Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Bremen, Germany

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Number of sights 42 sights
Distance 5.4 km
Ascend 116 m
Descend 120 m

Experience Bremen in Germany in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in BremenIndividual Sights in Bremen

Sight 1: Focke-Windkanal

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Focke-Windkanal Dr. Ing. Kai Steffen / CC BY-SA 3.0

Focke's wind tunnel is a fully operational wind tunnel in the former private laboratory of the aviation pioneer Henrich Focke (1890–1979), co-founder of Focke-Wulf and designer of the first fully controllable helicopter, the Focke-Wulf Fw 61. Henrich Focke built the laboratory in 1960 at the age of 70 in the city of Bremen. Until shortly before his death, in 1979, Focke continued aerodynamic studies in slow flight characteristics and the stability problem of helicopters. The rediscovery of his aerodynamic laboratory, together with its wind tunnel was regarded as a sensation for science and technology. Since 2004, the technical monument Focke Flight Laboratory is protected by law.

Wikipedia: Focke's wind tunnel (EN), Website

463 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 2: Fragment

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Fragment ROMWriter / CC BY-SA 3.0

The fragment is a sculpture ensemble in Bremen-Mitte, on Rudolf-Hilferding-Platz near the House of the Reich, which was erected in 1991 on the 50th anniversary of Rudolf Hilferding's death. It is listed in the list of monuments and statues of the city of Bremen.

Wikipedia: Fragment (Skulptur) (DE)

322 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: Metropol Theater Bremen

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Metropol Theater Bremen (Christian) Jason Peper dewp:User:Trublu / CC BY-SA 2.5

The Metropol Theater Bremen is a venue in Bremen, Germany. There are events of various kinds, from musicals to RTL's super talent or concerts by well-known artists.

Wikipedia: Metropol Theater Bremen (DE), Website

218 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Romari

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The Romari sculpture is located in Bremen – Mitte at Präsident-Kennedy-Platz/Contrescarpe in front of BLG's headquarters. It is listed in the list of monuments and statues of the city of Bremen.

Wikipedia: Romari (DE)

113 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Torhäuschen

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Original parts of the Bishop's Gate in Bremen, which was given its present shape in 1838 according to a design by building director Friedrich Moritz Stamm, are included in the reconstruction of the old square in the ramparts as well as essential parts at the entrance to the Egestorff Foundation in Bremen-Osterholz. At the same time, the associated gatehouse, which has served as a shop since 1848, was built on the bridge over the moat.

Wikipedia: Bischofstor (Bremen) (DE), Website

25 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 6: Der Rosslenker

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The Horse Driver is a bronze sculpture group by Louis Tuaillon, which was erected in 1902 in the ramparts (Bremen-Mitte). It is a listed building.

Wikipedia: Der Rosselenker (Bremen) (DE), Website

161 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: Theatergarten

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Theatergarten

The second Bremen City Theatre was a theatre in Bremen, which was built in 1843, became the property of the city in 1855 and was destroyed in 1944 after just over 100 years of existence.

Wikipedia: Bremer Stadttheater (1843) (DE)

165 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Das Ende

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Das Ende Rami Tarawneh / CC BY 2.5

The monument Das Ende in the Bremer Wallanlagen in Bremen-Mitte was erected there in 1978 and is listed in the list of monuments and statues of the city of Bremen.

Wikipedia: Das Ende (Denkmal) (DE)

260 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 9: Fischrestaurant Knurrhahn & Restauration und Bierhalle H. Beckröge

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The fish restaurant Knurrhahn is located in Bremen, Mitte district, Katharinenstraße 15/corner of Schüsselkorb. It was built in the Renaissance and is one of the oldest buildings in Bremen.

Wikipedia: Fischrestaurant Knurrhahn (DE), Url

199 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Unser Lieben Frauen Kirche

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The Church of Our Lady is an Evangelical Protestant church situated northwest of the Market Square in Bremen, Germany. Like Bremen Cathedral, today's building dates from the 13th century. The brightly coloured stained-glass windows are the work of the French artist Alfred Manessier. In 1973, the church was listed under the monument protection act.

