Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #8 in Bremen, Germany

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Number of sights 16 sights
Distance 5.4 km
Ascend 93 m
Descend 94 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: Schweizerhaus

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Schweizerhaus Till F. Teenck / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Schweizerhaus is located in Bremen, district Schwachhausen, district Bürgerpark, Hollerallee, Findorffallee, Parkallee. The house was built in 1872 according to plans by Jacob Carl Scheinpflug.

Wikipedia: Schweizerhaus (Bremen) (DE), Website

759 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 2: Dyckhoffpavillon

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Dyckhoffpavillon

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

Wikipedia: Liste der Kulturdenkmäler in Schwachhausen (DE), Website

410 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 3: Siegfried, der Drachentöter

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The sculpture Siegfried the Dragon Slayer stands in Bremen-Schwachhausen on the west side of the Parkhotel am Bürgerpark. It is included in the list of monuments and statues of the city of Bremen.

Wikipedia: Siegfried der Drachentöter (Denkmal) (DE), Website

557 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 4: Nelson-Mandela-Park

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Nelson Mandela Park is a public park in the Schwachhausen district of Bremen, Germany. The park has been named in honour of Nelson Mandela since 2014.

Wikipedia: Nelson-Mandela-Park (Bremen) (DE)

326 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: Kaiser-Friedrich-Denkmal

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The Kaiser Friedrich Monument, a bronze equestrian monument created by Louis Tuaillon on Hermann-Böse-Straße in Bremen, was dedicated in 1905 to the memory of the German Emperor Frederick III, who reigned for only 99 days in 1888. It has been a listed building since 1973.

Wikipedia: Kaiser-Friedrich-Denkmal (Bremen) (DE), Website

1173 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 6: Schweinehirt und seine Herde

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Schweinehirt und seine Herde

The pork shirt and its herd is a bronze group of figures in Bremen-Mitte at the end of Sögetraße near the streets on Wall and Herdentorsteinweg. It was set up in 1974 and is listed in the list of monuments and still images of the city of Bremen.

Wikipedia: Schweinehirt und seine Herde (DE)

208 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: Marcus-Brunnen

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The Marcus Fountain in Bremen-Mitte is located in the Liebfrauenkirchhof. It was inaugurated in 1909 and has been a listed building since 1973.

Wikipedia: Marcus-Brunnen (Liebfrauenkirchhof) (DE), Website

20 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 8: Helmuth von Moltke

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The Moltke monument in Bremen is located on the wall of the north tower of the Church of Our Lady. In the form of an equestrian statue, it commemorates the Prussian Field Marshal Helmuth von Moltke. The monument was built according to a model by the Munich sculptor Hermann Hahn with the assistance of the Berlin architect Heinrich Jennen and has been a listed building since 1973.

Wikipedia: Moltkedenkmal (Bremen) (DE), Website

107 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 9: 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

152 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Bremer Staatswappen 1615

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Bremer Staatswappen 1615

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

67 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: 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)

246 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 12: Mall of Fame

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Mall of Fame

Mall of Fame is the unofficial name of a pedestrian zone in Bremen, Germany. It runs under the glass roof of the 250-metre-long Lloyd Passage in the centre of the Hanseatic city.

Wikipedia: Mall of Fame (DE)

557 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 13: Steinkammern

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The house Schlachte 36 in Bremen-Mitte, also known as Langenstraße 72, is one of Bremen's most important buildings.

Wikipedia: Haus Schlachte 36 (DE)

364 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 14: Loriot-Sofa

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Loriot-Sofa Skulptur: Herbert Rauer; Foto: Wikiuka / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Loriot Sofa as a bronze monument is a sculpture in Bremen-Mitte in front of the entrance to the Radio Bremen broadcasting centre on the Diepenau. It was erected in 2013 and commemorates Vicco von Bülow, whose TV series Loriot was created on Radio Bremen.

Wikipedia: Bronzereplik des Loriot-Sofas in Bremen (DE)

124 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 15: St.-Stephani-Kirche

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The Church of St. Stephani is a parish church located at the western end of Bremen's old town, which has been a listed building since 1973. It forms the urban centre of the old Stephaniviertel, which was rebuilt in a modern way after being completely destroyed in the Second World War, with the exception of the church.

Wikipedia: St. Stephani (Bremen) (DE), Website

375 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 16: Focke-Garten

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The Focke Garden (Fockegarten)-also called a museum garden-is a park on the western edge of the old town of Bremen. It is a listed part of the Bremen wall systems as a named part of the Bremen.

Wikipedia: Focke-Garten (DE)

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