Why visit Bremen
Townapedia lists 141 museums and landmarks, 13 parks and trails, 293 places to eat, 32 places to stay and 15 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include CinemaxX, City46, Schifferhaus and Wilhelm Wagenfeld Haus.
Weather in Bremen
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About Bremen
Bremen (German pronunciation: [ˈbʁeːmən] ), officially the City Municipality of Bremen, is the capital and most populous city of the German state of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (Freie Hansestadt Bremen), a two-city-state consisting of the city of Bremen itself, and Bremerhaven. An important port city with about 586,000 inhabitants, this Hanseatic city is the 11th-largest city of Germany and the second-largest city in Northern Germany after Hamburg.
From the Wikipedia article Bremen (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Travel tips from other travellers: Bremen on Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Things to do15
Aussichtsplattform Südturm
Scenic view
Apr-May: Mo-Fr 10:00-16:30; Sa 10:00-13:30; Su 14:00-16:30;...
3 more on the map.
Museums and landmarks141
Schifferhaus
Museum
Kulturdenkmal, siehe http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bremen/Kulturdenkm%C3%A4ler
15 Stavendamm, Bremen
Mo,We,Fr,Sa 11:00-18:00; Su 11:00-16:00
Wilhelm Wagenfeld Haus
Museum · 0.6 km
Kulturdenkmal, siehe http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bremen/Kulturdenkm%C3%A4ler
209 Am Wall, Bremen
Tu 15:00-21:00; We-Su 10:00-18:00
Haus des Glockenspiels
Monument and historic site
Kulturdenkmal, siehe http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bremen/Kulturdenkm%C3%A4ler
4 Böttcherstraße, Bremen
Kunsthalle Bremen
Museum
Museum of arts in Bremen
207 Am Wall, Bremen
Tu 10:00-21:00; We-Su 10:00-17:00; Mo off
Villa Ichon
Museum · 0.7 km
Kulturdenkmal, siehe http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bremen/Kulturdenkm%C3%A4ler
4 Goetheplatz, Bremen
Herold
Monument and historic site
Kulturdenkmal, siehe http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bremen/Kulturdenkm%C3%A4ler
Paula-Modersohn-Becker-Museum
Museum
Museum in Bremen, Germany
6-10 Böttcherstraße, Bremen
Tu-Su 11:00-18:00; Mo off
Stadtwaage
Monument and historic site
Kulturdenkmal, siehe http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bremen/Kulturdenkm%C3%A4ler
13 Langenstraße, Bremen
The Atlantis House
Monument and historic site
Kulturdenkmal, siehe http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bremen/Kulturdenkm%C3%A4ler
2 Böttcherstraße, Bremen
129 more on the map.
Parks, trails and playgrounds13
Popup garden Rotkäppchen
Park · 0.8 km
Gemeinschaftsgarten, Zwischennutzung, zum mitgestalten
1 more on the map.
Restaurants and cafes293
ALEX
Restaurant · International
Kulturdenkmal, siehe https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bremen/Kulturdenkm%C3%A4ler
16 Domshof, Bremen
Mo-Th 08:30-22:00; Fr,Sa 08:30-23:00; Su,PH 09:00-22:00
Knurrhahn
Restaurant · Seafood
Außerhaus Verkauf links nebenan.
15 Katharinenstraße, Bremen
Mo-We 12:00-20:00; Th-Sa 12:00-21:00; Su 11:30-16:00
Cafe & Bar Celona
Restaurant · Burger, Coffee Shop, International
6 Unser Lieben Frauen Kirchhof
Mo-Th 08:00-01:00; Fr-Sa 08:00-02:00; Su 09:00-01:00
Feldmann's Bierhaus
Restaurant · Regional
19-20 Schlachte, Bremen
Mo-Fr 11:00+, Sa 10:00+, Su,PH 10:30+
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Teestübchen
Cafe · Breakfast, Cake, Local, Regional, Tea
Drinnen eine hohe Stufe, steile Treppe nach oben, kein Behinderten-WC vorhanden
1 Wüstestätte, Bremen
We-Mo 10:00-18:00
1885 Die Burger
Restaurant · Burger
8 Pelzerstraße, Bremen
Mo-Th 10:00-21:00; Fr-Sa 10:00-22:00; Su,PH off
281 more on the map.
History
For most of its 1,200 year history, Bremen was an independent city within the confederal jurisdiction of the Holy Roman Empire. Its governing merchants and guilds were at the centre of the Hanseatic League that sought to monopolise the North Sea and Baltic Sea trade. To enlarge and confirm its independence, the city had, until the Reformation, to contend with the temporal power of the Church, and after the Thirty Years' War with Sweden, the masters of the surrounding Duchy of Bremen-Verden. George I Louis, the Elector of Hannover (and from 1714, King of Great Britain and Ireland) who in 1715 acquired Bremen-Verden, recognised Bremen as a free city in 1720. The city was captured in 1806 and then annexed by France in 1810, before it regained independence in 1815.
In the late nineteenth century, Bremen was drawn by Prussia into the German Empire. With its new sea anchorage and wharves at Bremerhaven, it was the principal port of embarkation for German and central European emigrants to the Americas, and an entrepôt for Germany's late developing colonial trade. The Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL), founded in Bremen in 1857, became one of the world's leading shipping companies.