Wikipedia: Church of Our Lady, Bremen (EN), Website, Url

30 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 11: Town Musicians of Bremen

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Town Musicians of Bremen

The "Town Musicians of Bremen" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in Grimms' Fairy Tales in 1819.

Wikipedia: Town Musicians of Bremen (EN), Website

13 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 12: Ratskeller

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Ratskeller

The Bremen Ratskeller is the council wine cellar of the Townhall of Bremen. Since it was erected in the year 1405, German wines were stored and sold there. With its history over 600 years the Ratskeller of Bremen is one of the oldest wine cellars of Germany, furthermore the oldest wine barrel of Germany, a wine from Rüdesheim which is dated 1653, is stored here.

Wikipedia: Bremen Ratskeller (EN), Website

37 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 13: Roland

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The Bremen Roland is a statue of Roland, erected in 1404. It stands in the market square (Rathausplatz) of Bremen, Germany, facing the cathedral, and shows Roland, paladin of the first Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne and hero of the Battle of Roncevaux Pass.

Wikipedia: Bremen Roland (EN), Heritage Website

39 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 14: Bremer Loch

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The Bremer Marktplatz is a square situated in the centre of the Hanseatic City of Bremen. One of the oldest public squares in the city, it covers an area of 3,484 m2 (37,500 sq ft). It is no longer used as a market place except for the Christmas market and the annual Freimarkt Fair at the end of October.

Wikipedia: Bremer Marktplatz (EN)

17 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 15: Herold

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The heralds at Bremen's town hall are free sculptures of two armoured knights on horseback. The groups of figures, almost larger than life and embossed in copper, flank the east portal of Bremen's Old Town Hall. They are traditionally referred to as "heralds". Designed by Rudolf Maison and donated by the banker John Harjes, they were first erected at this location in 1901.

Wikipedia: Herolde am Bremer Rathaus (DE), Website

79 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 16: Reiterstandbild Otto von Bismarck

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The Bismarck monument outside the cathedral in Bremen is a bronze figure of the former Chancellor, riding a horse. It was created in 1910, twelve years after Bismarck's death. The commission was entrusted to Adolf von Hildebrand in 1904. Since 1973 the monument has enjoyed protected status.

Wikipedia: Bismarck monument (Bremen) (EN), Website

132 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 17: Die Glocke

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Die Glocke is a concert hall in the centre of Bremen, Germany. Standing on the site of a building from the Middle Ages, it was designed by Walter Görig (1885–1974) and completed in 1928.

Wikipedia: Die Glocke (Bremen) (EN), Website, Url

21 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 18: St. Petri-Dom

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Bremen Cathedral, named after St. Peter, is a church situated in the market square in the center of Bremen. The cathedral belongs to the Bremian Evangelical Church, a member of the umbrella organization Protestant Church in Germany. It is the previous cathedral of the former Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen. Since 1973, it is protected by the monument protection act.

Wikipedia: Bremen Cathedral (EN), Website

34 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 19: Bleikeller

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Bleikeller Photographed by User:Zeartul / CC BY-SA 3.0

Bleikeller is the colloquial name of the east crypt of St. Peter's Cathedral in Bremen. It is best known for the fact that eight mummies from the 17th and 18th centuries were found here.

Wikipedia: Bleikeller (DE), Opening Hours

100 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 20: Verkehrsturm

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The Domsheide traffic tower in Bremen-Mitte, district of Altstadt, Domsheide at the corner of Balgebrückstraße, dates from 1988.

Wikipedia: Verkehrsturm Domsheide (DE), Website

158 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 21: Landherrnamt

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The Landherrnamt is a building in the Schnoor district of Bremen, Germany, which was designed by Alexander Schröder in the Neo-Romanesque style and completed in 1856.

Wikipedia: Landherrnamt (EN), Website

40 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 22: Gasthof zum Kaiser Friedrich

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The Gasthof zum Kaiser Friedrich in Bremen in the Schnoor district, corner of the streets Lange Wieren and Am Landherrnamt is a restaurant named in memory of Emperor Frederick III, the 99-day emperor.

