrations, receptions,
weddings, exhibitions and events.
There is a joint Internet presentation of the Bremen museums with
information on the current exhibitions.
In Bremen-Mitte/ Center
Some of the best and most popular museums in Bremen are located in the
Bremen/Mitte district and are discussed in detail in the corresponding
article. The most important are:
Ludwig Roselius Museum : works
of art from the Gothic to the Baroque period presented in a wonderful
Renaissance building.
Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum: The first museum
in the world (1927) dedicated to a female painter.
Kunsthalle Bremen
wikipediacommons : The only large art museum in Germany with a
collection from the Gothic to the present that is still privately owned.
Overseas Museum: Natural, cultural and economic history of non-European
countries.
Other museums in the Bremen-Mitte district are the Dom
Museum, the Gerhard Marcks House and the House of Science. In the
Schnoorviertel you can see the antique museum, which is unique in
Germany, and the current favorite among Bremen's museums - the Bremen
Story House.
In other parts of the city
Weserburg - Museum of
Modern Art, Teerhof 20, 28199 Bremen. Tel.: +49 (0)421 59 83 90, fax:
+49 (0)421 50 52 47, e-mail: mail@weserburg.de . barrier-free
barrier-free, wheelchair-accessible toilet, wheelchair can be borrowed
if required. Open: Tuesday to Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.,
Thursday from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Price: Adults €9,
children/teenagers up to 18 years €5, children under 6 years have free
entry, family ticket €16, students and disabled people from 70 GdB €5.
Combined ticket with GAK.
GAK Society for Contemporary Art, Teerhof
21, 28199 Bremen. Tel.: +49 (0)421 50 08 97, fax: +49 (0)421 59 33 37,
e-mail: office@gak-bremen.de. not barrier-free The GAK is the place for
international trend-setting contemporary art in Bremen. In changing
group and individual exhibitions, it presents international artistic
positions and is a laboratory for the latest tendencies and currents in
contemporary art. In addition to individual exhibitions, the GAK program
focuses on group exhibitions on topics of public discourse. Open:
Tuesday to Sunday from 11am to 6pm, Thursday from 11am to 8pm. Price:
adults €3, family ticket €6, pensioners and students €2. Combination
ticket with Weserburg.
The Weserburg and the GAK offer a
combination ticket for both facilities. The prices for adults are €9,
family ticket €16, reduced €6
Universum, Wiener Str. 1a, 28359
Bremen. Tel.: +49 (0)421 334 60, fax: +49 (0)421 334 61 09, e-mail:
info@universum-bremen.de. Science center with the areas: technology,
people, nature and a children's area for 3 to 8 year olds. Additionally:
special exhibition building, outdoor area. Open: Monday to Friday from
09:00 to 18:00, Saturday, Sunday and public holidays from 10:00 to
18:00. Price: adults €16, concessions €11, families €40.
WUSEUM,
Franz-Böhmert-Strasse 1c, 28205 Bremen. Tel.: +49 (0)421 434594400, Fax:
+49 (0)421 434594090. Open: January and February: Monday to Sunday from
2:00 p.m. to 5:45 p.m., March to December from Monday to Sunday from
12:00 p.m. 12:00 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. On home game days of SV Werder
Bremen, the WUSEUM is open from 4 to 1 hour before the start of the
game. Price: Adults €4, children/teenagers, pensioners, students and
disabled people from 70 GdB €2.
Focke Museum, Schwachhauser
Heerstrasse 240, 28213 Bremen. Tel.: +49 (0)421 699 60 00, fax: +49
(0)421 69 96 00 66, e-mail: post@focke-museum.de . It is the state
museum for art and cultural history and shows details from the 1200-year
history of the city. From excavation finds from the Middle Ages, through
the Reformation, the Hanseatic period, the French period, to World War I
and reconstruction after World War II. With the exception of a small
part, the museum is barrier-free, equipped with a disabled toilet and a
wheelchair is also available for loan. Open: Tue: 10:00-21:00 / Wed-Sat:
10:00-17:00 / Sun: 10:00-18:00. Price: for the permanent exhibition:
adults €6, concessions €4 (students, senior citizens), children and
young people have free admission, Tuesdays from 7:00 p.m. free admission
Hafenmuseum Speicher XI, Am Speicher XI 1, 28217 Bremen. Tel.: +49
(0)421 303 82 79, fax: +49 (0)421 303 82 84, e-mail:
info@hafenmuseum-speicherelf.de . Museum about the history of Bremen's
port, the modern port location and one of the largest urban development
projects in Europe in the listed Speicher XI. Open: Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00.
Price: Adults €5, family ticket €10.50, children up to 7 years have free
entry, pensioners, students and disabled people from 70 GdB €3.50.
botanika - The Green Science Center, Deliusweg 40, 28359 Bremen. Phone:
+49 (0)421 42 70 66 65, email: info@botanika-bremen.de. Open: Monday to
Friday from 09:00 to 18:00, Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00.
Price: Adults €10.50, children and young people from 4 to 17 years €5,
students and disabled people from 70 GdB €9.50, family ticket €26.
Broadcasting Museum, Findorffstrasse 22 - 24, 28215 Bremen. Tel.: +49
(0)421 35 74 06, e-mail: info@bremer-rundfunkmuseum.de. Open: Tuesday to
Thursday from 10 am to 3 pm, Sunday (except public holidays) from 10 am
to 3 pm. Price: adults and young people from 14 years €3, from 6 to 14
years €1.50, children under 6 years have free entry.
The Depot
(Tramway Museum), Schloßparkstrasse 45, 28309 Bremen. Tel.: +49 (0)421
55 96 76 42, fax: +49 (0)421 55 96 76 42, e-mail: info@fdbs.net . Museum
operated with great commitment by the Friends of the Bremen Tramway e.V.
with a focus on the "History of the Bremen Tramway". You can see tickets
and validators, technology, signals, the future and of course the
extensive vehicle exhibition. Open: Always on the 2nd Sunday
11:00-17:00. Price: adults: €3.00, children (5-14 years) €1.50
Memorial submarine bunker Valentin, Rekumer Siel, 28777 Bremen (in the
Farge district). Phone: +49 (0)421 69 67 36 70, +49 (0)421 69 67 36 77,
email: mail@bunkervalentin.de . Bunker Valentin is the ruin of a German
Navy submarine dockyard from World War II. It is the largest
free-standing bunker in Germany with a length of 419 m, a width of up to
97 m and a floor area of 35,375 m². In the bunker, with walls up to 4.5
m thick and ceilings up to 7 m thick, a submarine was to be built every
other day from autumn 1945. Thousands of forced laborers from all over
Europe were used to build the bunker: civilian workers as well as
prisoners of war and concentration camp inmates. More than 1100 of them
died during the construction work. Today only a few traces point to the
bunker construction site and the camps. The legacies of the armament
landscape are overgrown. The Bunker Valentin remained, a unique and
conspicuous relic of National Socialist armaments for naval warfare. It
is a place of remembrance of the war and the crimes of National
Socialist rule. Open: Tue-Fri 10am-4pm + Sun 10am-4pm. Price: Visit free
of charge, guided tours: €5/€3, group tours by prior arrangement up to a
maximum of 25 people.
School Museum, Auf der Hohwisch 61-63, 28207
Bremen. Tel.: +49 (0)421 6962330, fax: +49 (0)421 69623310, e-mail:
schulmuseum@bildung.bremen.de. Open: Monday, Tuesday and Friday from
09:00 to 14:00, Wednesday and Thursday from 09:00 to 16:00. Price:
Adults €3, family ticket €5, children/teenagers up to 18 years €1.50,
children up to 6 years have free entry, pensioners, students and
disabled people from 70 GdB €1.50.
Hospital Museum and Gallery in the
Park (KulturAmbulanz), Züricher Straße 40, 28325 Bremen. Phone: +49
(0)421 4081757, fax: +49 (0)421 4082898, email:
kultur@klinikum-bremen-ost.de. Open: Wednesday to Sunday from 11:00 a.m.
to 6:00 p.m. Price: adults €4, concessions €2.
Old pumping station,
Salzburger Strasse 12, 28219 Bremen. Tel.: +49 (0)421 9881111, e-mail:
altespumpwerk-bremen@web.de. Open: open on the first Monday of the month
from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., except on public holidays, when Museum
Monday is shifted by one week. Price: Adults €2, children/adolescents
under the age of 18 have free entry.
The 36 Overbeck Museum is the
only museum in Bremen dedicated to one of the five founding fathers of
the Worpswede artists' colony - the painter Fritz Overbeck. The museum,
which is well worth seeing, in the listed old packing house on Alte
Hafenstraße shows works by the painter couple Fritz and Hermine Overbeck
all year round. (open: Tue-Sun: 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m
The Rhododendron Park offers one of the largest rhododendron
collections in the world on 46 hectares, the botanical garden and the
"botanika", the first green science center in Germany.
The Bremen
Bürgerpark is the largest park in the city after the park on the left
side of the Weser. You can find more information about this spacious
park landscape on the website of the Bürgerparkverein.
Knoops Park is
the most famous park in Bremen North in the district of St. Magnus. It
covers an area of 65 hectares. Around 7 km of footpaths lead along
beautiful avenues and romantic paths through the park, whose founder
Ludwig Knoop greets the visitor as a life-size bronze statue by the
sculptor Claus Homfeld. It also includes a 1,600 square meter garden for
the blind. The park is named after the manufacturer Baron Ludwig Knoop,
the former owner of the site. Since the concerts of the "Deutsche
Kammerphilharmonie Bremen" in Lesmona in the summer, the park has gained
national importance. The Jünglingshöhe offers an impressive view over
the expanse of the Lesum landscape. A video sets the mood for a visit to
Knoops Park. After a walk in the park, the art café Kranholm offers
coffee and sweet treats.
On the banks of the Lesum, the
Admiral-Brommy-Weg runs along Knoops Park from the Lesum harbor to
almost the Lesum barrage.
How to get there: The best way to get to
the park is by car (car parking spaces near the park entrances) or by
taking bus stop 74/75, stops "An Knoops Park" or "Am Kapellenberg". Like
Bremen's Bürgerpark, the park is organized on a non-profit basis.
The almost 1 km long city garden in Vegesack lies parallel to the
Weser and offers a wonderful view of the Weser and the opposite bank
from several points on the slope, such as the "Vegesacker Balcony". The
Weser promenade along the bank connects the Vegesack harbor with the
former "Glass Shipyard".
The Wätjens Park in Blumenthal is a
landscape park that was laid out in 1830 by the Bremen shipowner Wätjen
and has been brought back to life by a support association since the
turn of the millennium. The park, which belongs 2/3 to Blumenthal and
1/3 to Vegesack, is located between Landrat-Christians-Strasse and the
Weser. Wätjen's castle has been under monument protection since 1973,
and the park as a whole was under monument protection in 2007.
The
Bahrsplate in Blumenthal was once a river island and is now an
approximately 6 hectare, picturesque park directly on the Weser with a
view of passing ships. However, this should not hide the fact that there
was a prisoner camp for workers from the East here during World War II
and, from 1944, a satellite camp of the Neuengamme concentration camp.
After the war, Bahrsplate was turned into a park and a memorial was
erected to commemorate the Bahrsplate concentration camp.
The
Dillener Park in the district of Rönnebeck is only about 1 hectare in
size, but is very charming thanks to the old trees. Part of the park is
located on the high bank of the Weser, which offers beautiful views far
into the "Oldenburger Land" on the opposite side of the Weser. From the
park you can hike directly along the banks of the Weser to the ferry to
Farge. A stop at the Farge ferry house is recommended there.
Parkland
Stadtwerder on the Weserinsel is one of the most popular recreation
areas in Bremen. The peninsula between the Weser and Kleiner Weser is
almost in the middle of the city.
The ramparts were once part of
Bremen's city fortifications and are now a popular park on the edge of
Bremen's old town. The ramparts still enclose almost the entire old
town. Many sights such as B. the 37 Herdentorsmühle wikipediacommons and
various statues, make a walk in the ramparts interesting.
Heineken's
Park with Heineken's estate (around 1790), the Schumacher estate with
the manor house, the Hofmeierhaus (around 1790, today a gallery) and the
2.7-hectare park by Gottlieb Altmann (around 1762) is located at
Oberneulander Landstraße 151/153 .
The seven-hectare romantic
Höpkensruh landscape garden with the Böving country house by Walter
Görig (from 1815) and the classical Schultz estate (around 1800) is
located on Oberneulander Landstraße 65. The large North American lily of
the valley tree is well known.
Muhles Park with the Muhle estate is
right next to Höpkens Ruh. The park was created in 1825 by the Böving
family on a farm.
Ichons Park is located directly across from Höpkens
Ruh. In 1726 the silk merchant Post had built the first manor house. His
grandson laid out the 2-hectare park in 1768 according to plans by
Gottlieb Altmann. The notary Dr. Theodor Ichon was the owner until 1967
(†). The once private property has been accessible since 1977.
The
seven-hectare Gut Hodenberg park with its mysteriously romantic natural
theater, the baroque tufa grotto (1787) by garden architect Christian
Roselius, the pavilion (around 1906), the garden sculptures from the
18th/19th Century. It is on Oberneulander Landstrasse, at the corner of
Hodenberger Strasse.
The landscape park Hasses Park commons with the
gardens of the Wichelhausen estate, later Iken-Hoff and with the
orangery from 1790 and the greenhouse was redesigned in 1880 according
to plans by garden architect Wilhelm Benque. It has been partially
preserved and is located at Rockwinkeler Landstraße 41/43.
The
'Achterdiekpark' between Hermann-Frese-Strasse and the office park is
managed by the private initiative Achterdiekpark e. V. operated. The
nine-hectare park includes seven ponds, a football field and a
playground.
In the district of Hemelingen is the Schlosspark
Sebaldsbrück with manor house; Estate from the Middle Ages and landscape
park since 1850.
