Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Bremen, Germany

Alexander von Humboldt is a German sailing ship originally built in 1906 by the German shipyard AG Weser at Bremen as the lightship Reserve Sonderburg. She was operated throughout the North and Baltic Seas until being retired in 1986. Subsequently, she was converted into a three masted barque by the German shipyard Motorwerke Bremerhaven and was re-launched in 1988 as Alexander von Humboldt. In 2011 the ship was taken off sail-training and sent to the Caribbean for the charter business, then she was converted to a botel.

Wikipedia: Alexander von Humboldt (ship) (EN), Website

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)

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

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

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

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)

The Bremen Cotton Exchange was built in 1902 on the market square in Bremen, Germany, to house the offices of the city's cotton exchange founded in 1872. Johann Poppe's Neo-Renaissance facades and carefully finished interiors can still be seen today.

Wikipedia: Bremen Cotton Exchange (EN), Website

The Balge was a short branch of the Weser on its eastern side, running through what is now the centre of Bremen. As it served as a harbour in the early Middle Ages, it significantly contributed to Bremen's development as a port. The river gradually narrowed until in 1608, it was canalised. In 1838, it was completely filled with earth.

Wikipedia: Balge (river) (EN)

Lead cellar is the colloquial name of the eastern crypt of the St. Petri Cathedral in Bremen. He is best known by the fact that some mummies have been found here.

Wikipedia: Bleikeller (DE), Opening Hours

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.

Wikipedia: Bremen Cathedral (EN), Opening Hours, Website

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

The monument The End in the Bremen Wallforts in Bremen-Mitte was erected there in 1978 and is included in the list of monuments and statues of the city of Bremen.

Wikipedia: Das Ende (Denkmal) (DE)

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)

The larger-than-life bronze figure of the Great Reclining or Aegina by Gerhard Marcks, cast in 1966, was erected in 1968 on the slope of the Theaterberg in Bremen's ramparts as one of the first sculptural enrichments of the period after the Second World War. Inspired by Günter Busch, the director of the Kunsthalle, Bremen had turned its attention to the work of Marcks, perhaps the most important figurative sculptor in Germany in the post-war years, with the founding of a sculpture museum dedicated to his work and named after him, as well as two publicly exhibited free sculptures.

Wikipedia: Aegina (Gerhard Marcks) (DE), Website

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

Original parts of the Bishop's Gate in Bremen, which was given its present form in 1838 according to a design by building director Friedrich Moritz Stamm, are included in the reconstruction on the old square in the ramparts as well as essential parts can be seen 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

The sculpture Agamemnon is in Bremen-Mitte in the courtyard of the main administrative seat of the BLG on the President-Kennedy-Platz. It is listed in the list of monuments and still images of the city of Bremen.

Wikipedia: Agamemnon (Skulptur, Bremen) (DE)

The Consular Agency of the United States in Bremen, also referred to as Consular Agency Bremen, was one of the American diplomatic missions to Germany until 2018. The unit offered limited services for U.S. citizens in areas including Bremen, Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, and Lower Saxony. Despite that, services such as the issuing of visas or emergency passports were not provided, but can be obtained only from the U.S. Embassy in Berlin, the Consulate General in Frankfurt or Munich.

Wikipedia: Consular Agency of the United States, Bremen (EN), Website

The Rising Moon is a sculpture in Bremen-Mitte in front of the entrance façade of the former post office 5, An der Weide 50, near Bremen Central Station. It is included in the list of monuments and statues of the city of Bremen.

Wikipedia: Aufgehender Mond (DE)