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Ankara WWW.BREMENSBESTESEITEN.DE 4 HISTORY 12 22 ECONOMY SCIENCE 28 40 SOCIETY FOOD & DRINK 48 58 CULTURE FAMOUS NAMES 66 SPORT HISTORY FISHTOWNKING When, on the 1st October 1958, a Elvis Presley, the ‘King of Rock ’n’ ship transporting over 1,000 US Roll’ was on board. The American soldiers docked at the Columbus- superstar had been stationed in kaje in , the curiosity Europe on military service. His of onlookers and reporters could first steps on German soil were barely be contained. The reason: thus taken in the harbour town.

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TAKING PART IS BIRTHPLACE WHAT COUNTS OF THE EURO

Since 1358, the Free Hanseatic In 1978, with its resolution to set City of Bremen has been a member up a European currency system, of the Hanseatic League. With ac- the conference of the European cession, the city guaranteed that it Council in Bremen’s Rathaus laid would respect all decisions and ru- one of the cornerstones of the ECU les of the Hansa. This is as much in – the predecessor of the Euro. force today as it was before and is One of the main drivers of the an important part of local identity. top secret diplomatic nego- That is why, even today, business tiations was the German between Hanseatic merchants is chancellor of the time, frequently sealed with a simple Helmut Schmidt. handshake.

TAKING THE BREMEN ACROSS from Dublin to Greenly Island in Canada in around 36 hours and THE POND can still be admired today in the Bremen Hall of the local airport. The aircraft ‘Bremen’, a Junkers What’s more, one year later North W33, was the first to cross the At- German Lloyd’s steamer ‘Bremen’ lantic from East to West on the 12th received the Blue Ribbon for the April 1928. It completed the stretch fastest Atlantic crossing. HISTORY

HARBOUR LET IT ROLL! PIONEERS

The Cinema im Ostertor was foun- The first artificially created har- ded in 1969 as the first art house bour in Europe was built in 1618 cinema in , and remains in Bremen-Vegesack. This was to this day the first port of call for necessary because the Weser was film buffs aside from the Hollywood gradually silting up towards its up- mainstream. per reaches, so that the large tra- ding ships could no longer reach the harbour in the old town of Bremen.

WHO DARES WINS

‘Buten un binnen – wagen un win- 1902) and hangs resplendent above nen’, that is, ‘outside and in – to the entrance of the Schütting, the dare and to win’, remains today the seat of the Bremen Chamber of slogan of the Bremen merchants. It Commerce, directly on the market is ascribed to the former mayor of square. Bremen, Otto Gildemeister (1823- 7

OVER 600 YEARS OF WORLD HERITAGE

They decorate Bremen’s ‘front sance styles, and the stone statue room’, the marketplace, and are of Roland. Since 2004, the ensem- the landmarks of the Hanseatic ble has been a UNESCO World He- city: the Rathaus (city hall), built in ritage Site. 1405 in Gothic and Weser Renais-

CITY GUARD

Roland has gained renown as a cluding in New York and Rolândia symbol of freedom the world over in Brazil. Napoleon himself is said – and it all began in Bremen. This to have been so impressed with the figure represents emancipation Roland statue during the French from the church and the citizens’ occupation that he wanted to have independence. There are now more it dismantled and put on display at than 85 preserved and new Roland the Louvre in Paris. statues all around the globe, in- HISTORY

BIRTHPLACE OF THE NAKED THE HELICOPTER TRUTH

Bremen-born aviation pioneer In 1905 the open-air bathing area Henrich Focke created the world’s on the Stadtwerder peninsula was first fully functional helicopter extended to allow for naturist ba- – the FW-61. The prototype’s thers. This makes this spot on the successful maiden flight took Weser one of the first of its kind in place on 26th June 1936 on the site Germany. of what is now .

BARELY CONTAINABLE

On the 6th of May 1966, the US ling in doing so. But beginnings vessel ‘Fairland’ unloaded the first are always tricky, and this was no shipping container ever brought exception: the second container to onto a German dock, revoluti- be unloaded accidentally crashed onising maritime cargo hand- onto a lorry.

8 IT innovtions mde by the digitl fmily

Bremen – hotspot of the digitl future tem neust unites numerous neust-compnies nd strt-ups into one big ‘digitl fmily’ t the Übersee Cmpus. The spirit of innovtion is omnipresent in the historic Schuppen Eins nd the modern Office Center Überseestdt – mong other things, this is ensured by qulified young tlents from locl universities. Using gile processes, our experts develop customised softwre, mobile nd e-commerce solutions nd offer services including concept, communiction, design nd usbility.

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BUILT NEAR THE WATER

Did you know? The name of the what antiquated term ‘verbrämen’, city is derived from the old Saxon meaning to decorate the edge of word ‘bremo’ and means ‘on the something, and the English word edge’, referring to its position on ‘brim’ are also derived from this the dunes by the Weser. The some- root.

