Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #16 in Bremen, Germany

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Number of sights 17 sights
Distance 7.1 km
Ascend 82 m
Descend 86 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: Steinernes Kreuz

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The Vasmer Cross is an expiatory cross in the Mitte district of Bremen, Ostertor district, on the street Beim Steinernen Kreuz No. 10. It was erected in 1435 as a memorial to the execution of Bremen's mayor Johann Vasmer. The building has been a listed building since 1973 as part of the ensemble Beim Steinernen Kreuz. It is the oldest monument in Bremen after Roland.

Wikipedia: Vasmer-Kreuz (DE), Website

362 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 2: Körner-Denkmal

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The bronze monument on the Theodor-Körner-Wall in Bremen for the poet and fighter in the wars of liberation was donated by citizens of the Hanseatic city and erected in 1865. It has been a listed building since 1973.

Wikipedia: Körner-Denkmal (Bremen) (DE), Website

359 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: Köpkenstift

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The Foundation Gottesbuden, also known as the Gottesbuden Senator Heinrich Köpken Foundation, is the second oldest of the 336 foundations in Bremen - Mitte today (2018). It is located at Friesenstraße 48.

Wikipedia: Stiftung Gottesbuden (DE), Website

335 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 4: Theater am Goetheplatz

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The Theater am Goetheplatz, also incorrectly known as the Goethetheater, is the main theatre of the city of Bremen in the north of Germany, the main venue of Theater Bremen. Completed in 1913 in the Neoclassical style, it is located in the cultural district to the east of the old town. After reconstruction with major extensions after the Second World War, it was fully modernized in 2004. Since 2005, it has been a listed building.

Wikipedia: Theater am Goetheplatz (EN), Website

153 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Villa Ichon

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The Villa Ichon in Bremen (Mitte) in the Ostertorviertel at Goetheplatz 3 as well as on the Bremen ramparts, dates back to 1849 and is known nationwide as a forum for cultural and peace work. On the other side of the building is now the Theater am Goetheplatz.

Wikipedia: Villa Ichon (DE), Website, Url

216 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Gerhard-Marcks-Haus

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The Gerhard Marcks Museum or Gerhard Marcks House is a museum in Bremen, Germany, inspired by the work of the sculptor and graphic artist Gerhard Marcks. The museum exhibits contemporary sculpture, including the work of Marcks.

Wikipedia: Gerhard Marcks House (EN), Website

155 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: Kunsthalle Bremen

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The Kunsthalle Bremen is an art museum in Bremen, Germany. It is located close to the Bremen Old Town on the "Culture Mile". The Kunsthalle was built in 1849, enlarged in 1902 by architect Eduard Gildemeister, and expanded several more times, most notably in 2011. Since 1977, the building has been designated a Kulturdenkmal on Germany's buildings heritage list.

Wikipedia: Kunsthalle Bremen (EN), Website

417 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 8: Ottjen-Alldag-Brunnen

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This is a list of fountains in the city of Bremen. Some of them have been removed, relocated, remodeled or destroyed from their original site over the decades. This is noted under the prefix Status. Monuments and statues are explicitly not listed.

Wikipedia: Liste der Brunnen der Stadt Bremen (DE), Website

63 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 9: Jacobus Major

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Jacobus Major

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

532 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 10: Neptunbrunnen

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Neptunbrunnen Martin Peterdamm / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Neptune Fountain at the Domshof in Bremen is a work of art by the sculptor Waldemar Otto, which was erected in 1991. It is one of the few modern Neptune fountains.

Wikipedia: Neptunbrunnen (Bremen) (DE)

982 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 11: Neptun, der Gott der Meere

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Neptun, der Gott der Meere

In the list of cultural monuments in Bremen-Neustadt, all cultural monuments from the Neustadt district of Bremen are listed.

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

15 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 12: Olbers-Planetarium

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The Olbers-Gesellschaft e.V. Bremen was founded in Bremen in 1920 in honour of the city's great astronomer, Wilhelm Olbers (1758–1840), by Max Völkel, Wilhelm Finke (1884–1950) and Friedrich Nölke (1877–1947).

Wikipedia: Olbers-Gesellschaft (DE), Opening_hours , Website

1469 meters / 18 minutes

Sight 13: St.-Jakobi-Kirche

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The St. Jakobi Church is a Evangelical Church in Bremen in the Neustadt district, district of Buntentor, Kirchweg 57/Kornstraße 150.

Wikipedia: St. Jakobi (Bremen-Neustadt) (DE), Website

1455 meters / 17 minutes

Sight 14: Zentaurenbrunnen

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Zentaurenbrunnen

Zum Zentaurenbrunnen from 1891 is a fountain in Bremen, Germany. Its centrepiece is the bronze sculpture of a horse man fighting with a snake by the sculptor August Sommer. Today, the fountain is located in Leibnizplatzpark in Bremen's Neustadt district, which borders Leibnizplatz as part of the Neustadtswallanlagen.

Wikipedia: Zentaurenbrunnen (Bremen) (DE), Website

288 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 15: Theater am Leibnizplatz

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The Bremer Shakespeare Company e. V. is a theatre collective in the legal form of a non-profit association with its headquarters in Bremen.

Wikipedia: Bremer shakespeare company (DE), Website

214 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 16: Gymn. Oberstufe am Leibnizplatz

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Gymn. Oberstufe am Leibnizplatz

Barracks IV of the Infantry Regiment "Bremen" in Bremen, Neustadt district, Neustadtscontrescarpe 49/51 and Schulstraße 11 were built around 1890. In 2010, Barracks IV was listed as a historical monument.

Wikipedia: Kaserne IV des Infanterieregiments Bremen (DE), Website

89 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 17: Sitzendes Paar

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Sitzendes Paar

The sculpture Seated Couple is located in Bremen's Neustadt district in the green area of Schulstraße at the corner of Neustadtscontrescarpe and Leibnizplatz. It is included in the list of monuments and statues of the city of Bremen.

Wikipedia: Sitzendes Paar (DE)

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