From the History section of Bremen on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to stay32
Churches and places of worship14
Shopping53
Gas and EV charging2
Schools, colleges and libraries14
Healthcare9
Map of Bremen
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Getting there and nearby towns
Bremen Airport (BRE) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 4 km away.
- Stuhr 6 km southwest, about 6 min by car
- Lilienthal 10 km northeast, about 10 min by car
- Delmenhorst 12 km west, about 12 min by car
- Ritterhude 13 km north, about 13 min by car
- Oyten 14 km east, about 14 min by car
- Achim 16 km southeast, about 16 min by car
- Osterholz-Scharmbeck 17 km north, about 17 min by car
- Lemwerder 16 km northwest, about 16 min by car
- Riede 15 km southeast, about 15 min by car
- Bremerhaven 55 km north, about 55 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
Headlines from INDB.
Reviews, tips and questions
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Sources and licences
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- Mapillary (see each image): photos
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Bremen-rathaus-dom-buergerschaft, Klaus Grünberg, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Theater Bremen 106-dvfLd, Pedelecs, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Bremen, die Kunsthalle, Dguendel, CC BY 4.0
- Roseliushaus - LfD1501 - jh15, Godewind ( talk ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- 1995 Park Hotel HB, Monster4711, CC0
- Friedhorstpark 20160619, دوست خوب, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kleine Weser und Werdersee, Braegel, CC BY-SA 3.0
- StAnsgariiBremen-01, Jürgen Howaldt, CC BY-SA 2.0 de
- Hochschule Bremen, Gerhard kemme, CC0
- Campus, Jacobs University Bremen, 2006, IUB, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, Roland Kutzki, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Bremen Liebfrauenkirche aus der Hakenstr987, Ulamm ( talk ) 20:33, 30 December 2016 (UTC), CC BY-SA 4.0
- StMartiniBremen-01a, Jürgen Howaldt, CC BY-SA 2.0 de
- StJohann-01, Jürgen Howaldt, CC BY-SA 2.0 de
- Bremen Domtürme von Rathausstufen 19h51b4h, Ulamm ( talk ), CC BY-SA 3.0
- Schnoor-Schifferhaus, Jürgen Howaldt, CC BY-SA 3.0 de
- Bremen Ratskeller, Pardin, CC BY-SA 3.0 de
- Schnoor-StJacobusPackhaus, Jürgen Howaldt, CC BY-SA 2.0 de
- Bremen, water moat of the ancient defence system-1, Dguendel, CC BY 3.0
- City46, City 46/Kommunalkino Bremen e.V., CC BY-SA 3.0 de
- 00 1358 Hansestadt Bremen, W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0
- DomMuseum-01-1, Jürgen Howaldt, CC BY-SA 2.0 de
- Hotel zur Post Bremen, LSNET::Photo, CC BY 2.0
- Fritz Saal, MitHerz, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Gasthof zum Kaiser Friedrich - Bremen, Lange Wieren 13, Godewind ( talk ), CC BY-SA 3.0
- Böttcherstraße4, -- Xocolatl 21:04, 7 October 2006 (UTC), Public domain
- Raths-Apotheke - Bremen, Am Markt 11, Godewind ( talk ), CC BY-SA 3.0
- Image-Musicaltheater Bremen front from above, (Christian) Jason Peper dewp:User:Trublu, CC BY-SA 2.5
- Landherrn-Amt 2014 (01), Jürgen Howaldt, CC BY-SA 3.0 de
- Bremen Stadtbibliotek - panoramio, Piotr Kubowicz, CC BY 3.0
- BremenStadtwaage, -- Xocolatl 13:33, 12 January 2008 (UTC), Public domain
- VillaIchon-01a, Jürgen Howaldt, CC BY-SA 2.0 de
- Forum Domshof (2013), Jürgen Howaldt, CC BY-SA 3.0 de
- Schnoor-PackhausTheater, Jürgen Howaldt, CC BY-SA 2.0 de
- JugendherbergeBremen-01, Jürgen Howaldt, CC BY-SA 2.0 de
- Herolde am Ostportal des Bremer Rathauses (2007), JoachimKohler-HB, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Michael-Kirche 01, Jürgen Howaldt, CC BY-SA 3.0 de
- Knurrhahn - HB, Katharinenstrasse 15 (Portal), Godewind ( talk ), CC BY-SA 3.0
- Theatergarten - Toranlage Südseite jh, Godewind ( talk ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Cinemaxx Bremen0002, Rami Tarawneh, CC BY 2.5
- Karstadt Bremen, Dr. Bernd Gross, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Bremen-1641-Merian, Matthäus Merian, Public domain
- 689Skulpturengarten Bremen, Ulamm ( talk ) 13:18, 5 November 2014 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0
- Atlantis house stairway, daniel.stark, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Bremen, das Wirtshausschild "Katzen-Café", Dguendel, CC BY 4.0
- Bremen, das Restaurant "Feldmanns Bierhaus", Dguendel, CC BY 4.0
- Street-level photo, hubert87, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, allefm, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, hubert87, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, roadblock, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, km2bp, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, hubert87, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, changchun1, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, changchun1, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, changchun1, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, changchun1, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, hubert87, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, hubert87, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, hubert87, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, hubert87, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, hubert87, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, hubert87, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, jacobbraeutigam, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, roadblock, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, hubert87, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, hubert87, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, hubert87, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, hubert87, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, hubert87, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, hubert87, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, northerngerman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, StefanS79, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, hubert87, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, hubert87, CC BY-SA 4.0
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