Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Bremen, Germany

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Number of sights 14 sights
Distance 1.8 km
Ascend 28 m
Descend 16 m

Explore Bremen in Germany with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in BremenIndividual Sights in Bremen

Sight 1: Raupe

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Raupe Till F. Teenck / CC BY 3.0

Caterpillar is a light sculpture in Bremen, Germany. It is located in Bremen-Mitte at President-Kennedy-Platz near the Bremen State Archives and is included in the list of monuments and statues of the city of Bremen.

Wikipedia: Raupe (Skulptur) (DE)

52 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 2: Occasion Dramatique

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The sculpture Occasion Dramatique is located in Bremen-Mitte, on President-Kennedy-Platz in front of BLG's headquarters. It is included in the list of monuments and statues of the city of Bremen.

Wikipedia: Occasion Dramatique (DE)

116 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 3: Der Rosslenker

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The rosselwer is a bronze sculpture group of Louis Tuaillon, which was set up in the ramparts (Bremen-Mitte) in 1902. It is under monument protection.

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

161 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Theatergarten

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Theatergarten

The second Bremen City Theatre was a theatre in Bremen that 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)

310 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: H. W. M. Olbers

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The monument to Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers, the eminent Bremen physician and astronomer, was created by the sculptor Carl Steinhäuser in Rome in 1848. It was erected in 1850 in the Bremen ramparts. The property has been a listed building since 1973.

Wikipedia: Olbers-Denkmal in Bremen (DE), Website

396 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 6: Mahnmal für die Opfer der Novemberpogrome 1938

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The memorial for the victims of the November pogroms in 1938, in which five Jewish citizens were murdered by the National Socialists in Bremen, has been near the building in Bremen-Mitte on Dechanatstraße/corner at the Landherrnamt since 1982. The memorial was designed by Hans D. Voss and consists of black painted, table -like concrete cubes.

Wikipedia: Mahnmal für die Opfer der Novemberpogrome 1938 (Bremen) (DE)

15 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 7: 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

91 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: St. Johann

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St. John's Church is a Roman Catholic provost church in Bremen. It was built in the fourteenth century as a Franciscan abbey church and has been a listed monument since 1973.

Wikipedia: St. John's Church, Bremen (EN), Url

188 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Der Tröpfler

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

Wikipedia: Der Tröpfler (DE)

120 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 10: Spitzen Gebel

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Spitzen Gebel is a historic building in the centre of Bremen, Germany, located at No. 1, Hinter dem Schütting. Its origins date to the year 1400, but it was rebuilt in the Gothic style in 1590 with additions in 1610. Since 1973, it has been a listed building.

Wikipedia: Spitzen Gebel (EN), Website

70 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: Paula-Becker-Modersohn-Haus

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Paula-Becker-Modersohn-Haus Kunstsammlungen Böttcherstraße / CC BY 2.5

The Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum in Bremen, Germany, is the first museum in the world devoted to a female artist. Modersohn-Becker (1876–1907) was one of the most important early Expressionists, and the museum features key works from each of her creative periods.

Wikipedia: Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum (EN), Website

37 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 12: 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

184 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 13: 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 14: Herold

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The heralds at Bremen's town hall are free sculptures of two armoured knights on horseback. The almost larger-than-life groups of figures carved 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 on this site in 1901.

Wikipedia: Herolde am Bremer Rathaus (DE), Website

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