Bremen Trip Overview
The in-person tour is back! 🙂 Let’s meet in Bremen at the market square!
Walk in the footsteps of emigrants (perhaps your ancestors) as they started their journey overseas from the Hanseatic town of Bremen.
With over 7 million people leaving from here between 1830 and 1974, Bremerhaven was once one of the busiest emigration ports in Europe.
Bremerhaven is located directly at the seafront of the North Sea. But before the emigrants got to Bremerhaven, they most often spend several days in the city of Bremen.
So on this 2 hour tour, you will see all sightseeing highlights of the 1,200-year-old Hanseatic town of Bremen and hear stories related to emigrants and immigrants.
Ask any questions you may have to the professional tour guide.
Additional Info
Duration: 2 hours
Starts: Bremen, Germany
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Bremen, Bremen, Germany
The in-person tour is back! 🙂 Let’s meet in Bremen at the market square!
Walk in the footsteps of emigrants (perhaps your ancestors) as they started their journey overseas from the Hanseatic town of Bremen.
With over 7 million people leaving from here between 1830 and 1974, Bremerhaven was once one of the busiest emigration ports in Europe.
Bremerhaven is located directly at the seafront of the North Sea. But before the emigrants got to Bremerhaven, they most often spend several days in the city of Bremen.
So on this 2 hour tour, you will see all sightseeing highlights of the 1,200-year-old Hanseatic town of Bremen and hear stories related to emigrants and immigrants.
Ask any questions you may have to the professional tour guide.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Town Musicians of Bremen (Bremer Stadtmusikanten), Am Markt 21, 28195 Bremen, State of Bremen Germany
We will make a stop at Bremen’s most famous statue: the four animals from the fairy tale of the Brothers Grimm (the donkey, the dog, the cat and the rooster).
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Schlachte, Bremen, State of Bremen Germany
We will also make a stop at the river bank of the river Weser in Bremen, which is the very first harbor of Bremen. The first emigrants left from here before Bremerhaven was founded in 1827.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Schnoor Viertel, 28195 Bremen, State of Bremen Germany
The oldest quarter of the city of Bremen features many old houses with some even dating back to the 1400s, the smallest hotel in Bremen and the most narrow lane of the city.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Museen Boettcherstrasse, Boettcherstr. 6-10, 28195 Bremen, State of Bremen Germany
We will visit where decaffeinated coffee was invited by a Bremen merchant. It is also a very arty street as this Bremen merchant bought all houses here at the turn of the 19th to the 20th century and had them remodeled in the so-called Art Nouveau style.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Der Bremer Roland, Am Markt, 28195 Bremen, State of Bremen Germany
This statue from the year 1404 depicts a knight called Roland and is one of Bremen’s two UNESCO World Heritage sights. I will explain why the Roland is also known as Bremen’s “Statue of Liberty”.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Bremen Town Hall, Am Markt 21, 28195 Bremen, State of Bremen Germany
Despite 173 bombing attacks in the final years of World War II, the Bremen Town Hall, originally from 1404, managed to survive largely undamaged until this day. In 2004, both the Bremen Town Hall and the Roland statue next to it were made UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: St. Peter’s Cathedral (St. Petri Dom), Sandstrasse 10 – 12, 28195 Bremen, State of Bremen Germany
The nowadays protestant cathedral of Bremen looks back on 1200 years of history. It is located on a dune, where Germanic settlers founded the city of Bremen.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Schutting, Am Markt 13, 28195 Bremen, State of Bremen Germany
The 16th century building “Schütting” was built by the wealthy Bremen merchants who travelled the world selling all kinds of goods and were one of the most powerful members of the so-called Hanseatic League.
Duration: 10 minutes