Cinemaxx, Breitenweg 27, 28195 Bremen. Tel.: +49 (0)40 80806969
(reservation hotline). The cinema has 10 halls with a size of around 100
to around 500 seats. The cinema offers a total of around 2900 seats. In
the foyer of the cinema there is an 18.5 meter high and 42 meter long
indoor tunnel slide, the longest indoor slide in Germany. There are only
a few parking spaces around the cinema and most of them are paid.
CineStar Crystal Palace, Hans-Bredow-Strasse 9, 28307 Bremen. There are
11 halls in total, starting at 166 seats and going up to 578 seats, in
total there are around 3300 seats throughout the cinema. There is ample
free parking available as the site is shared with a large shopping mall.
Cinespace Waterfront, AG-Weser-Str. 1, 28237 Bremen. Tel.: +49 (0)421 50
09 90, e-mail: info@cinespace.de. The hall size ranges from around 160
seats to around 670 seats, with a total of 11 halls with around 3070
seats available. There is ample free parking on the square in front of
the building and in the Waterfront underground car park.
Schauburg,
in front of the stone gate 114, 28203 Bremen. Tel.: +49 (0)421 792550,
email: info@bremerfilmkunsttheater.de.
Atlantis, Böttcherstrasse 4,
28195 Bremen. Tel.: +49 (0)421 792550, email:
info@bremerfilmkunsttheater.de.
Gondola, Schwachhauser Heerstrasse
207, 28211 Bremen. Tel.: +49 (0)421 792550, email:
info@bremerfilmkunsttheater.de.
Cinema, Ostertorsteinweg 105, 28203
Bremen. Tel.: +49 (0)421 700914, email: info@bremerfilmkunsttheater.de
wikipediacommons.
City 46 municipal cinema, Birkenstrasse 1, 28195
Bremen. Tel.: +49 (0)421 95799290 (advance ticket booking), email:
info@city46.de
Theater Bremen, Goetheplatz 1-3, 28203 Bremen. Tel.: +49 (0)421
36530, +49 421 3653333 (Theater box office cannot be reached during the
summer break) . The theater has two stages, the main hall with a good
860 seats and the small hall with around 190 seats. In addition to
plays, classical operas are also performed in a new guise and there are
dance performances.
Shakespeare Company, Schulstrasse 26, 28199
Bremen. Phone: +49 (0)421 500222, email: info@shakespeare-company.com.
The program mainly consists of plays based on the scripts of William
Shakespeare, but other plays are also occasionally performed.
GOP
Varieté Theater, Am Weser Terminal 4, 28217 Bremen. Tel.: +49 421
89898989, fax: +49 421 89898999, e-mail: info-bremen@variete.de.
Theaterschiff, Tiefer 104, 28195 Bremen. Tel.: +49 421 7908602, fax: +49
421 79479321, e-mail: info@theaterschiff-bremen.de. The theater is
housed in a converted barge. The ship is moored at a pier on the Weser.
Packhaustheater, Wüstestätte 11, 28195 Bremen. Tel.: +49 421 7908602,
fax: +49 421 79479321, e-mail: info@packhaustheater.de .
Moks - Young
Theater, Bleicherstrasse 28, 28203 Bremen. Tel.: +49 (0)421 36530.
Theater performances by children and young people for children and young
people. The hall has 60 seats and is close to the stage so that the
audience can be involved in the action.
Hafen Revue Theater,
Cuxhavener Strasse 7, 28217 Bremen. Tel.: +49 421 8355559, email:
info@hafenrevuetheater.de. edit info
Fritz, Herdentorsteinweg 39,
28195 Bremen. Tel.: +49 421 41650580, fax: +49 421 41650599, e-mail:
office@fritz-bremen.de .
Lace-up shoe, Buntentorsteinweg 145, 28201
Bremen. Tel.: +49 421 555410, Fax: +49 421 556535.
Schwankhalle,
Buntentorsteinweg 112/116, 28201 Bremen. Tel.: +49 421 52080710, fax:
+49 421 52080715, e-mail: mail@schwankhalle.de.
Bremen Criminal
Theater, Friesenstrasse 16-19, 28203 Bremen. Tel.: +49 421 16691758,
fax: +49 421 16691759, e-mail: mail@bremer-kriminal-theater.de. Plays
based on crime books.
25 Man, doll! The Bremen Puppet Theater,
Schildstraße 21, 28203 Bremen. Phone: +49 421 79478292, fax: +49 421
79478319, email: post@menschpuppe.de.
LiteraturKeller, Schildstraße
21, 28203 Bremen. Phone: +49 421 7926586, email:
info@literaturkeller-bremen.de. A small theater in a former wine cellar.
The ensemble consists of just two people.
Mini golf in the Bürgerpark, In the Bürgerpark am Emmasee.
Beautifully located facility in the middle of the Bürgerpark, an
important local recreation area in the city of Bremen. The maintenance
of the Bürgerpark is financed purely through donations. The proceeds
from the mini golf course also flow into the maintenance of the park.
Timetable: open from April to September from Tuesday to Friday from
13:00 to 18:30, Saturday, Sunday and public holidays from 11:00 to
18:30, closed on Mondays - except public holidays. Price: adults and
young people from 14 years €3.50, children up to 14 years €2.50.
Schwarzlichthof, Cuxhavener Strasse 7, 28217 Bremen. Tel.: +49 (0)421
42783200 (from 2 p.m.), fax: +49 (0)421 42783203, e-mail:
info@schwarzlichthof.de. Here mini golf is played in a hall under black
light. The fairways are coated with fluorescent paint and light up,
while the rest of the hall is dark. Open: Tuesday to Thursday from 2
p.m. to 10 p.m., Friday from 2 p.m. to midnight, Saturday from 10 a.m.
to midnight, Sunday and public holidays from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Price:
Adults from 17 years €7.50, children €6.50.
Miniature Golf Club
Bremen e.V., Hastedter Osterdeich 225, 28207 Bremen. Tel.: +49 (0)421
874230. Open: Tuesday to Friday from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday from 1
p.m. to 7 p.m., Sunday and public holidays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Price:
Adults and children from 13 years €1.50, children up to 13 years €1.
Bahnen Golf Club Bremen e.V., August-Bebel-Allee 5c, 28329 Bremen. Tel.:
+49 (0)421 233698. Timetable: open from April to September from Tuesday
to Saturday from 2pm to 7.30pm, Sunday and public holidays from 11am to
7.30pm, closed on Mondays - except public holidays . Price: Adults and
young people from 14 years €3.50, the second round is free, each
additional round €1.50, children up to 14 years €2, the second round is
free, each additional round €0.50.
Pure indoor pools are:
Südbad, Neustadtswall 81, 28199 Bremen.
Tel.: +49 (0)421-959710, e-mail: suedbad@bremer-baeder.de wikipedia. 25
meter pool with a 1 and 3 meter diving board and several smaller
swimming pools, 72 meter long slide, 6 different saunas, a restaurant is
attached. Open: Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday and
Sunday from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., the saunas are open from 10 a.m. Price:
Adults and young people from the age of 16 pay €4.80 for up to 2.5
hours, each additional hour €1.50, young people from 12 to 15 years pay
€3.80 for up to 2.5 hours, each additional hour €1.20 €, children under
12 pay €3.30 for up to 2.5 hours, €1.00 for each additional hour, more
expensive on weekends and public holidays.
Huchting indoor swimming
pool, Delfter Strasse 22-24, 28259 Bremen. Phone: +49 (0)421-580083,
email: huchting@bremer-baeder.de. A 25 meter swimming pool, a teaching
pool and three different saunas are available. Open: Monday 08:00 -
21:00, Tuesday closed, Wednesday 15:00 - 21:00, Thursday 08:00 - 16:00,
Friday closed, Saturday 15:00 - 21:00 p.m., Sunday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Price: adults €4.30, young people from 12 to 15 years €3.50, children
under 12 years €3.00.
OTe Bad, Koblenzer Strasse 3, 28325 Bremen.
Phone: +49 (0)421-401882, email: otebad@bremer-baeder.de. The facility
includes a large 25 meter indoor pool and two smaller pools for
children's swimming and gymnastics. Open: Monday from 8am to 4pm,
Tuesday from 3pm to 9pm, Wednesday from 8am to 9pm, Thursday and Friday
closed to the general public, Saturday from 8am to 2pm :00 p.m., Sunday
08:00 a.m. to 02:00 p.m. Price: adults €4.30, young people from 12 to 15
years €3.50, children under 12 years €3.00.
These pools are both
indoor and outdoor. The outdoor pool is only open during the season:
Westbad, Waller Heerstrasse 293a, 28219 Bremen. Phone: +49
(0)421-691370, email: westbad@bremer-baeder.de. There is an indoor pool
and an outdoor pool. In addition to the various pools, the bath also
offers 5 different saunas. Open: Monday to Thursday from 08:00 to 21:00,
Friday from 08:00 to 20:00, Saturday from 09:00 to 15:00 and Sunday from
09:00 to 18:00, the saunas are open from 09:00 a.m. Price: adults €4.50,
young people from 12 to 15 years €3.50, children under 12 years €3.00.
Schloßparkbad, Schloßparkstrasse 52, 28309 Bremen. Phone: +49
(0)421-6993990, email: schlossparkbad@bremer-baeder.de. The indoor pool
has a swimming pool and a teaching pool. The outdoor pool also has a
swimming pool and a teaching pool, as well as three different slides.
Open: Monday from 3:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Tuesday closed, Wednesday from
3:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Thursday closed, Friday from 1:15 p.m. to 9:00
p.m., Saturday closed, Sunday from 8:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. Price: adults
€4.30, young people from 12 to 15 years €3.50, children under 12 years
€3.00.
Freizeitbad Vegesack, Fährgrund 16-18, 28755 Bremen. Phone:
+49 (0)421-699130, email: vegesack@bremer-baeder.de. There is an indoor
pool and an outdoor pool. The outdoor pool is only open during the
season. The pool has a 1 and 3 meter diving platform. There are also
different swimming pools, 4 different saunas, a 60 meter long water
slide and a 50 meter long turbo slide. Open: Monday from 15:00 to 20:00,
Tuesday from 08:00 to 20:00, Wednesday from 08:00 to 21:00, Thursday and
Friday from 08:00 to 20:00, Saturday and Sunday from 09:00 to 18:00.
Price: adults €4.80, young people from 12 to 15 years €3.80, children
under 12 years €3.30.
The Bremen outdoor pools are listed below:
Stadionbad, Franz-Böhmert-Strasse 13, 28205 Bremen. Tel.: +49
(0)421-490985, e-mail: stadionbad@bremer-baeder.de The outdoor pool has
a 50 meter pool, a small children's pool and a natural pool area for
non-swimmers. There is also a water slide and a 23 meter turbo slide and
a diving tower with heights of 1, 5, 7.5 and 10 meters. Open: Monday to
Friday from 6:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Saturday from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00
p.m., Sunday and public holidays from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., opening
times may change due to weather conditions. Price: adults €4.10, young
people from 12 to 15 years €3.20, children under 12 years €2.60.
Horner Bad, Vorstrasse 75, 28359 Bremen. Phone: +49 (0)421-237577,
email: hornerbad@bremer-baeder.de. The outdoor pool has a swimmer's, a
non-swimmer's and a children's pool. Open: Monday to Friday from 6:30
a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Sunday and
public holidays from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., opening times may change
due to weather conditions. Price: adults €4.10, young people from 12 to
15 years €3.20, children under 12 years €2.60.
Blumenthal outdoor
pool, Am Freibad 5, 28779 Bremen. Phone: +49 (0)421-69644461, email:
blumenthal@bremer-baeder.de. In the outdoor pool there is a 50 meter
swimming pool, a non-swimmer and a children's pool, a Breti water slide
and a diving board with a height of 1, 3 and 5 meters. Open: Monday to
Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Saturday from 12:00 p.m. to 7:00
p.m., Sunday and public holidays from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Price:
adults €4.10, young people from 12 to 15 years €3.20, children under 12
years €2.60.
Bathing at the Weserstrandbad directly in the Weser.
However, there are a few restrictions here: no lifeguards, no marking of
non-swimmer areas, no demarcation from the commercial inland waterway
shipping area, and the ebb and flow of the tide means there is always a
different current. Since the beach is still tidal, the water is slightly
brackish. The Weserstrandbad is located on the Weserinsel between the
two main arms of the Weser and is connected to the other areas of the
city by the Sielwall ferry and bridges. The nearby ferry and café Sand
are run by the Hal över shipping company; the operating times are
coordinated.
City tours and round trips
boat trips, e.g.
Harbor tours, also with traditional ships.
A peat boat trip through
the former peat canals in Blockland and Teufelsmoor. Peat barge trips
from Torfhafen Findorff, accessible by bus line 26 or 27
"Findorffallee/Torfhafen".
Boat trip through the Bürgerpark with the
replica Marie. May to October on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and public
holidays from 10.30 a.m. to 5 p.m., several stops, journey time 1.5
hours, €7.50, children 6-12 years: €5
City walks with the Bremen
Greeters: Under the motto "Come as a guest, leave as a friend", the
Bremen Greeters offer free city tours. The guests get to know the city
off the beaten track from the perspective of the locals. The greeters
are happy to show the guests their city in an authentic way, with all
its rough edges. Personal stories and experiences or tips for going out
and leisure are also discussed. In the concrete agreement between guest
and greeter, topic requests are taken into account, which thus turn
these walks into a personal and individual encounter with the city. In
order to preserve individuality, the greets are only carried out in
small groups of up to 6 people. More information at
www.bremen-greeter.org The
Bremen Greeters are members of the International Greeter Association
(formerly Global Greeter Network).
ARTtours Bremen city tours,
Meyerstraße 45/47, 28201 Bremen. Tel.: +49 (0) 174 454 70 19. Very
interesting city tours with a competent and friendly city guide who is
an artist himself and has extensive detailed knowledge. The tour in the
Schnoor district is particularly recommended. 8€ per person.
