Welcome to Bremen!

The Bremen Town Musicians- of course!
A few facts about Bremen- Germany´s smallest federal state. Bremen also called “Free Hanseatic Bremen” is the smallest federal state in Germany comprising Bremen and Bremerhaven with about 550.000 inhabitants. Bremen is the tenths largest city in Germany. It is situated on the Weser river.

A few sightseeing points are listed below:

• The town hall and the ROLAND statue enjoy Unesco World Heritage status since 2004. The town hall is built between 1405 and 1410-  it is the only European town hall built in the Middle Ages that has not been destroyed or altered in its original form. A magnificient  Weser Renaissance Facade is added in the 17th century.
  The Roland statue is a symbol of freedom and trading rights since 1404.
• The Bremen Town Musicians- situated just beside the town hall.
• Böttcherstraße- an historical street situated  just south of the market place. This historical street (Bremen´s unoffical “coffee street”) offers handcraft shops,
  restaurants and two museums (Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum and Museum in the Roselius house). Roselius invented the instant coffee brand “Kaffee Hag”.
• St.Peters Cathedral is over 1000 years old- located on Bremen`s market square- it is the oldest church in Bremen. Style: Early- Gothic style.
• The “Schnoor” quarter- oldest part of the city with narrow lanes lined with a string of restored houses. Attracticve tourist points are the  house of history, tradional café and tea houses with homemade cake and a lot more.
• The Kunsthalle Art Gallery- founded by the citizens of Bremen in 1823 offers a broad range from old masters to the latest media art. The Kunsthalle is owned today by the Bremen Art Association (Kunstverein Bremen) that counts more than 9000 members.
  Re-opening of the Kunsthalle after intensive modernization and extension work in 2011.
• The Überseemuseum- in a five minutes walking distance from Bremens main railway station, the Überseemuseum offers a permanent exhibition and special exhibitions with worldwide themes that takes you from the rainforest in Asia to the desert in Africa.
• The St.Stephani church is situated in the stephani quarter on the Weser river- it is Bremen´s cultural church with changing exhibitions.
• The Überseestadt quarter- a new upcoming district where creativity meets business.
  An  urban waterfront project with the vision to transform the old port district  into a commercial and creative hotspot of Bremen- respecting still the old traditional harbour frame. Along the Weser river a further step towards the North and towards its “sister” Bremerhaven.
• Der Bürgerpark  situated just behind Bremen´s  main railway station. The Bürgerpark offers time for long walks in the parc. It is Bremen´s “Central Park” with restaurants as the Meierei (exclusive), Emmacafé (with a view over the Emma lake, a nice terrasse with a little playground for children) and the Waldbühne as an old Pavillon with snacks and drinks and its  summer beer-garden (live music).Further leisure activities offered : minigolf , rowing,  a zoo and charming playgrounds for children. The Bürgerpark is founded in 1866 and is financed on a private basis!
• Worpswede-The famous artists colony Worpswede is about 30km northeast of Bremen. It celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2014 . Since 2007 the colony presents its four main museums in form of a so called museum association comprising the Barkenhoff, the Große Kunstschau, Haus im Schluh and the Worpsweder Kunsthalle (summer :exhibitions in all four houses under a common theme, winter/spring: individual exhibitions, spring time; focus on contemporary arts).
  The artists´colony was founded in the late 19th century by Fritz Mackensen, Otto Modersohn, Fritz Overbeck, Hans am Ende and Heinrich Vogeler. The Village was also
  home of the sculptor Bernhard Hoetger and the poet Rainer Maria Rilke. Paula Modersohn-Becker is rated as the community most famost femal artist. Today artists and crafts people still live and work in Worpswede