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Bremen

Description: Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany (official name: Stadtgemeinde Bremen (City Municipality of Bremen)). ... more

Bremen ... It is a port city, situated along the river Weser, about 60 km south from its flow into the North Sea. Bremen is one of two towns belonging to the state of Bremen (official name: Freie Hansestadt Bremen (Free Hanseatic City of Bremen), referring to its membership in the medieval Hanseatic League), the other being Bremerhaven. Population: 545,983 (1 June 2005). The metropolitan area (Bremen-Oldenburg) has a population of more than 2.37 million.

Newest Review: ... of 650(!) different German wines, to the left of the entrance stands the statue of the world famous Bremen town musicians. You remember The Brothers Grimm’s fairy tale? A donkey, a dog, a cat and a cock escape from their owners who treat them badly and decide to go to Bremen to become town musicians there. On the way they come to an inn in which some robbers have a feast, the animals ... more

... succeed in chasing them away and like it there so much that they refrain from continuing their journey. Notwithstanding the fact that they never arrived, the Bremers celebrate the four animals in all possible ways. Hardly a souvenir without them! And...more

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One Day In Bremen (1395 words)
by - written on 02/11/02 (Very useful, 169 readings)
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One week of autumn holidays, what could I do? When I read that one of the greatest van Gogh exhibitions ever had just been opened in Bremen in the north of Germany I found my destination. The exhibition alone didn’t lure me, though, a train journey of seven hours and an expensive ticket, to say nothing of the price for the hotel, would be a bit exaggerated, even for an art buff like me. I wanted to see the north of Germany again; I had lived in a small town near Bremen for nine years and liked it there, in fact landscape-wise I’ve never liked it better anywhere else. I don’t cherish hills and mountains, I always feel they block ... Read the complete review

Bremen (464 words)
by - written on 16/07/00 (Very useful, 58 readings)
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Bremen is a town of contrasts. I was there a few years ago on a training course with work for two weeks. On the outskirts there is a heavily industrialized area that is not particularly attractive. However the centre and especially the old town is full of character. My husband joined me for a weekend while I was in Bremen and we had a wonderful time just walking around the town and we also travelled to Bremerhaven by train where there is a large maritime museum. The old sector of Bremen can be deceiving - some of it is not as old as you might think. A lot of Bremen was destroyed in the war and some of the old town has been reconstructed since. This has been done so well ... Read the complete review