Recurring Events
Bremen Christmas Market & Schlachte Magic − The
historic Weser bank - the Schlachte - is transformed into a medieval
street market that is bathed in a blue light in the evening. Around the
town hall you will find the usual hustle and bustle of a Christmas
market.
The 41st Bremen Freimarkt on the Bürgerweide is the 5th
season for everyone in Bremen. The city is always upside down in the
last two weeks of October. Then the largest folk festival in the north
will be celebrated for 17 days. This has been one of the longest folk
festival traditions in Germany since 1035. The festival does not only
take place on the Bürgerweide, but there are other venues with the
"Small Free Market" on the Bremen market square and the "Historical
Market" around the "Our Lady Church". The entire city center celebrates,
the closing times for restaurants are lifted throughout. Bremen is in a
state of emergency, it "Ischa Freimaak!"
The Bremen Easter Meadow
also takes place on the Bürgerweide. The open-air season in Bremen has
been opened with this folk festival since 1928. Celebrations take place
one week before and one week after Easter. The festival opens on the
previous Friday evening with a large firework display. It then continues
for 16 days from 2:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., with the Easter meadow only
taking a break on Good Friday.
The Sixdays Bremen have been
attracting crowds to the 42nd ÖVB Arena (formerly: Stadthalle Bremen) in
the first week of January since 1965. In addition to a large show
program, there is also cycling. However, some visitors find this
annoying.
Events 2023
* Bremen Music Festival, stars of the
classical music scene (events at more than 25 venues), August 19, 2023
to September 9, 2023, location: Various locations in Bremen, Bremerhaven
and the surrounding area
* swb marathon, 18th Bremen marathon,
October 1st, 2023, location: city center (start + finish: at the town
hall)
* Bremer Freimarkt, the largest folk festival in the north,
October 13, 2023 to October 29, 2023, location: Bürgerweide (right
behind the main train station)
Events 2024
* Sixdays Bremen,
six-day race, January 12, 2024 to January 15, 2024, location: ÖVB-Arena
(formerly: Stadthalle)
Overview, further events
Various
A brewery tour in the 1 brewery Beck & Co., located directly on the
Weser, opposite the Schlachte, is worthwhile for beer lovers (minimum
age: 16 years).
A look behind the scenes of the 8 Cinespace
Waterfront: Monday to Friday between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. You can
make an appointment for a guided tour by telephone on +49 (0)421 500990
or by e-mail to info@cinespace.de .
By plane
1 Bremen Airport (City Airport / Bremen Airport
Hans Koschnick, IATA: BRE), Flughafenallee 20, 28199 Bremen. Tel.: +49
(0)421 559 50, fax: +49 (0)421 559 54 74, e-mail:
contact@airport-bremen.de It is in the south of the city. Over 15
different national and international airlines take off and land at
Bremen Airport. With almost 30 non-stop destinations in many European
and North African countries, Bremen Airport is one of the international
commercial airports in Germany. Tram line 6 takes you from the airport
to the city center in just ten minutes and to the main train station in
fifteen minutes
Other commercial airports: Hamburg Airport is 90
minutes away by train (via Hamburg Hbf), Hanover Airport is a little
further (via Hannover Hbf)
2 Ganderkesee Airfield (Atlas Airfield
Ganderkesee, ICAO: EDWQ), Otto-Lilienthal-Str. 23, 27777 Ganderkesee.
Tel.: +49 (0)4222 80 54 60, fax: +49 (0)4222 20 11, e-mail:
mail@flugplatz-ganderkesee.de The Ganderkesee airfield can be reached by
car from Bremen via the B75/A28 reachable (about 25km). Due to the
existing night flight permit and the fast transport connections,
Ganderkesee Airport is popular for business travel and air sports.
By train
Tariff zone: The Verkehrsverbund Bremen-Niedersachsen
(VBN) applies around Bremen, so that train tickets in this area are also
valid as bus and tram tickets for local transport connections. You
should still ask. In the case of DB long-distance connections, transfer
to bus and tram is only permitted if the entry in the ticket is "+
City".
The DB Bahn offers a Lower Saxony ticket. This allows you to
travel cheaply by train in Bremen, Hamburg and Lower Saxony for a day.
3 Bremen Hauptbahnhof, Bahnhofsplatz 15, 28195 Bremen The railway
junction in the northwest is part of the IC network with individual
ICEs: hourly connections towards (north)east: Hamburg, south: Osnabrück,
Münster and Hanover, west: Oldenburg and Emden with connections to the
East Frisian Islands, north: Bremen-Vegesack and Bremerhaven with
connection to Cuxhaven.
The other train stations in the city area
are:
4 Bremen Neustadt train station, Am Neustadtsbahnhof 5-7
wikipedia. The only train stop in the southern district has connections
to the main train station and to Delmenhorst, Oldenburg and Bad
Zwischenahn. The journeys are carried out by DB Bahn and NordWestBahn.
5 Bremen-Hemelingen, Ringstraße 18 With connections to the main station
and to Syke, Bassum and Twistringen with the NordWestBahn.
6
Bremen-Sebaldsbrück Zum Sebaldsbrücker Bahnhof 35, and 7
Bremen-Mahndorf, Mahndorfer Bahnhof 1, with connections to the main
station and to Achim, Verden, Nienburg/Weser, Neustadt am Rübenberge and
Hanover with the DB Bahn and NordWestBahn.
8 Bremen-Oberneuland,
Mühlenfeldstraße 41 With connections to the main train station and to
Rotenburg/Wümme, Tostedt, Buchholz in der Nordheide and Hamburg with the
metronome.
9 Bremen-Walle, Waller Ring 146, and 10
Bremen-Oslebshausen, Sperberstraße 4, and 11 Bremen-Burg, Bremer
Heerstraße 13, with connections to the main station and to Bremerhaven
with DB Bahn and NordWestBahn.
Via Walle, Oslebshausen and Burg there
is a cross connection to 12 Bremen-Lesum, Hindenburgstraße 79, 13
Bremen-St. Magnus wikipediacommons, Am Bahnhof St. Magnus 19, and 14
Bremen-Schoenebeck, Groner Mühlenweg 32, until after
15
Bremen-Vegesack, Vegesack Bahnhofsplatz 34. Travel time from the main
station: 27 minutes, every 15 minutes.
Every 2nd S-Bahn goes from
Vegesack to Bremen-Farge:
16 Bremen-Aumund, 17 Klinikum
Bremen-Nord/Beckedorf, 18 Bremen-Blumenthal, 19 Mühlenstrasse, 20
Kreinsloger, 21 Turnerstrasse, 22 Bremen-Farge.
In the street
Since July 1, 2011, you can only drive into the “low emission zone” with
the green sticker. The entire old town is located within the
environmental zone.
In Bremen, environmental zones have been set
up in accordance with the Fine Dust Ordinance. If you don't have the
appropriate badge, you risk a fine of €100 when entering an
environmental zone. This also applies to foreign road users.
Entry
ban for vehicles of pollutant groups 1+2+3 (Info Federal Environment
Agency)
The 23 symbol: KN Bremer Kreuz south-east of the city
enables travel into the city from several directions. A partial bypass
of the city is also possible.
The A1 motorway (from Hamburg /
from Osnabrück) runs south of Bremen.
The exit symbol: AS 55
Bremen-Hemelingen leads north of the Weser to the eastern suburbs. The
exit symbol: AS 56 Bremen-Arsten takes you to the airport on the B6n.
The exit symbol: AS 57 Bremen/Brinkum also leads to the airport via the
B6, but this is largely limited to 30 km/h and is at risk of traffic
jams.
The A27 motorway (from Bremerhaven / from Hanover) runs east of
Bremen.
At the exit symbol: AS 16 Bremen-Nord, you can take the A270
to Bremen-Nord and Ritterhude in Lower Saxony. From the symbol: KN 17
Dreieck Bremen-Industriehäfen, the A281 leads directly to the harbors
and to the Hüttenstrasse industrial area and the western parts of the
city. Via the exit symbol: AS 18 Bremen-Überseestadt you can get to the
city center and have a connection to the A1 and the A28 via the B6. The
exits Symbol: AS 19 Bremen-Horn/Lehe, Symbol: AS 20 Bremen-Vahr and
Symbol: AS 21 Bremen-Sebaldsbrück also lead directly to the city center
in a star shape.
The A28 motorway comes from the direction of
Groningen, Ostfriesland, Oldenburg and Delmenhorst.
At the symbol: KN
24 Dreieck Delmenhorst, this turns into the federal road B75 and leads
past the airport directly into the center of Bremen. It has been
developed as a motorway, with various exits leading to the southern
parts of Bremen-Neustadt. At the exit symbol: AS 6 Bremen-Neustadt, it
crosses the A281 via which you can reach both the airport and the
Neustadt ports. In the extension, it finally crosses the Weser as the B6
and connects with the A27.
By bus
There are some German and
European long-distance bus lines. These offer the opportunity to travel
flexibly and cheaply within the continent. Departure at the central bus
station 24 ZOB on the square in front of the Cinemaxx cinema, in the
immediate vicinity of the main train station and the Übersee-Museum.
Sometimes the buses also start at Breitenweg. Then you have to leave the
square in the direction of the street and keep to the left. The
following companies are currently driving to the ZOB:
Ecolines
Euroline
Flixbus
The development of the long-distance bus
market is currently subject to rapid change, both in terms of providers
and routes.
By boat
Due to its history and its naturally
developed location along the Weser, Bremen has a great connection to
shipping. This is reflected in the number of yacht clubs, sailing,
rowing and water sports clubs. Sailboats with high masts coming from the
Lower Weser must moor below the railway bridge or first lower the mast
and switch to engine power.
There are several ways for guests to
moor their boat in a port:
25 Hanse-Kogge Water Sports Club,
Bunnsackerweg 46, 28279 Bremen. Phone: +49 (0)421-831321, +49
(0)160-8555065. There are showers and toilets in the facility in the
Korbhaussee.
26 Oberweser Water Sports Center, Zum Schlut 1a, 28309
Bremen. Phone: +49 421-48519899, fax: +49 421-4172949, email:
kontakt@wzo-online.de.
27 Marina Bremen, Untere Schlachte, Pier 12,
28195 Bremen. Phone: +49 421-24289760, +49 162-4726584. The marina is
looked after by honorary harbor masters and the mooring fees finance the
maintenance of the facility. Access to the marina is secured via an
electric combination lock. You can get shore power and fresh water.
There are showers, toilets, washing machine, dryer, rental bikes and
WiFi available.
28 Yacht Club Hanseatic City of Bremen. Phone: +49
152-59801214.
30 Hasenbüren Marina, Hasenbürener Deich, 28197 Bremen.
Phone: +49 421-8098440, +49 171-2173974, email: info@steg-bremen.de.
31 Marina Grohn, Am Wasser, 28759 Bremen. Email: info@v-wv.de.
By
bicycle
The main route of the Weser Cycle Path (D9) runs southwest /
left of the Weser in the city of Bremen and makes a short detour to the
right side of the Weser through the old town. It starts in Hann. Münden
and ends in Cuxhaven.
The cycle route EuroVelo 3, also D7, also
runs through Bremen.
On foot
The Way of St. James Via Baltica,
also known as the Baltic-Westphalian Way, leads from the island of
Usedom via Bremen to Osnabrück and finally on to Santiago de Compostela
in Spain.
On foot
The center and the nearby districts can easily be explored
on foot.
Public transportation
BSAG BSAG serves the bus and
tram network. The single ticket costs €2.85, for children €1.45, with
the neighboring municipality price level S: €3.45 (children: €1.70) and
the day ticket including 3 children: €8.00 + each additional adult: 3
.00€, these tickets are available on the buses and trams. The 4-card
trading cards for €10.20 (S: €12.20) are only available in advance. A
7-day ticket costs: €23.80 (S: €24.30). The new price system has been in
effect since 2015, price level I now applies to the whole of Bremen.
The ErlebnisCARD Bremen offers free travel by bus and train and
discounts of up to 50% at an attractive price. The ErlebnisCARD Bremen
is available in advance online and from the Service Center (Tel.
0421-3080010) or directly at the tourist information offices (main train
station and Böttcherstraße), at Bremen Airport (Martinshof Airport Shop)
and in participating hotels and campsites .
Regional S-Bahn
A
regional S-Bahn network with 4 lines has been in operation since
December 2010. The operator is the NordWestBahn.
taxi
There
are a number of taxi collection points throughout the city. A vehicle
can of course also be ordered by telephone.
taxi call. Phone: +49
(0)421 14014, Fax: +49 (0)421 170044.
Taxi Roland. Tel.: +49 (0)421
14433, fax: +49 (0)421 14431, e-mail: service@taxi-roland.de.
Airportcab Bremen. Phone: +49 (0)171 3 500 400, email:
taxi@airportcab-bremen.com.
Radio car Susi. Phone: +49 (0)421 62 11
11, email: info@funkwagen-susi.de.
The city of Bremen has set an
official taxi tariff. Basic price €3.30, 1-4 km €2.05 each, 5-10 km
€1.80 each, from 11 km €1.40 each, waiting time €0.45 per minute.
By bicycle
Bremen is a very bike-friendly city, not least because
it is very flat. The signposting of the cycle routes is also good. In
the ADFC bicycle climate test 2018, Bremen took first place among the
major cities (over 500,000 inhabitants).
The ADFC Bremen helps with
all questions about bicycles. There is an online map on which all of the
city's cycle paths are noted: Bremen by bike - city map with cycle path
rating and route recommendations
Bicycles can be taken on public
transport on DB Bahn trains and on the Metronom (6 or more people with
registration), on the NordWestBahn (with registration), on the tram (if
space is available) and on the bus (2 bicycles per bus, if there is
space available). space is available). A bicycle ticket must be
purchased, except for folded folding bikes. Many train stations have
covered bicycle parking facilities.