Wikipedia: Gasthof zum Kaiser Friedrich (DE), Website

49 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 23: Beim Bade

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Beim Bade Till F. Teenck / CC BY 3.0

The bathhouse fountain with the sculpture Beim Bade, also known as The Merry Bathers, is located in Bremen-Mitte in the Schnoor, on the Stavendamm near the Schifferhaus. It is listed in the list of fountains of the city of Bremen.

Wikipedia: Badestubenbrunnen (DE)

228 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 24: Kinetisches Objekt

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The Kinetic Object is a sculpture that stands in Bremen - Mitte on the Weser, Wilhelm-Kaisen-Brücke/Martinistraße/ corner of Balgebrückstraße. It is listed in the list of monuments and statues of the city of Bremen.

Wikipedia: Kinetisches Objekt in Bremen (DE)

161 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 25: The Atlantis House

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The Atlantis House on Böttcherstraße in the old town of Bremen in the north of Germany is an interesting example of German architecture in the interwar period. Designed by Bernhard Hoetger, it was completed in 1931. After suffering serious war damage, it was rebuilt in 1965 with a new facade designed by Ewald Mataré.

Wikipedia: Atlantis House (EN), Website

19 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 26: Bremern Staatswappen 1608

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Bremern Staatswappen 1608

The list of cultural monuments in Bremen-Mitte lists all cultural monuments in the Bremen district of Mitte.

Wikipedia: Liste der Kulturdenkmäler in Bremen-Mitte (DE), Website

7 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 27: Haus des Glockenspiels

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Haus des Glockenspiels

The Glockenspiel House is a building in Bremen in the north of Germany. With its 30 bells of Meissen porcelain, the carillon (Glockenspiel) chimes three times a day while wooden panels depicting pioneering seafarers and aviators appear on a rotating mechanism inside the tower.

Wikipedia: Glockenspiel House (EN)

6 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 28: Böttcherstraße

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Böttcherstraße is a street in the historic centre of Bremen, Germany. Only about 100 m (330 ft) long, it is famous for its unusual architecture and ranks among the city's main cultural landmarks and visitor attractions. Most of its buildings were erected between 1922 and 1931, primarily as a result of the initiative of Ludwig Roselius, a Bremen-based coffee-trader, who charged Bernhard Hoetger with the artistic supervision over the project. The street and its buildings are a rare example of an architectural ensemble belonging to a variant of the expressionist style. Several of the houses can be classed as Brick Expressionism. Since 1973, the ensemble has been protected by the Monument Protection Act.

Wikipedia: Böttcherstraße (EN)

3 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 29: Haus St. Petrus

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St Petrus House is a historic building in Bremen, Germany. With features of North-German Gothic architecture including an arcade, it was built in 1927 by the prosperous coffee merchant Ludwig Roselius as part of his development of Böttcherstraße. Today its newly refurbished dining rooms are part of the Atlantic Grand Hotel. Since 1973, St Petrus House has been a listed building.

Wikipedia: St Petrus House (EN), Website

37 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 30: Haus der Sieben Faulen

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The House of the Seven Lazy Brothers is a historic building in Bremen, Germany, completed in 1927. With a name based on a local legend, the building located in Böttcherstraße in the old town was built by the prosperous coffee merchant Ludwig Roselius to a design by Bremen architects Eduard Scotland and Alfred Runge. The first version of the house was home to the advertising department of Roselius's coffee company and the Deutscher Werkbund association of craftsmen. When it was rebuilt in 1954 the new design was based on a traditional local story.

Wikipedia: House of the Seven Lazy Brothers (EN), Website

16 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 31: Der Lichtbringer

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The Light Bringer is the title of a large, gilded bronze relief by Bernhard Hoetger from 1936 above the entrance to Böttcherstraße in Bremen.

