Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Stadtgebiet Bremen, Germany

The Anti-Colonial Monument is a memorial in Bremen in the shape of a brick elephant. It is located in Nelson Mandela Park in the Schwachhausen district, Bürgerweide-Barkhof opposite the Hermann-Böse-Gymnasium and close to the main train station. It was originally erected in 1931 as a Reich Colonial Monument of Honour, inaugurated in July 1932 and from then on was considered a central German colonial monument by the colonial movement. In 1989 it was rededicated as an anti-colonial monument.

Wikipedia: Antikolonialdenkmal (DE), 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)

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 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)

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 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

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

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

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 bathhouse fountain with the sculpture Beim Bade, also known as The Merry Bathers, is located in Bremen-Mitte in the Schnoor, on Stavendamm near the Schifferhaus. It is included in the list of fountains in the city of Bremen.

Wikipedia: Badestubenbrunnen (DE)

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

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)

The Argo shipping company was a major German shipping company based in Bremen, Germany. The focus of the activities was on scheduled services within Europe, in particular to Finland, Great Britain and the Levant.

Wikipedia: Argo Reederei (DE), Website

The Ansgar Column is a bronze monument in Bremen-Mitte, on the Ansgari churchyard on Obernstraße. It was erected in 1965 and is included in the list of monuments and statues of the city of Bremen.

Wikipedia: Ansgar-Säule (DE)

In the 10th century, only the cathedral district was walled in as a cathedral castle. From 1229 onwards, a circular wall was built around the entire old town, semicircular on the land side. In the 13th century, Bremen expanded westwards. From 1307 onwards, the new Stephanivorstadt was given a wall on the land side only. In the 15th century, the first brick phase of Bremen's architectural history, the city wall on the Weser side in the port areas of Schlachte and Tiefer was successively replaced by the gable sides of brick warehouses, so that only the slaughter gates remained of the original wall at the Schlachte. The Stephaniviertel, on the other hand, did not receive a wall on the Weser side until the middle of the 16th century. After that, in 1551, the wall between the old parts of the city and the Stephaniviertel could fall.

Wikipedia: Bremer Stadtbefestigung (DE)

The architect's house in Bremen-Mitte in the old town, Geeren 41–43, is the seat of the Bremen Chamber of Architects.

Wikipedia: Architektenhaus (Bremen) (DE), Website

Since the late Middle Ages, the Bremen Powder Towers have been the name given to three large round towers in Bremen, in which the powder stocks, weapons and ammunition needed in the event of war were stored. In addition, prisoners were also held on the ground floors of the powder towers.

Wikipedia: Bremer Pulvertürme (DE)