Some rental stations:
ADFC
Radstation, Bahnhofsplatz 14, 28195 Bremen (directly at the main train
station). Phone: +49 (0)421 51778822, fax: +49 (0)421 51778825, e-mail:
info@radstation-bremen.de. Over 120 bicycles for hire, including
pedelecs, cargo bikes and child transport bikes. Open: Mar-Oct: Mon-Fri
08:00-19:00, Sat+Sun 09:00-14:00 / Oct-Feb: Mon,Tue,Thu.Fri 10:00-18:00,
Wed 08:00 00-19:00, Sat 10:00-13:00. Price: from €15/day
StadtRad
Bremen, Schwachhauser Heerstrasse 183, 28211 Bremen. Phone: +49 (0)421
9870336, email: info@stadtradbremen.de. Price: from €9/day.
1-2-3Rad,
Buntentorsteinweg 270, 28201 Bremen. Phone: +49 (0)421 5786581, email:
bremen123rad@t-online.de. Open: Mon,Tue,Thu,Fri: 10:00-18:00, Wed,Sat:
10:00-13:00. Price: from €9.50/day. last change:
There are other
rental stations with different offers throughout the city, e.g. also in
many hotels.
rental car
Rental stations from various companies
are distributed throughout the city:
Enterprise Airport,
Flughafenallee 29-31, 28199 Bremen. Phone: +49 (0)421-6267490. Open:
Monday to Friday from 07:30 to 21:30, Saturday and Sunday from 09:30 to
20:00.
Enterprise Hastedt, Stresemannstrasse 35, 28207 Bremen. Phone:
+49 (0)421-468870. Open: Monday to Friday from 07:00 to 20:00, Saturday
from 08:00 to 14:00, closed on Sunday.
Enterprise Habenhausen,
Borgwardstrasse 4-6, 28279 Bremen. Phone: +49 (0)421-83999635. Open:
Monday to Friday from 07:30 to 18:00, closed Saturday and Sunday.
Europcar Airport, Flughafenallee 29, 28199 Bremen. Phone: +49
(0)421-557440, Fax: +49 (0)421-5574466. Open: Monday to Friday from
07:00 to 23:00, Saturday from 08:00 to 23:00 and Sunday from 09:00 to
23:00.
Europcar main station, Breitenweg 32, 28195 Bremen. Phone: +49
(0)421-173510, Fax: +49 (0)421-1735166. Open: Monday to Friday from
07:00 to 20:00, Saturday from 08:00 to 12:00 and Sunday from 09:00 to
11:00.
Hertz Airport, Flughafenallee 29-31, 28199 Bremen. Phone: +49
(0)421 555350, Fax: +49 (0)421 531233, Email: GEBRE50BREMENAP@hertz.com.
Open: Monday to Friday from 07:30 to 23:00, Saturday from 08:00 to 23:00
and Sunday from 10:00 to 23:00.
Hertz Überseestadt, Hansator 5, 28217
Bremen. Tel.: +49 (0)421 6491050, fax: +49 (0)0421-64910564, e-mail:
GEBRE61BREMENDT@hertz.com. Open: Monday to Friday from 07:30 to 18:00,
Saturday from 08:00 to 12:00 and Sunday from 10:00 to 12:00.
Hertz
Bremen-Nord, Aumunder Feldstrasse 47, 28757 Bremen. Tel.: +49 (0)421
6530000, Fax: +49 (0)421 6530001. Open: Monday to Friday from 08:00 to
18:00, Saturday from 09:00 to 10:00, Sunday closed.
Sixt Airport,
Flughafenallee 27, 28195 Bremen. Phone: +49 (0)1806-666666, Fax: +49
(0)1806-2229300026. Open: Monday to Friday from 07:00 to 23:00, Saturday
from 08:00 to 23:00, Sunday from 09:00 to 23:00 and public holidays from
09:00 to 23:00.
Sixt main station, Theodor-Heuss-Allee 6, 28215
Bremen. Tel.: +49 (0)1806 252525, Fax: +49 (0)1806 2229300095. Open:
Monday to Friday from 07:00 to 20:00, Saturday from 08:00 to 14:00,
Sunday from 12 :00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and public holidays from 8:00 a.m.
to 12:00 p.m.
Sixt Überseestadt, Konsul-Smidt-Strasse 20, 28217
Bremen. Phone: +49 (0)1806-252525, Fax: +49 (0)1806-2229301725. Open:
Monday to Friday from 06:30 to 20:00, Saturday and Sunday from 08:00 to
16:00 and public holidays from 08:00 to 12:00.
Sixt Habenhausen,
Steinsetzer Strasse 9, 28279 Bremen. Tel.: +49 (0)1806 252525, Fax: +49
(0)1806 2229300327. Open: Monday to Friday from 07:00 to 20:00, Saturday
from 08:00 to 14:00, Sunday from 09 :00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and public
holidays from 09:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Sixt Bremen-Nord, Aumunder
Feldstrasse 47, 28757 Bremen. Phone: +49 (0)1806-252525, Fax: +49
(0)1806-2229305979. Open: Monday to Friday from 07:00 to 18:00, Saturday
from 08:00 to 12:00, Sunday closed.
One speaks mostly High German. As a special feature, as everywhere in
Northern Germany, Sonnabend is said instead of Saturday.
There are
certain influences of Low German (Platt). However, the Bremer Platt
differs from the East Frisian Platt, for example. The "Institute for the
Low German Language" is located in the Schnoorviertel, which is used for
language maintenance and documentation.
Moderate to good knowledge of
English can be expected in boarding houses etc.; in Bremen, the majority
of younger people understand English. Most of the information is also
available in Turkish and French on buses and trams. City tours take
place in many languages.
Only supermarkets use the opening hours until 10 p.m., some are also
open until 11 p.m. or midnight. Most shops in the old town close by 8
p.m., some as early as 6 p.m.
You can go shopping on Obernstraße and
Sögestraße, the main shopping streets in Bremen, where you will find
regional and international stores such as Karstadt and C&A. In addition,
there is the Weser Park in the east of Bremen and many other centers
(Walle-Center, Hansa-Carrée, Werder-Carrée, Roland-Center, Waterfront).
Especially for tourists there is a lot to discover in Bremen-Nord,
especially in Vegesack.
In the district, the selection of everyday
goods (supermarkets, longer opening times) is better than in the old
town. Gift items are also available in the district. The area around the
street “Vor dem Steintor” also belongs to the district.
There is a
market in the Domshof from Monday to Saturday. There are also markets in
other districts, for example in the district, but with a smaller
selection.
The Ochtum Park is a large outlet center immediately
behind the state border at the A1 motorway exit Symbol: AS 57
Bremen/Brinkum.
the battles Eating well and drinking cocktails at happy hour has
become Bremer's favorite pastime. This is Bremen's number one promenade,
where not only the beautiful and the rich meet. At the Schlachte there
are various restaurants that satisfy the best palates. If you are on a
tighter budget, it is advisable to visit the street "Auf den Höfe" in
the "Viertel". See also the article on the city districts!
Bremen
specialties are Knipp, Labskaus (different from Hamburg) and brown
cabbage (a variation of kale). Because of the university, Bremen's
population is very international and on average young. This is reflected
in the vegan and vegetarian variety of the restaurants. In Bremen, for
example, dozens of vegan and vegan-friendly restaurants offer dishes
without animal ingredients.
Regarding the smoking policy: Many
pubs with only one guest room are open to smokers, so people under the
age of 18 are not allowed in.
Cheap
Gasthof zum Kaiser
Friedrich, Lange Wieren 13, 28195 Bremen. Tel.: +49 (0)421 32 64 29,
fax: +49 (0)421 32 31 93, e-mail: info@kaiserfriedrich.de . Home
cooking, North German specialties, fish. The restaurant is located in a
listed building from 1630 at the entrance to the Schnoor district. Open:
Mon: 16:00-23:00; Tue-Sat: 12:00-23:00, kitchen: 12:00-15:00 +
17:30-21:30.
Middle
Al-Dar, Konsul-Smidt-Strasse 26, 28217
Bremen. Phone: +49 (0)421 69686300, email: bremen@aldar.de. Syrian
restaurant with lamb, poultry and fish with falafel, sambusik and
hommus. Open: Monday to Thursday from 12:00 to 14:30 and 17:00 to 22:00,
Friday to Sunday from 12:00 to 22:00.
Alexander von Humboldt (Alex -
The Ship), Battle 1a (At the Martini Pier). Tel.: +49 (0)421 380 39 699,
email: info@alex-das-schiff.de Rustic restaurant on board the sailing
ship "Alexander von Humboldt". The restaurant extends over three central
mess rooms in the ship below deck, in which people ate and celebrated
when the ship was active, and also over the upper deck and the adjoining
terrace, which has its special charm in summer. The monthly changing
menu takes guests on a journey around the world. From lobster to
Labskaus, whatever gets caught in the net is served. Open: daily 11:30
a.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Badshah, Waller Ring 135, 28219 Bremen. Tel.: +49
(0)421 3961168. Indian restaurant with typical tandoori dishes, with a
choice of poultry, lamb or beef. Large selection of vegetarian dishes.
Open: Tuesday to Friday from 12pm to 2.30pm and 6pm to 11pm, Saturday
from 6pm to 11pm, Sunday from 12pm to 2.30pm and 5pm to 11pm :00 am.
Café Sand, Strandweg 106, 28201 Bremen. Tel.: +49 (0)421 556011. At the
Weserstrandbad, is guided by Hal Över, the operator of the passenger
ferry. Opening hours adapted to the seasons. In the winter months only
open on Saturdays and Sundays. Last modified: Nov. 2017 (information may
be out of date)
Restaurant Cafe del Sol, Niedersachsendamm 1, 28277
Bremen. Phone: +49 (0)421 8785900, fax: +49 (0)421 8785901, e-mail:
bremen@cafedelsol.de. 1 meter pizza, burgers, grilled meat and salads.
There is also a nice selection for vegetarians. Breakfast buffet on
Saturday and brunch on Sunday (breakfast-lunch buffet). Breakfast,
lunch, cake, ice cream, dinner and long drinks for the evening are
served daily. The restaurant is very popular, you should definitely
reserve a table. The Cafe del Sol is conveniently located directly on
the Arsten feeder road or directly from the city center with tram 4,
"Sielhof" stop. Open: Sunday and Monday to Thursday from 09:00 to 24:00
and Friday and Saturday from 09:00 to 01:00.
Restaurant Cafe del Sol
at the Weserpark, Werner-Steenken-Strasse 1, 28277 Bremen. Phone: +49
(0)421 1785593, fax: +49 (0)421 1785594, e-mail: bremen2@cafedelsol.de.
1 meter pizza, burgers, grilled meat and salads. There is also a nice
selection for vegetarians. Breakfast buffet on Saturday and brunch on
Sunday (breakfast-lunch buffet). Breakfast, lunch, cake, ice cream,
dinner and long drinks for the evening are served daily. The restaurant
is very popular, you should definitely reserve a table. The Cafe del Sol
is conveniently located directly at the Weserpark. Open: Sunday and
Monday to Thursday from 09:00 to 24:00 and Friday and Saturday from
09:00 to 01:00.
Casa, Ostertorsteinweg 59, 28203 Bremen. Phone: +49
(0)421 326 430, email: info@casa-bremen.com. Mediterranean cuisine with
tapas, pasta, pizza and vegetarian dishes. The restaurant has a weekly
changing lunch menu. Open: Saturday, Sunday and public holidays with
breakfast from 10 a.m. to 1 a.m. Monday to Friday from 11.30 a.m. to
midnight.
Don Carlos, Ostertorsteinweg 74, 28203 Bremen. Tel.: +49
(0)421 705356. Spanish specialties such as tapas and paella, fish and
meat dishes, pasta and pizza. Open: Monday to Saturday from 11:00 a.m.
to 11:00 p.m., Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
El Mundo,
Konsul-Smidt-Strasse 10a, 28217 Bremen. Phone: +49 (0)421 384010, email:
info@elmundo-bremen.de. Mediterranean cuisine with pasta and pizza,
rollo, meat and fish dishes. Open: Monday to Thursday and Sunday from
4:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 4:00 p.m. to midnight.
Fire station, Waller Stieg 5, 28217 Bremen. Tel: +49 (0))421 3803808.
The Italian restaurant is located in the port's old fire station. Weekly
changing lunch menu. On the menu are pizza, pasta and meat dishes. Open:
Monday to Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., Saturday from 5:00 p.m.
to 10:30 p.m., Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Platzhirsch,
Ostertorsteinweg 50, 28203 Bremen. Tel.: +49 (0)421 16980688. Southern
German and Austrian cuisine: Obatzda, sausage salad, cheese spaetzle,
crust roast, onion roast beef. Supplemented with North German classics
such as Knipp and Labskaus. Plus a few pasta and schnitzel dishes. Open:
daily from 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Tio Pepe, Schwachhauser
Heerstrasse 4, 28203 Bremen. Phone: +49 (0)421 3365573, email:
tiopepe@t-online.de. Spanish restaurant with tapas, lamb and other meat
dishes, scampi and prawns. Open: Tuesday to Sunday from 6 p.m., closed
on Mondays.
Trattoria GianBastiano, Ostertorsteinweg 27, 28203
Bremen. Phone: +49 (0)421 69655100, fax: +49 (0)421 69655101, e-mail:
gianbastiano@gmx.de. Modern furnished restaurant with Italian cuisine.
Inside there is a gallery and a few outdoor spaces. Open: Monday to
Saturday from 12:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Last modified: Jul 2017
(information may be outdated)
Vengo the vegetable kitchen,
Ostertorsteinweg 91, 28203 Bremen. Phone: +49 (0)421 89785243, fax: +49
(0)421 69516495, email: info@vengo-bremen.de. Vegetarian and vegan
dishes with a changing weekly menu. Open: Monday to Wednesday from 11
a.m. to 9 p.m., Thursday to Saturday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. last
modified: Jul 2017 (information may be outdated)
Upscale
Park
Restaurant, Im Bürgerpark, 28209 Bremen (In the Dorint Park Hotel.).