Wikipedia: Der Lichtbringer (DE), Website

147 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 32: Der Tröpfler

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The fountain with the sculpture Der Tröpfler "Il gocciolatoio" is located in Bremen - Mitte on Marktstraße in front of the entrance to the Börsenhof. It is listed in the list of fountains of the city of Bremen.

Wikipedia: Der Tröpfler (DE)

174 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 33: Haus der Stadtsparkasse

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Haus der Stadtsparkasse is a Rococo landmark on the "Marktplatz" in Bremen, Germany. It was completed in the 1950s combining the historic front gable from another site with the more recent architecture of the remainder of the building.

Wikipedia: Haus der Stadtsparkasse (Bremen) (EN), Website

115 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 34: Essighaus

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Essighaus Till F. Teenck / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Essighaus was an impressive gabled town house in the old town of Bremen in northern Germany. One of the city's finest examples of Renaissance architecture, it was almost completely destroyed by bombing in 1943. The entrance flanked by projecting bay windows is the only part of the building which has been restored.

Wikipedia: Essighaus (EN)

144 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 35: Pferdebrunnen

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This list of fountains in the city of Bremen lists the fountains and gargoyles in the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. Some of them have been removed from their original location, relocated, redesigned or destroyed over the decades. This is noted under the status attachment. Monuments and statues are expressly not listed.

Wikipedia: Liste der Brunnen der Stadt Bremen (DE)

448 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 36: Rehbrunnen / Hildebrandbrunnen

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Rehbrunnen / Hildebrandbrunnen Rami Tarawneh / CC BY 2.5

The Rehbrunnen, also known as the Hildebrandbrunnen, is located in the Mitte district of Bremen in the Bremer Wallanlagen near the Herdentorswallmühle. The fountain is a listed building.

Wikipedia: Rehbrunnen (Bremen) (DE), Website

289 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 37: Bessel-Ei

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This list of monuments and statues of the city of Bremen lists the monuments, statues, statues, memorials and sculptures of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. Some of them have been removed from their original location over the decades, relocated, redesigned or even destroyed. This is noted under the status attachment.

Wikipedia: Liste der Denkmale und Standbilder der Stadt Bremen (DE)

223 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 38: Suding und Soeken

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The Suding & Soeken building is a gabled house at No. 28 Langenstraße in Bremen, Germany. Referred to as a Kaufmannshaus or Kontorhaus, it is one of the city's few historic merchant houses to survive the war undamaged. It is noted for its projecting Renaissance bay window and its two-tiered Baroque stairway ascending from the hallway.

Wikipedia: Suding & Soeken building, Bremen (EN), Website

68 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 39: Argo-Haus

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Argo-Haus

The Argo Reederei was an important German shipping company based in Bremen. The focus of the activities was the scheduled service within Europe, in particular the trip to Finland, Great Britain and the Levant.

Wikipedia: Argo Reederei (DE), Website

281 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 40: Steinkammern

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The house Schlachte 36 in Bremen-Mitte, also Langenstraße 72, is one of the most important buildings in Bremen.

Wikipedia: Haus Schlachte 36 (DE)

121 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 41: Fangturm

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Fangturm

In the 10th century, only the cathedral district was walled as a cathedral castle. From 1229 onwards, a ring wall was built around the entire old town, semicircular on the land side. In the 13th century, Bremen expanded westwards. From 1307 onwards, the new Stephanivorstadt was given a wall on the land side only. In the 15th century, the first brick phase of Bremen's architectural history, the city wall on the Weser side in the port areas of Schlachte and Tiefer was successively replaced by the gable sides of brick warehouses, so that only the battle gates remained of the original wall at Schlachte. The Stephaniviertel, on the other hand, did not receive a wall on the Weser side until the middle of the 16th century. After that, in 1551, the wall between the old districts and the Stephaniviertel was able to fall.

Wikipedia: Bremer Stadtbefestigung (DE)

205 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 42: Der Rufer

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The Caller is a bronze sculpture by Gerhard Marcks. It stands at the Schlachte in Bremen in front of the Weserhaus of Radio Bremen.

Wikipedia: Der Rufer (Bremen) (DE)

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