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File 24-lower-saxony-loc-ger7.dwg Book Germany 7 Initial Mapping Date Road Scale All key roads labelled? Hierarchy Date Title Hydro Chapter 24-Lower Saxony & Bremen Editor Cxns Spot colours removed? Hierarchy Nthpt Masking in Illustrator done? Symbols Author Anthony Haywood MC Cxns Date Book Inset/enlargement correct? Off map Notes dest'ns Border Country Locator A1 Key - Author Cxns Date Basefile regi Final Ed Cxns Date KEY FORMAT SETTINGS New References Number of Rows (Lines) Editor Check Date MC Check Date Column Widths and Margins MC/CC Signoff Date ©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd Lower Saxony & BremenAREA 47,960 SQ KM Includes ¨ Why Go? Hanover . 598 Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) is the largest German state Celle . 609 after Bavaria. West to east, it stretches from the World Her- Bergen-Belsen . 611 itage Wattenmeer tidal flats and the intriguing East Frisian Wolfsburg . 617 Islands, to Wolfsburg, global HQ of das auto, Volkswagen. Green and liveable, its capital, Hanover, was named Unesco Bremen City . 620 City of Music in 2014, but is better known for its annual Bremerhaven . 631 CeBit and Messe tech tradeshows, where geeks and suits East Frisian Islands . 637 unite en masse. The state’s patchwork of vibrant towns and villages, none with more than a few hundred thousand in- habitants, should pique your interest. Between them is a di- verse landscape of forests, farmlands, river plains, heath and moors that will beckon your return to nature. Best Places to Bremen, the smallest of the German states, packs a punch Eat for its size. In Bremem City a wealth of fine architecture and ¨ Pier 51 (p605) cobblestone streets, engaging, educational museums, a vi- brant riverfront and happening, modern, multicultural vibe ¨ Bremer Ratskeller (p626) keep things interesting. ¨ Natusch (p632) At the mouth of the Weser, Bremen’s ‘daughter’ port, ¨ Zum Schwejk (p611) Bremerhaven, upholds a rich seafaring tradition and is itself home to two of Germany’s most original, instructive and en- ¨ Kleiner Olymp (p627) tertaining museums. Best Places to When to Go Stay There are few outdoor advantages to travelling in this area in ¨ Ritz Carlton Wolfsburg winter: expect grey, windy weather and double-digit subzero (p619) temperatures in a harsh year. Fortunately, there’s a healthy ¨ Althoff Hotel Fürstenhof quota of museums, galleries, concert halls and theatres to (p611) provide plenty of indoor pursuits over those colder months. From April to September, life moves outdoors. Spring her- ¨ Van der Valk Hotel alds a welcome explosion of colour in endless fields of gold- Hildesheim (p613) en yellow canola and manicured floral gardens. It’s warm ¨ Atlantic Grand (p626) enough to dine al fresco, picnic, cycle and hike comfortably, ¨ Central Hotel Kaiserhof walk the Wattenmeer tidal flats and sojourn on the white (p603) sands of the East Frisian Islands. Summer sees long days, social beer gardens and breathtaking late-hour sunsets on the North Sea coast. 596 Neuwerk 0 50 km Cuxhaven Wangerooge 025 miles Langeoog Norderney Baltrum Mellum North Sea Juist Neuharlingersiel Spiekeroog Nessmersiel Harlesiel Lower Saxony East Frisian Islands A27 Bensersiel Esens Wadden Sea Borkum Norddeich National Park Jever Norden Wittmund Wilhelmshaven Bremerhaven Sande Wiesmoor Weser Varel Emden A31 A29 r Rive Westerstede Leer A28 Rastede Worpswede A7 Weener Oldenburg Bremen Papenburg A28 Friesoythe A31 A29 Wildeshausen Weyhe Cloppenburg Syke Bassum Twistringen Meppen Vechta Sulingen Haselünne A1 Diepholz Lingen Wesser Nordhorn River N E T H E R L A N D S LOWER SAXONY & BREMEN BREMEN & SAXONY LOWER Bad Kalkriese Bentheim A50 A30 A1 Osnabrück Münster- Osnabrück A30 Airport A33 Melle A1 NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA Münster A31 A43 A33 A2 SAXONY & BR & SAXONY A57 A2 A44 E A3 Essen M E A1 N H N Düsseldorf I G H L I G Lower Saxony & Bremen Highlights H 1 4 T Contemplating the Auswanderer Haus (p631) Hiking across tidal flats to S atrocities of war at Bergen- and Klimahaus 8° Ost (p631) an East Frisian Island (p637) Belsen (p611) concentration museums 5 Admiring the art in camp 3 Admiring the golden Hanover’s world-class 2 Journeying the world at archangel of Böttcherstrasse Sprengel Museum (p599) Bremerhaven’s Deutsches (p620) in Bremen.