Phone: +49 (0)421 34080, fax: +49 (0)421 3408602, e-mail:
info.bremen@dorint.com. Upscale German-French cuisine, large wine
cellar. Last modified: Sep. 2017 (information may be out of date)
Canova, Am Wall 207, 28195 Bremen. Tel.: +49 (0)421 2440708, e-mail:
reisen@canova-bremen.de. The restaurant is located at the back of the
Kunsthalle with a view of the Wall Park. Open: Tuesday to Saturday from
10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
If you are in Bremen at Christmas time, a visit to the Bremen
Christmas market is recommended. In October there is the Freimarkt, even
in Scandinavia a term for the folk festival in the north, at Easter the
Easter meadow is a good choice.
The free monthly city magazine
MIX also has an online events calendar. The magazine BREMER is also
published
The disco mile Rembertiring near the main train station
in Bremen offers more than 20 discos and bars. Whether the Stubu for
residents, the La Viva, the Woody's and many others offer fun and music
to enjoy at night.
If you don't like discos, you might like the
1/4 (quarter) better. There you will find many pubs and smaller
locations. There is a compilation at Bremen4u and the StugA Informatik
of the University of Bremen
For a double room with breakfast you calculate at least 75€ in Bremen
(as of June 2018). This price is only undercut by the hostels and a few
providers that are more or less far from the city center. From July
2018, the Bremen Municipality will charge a city tax of 5 percent for
each overnight stay.
Pension islanders, island road. 49, 28207
Bremen (Hastedt(Hemelingen). Close to a bus and train stop (stop:
Weserwehr). Access to the A1 or A27 also only a few km away). Tel.: +49
421 447583, Mobile: +49 173 2955782. Pension in Hastedt, Bremen. Offers
single rooms, double rooms and an apartment. Rooms are available with
private or shared bathrooms. Breakfast is available for groups at an
additional cost. Suitable for both short and long stays. (Reductions for
longer stays on request). Animals possible on request. Feature: pension.
Open: Mon-Sun. Price: from €25 - €70 per night. Accepted payment
methods: bank transfer, cash on arrival. (53° 3′ 52″ N 8° 51′ 52″ E)
Hotels in Bremen center
The district of Bremen Mitte offers the
highest density of hotels, where most of the top sights are located.
Here you will find hostels, budget hotels like Ibis and Best Western,
mid-range hotels like Hotel Lichtsinn and Star Inn Hotel Columbus,
boutique hotels like Hotel ÜberFluss and finally luxury addresses like
the Atlantic. If you are drawn to the water, you can even spend the
night on the hotel ship Perle or the hotel ship Nevada. The editors' tip
is the excellent H+ Hotel Bremen, located in the immediate vicinity of
the market square, where rooms with breakfast are available for less
than €100 on many days. For details on where to stay in Bremen city
centre, see the Bremen Mitte article.
Hotels in other parts of
the city
For quarters east of the Bürgerpark (including the
Schwachhausen district and around the University of Bremen), see
Bremen/Ost#Accommodation.
For hotels in Bremen-Nord see
Bremen/Nord#Accommodation.
Cheap
If you want to stay overnight
in Bremen on a very small budget, it is best to choose one of the
hostels, all of which are located in Bremen Mitte. There are also a few
lower middle class hotels in Bremen Mitte. Most, however, are in other
parts of the city:
Hotel Heldt, Friedhofstrasse 41, 28213 Bremen.
Tel.: +49 (0)421 4360300, Fax: +49 (0)421 215145, E-Mail:
info@hotel-heldt.de Independently run small hotel on the edge of the
posh district of Schwachhausen, well served by public transport from the
old town 20 minutes away. 16 unpretentiously furnished rooms and
apartments. Breakfast included in the price. Parking spot.
Pension am
Bürgerpark, Benquestrasse 54, 28209 Bremen. Phone: +49 (0)421 4684881,
email: info@pension-am-buergerpark.de. Small private hotel in the
Schwachhausen district, 300 meters from the Bürgerpark and housed in a
historic old Bremen residential building. 5 rooms, 3 of which convey a
real villa feeling, all with their own bathroom. Breakfast costs extra
(10€). No card payment. Price: 50-70€.
Hotel-Pension Haus Neustadt,
Graudenzer Str. 33, 28201 Bremen. Phone: +49 (0)421 551749, fax: +49
(0)421 553294, email: info@haus-neustadt.de. Small private pension in a
quiet residential street south of the old town in the district of
Neustadt. 11 rooms with up to 3 beds. The bathroom and toilet are in the
corridor and must be shared with other guests. Breakfast is included in
the price. Parking at the roadside. The number 26 bus (bus stop
Gottfried-Menken-Straße) takes you to the old town in less than 15
minutes.
Ibis Budget Bremen City Sued, Borgward Strasse 10, 28279
Bremen. Tel.: +49 (0)421 837350, Fax: +49 (0)421 838820. Chain hotel far
to the south of Bremen, in the Habenhausen district. 90 small rooms.
Parking spot. To get to the old town by public transport, walk 6 minutes
to the Julius-Bamberger-Straße stop, take bus no. 51 to the Huckelriede
stop and board a tram line 4 there. Price: from €60, with breakfast from
€74.
Hotel Zum Werdersee, Holzdamm 104, 28279 Bremen. Phone: +49
(0)421 8310810, fax: +49 (0)421 83108177, e-mail:
info@hotel-zum-werdersee.de. Independently managed small hotel (family
business) in the east of Bremen, in the quiet district of Habenhausen,
only 200 meters from the Werdersee. 20 rooms. Breakfast is included in
the price. In-house restaurant. Parking spot. The Karl-Carstens-Brücke
bus stop is within sight. Price: from €79. last modified: Jun. 2018
(information may be outdated)
Hotel NordRaum, Europaallee 1, 28309
Bremen. Tel.: +49 (0)421 458570, fax: +49 (0)421 45857100, e-mail:
info@hotel-nordraum.de facebook. Independently run, modern hotel with a
very high rating on TripAdvisor in the extreme south-east of Bremen, in
the Hemelingen district. Parking spot. 75 different sized rooms.
Breakfast costs extra (10€). The next bush
Middle
Many
recommendable mid-range hotels are located in the districts of Bremen
Mitte and Bremen Ost. Here are some addresses in other parts of the
city:
Holiday Inn Express Bremen Airport, Hanna-Kunath-Strasse 5,
28199 Bremen. Phone: +49 (0)421 322850, fax: +49 (0)421 32285100,
e-mail: info@express-bremen-airport.de. Highly rated airport hotel
located 500 meters from the airport building. 174 rooms. Some units have
a small kitchenette with a microwave and fridge and can sleep up to 4
people. Breakfast included in the price. The number 6 tram, which stops
right in front of the airport, takes you to the city center in just a
few minutes. Price: from €86.
Hotel Robben (Grollander Krug).
Independently run hotel far in the southwest of Bremen, on the edge of
the federal highway 75 to Huchting and Delmenhorst. About 40 rooms,
elaborately and tastefully furnished, all with a small refrigerator.
In-house restaurant. Breakfast included in the price. Parking spot. The
Norderländer Straße stop, from which you can take trams 1 and 8 directly
to the city centre, is in the immediate vicinity. Price: from €114. last
modified: Jun. 2018 (information may be outdated)
B&B Hotel Bremen
Hauptbahnhof, Findorffstrasse 28-32, 28215 Bremen. Phone: +49 (0)421
619580, fax: +49 (0)421 61958444, email: bremen@hotelbb.com. Chain hotel
on the edge of the Bürgerweide in the Findorf district. The name only
roughly describes the truth, because it takes 11 minutes to walk to the
main train station. 115 rooms of different sizes, some for smokers.
Breakfast costs extra (8.50€). Price: from €71. last change: Jun. 2018
(information may be out of date) edit info
More mid-range hotels:
Upscale
For the city's most popular hotel - the Hotel Munte am
Stadtwald - see Bremen/East#Accommodation. Most upscale hotels are
located in the Bremen Mitte district. Here are some hotels in other
parts of the city:
Courtyard Bremen, Theodor-Heuss-Allee 2, 28215
Bremen. Tel.: +49 (0)421 696400, Fax: +49 (0)421 69640555. Hotel
belonging to the Marriott chain, located between the main train station
and the Bürgerpark. 155 rooms and suites. Units facing the train station
can be a bit noisy. Paid parking. Breakfast is also extra (continental
€10, buffet €19). Price: from €131. Last modified: Jun. 2018
(information may be outdated)
Steigenberger Hotel Bremen, Am Weser
Terminal 6, 28217 Bremen. Tel.: +49 (0)421 61039862, Fax: +49 (0)421
47837699. Luxury hotel located on the western edge of the old town
directly on the banks of the Weser. It takes about 20 minutes to walk to
the market square. 137 rooms and suites. Some units can accommodate up
to 4 people. Gym and 2 saunas. In-house restaurant. Breakfast costs
extra. Because the hotel also hosts conferences, the occupancy rate at
the hotel is very uneven; the room prices therefore fluctuate
considerably depending on the date of the stay. Line 3 trams stop at the
Eduard-Schopf-Allee stop, which is within sight. Price: from €88.
Luxury
Most of the luxury quarters are in the Bremen Mitte
district. Here are two exceptions:
Atlantic Hotel Airport,
Flughafenallee 26, 28199 Bremen. Phone: +49 (0)421 55710, fax: +49
(0)421 5571100, email: airport@atlantic-hotels.de. Comfort hotel
directly opposite at the airport terminal. Breakfast included in the
price. Price: from €181. last modified: Jun. 2018 (information may be
outdated)
Dorint Park Hotel Bremen, Im Bürgerpark, 28209 Bremen.
Tel.: +49 (0)421 34080, fax: +49 (0)421 3408602, e-mail:
info.bremen@dorint.com facebook. The luxury hotel with its privileged
location on Lake Holler was only built in 1955, but its architecture is
reminiscent of the predecessor built in 1912/1913 in the style of a
princely country estate. National and international celebrities
traditionally descend here when they come to Bremen. 175 rooms and
suites, all stylishly furnished, 1,200 m² wellness area, fitness center,
four restaurants and bars. Breakfast costs extra (€ 25). Private parking
lot. A walk into town takes almost half an hour. It's quicker to get
there by boarding a number 6 tram at the Am Stern stop. Price: from
€159.
In Bremen there is a university, the Bremen University of Applied
Sciences (City University of Applied Sciences) in Neustadt, the
University of the Arts in a beautiful old warehouse in Überseestadt, and
in the north of Bremen there is also the private university Jacobs
University.
There are also other school and teaching offers:
2
Adult Education Center, Faulenstrasse 69, 28195 Bremen. Tel.: +49
(0)421-36112345, fax: +49 (0)4213613216, e-mail: info@vhs-bremen.de. At
the VHS there are courses in the areas of language, IT, art, health and
other areas.
3 Instituto Cervantes, Schwachhauser Ring 124, 28209
Bremen. Tel.: +49 (0)421-3403923, Fax: +49 (0)421-3499964, Email:
cenbre@cervantes.es. You can learn Spanish at the institute and there is
always a cultural program all about Spain.
4 Institut Français,
Contrescarpe 19, 28201 Bremen. Bremen also has a French cultural
institute (no wonder, since the city was part of the French Empire from
1811 to 1814). Language courses and events for Francophiles. Extensive
media library with books, audio books, films and learning materials.
last change: Jun. 2018 (information may be out of date)
5 Goethe
Institute, Bibliothekstrasse 3, 28359 Bremen. Tel.: +49 (0)421-360810,
fax: +49 (0)421-3608122, e-mail: bremen@goethe.de. The Goethe Institute
offers German courses for foreign citizens and guest students.
6
Institute for Low German, Schnoor 41-43, 28195 Bremen. Tel.: +49
(0)421-324535, e-mail: ins@ins-bremen.de. The Institute for Low German
promotes Low German with language courses and events.
Learn
cooking:
7 Bremen cooking school, Speicher 1, Konsul-Smidt-Strasse
8j, 28217 Bremen. Phone: +49 (0)421-61956366, email:
info@kochschule-bremen.de.
8 dining class, Doventorstrasse 9, 28195
Bremen+49. Tel.: +49(0)421 36510000, fax: +49(0)421 36511111, e-mail:
albrecht@essklasse-bremen.de
Unemployment is high in Bremen, well above the national average. The relocation of the port industry from Bremen to Bremerhaven and the closure of the largest shipyards has cost many jobs. The structural change towards a service and technology location has created many new and very specialized jobs over the years, for example in the automotive industry at Mercedes-Benz and in the aerospace industry at Airbus, Astrium and OHB. Another industry in the city is the food industry with, among others, Beck's, Kellogg's, Melitta, Hachez, Mondelez (formerly Kraft Foods). The companies are always looking for temporary workers for a short period of time. More information can be found on the respective websites or at the employment agency. In the hotel and catering industry, additional workers are also required during the season or at times of larger events.
In general, Bremen is considered safe.
Health
Find the
right doctor in Bremen for every illness: with the Doctors Navigator.
Bremen is not a health resort, but offers many swimming opportunities at
the Uni-See at the University of Bremen or on the Weser (details in the
swimming section).
general emergency services in Bremen a list of
medical emergency services in Bremen
Dentist emergency service
Current display of dentists on duty and available dental emergency
services
Dental emergency service Bremen mediation (A&V e.V.):
0421-5170000
Tourist Information Böttcherstraße, Böttcherstraße 4 (in the house of
the carillon). Tel.: +49 (0)421 3080010. Open: Mon-Fri 9.30am-6.30pm,
Sat 9.30am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm. Last modified: Apr. 2019 (information may
be out of date)
Tourist Information, Central Station. Tel.: +49
(0)421 3080010. Open: Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-6.30 p.m., Sat-Sun 9.30 a.m.-5 p.m
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Laundry in Bremen
The city's largest automatic laundromat is in
the Steintor district and has the address in front of the Steintor 103
(near Berliner Str.). 14 washing machines and 8 dryers. Open Mon-Sun
from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. You spend the waiting time either reading on the
bench in the launderette, diagonally opposite in the Ferrari ice cream
parlor or with a window or shopping spree. Parking is a problem in the
busy area; either you circle patiently through the side streets of the
district until you get hold of a parking space by chance, or drive
straight into the nearest multi-storey car park (Osterdeich 2), which is
a 15-minute walk from the launderette. There are other automatic
laundries in Bremen.
