Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #10 in Bremen, Germany
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10.5 km
115 m
Experience Bremen in Germany in a whole new way with our 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 BremenSight 1: Oelzweig-Haus
The Oelzweig House is located in Bremen, district of Schwachhausen, district of Gete, Kurfürstenallee 8. The villa was built in 1911 according to plans by Hans Lassen and Heinrich Lassen as well as Friedrich Gildemeister as a garden architect. The building has been a Bremen listed building since 2013.
Sight 2: Haus Paula Becker
Paula Modersohn-Becker was a German Expressionist painter of the late 19th and early 20th century. She is noted for the many self-portraits the artist produced, including nude self-portraits. She is considered one of the most important representatives of early expressionism, producing more than 700 paintings and over 1000 drawings during her active painting life. She is recognized both as the first known woman painter to paint nude self-portraits, and the first woman to have a museum devoted exclusively to her art. Additionally, she is considered to be the first woman artist to depict herself both pregnant and nude and pregnant.
Sight 3: Fragment
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.
Sight 4: Metropol Theater Bremen
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.
Sight 5: Torhäuschen
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.
Sight 6: Das Ende
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.
Sight 7: Der Rosslenker
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.
Sight 8: Cinema im Ostertor
The Cinema im Ostertor, formerly Cinema Ostertor, is a cinema founded on 7 November 1969 as the first art house cinema in Germany on Ostertorsteinweg in Bremen, district of Ostertor, the so-called Viertel.
Sight 9: H. W. M. Olbers
The monument to Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers, the important 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.
Sight 10: Haus Vorwärts
The Haus Vorwärts at Sandstraße 4–5, right next to Bremen Cathedral, is one of the oldest buildings in Bremen's old town. Since 2005, the building has served as the House of Science for the association of the same name as a showcase for science. Previously, the Vorwärts association had its domicile here for over 120 years.
Sight 11: Reiterstandbild Otto von Bismarck
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.
Sight 12: Neptunbrunnen
The Neptune fountain on the cathedral courtyard in Bremen is a work of art by the sculptor Waldemar Otto, which was set up in 1991. It is one of the few modern Neptune fountains.
Sight 13: 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.
Sight 14: 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.
Sight 15: Bremer Loch
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.
Sight 16: Der Lichtbringer
The Light Bringer is the title of a large, gilded bronze relief by Bernhard Hoetger from 1936 above the entrance to Böttcherstraße in Bremen.
Sight 17: Haus St. Petrus
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.
Sight 18: Ludwig Roselius Museum
The Ludwig Roselius Museum on Böttcherstraße in the old town of Bremen, Germany, houses the private collection of the successful coffee merchant Ludwig Roselius (1874–1943). Artefacts from the Middle Ages to the Baroque period are on display. The house itself which was completed in 1588 has a history going back to the 14th century.
Wikipedia: Ludwig Roselius Museum (EN), Website, Opening Hours
Sight 19: The Atlantis House
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.
Sight 20: Der Tröpfler
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.
Sight 21: Dom-Museum
The Cathedral Museum in Bremen's St. Peter's Cathedral is an ecumenical museum for Bremen church history, which was founded in 1987 to record finds from the medieval bishops' tombs of the cathedral. It is under the sponsorship of the Bremer Dom e.V. Foundation.
Sight 22: St. Petri-Dom
Bremen Cathedral, dedicated to 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.
Sight 23: Bleikeller
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.
Sight 24: Mahnmal für die Opfer der Novemberpogrome 1938
The memorial to the victims of the November pogroms of 1938, in which five Jewish citizens were murdered by the National Socialists in Bremen, has stood since 1982 near the Landherrnamt building in Bremen-Mitte on the corner of Dechanatstraße and Am Landherrnamt. The memorial was designed by Hans D. Voss and consists of black-painted, panel-like concrete cubes.
Wikipedia: Mahnmal für die Opfer der Novemberpogrome 1938 (Bremen) (DE)
Sight 25: Gasthof zum Kaiser Friedrich
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.
Sight 26: Beim Bade
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.
Sight 27: H-Trakt
The teaching building of the Bremen Maritime School now serves Faculty 5 and Faculty 1 (Economics) of the Bremen University of Applied Sciences in Neustadt (Bremen).
Sight 28: Kleiner Roland
The Little Roland Monument, also known as the Roland Fountain, stands in Bremen's Neustadt district, at the southern end of the Neuer Markt. It is listed in the list of monuments and statues of the city of Bremen.
Sight 29: Theater am Leibnizplatz
The Bremer Shakespeare Company e.V. is a theatre collective in the legal form of a non-profit association with its headquarters in Bremen.
Sight 30: Gefallenen-Ehrenmal der Technischen Lehranstalten
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)
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