Bremen lies on both sides of the Weser, about 60 river kilometers
before it flows into the North Sea and its transition into the Outer
Weser near Bremerhaven.
At the level of Bremen's old town, the
Middle Weser merges into the Lower Weser, which has been developed into
a sea shipping route from the Bremen railway bridge. The landscape to
the left of the Lower Weser, which is crossed by the Ochtum, is known as
the Weser March, while the landscape to the right of the Lower Weser is
part of the Elbe-Weser triangle. From here, the Lesum, with its source
rivers Wümme and Hamme, the Schönebecker and Blumenthaler Aue form the
tributaries of the Weser.
The urban area is about 38 kilometers
long and 16 kilometers wide (maximum values). Bremen is the sixteenth
largest city in Germany in terms of area (see: list of the 100 largest
municipalities in Germany) and in terms of population, it is the second
largest city in northern Germany after Hamburg and the eleventh largest
in the whole of Germany (see: list of major cities in Germany) .
Bremen is about 50 kilometers east of Oldenburg (Oldb) and 180
kilometers east of Groningen, 110 kilometers southwest of Hamburg, 120
kilometers northwest of Hanover, 100 kilometers north of Minden and 105
kilometers northeast of Osnabrück. A part of the Bremerhaven port area,
the Bremen city overseas port area, forms an exclave of the city of
Bremen.
neighboring communities
The city of Bremen (563,290
inhabitants) is completely surrounded by Lower Saxony (with the
exception of the exclave Stadtbremisches Überseehafengebiet Bremerhaven,
which is surrounded by the city of Bremerhaven). To the west are the
independent town of Delmenhorst (77,522 inhabitants on December 31,
2021) and the district of Wesermarsch (88,430 inhabitants) with the
municipalities of Lemwerder, Berne and Elsfleth, to the north is the
district of Osterholz (115,054 inhabitants) with the municipalities of
Schwanewede, Ritterhude and Lilienthal, in the east the district of
Verden (138,507 inhabitants) with the communities Ottersberg, Oyten,
Achim and in the south the district of Diepholz (218,839 inhabitants)
with the communities Weyhe and Stuhr. This collection of municipalities
is referred to as the "Bacon Belt" because some of their residents
receive income in the state of Bremen, but pay income tax, property tax
and other levies to the state in Lower Saxony.
Bremen is part of
the Lower Saxony/Bremen municipal association with 25 other surrounding
communities and two rural districts, which is home to 1.05 million
people.
The nearest large cities are the city of Oldenburg
(170,389 inhabitants December 31, 2021) in the west and the seaside town
of Bremerhaven (113,173 inhabitants) in the north. Around 987,400
inhabitants are estimated for the Bremen agglomeration and over 2.37
million for the broader Northwest metropolitan region. Of the 239,063
employees subject to social security contributions in the city of
Bremen, 103,206 or 43.2% of all employees commute in from outside. Of
the 168,443 employees subject to social security contributions who live
in the city of Bremen, 32,586 commute to and from their place of work
outside the city community.
City outline
The urban area of
Bremen is divided into five districts. Of the 88 districts, four are
directly assigned to a city district, the others are combined in 18
districts, which in turn are assigned to the city districts. Due to its
high population, Oberneuland is a district, although it does not consist
of several districts. The names of the city and districts largely go
back to historically grown designations. 17 local offices are
responsible for certain local administrative tasks, four of which are
joint local offices for several city or districts.
An advisory
board is responsible for the districts and independent districts at the
local political level. Exception: Due to their small population, the
districts of the Hafen district are looked after by other advisory
councils or are not advisory councils. The 22 advisory councils are
directly elected by the citizens every four years and meet publicly
several times a year. The powers of the Advisory Council are similarly
limited to those of the District Assembly or District Assemblies of
other city-states.
The city of Bremen also includes the
approximately 8 km² large overseas port area for which the city of
Bremerhaven is responsible as municipal administration under contracts
with the city of Bremen. Contracts are currently in place for refuse
collection, fire protection, assistance and rescue services. The area
belongs to the Hafen district, but is not assigned to an advisory board
due to the lack of geographical proximity to other Bremen districts.
This makes the Überseehafengebiet the only part of the municipality of
Bremen in which the citizens do not elect an advisory board.
Bodies of water
The federal waterway of the Weser, which flows
through the inner city, represents a historically grown border: Even
today, a distinction is made in many designations between "left of the
Weser" (southern city area) and "right of the Weser". The border between
Bremen-City and Bremen-Nord along the Lesum, a tributary of the Weser,
is significant geographically, historically and for everyday life. South
of the Lesum is Marsch, the Werderland, north of it Geest, the Bremer
Schweiz. However, the political border of the Bremen-Nord district is a
little further south. Another tributary of the Weser, the Ochtum, forms
the natural southern border of the municipality of Bremen. The Wümme
flows through Borgfeld and is then a border river up to the confluence
(together with the Hamme) in the Lesum.
The largest inland lake
is the Sportparksee Grambke with 40 ha.
Nature reserves
Bremen
has 18 nature reserves covering a total area of 2126.9 ha and thus 6.69%
of the city area. The largest include the Borgfelder Wümmewiesen (677
ha), the Ochtum lowland near Brokhuchting (375 ha), the Werderland
(330.7 ha) and the western Hollerland (Leherfeld) with extension (293
ha).
Surveys in Bremen
The city center lies on a Weser dune,
which at Bremen Cathedral has a natural height of 10.5 m above sea
level. reached NHN; the highest point at 14.4 m above sea level. NHN is
east of it at the police station (Am Wall 196). The 32.5 m above sea
level. NHN, the highest natural elevation in the city and state of
Bremen, is located in the Friedehorstpark in the north-west of the
district of Burglesum. Bremen thus has the lowest of the highest natural
elevations of all federal states. The summit of the landfill in the
Hohweg district of the Walle district, which according to various
sources is between 42 m above sea level. NHN and 49 m high towers above
the park elevation.
Like most of Germany, with the exception of the higher low mountain
ranges and Alpine regions, Bremen has a cool, temperate climate with
clear maritime influences due to its proximity to the North Sea, so that
the temperature differences between winter and summer are smaller than
further inland. Nevertheless, periods under the influence of continental
air masses can occur at any time of the year, leading to heat waves in
summer and longer periods of frost in winter. In general, however,
temperature extremes are rare and temperatures below -15 °C and above 35
°C only occur every few years. The warmest month is July with an average
of 18.0 °C and the coldest January with 1.8 °C (reference period
1981-2010). The highest temperature ever measured in Bremen was 37.6 °C
on August 9, 1992. The lowest temperature ever officially measured was
−23.6 °C on February 13, 1940, but Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers reported
−27.3 °C measured on January 23, 1823.
As in the rest of the
country, average temperatures in Bremen have increased in recent years,
resulting in a 0.6 °C increase in the annual average temperature between
the two climate reference periods 1961–1990 and 1981–2010. So was e.g.
For example, 2014, with an average temperature of 11.1 °C, was the
warmest year in Bremen since records began, as it was in most regions of
the state.
Despite its location in the comparatively low-sunshine
north-west half of Germany, the annual sunshine duration in Bremen has
increased by 62 hours between the periods 1961-1990 and 1981-2010, with
the months of April, May and July benefiting the most . This trend has
increased again around the turn of the millennium, so that the years
2001-2015 now have an average sunshine duration of 1609 hours, almost
130 hours more than in the old reference period 1961-1990. However, as
almost everywhere in Germany, the winters in particular remain very
cloudy and lack sunshine. In December, on average, only a little more
than one hour of sun is registered per day (of seven astronomically
possible). While Bremen has slightly less sunshine in summer than the
average German area, the springs are rather sunny compared to regions
further inland, as the still cool seas counteract the formation of
clouds. Accordingly, the sunniest month of the year on average in Bremen
from 1981 to 2010 is May and not July, as is the case at most inland
stations.
Precipitation falls throughout the year with a slight
tendency towards rather dry springs and rather wetter summers, the
latter mainly due to showers and thunderstorms. In the course of a year,
the average rainfall at the airport is 697 mm, with not inconsiderable
differences within the city area. The amounts of precipitation in the
form of snow, on the other hand, are comparatively low and vary greatly
from year to year. While in some years there is only a small amount of
snow cover on a few days, there are also years with very long-lasting
snow cover (most recently in 2010 with 77 days of snow cover). On
average 1977-2007 snow is 19.3 days a year, the snow cover record of
February 18, 1979 is 68 cm. Interestingly, despite Bremen's
comparatively mild winter and low-snow location in the north-west German
lowlands, this was also the highest snow cover measured in a German city
with over 500,000 inhabitants since the Second World War.
The
following climate tables contain data from the reference period
1961-1990 (temperatures, precipitation days, humidity) and 1981-2010
(precipitation, daily hours of sunshine).
According to a study carried out by the Institute for World Economics
at the University of Kiel in 2012, Bremen ranked lower in a comparison
of cities with regard to the environmental situation. When it came to
“environmental capital”, it was ranked 66th out of the 100 largest urban
districts. Several indicators were recorded and compared across Germany:
air quality (particulate matter pollution, ozone pollution, nitrogen
dioxide pollution), land use (proportion of settlement and traffic
areas, proportion of natural areas) and waste management (household
waste, recycling rate). In contrast to nitrogen dioxide pollution, it
was not the average concentration that was used as a benchmark for
particulate matter and ozone pollution, but rather the number of days in
which limit values were exceeded. The indicator "natural area" is not
defined. On the other hand, it should be borne in mind that a large part
of the electrical energy in the city of Bremen is generated from fossil
fuels, which results in relatively higher CO2 emissions.
Air
pollutants in the city of Bremen have been measured by the Bremen Air
Monitoring System (BLUES) since 1987. Street noise was first
systematically recorded in 1977 by means of a noise register. An
environmental information system offers a detailed status description on
various topics such as nature reserves and water quality.
Name
The place name is in the 9th/10th Century attested as Brema,
Bremae, Bremun; the latter form, the basis of today's form of the name,
is interpreted as a locative used dative of the plural of the Old
Saxon/Middle Low German word brem 'frame, edge (of the land/of the
water/of the dunes)' (cf. English brim).
In the Middle Ages, the
city referred to itself as civitas Bremensis, i.e. as the city of
Bremen, and this continued to be the case after 1646. If the
constitutional position of Bremen was to be emphasized, after receiving
the imperial city charter (Linzer diploma) from 1646 it bore the title
Imperial and Holy Roman Reichs Freye Stadt (and Ansestadt) Bremen. In
the course of the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, the official
usage changed in 1806 to the nickname free Hanseatic city, at the latest
from 1820 in the spelling free Hanseatic city. Since the constitution of
March 21, 1849, a legal distinction has been made between the state of
Bremen and the city of Bremen. Since then, all Bremen constitutions have
simply referred to the city as the city of Bremen or the municipality of
Bremen, in order to avoid confusion with the state of the Free Hanseatic
City of Bremen, which also includes the city of Bremerhaven. To this
day, however, this distinction by name has not been consistently
maintained, either in official usage or in the vernacular.
First
settlements until Christianization
Between the 1st and the 8th
century AD, the first settlements arose on the Weser, offering
protection from flooding on a long dune and at the same time good access
to a ford.
Diocese
As an episcopal city and merchant
settlement, Bremen's history dates back to the 8th century. At first,
however, it was still an unsafe mission area. The missionary Willehad
wrote in 782: "... we were expelled from Bremen and two priests killed."
In 787, Charlemagne made the city a bishopric. United with the
Archdiocese of Hamburg to form the Archdiocese of Hamburg-Bremen since
the late 9th century, Bremen gained influence at the imperial level for
the first time under Archbishop Adalbert (1043–1072).
Reichsfreiheit and Hanseatic League
With the Gelnhauser Privilege of
Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa in 1186, Bremen became an imperial city (in
the vernacular free imperial city).
In 1260 the city joined the
Hanseatic League, but was at times an uncertain ally in the Hanseatic
League. Thanks to the free trade associated with membership in the
Hanseatic League, Bremen flourished, which is still evident today in the
magnificent monuments. The city, which was increasingly gaining economic
importance, shook off the ecclesiastical rule of the Bremen diocese and
erected the Roland (1404) and its town hall (1409) on the Bremen market
square as a sign of its worldly freedom, which today are part of the
UNESCO World Heritage.
Expansion of the city
The fortified
Neustadt was built on the west bank of the Weser to protect the
Weserhafen, which was built between 1574 and 1590. However, the Weser
was increasingly silting up and it was becoming increasingly difficult
for merchant ships to dock at the Schlachte, which had been used as a
sea quay since the 13th century. Therefore, from 1619 to 1623, Dutch
designers built Germany's first artificial harbor in Vegesack, down the
river.
Empire immediacy
During the Thirty Years' War, Bremen
was able to achieve recognition of its imperial immediacy through the
Linz Diploma, which was awarded by Emperor Ferdinand III. was issued.
Nevertheless, this imperial immediacy remained under threat. In 1741,
Bremen had to reach an agreement on claims to power and the right to
make contributions in the second Stade settlement with the Electorate of
Brunswick-Lüneburg through concessions.
In 1783 Bremen merchants
began direct transatlantic trade with the USA. In 1802, the city
commissioned the landscape gardener Isaak Altmann to transform the
former city fortifications into today's ramparts.
French
occupation, acquisition of Bremerhaven
In 1811 Napoleon occupied
Bremen and integrated it into the French state as the capital of the
Bouches-du-Weser department. After their defeat in the wars of
liberation, the French troops left Bremen in 1814.
In the 19th
century, Bremen played a key role in the development of German overseas
trade. In 1817, the first German-built steamboat was built at Johann
Lange's shipyard. The paddle steamer Die Weser operated as a passenger
and mail ship between Bremen, Vegesack, Elsfleth and Brake, and later
also Geestemünde until 1833. Due to the increasing silting up of the
Weser, the settlement of Bremerhaven was established in 1827 as an
outpost on land purchased from the Kingdom of Hanover. The contract for
the purchase of the port area was signed on January 11, 1827 for Hanover
by Friedrich von Bremer and Bremen's mayor Johann Smidt.
The
closing of the city gates at sunset, the Torsperre, was abolished in
1848. This circumstance accelerated the industrial development of the
city. The Wunstorf–Bremen railway line, financed jointly by the Free
Hanseatic City of Bremen and the Royal Hanoverian State Railways, went
into operation in 1847. After generous diking of the surrounding
marshland in 1853, terraced houses began to be built in the suburbs with
so-called Bremer houses, which was typical of Bremen up until the 20th
century.
industrialization
In 1812 Bremen had around 35,000
inhabitants; In 1875 the limit of 100,000 was exceeded. In 1911 the city
already had 250,000 inhabitants. In 1857, North German Lloyd was
founded, followed later by other shipping companies. In 1867 Bremen
became a member state of the North German Confederation and in 1871 of
the German Empire. Due to the seaports, the Hanseatic cities of Bremen,
Hamburg and Lübeck remained customs foreign countries after 1870/71.
They only joined the German Customs Union in 1888. The free ports of
Bremen and Hamburg then remained outside the German customs area. From
1886 to 1895, the navigability of the Weser for seagoing vessels as far
as Bremen was secured by correcting the fairway. In 1890 the Northwest
German trade and industry exhibition took place on the grounds of the
Bürgerpark. Bremen's economic development progressed during the Weimar
Republic. Scheduled flights began at the airport in 1920. In 1928 the
Columbuskaje in Bremerhaven was inaugurated. Starting from here, the
passenger ship Bremen won the Blue Riband for the fastest Atlantic
crossing. With the economic importance, the number of inhabitants grew
considerably.
Nazism and World War II
The beginning of
National Socialist rule also meant a deep cut in the life of the city
for Bremen. Bremen was incorporated into the Gau Weser-Ems, whose
administrative headquarters were in Oldenburg. It was promised that the
Gauleitung would be moved to Bremen, but that never happened.
At
the beginning of 1933 the Jewish community in the state of Bremen had
1,438 members. During the November pogroms of 1938, shops and private
homes were looted and the Jewish cemetery was devastated. Five Jews were
murdered and hundreds arrested. SA troops destroyed the two synagogues
in Bremen. By 1941, around 930 Bremen Jews had managed to leave Nazi
Germany. In the fall of 1941, 50 children were taken to a concentration
camp during a "school trip". On November 18, 1941, 440 Jews were
deported to the Minsk ghetto and 434 of them became victims of the
Holocaust on July 28 or 29, 1942. The memorial book of the Federal
Archives for the victims of the Nazi persecution of the Jews in Germany
(1933-1945) lists 921 Jewish residents of Bremen who were deported and
mostly murdered.
The first Mißler labor camp was set up as early
as 1933, in which initially 170 prisoners were interned, mostly
communists and social democrats. Later camps were intended for forced
laborers, such as the Farge camp, which was built for the construction
of the Valentin submarine bunker from around October 1943 for 13,000
Polish, French and Soviet prisoners of war.
In 1939 Bremen lost
the city of Bremerhaven (except for the overseas port area), which was
united with the Prussian-Hanoverian Wesermünde. The area of the city of
Bremen was enlarged to include today's area north of the Lesum (apart
from Vegesack, which previously belonged to Bremen), Hemelingen,
Arbergen and Mahndorf. Some peripheral communities were simply forgotten
(Beckedorf).
As in many German cities, large building projects
were also planned in Bremen in accordance with the law on the
redevelopment of German cities. These plans ultimately came to a halt as
a result of World War II.
Bremen suffered severe damage in the
air war of World War II. In particular, the northwest with the three
large shipyards AG Weser (Deschimag) in Gröpelingen and Bremer Vulkan
and Vegesack Werft in Vegesack was the target of the bombers. Targets
were also the Focke-Wulf aircraft construction at the airport, the works
of the Borgward group in Hastedt and Sebaldsbrück as well as the
residential areas near the city center such as e.g. B. the Stephani
district. 173 attacks by the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air
Forces destroyed 62% of the urban fabric, killing around 4,000 people.
The invasion of British troops on April 26, 1945 ended Nazi rule.
From 1945 until German reunification
In order to ensure supplies
for the US troops as a port of embarcation, Bremen, which was located in
the British occupation zone, became a US American exclave together with
Bremerhaven. From 1945 to 1965 Wilhelm Kaisen was President of the
Senate. In 1947 the citizens of Bremen adopted the constitution of the
Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. In 1949 Bremen became a state of the
Federal Republic of Germany.
From the 1990s
In 1992, the
Senate under Wedemeier obtained a positive ruling from the Federal
Constitutional Court on financial equalization for Bremen by the federal
and state governments. With the Bremen Declaration of November 1992, the
Senate confirmed the independence of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
and was able to preserve it through successful negotiations in the
granting of compensatory allocations.
In 2004, the town hall and
the stone Roland were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
In
2009, the city was awarded the title Place of Diversity by the federal
government.
Since 2000, Bremen has been building the new
Überseestadt district on an area of 300 hectares in the port area. In
1998 the basin of the Überseehafen was filled in and built over.
Population development
In 1969, the population reached its historic
high of 607,184. By the end of 1986, the number of primary residences
had fallen to 521,976. In the wake of reunification, the population grew
rapidly to 554,377 in December 1992. By the end of the century, the
number of primary residences had fallen again to 540,330. On December
31, 2015, 557,464 residents were registered.
Denomination statistics
In 2018, in the state of Bremen, 32.7% of
citizens belonged to the Evangelical Church (Bremen Evangelical Church
or Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover), 10.1% to the Roman Catholic
Church (at the end of 2021, 9.3% of the total population were members of
the Roman Catholic Church) and 57.2% were “Other”.
According to
the results of the census on May 9, 2011, 212,281 inhabitants (39.1%) in
the city of Bremen belonged to the (public) Protestant Church and 59,323
(10.9%) to the Roman Catholic Church. 271,106 residents (50.0%) were
named under "Other, none, no answer". According to a calculation from
the census figures for people with a migration background, the
proportion of Muslims in the population in Bremen in 2011 was 8.4
percent (around 45,800 people).
Christianity
Evangelical
Church
The individual communities in the city of Bremen have clear
differences in tradition and religious life. The Bremen Evangelical
Church (BEK) takes this into account by granting its congregations a
large degree of autonomy and by placing the principle of “freedom of
belief, conscience and teaching” at the forefront of its constitution
(see the preamble to the BEK constitution).
The BEK is a
voluntary association of most of Bremen's individual communities and
acts as the "umbrella" of these communities. In addition to most of the
parishes in Bremen, the United Protestant Church in Bremerhaven is the
only one of several parishes in Bremerhaven to belong to the BEK. It is
a public corporation, with a “Church Council President” (a
non-theologian) in leadership and a “Church Council Secretary” (a
theologian) as its spiritual leader. This is where the BEK differs from
most other regional churches, which are headed by a bishop. The Church
Committee is responsible for central administrative and service law
tasks. This committee is elected for six years by the Kirchentag, the
parliamentary representation of all member congregations (synod). At the
end of 2006, the BEK had 242,386 members. The 32nd German Evangelical
Church Congress took place from May 20th to 24th, 2009 in Bremen.
In 2016, Bremen was awarded the honorary title of "European City of
Reformation" by the Community of Evangelical Churches in Europe. (See
also the Churches, Religions section and the article Bremen Church
History.)
Roman Catholic Church
After the upheavals of the
Reformation, a Roman Catholic community was established in Bremen from
1648, which became the seat of a deanery in 1931. The deanery of Bremen
(south of the Lesum) belongs to the diocese of Osnabrück, the deanery of
Bremen-North belongs to the diocese of Hildesheim.
The Catholic
city deanery of Bremen consists of five parish associations: Stadtmitte
(St. Johann), Häfen/Walle (St. Marien), Huchting/Woltmershausen (St.
Franziskus), Schwachhausen/Horn/Oberneuland (St. Katharina) and
Arsten/Habenhausen (St .Raphael).
The Association of Catholic
Municipalities in Bremen acts as the “umbrella” for all Catholic,
supra-municipal institutions. He maintains several Catholic schools and
day-care centers from donations. With the "Apostolate of the Sea", the
Catholic seaman's mission Stella Maris, the community association
addresses the seafarers of the port city of Bremen. A Catholic hospital
exists with the St. Joseph pen. In 2002, the Birgittenkloster Bremen was
the first sisters' convent since the Reformation in the Hanseatic city.
The Catholic Church in Bremen has 62,300 members (11.42%).
Free
churches
In 1845 the first Bremen Baptists were founded as a Baptist
congregation. Today there are six Evangelical Free Church congregations
in the Bremen area, including an English-speaking international Baptist
congregation. A community of brothers is located in the Wilhelm Busch
settlement in the Vahr.
From 1849 an Episcopal Methodist Church
was established in Bremen, which carried out missionary activities in
Germany from here (today: Frankfurt am Main).
From 1896,
emigrants from America gathered to form a Lutheran congregation, one of
the roots of today's Evangelical Lutheran Bethlehem congregation, which
belongs to the church district of Lower Saxony-West in the Independent
Evangelical Lutheran Church.
In the 1950s, the Bremen Elim
congregation separated from the Federation of Evangelical Free Churches
and joined the Pentecostal movement. The community, which today has
three community centers in the Bremen city area, is the sponsor of the
Grambke social work organization. In addition to various social
institutions, this social work also runs a school.
There are a
number of other free church communities, including a Mennonite church,
Seventh-day Adventists, a church of God, a free evangelical church and a
church in the Mülheim association.
Many state church and free
church communities in Bremen work together at the level of the
Evangelical Alliance and run various diaconal institutions, for example
the Bremen-Findorff mother-child house and the pastoral care center at
the Martini Church.
Other Christian religious communities
Also
the Old Catholics (Holy Masses in the Roman Catholic Church at the St.
Joseph-Stift Hospital), the Apostolic Community, the Christian Community
(Michael Church on Rembertiring), the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, the New Apostolic Church, the Russian Orthodox Church
(services in the Catholic St. Bonifatius Church in Findorff) and
Jehovah's Witnesses are represented with congregations in the city area.
Judaism
The Jewish community has a synagogue and a community
center on Schwachhauser Heerstrasse. The old synagogue stood on
Dechanatstraße behind the post office until it was destroyed during the
November pogroms of 1938. The cemetery of the Israelite community in
Bremen is on Deichbruchstrasse in the district of Hastedt. The New
Jewish Cemetery, founded in 2008, is in Schwachhausen on
Beckfeldstrasse. This cemetery received its own mourning hall in 2012.
Islam
The Muslims are organized into several communities. Their
largest mosque is the Fatih Mosque in Gröpelingen. With an estimated 360
Salafists, the proportion of Islamists among Muslims in Bremen in 2015
is relatively high.
Bahai
There has been a Bahá'i community in
Bremen since 1965, which has met in its community center at Am Wandrahm
since 2000.
Buddhism and Hinduism
In Bremen, members of South
and East Asian religious communities live in less rigid organizational
forms, such as Buddhists and Hindus. Their figure was given as 3.2% of
the population in 2011. The Indian community founded the Hindu Sri
Varasiththivinayakar Temple on Föhrenstraße in 2011. The Thai community
founded the Buddhist temple Wat Buddha Metta Parami on Heidbergstrasse
in 2012.
Unaffiliated
According to the census of May 9, 2011,
38.9% of the population in the state of Bremen do not belong to any
public religious community. The Humanistic Association Bremen e. V. in
the Humanist Association of Germany (HVD) is an ideological community of
non-religious people.
Administration
The people's representative body of the state of
Bremen, which is elected every four years, is the Bremen citizenship. In
two separate electoral areas, 68 MPs are elected in Bremen and 15 in
Bremerhaven. The members of parliament elected in the Bremen
constituency also form the municipal citizenship.
The Senate of
the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen is at the head of the state and city
administration. Andreas Bovenschulte (SPD) has been President of the
Senate and Mayor since August 15, 2019. The Deputy President of the
Senate is also traditionally referred to as the Mayor. The Bremen Senate
as the state government currently has nine members (4 SPD, 3 Greens, 2
Left).
The senators manage their Senate departments in state
affairs (like ministers in a non-city state) and in municipal affairs of
the city of Bremen (like department heads in large cities), as well as
the state and municipal authorities assigned to their departments.
Coat of arms
Blazon: "The coat of arms of the Hanseatic City of
Bremen shows on a red background a silver key of Gothic form ("Bremer
Key"), which is erected at an angle to the right and faces left with the
beard. A golden crown rests on the shield, which shows five prongs in
the shape of a leaf above the circlet decorated with precious stones
("middle coat of arms"). The small coat of arms only shows the key
without a crown. The large coat of arms, on the other hand, also has a
console or a ribbon-like base on which the shield rests. The shield is
held by two erect backward-facing lions with their front paws.”
Coat of arms justification: The key is the attribute of the apostle
Peter, the patron saint of Bremen Cathedral. It appears as a coat of
arms symbol in Bremen's city seal as early as 1366. Throughout history,
the shape of the key has changed several times. The coat of arms of the
city also partially showed St. Peter with the key. The shapes outside of
the coat of arms also changed several times. For example, the lions
appear on the large coat of arms for the first time in 1618. In its
current form, the coat of arms goes back to the coat of arms of 1891.
In Bremen vernacular, a connection to the coat of arms of the city of
Hamburg is made by mockingly saying: "Hamburg is the gateway to the
world, but Bremen has the key to it."
Business
General Developments
Foreign trade has always been of
particular importance for Bremen. Even if the focus of goods handling in
the Bremen/Bremerhaven port group is now in Bremerhaven, Bremen still
has a share in this through the Bremen city overseas port area of
Bremerhaven. The range of different commodities that are imported and
exported here ranges from fish, meat and dairy products to traditional
raw materials such as the cotton, tea, rice and tobacco traded on the
Bremen Cotton Exchange to wine and citrus fruits. While port handling is
carried out by the semi-public BLG Logistics Group, wholesalers such as
C. Melchers, Otto Stadtlander GmbH and Atlanta can be found in the
warehouses. Bremen is an important location for the automotive,
shipbuilding, steel, electronics and food industries. The company
Mercedes-Benz Group is the largest private employer in the city and in
its Mercedes-Benz plant in the district of Sebaldsbrück, which belonged
to Borgward GmbH until 1963, produces, among other things, the car
models of the C-Class, the Estate and the Roadster SL. In addition,
numerous supplier companies have settled in the immediate vicinity. The
largest of them is Hella Fahrzeugverbindungen GmbH from the Hella Group.
There is also a large Deutsche Bahn railway depot in Sebaldsbrück.
The shipbuilding and steel industries have undergone structural
change in recent decades. Many companies, including the two large
shipyards AG Weser and Bremer Vulkan, did not survive; Stahlwerke Bremen
was taken over by Arcelor (since 2006: ArcelorMittal). The aerospace
industry, on the other hand, has also changed and today characterizes
Bremen as a service and high-tech location. In recent years, one of the
largest German technology parks has developed at the university, the
Bremen Technology Park, which currently employs around 7,500 mostly
highly qualified people.
Bremen is internationally known as an
important aviation and space technology location. Final assembly of the
wings of the Airbus aircraft takes place in Bremen, while Airbus Defense
and Space and companies in the OHB Technology Group produce modules and
components for laboratories suitable for use in space, carrier rockets
and satellite systems. Rheinmetall and Atlas Elektronik develop
electronics for military and civil applications in Bremen.
Bremen
has a leading position in the food industry. In addition to the Beck &
Co. brewery, Vitakraft, Nordmilch, the Könecke meat product factory and
the chocolate manufacturer Hachez have their headquarters here. Mondelēz
International has its German headquarters here. Kellogg's relocated the
headquarters of its German company from Bremen to Hamburg in the first
quarter of 2015, but continues to operate a production facility in
Bremen.
economic data
In 2005 in the city of Bremen, 44.7%
were employed in the services sector, 26.4% in trade, 71.1% in the
entire tertiary sector, 28.9% in manufacturing and 0.1% in agriculture.
chambers
The Bremen Chamber of Commerce represents the interests
of the Bremen merchant community. It is based in Schütting.
The
Bremen Chamber of Crafts represents the interests of the trades with
over 4,900 companies and around 31,000 employees. It is based in the
commercial building in Bremen.
The Bremen Chamber of Employees looks
after the interests of around 290,000 employees.
The Bremen Medical
Association represents the interests of over 5,400 doctors in the state
of Bremen.
The Hanseatic Chamber of Lawyers Bremen represents the
interests of more than 1800 lawyers and law firms in the federal state
of Bremen.
The Bremen Chamber of Notaries looks after the interests
of the 160 notaries.
The Chamber of Pharmacists, Chamber of
Architects, Chamber of Tax Advisors, Chamber of Engineers and Chamber of
Dentists are the other representatives of the liberal professions in
Bremen.
commercial and industrial areas
The largest commercial
and industrial areas are:
The entire Hafen district is located on
both sides of the Weser
the Bremen industrial park in the district of
Industriehäfen with an area of approx. 140 hectares.
The city center
as a shopping, trading, banking, administration and media center with
around 1300 hectares.
The goods traffic center Bremen (GVZ) in
Neustadt with an area of approx. 472 ha.
The Überseestadt in the
Walle district with an area of approx. 290 hectares.
The industrial
estates in Neustadt on Neuenlander Strasse – Oldenburger Strasse (B 75)
with an area of more than 210 hectares, with the Airport-Stadt at Bremen
Airport, with Airbus Bremen (3000 employees) and Astrium Bremen, with
the Ochtum industrial estate, with Nordmilch -Zentrale and by tram
Bremen.
The Bremen Technology Park around the University of Bremen
with an area of approx. 172 hectares.
The business park Hansalinie in
Hemelingen with an area of approx. 155 ha.
The commercial area
Mercedes-Benz-Werke Bremen in Sebaldsbrück with an area of approx. 70
hectares.
The industrial and commercial area Bremer Vulkan in
Vegesack with an area of approx. 50 hectares.
The commercial area
Bayernstraße in Walle with approx. 60 hectares.
The commercial area
Bremer-Kreuz in Osterholz with an area of approx. 50 ha.
The
commercial area Alte Neustadt directly on the Weser with approx. the
brewery Beck & Co. and Mondelēz International
The Weserpark in
Osterholz with an area of approx. 25 hectares, with the Metro Cash &
Carry shopping center.
The commercial area Farge-Ost in Farge with an
area of approx. 22 ha.
Traffic
use of the waterways
Shipping has had a formative importance in Bremen for centuries. Despite
the structural change, it still represents an important economic and
labor market factor today. The Bremen city ports, which are still used
regularly due to their proximity to the freight traffic center, include
the Neustadt port, the commercial ports, the Hohentorshafen, the
industrial ports and the city Bremen ports in Bremerhaven. Upstream from
the city center, the Werra, Fulda and Allerhafens still exist for inland
waterway transport. A new district, the Überseestadt, is being built on
the site of the filled Überseehafen and on the surrounding industrial
wasteland. In order to be able to continue participating in maritime
trade even with ever larger ships, Bremen is involved with the state of
Lower Saxony in the JadeWeserPort project in Wilhelmshaven, a port for
the largest container ships.
Bremen-Nord is connected to the
district of Wesermarsch in Lower Saxony on the other bank of the Weser
by three car ferries. There are also two other passenger ferries in the
city of Bremen.
The use of Bremen's waters by passenger ships and
peat barges is of touristic importance. Boat trips on the Weser, the
Hunte to Oldenburg (Oldb), the Aller to Verden and the Lesum and the
Hamme to Worpswede as well as harbor tours in Bremen's ports are offered
regularly (in the warm season) from and in Bremen. The Sielwall ferry of
the passenger shipping company Hal över, whose pier on the city side is
located between the ramparts and the Weser Stadium on the Osterdeich,
runs from March to October across the Weser to Café Sand on the
Stadtwerder in the district of Huckelriede. Peat barges mainly start
from the peat harbor at the end of the peat canal in Findorff. The
networked waterways in north-east Bremen are also used by a large number
of canoe and kayak clubs.
air traffic
Bremen International
Airport (BRE) is located in the south of Bremen. This aviation site has
been located there since 1909. Since 1995, an airport center with
numerous branches of partly international companies has been built
around the terminal building. A new airport terminal was inaugurated in
2001 according to plans by architect Gert Schulze. The number of
passengers in 2006 was 1.7 million. At the same time, the number of
flights in 2006 fell to 40,419, the lowest value since 1988. An increase
was achieved by the airlines Ryanair and Turkish Airlines, which fly
directly from Bremen to new destinations in Europe and Turkey. In 2008,
2.5 million passengers were handled. Thanks to the use of larger
aircraft and better capacity planning, the number of flights has never
risen above 60,000 a year since 1965, despite increasing passenger
numbers. Night operations are limited, the last plane is scheduled to
land at 11 p.m. Peak times are morning and evening. The airport can be
reached via the A281. From the main train station, tram line 6 goes
directly to the terminal. The Lufthansa commercial pilot school is also
located at Bremen Airport.
railroad
The main train station is
a long-distance hub in price category 2. This is where the main routes
from Hamburg to the Ruhr area, to Bremerhaven, to Hanover and to
Oldenburg (–Leer) meet. The connection to Vegesack with a connection to
Bremen-Farge is only of local importance. Bremen has connections to DB
long-distance passenger rail services via the Bremen-Munich ICE line and
the Hamburg-Cologne and Oldenburg-Leipzig IC lines.
In Bremen
there are 19 train stations and stops for passenger transport.
The marshalling yard in the district of Gröpelingen was shut down as
such on June 12, 2005, and Bremen's local freight traffic is handled in
what is still in operation, as well as at the port stations and at the
Klöckner-Hütte (ArcelorMittal Bremen) works station. The former freight
yard north-west of the main station has been demolished. Due to the
expansion of the container terminal in Bremerhaven, however, there has
been an increase in freight traffic again.
Transportation
There are regional express connections to Bremerhaven, Hanover, Hamburg,
Osnabrück and Oldenburg-Norddeich Mole and a regional train connection
through the Lüneburg Heath to Uelzen (via Langwedel, Visselhövede and
Soltau).
The railway line to Hamburg is served by metronome
trains (→ Hanse-Netz).
Since December 12, 2010, the Nordwestbahn
(NWB) has been operating the first three lines of the Regio-S-Bahn
Bremen/Niedersachsen (RS 2: Bremerhaven-Lehe-Bremerhaven-Hbf-Bremen-Hbf)
on behalf of the transport association Verkehrsverbund
Bremen/Niedersachsen (ZVBN). -Twistringen; RS 3: Bad
Zwischenahn-Oldenburg-Hbf-Hude-Delmenhorst-Bremen-Hbf; RS 4:
Nordenham-Hude-Delmenhorst-Bremen-Hbf). On December 11, 2011, the fourth
Regio-S-Bahn line went into operation (RS 1:
Bremen-Farge-Vegesack-Bremen Hbf-Verden).
Passenger services on
the Bremen-Farge–Bremen-Vegesack line in Bremen-Nord, which were
discontinued in 1961, were resumed in December 2007 with NordWestBahn
diesel multiple units every half hour. This route was electrified in
2011 and has been part of the RS 1 S-Bahn line since December 11, 2011.
Local public transport (ÖPNV) within the city area is served by
eight tram lines and 44 bus lines operated by Bremer Strassenbahn AG
(BSAG). Most of the districts of Bremen and individual suburbs in Lower
Saxony are connected to the public transport network at frequent
intervals. The S-Bahn is of great importance for traffic between the
city of Bremen and Bremen-Nord. Efforts are being made to extend tram
lines into the surrounding area and to increase the frequency of the
existing railway lines in order to better connect the suburbs.
Regional transport is operated by bus lines from other transport
companies and companies. Both city and regional transport companies have
joined forces to form the Verkehrsverbund Bremen/Niedersachsen (VBN).
Street
Overall, the length of the autobahns in the area of the
city of Bremen is around 50 to 60 km.
In the south, Bremen is
touched by the six-lane federal autobahn A 1 Rhein-Ruhr-Hamburg and in
the south-east, at the Bremer Kreuz, the A 1 is crossed by the A 27
Hanover (Walsrode)-Bremerhaven or Cuxhaven, which also has six lanes
here and runs through the eastern urban area leads. In the north, the
four-lane A 270 branches off from the A 27 in Ihlpohl and runs 10 km to
Bremen-Farge. In Gröpelingen, the first part of the four-lane A 281 from
the Bremen-Industriehäfen triangle to Bremen-Burg-Grambke has been
completed. On the western side of the Weser, the section from the
freight traffic center or Neustädter Hafen to the airport or
Airport-Stadt was opened to traffic in 2008 with a cable-stayed bridge.
By 2024, the sections are to be connected with a Weser tunnel, and an
extension to the A 1 is also planned. In the west, the A 28 leads to
Oldenburg, and it also connects the Huchting district to the A 1.
A speed limit of 80 km/h applies continuously on the A 270 and A 281
federal motorways. Traffic on the A 1 is controlled by an automatic
traffic management system.
In addition, the federal highways B 6
(north-south direction), B 74 and B 75 (west-east direction) run through
Bremen. In the course of the completion of the A 281, the B 212 will be
rerouted: in future it will end in western Bremen at the A 281 and
provide a better connection between the Wesermarsch district and Bremen.
In 1914, the main roads connecting the parts of the city for car
traffic were Chausseen, which were renamed Heerstrassen.
The
German Fairy Tale Route is a holiday route that leads from Hanau to
Bremen to the Bremen Town Musicians.
Bicycle
Bremen has a
cycling share of more than 22% of trips. In the 2018 ADFC cycle climate
test, Bremen was recognized as Germany's most cycle-friendly city in the
category over 500,000 inhabitants. A city-wide signage network has been
in place since the turn of the millennium. The obligation to use them
has been lifted for around 80% of the roadside cycle paths, the total
length of which is greater than in Copenhagen with roughly the same
population. Bremen can be reached nationwide via the long-distance cycle
routes Hamburg-Bremen, Bremen-Osnabrück (bridge cycle route) and the
Wümme cycle route. The city is also an important station on the Weser
Cycle Path, which accompanies the Weser from its point of origin to
Bremerhaven.
Weser bridges and ferries
There are over 600
bridges in Bremen. The Weser is crossed by the following bridges (sorted
downstream):
Dreyer Bridge (half of it is in Lower Saxony)
Weser
bridge of the BAB 1
Karl Carstens Bridge (also called "Strawberry
Bridge")
Wilhelm Kaisen Bridge
Teerhof Bridge
Mayor Smith
Bridge
Stephani Bridge
Bremen railway bridge
The Weser can also
be crossed on foot or by bike at the Weser weir above the strawberry
bridge. There are also several ferry connections (see above).