NORTHERN LIGHT

Named after its location at a shal- low point in the Weser estuary, the Roter Sand lighthouse first entered service in 1885, and is the oldest offshore building in the world. With the lighthouse out of service, the tower is now a listed building.

UNDER THE FIRST FULL STEAM IN BREMEN

Germany’s first ever steamerplied On the 10th June 1950, the con- the stretch between Bremen and sortium of public-service broad- Brake between 1817 and 1833 and casters in Germany was founded was called ‘Die Weser’. in Bremen – that’s ARD for short. 11 TALLEST IN TOWN

As one of the most prominent vi- sual exclamation marks in the city, the Cathedral of St. Peter (St. Petri Dom) was built at the highest point in the city – the Bremen dune. The- re is an old tradition that no other building may exceed the cathedral in height. A blind eye is turned only for functional buildings, such as the television tower and drop-to- wer, where technical reasons re- quire it. Inside the cathedral, the only ‘Bleikeller’ (lead cellar) in Germany offers real fascination: it was here that centuries-old mum- mies, discovered during organ construction in the 17th century, found their final resting place.

STARS & STRIPES MEETS BREMEN’S “BACON FLAG“

In 1794, the USA opened one of its the end of the American War of In- first European General Consulates dependence in 1783, the Hanseatic in Bremen – at the personal re- city has nurtured close trade rela- quest of George Washington. Since tionships with the United States. ECONOMY FAST CARS Bremen’s Sebaldsbrück district is cars every year. Daimler has been home to the second largest Merce- making cars at this site since 1978, des factory in the world (and the with more than ten different mo- largest one in Germany), where dels now rolling off the production around 12,500 members of staff line here. This includes the EQC1 work to produce a good 400,000 electric car as of 2019. 13

LOFTY COTTONING HEIGHTS ON

One of Europe’s largest and most As the birthplace of Germany’s modern high-bay warehouses is cotton trade, Bremen has been operated by the BLG Logistics home to the Bremen Cotton Ex- Group in Bremen at Germany’s lar- change for almost 150 years. gest cargo distribution centre. The Already at the start of the 17th warehouse handles two million century the Hanseatic city started pallets each year – that equates to importing the raw material which 8,000 every day. is now used in clothing, pharma- ceuticals and even bank notes.

FROM BRE ACROSS THE WORLD

Founded back in 1913, Bremen Europe and North Africa, including Airport was the first in Germany to a number of major international have a paved runway. And now it is hubs. It is also Europe’s fastest the gateway to the rest of the world departure airport and is just an for the region, with direct flights eleven-minute tram journey away taking off to many destinations in from Bremen city centre. ECONOMY

SETTING SAIL

With well over 1.3 million cars thousand cars enter and leave the being handled every year, the har- Weser estuary harbour, which co- bour city of Bremerhaven is Euro- vers the equivalent of 450 football pe’s hub for automotive imports fields. and exports. Every day, several

IN AND OUT

Bremen is a hotspot within the region, with around 120,000 com- muters making their way from the surrounding Lower Saxony area every day. In fact, commuters ac- count for over 20% of Bremen’s workforce.

CRADLE OF A BIT OF CAR TRADE AND FOR EVERYONE CRAFTS Over 25 years ago the people of Bremen began to share cars. The Bremen Chamber of Comm- It was through this that the city erce (1451) and Bremen Chamber became the first to establish of Crafts (1849) are the oldest in a politically agreed car-sharing Germany. concept. This support continu- es to this day and has been ac- corded the European Sustain- able Energy Award by the EU. 15

THE HEART OF EUROPE

Bremen’s cargo distribution cent- With 38 logistics criteria to satisfy, re, which just so happens to be the the centre in Bremen managed to oldest of its kind in Germany, was beat almost 300 other sites in over ranked as the best cargo distribu- 30 countries to the delight of more tion centre in Europe as part of an than 160 companies and over 8,000 independent assessment in 2020. members of staff based there.

THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH

Bremen is one of the most import- ant hubs for the aerospace indus- try, with more than 12,000 peop- le working in that industry. Some 140 companies and 20 institutes working in the sector in the region generate a yearly turnover of over four billion euros between them.

HEAVYWEIGHTS

The riverside quay at the ‘Wilhelm With 14 berths for large container Kaisen’ Bremerhaven Container ships, over five million of the huge Terminal measured 700 metres in boxes can be processed every year length when it was created in 1968. at Europe’s fourth largest con- It is now the longest in the world, tainer terminal. spanning around 5,000 metres. ECONOMY

IT’S TAKING OFF

The aerospace company Airbus de- the operation of the European velops and produces the high-lift elements of the International Space systems for all its craft and equips Station ISS and the development and the wings of the A330 and A350 with construction of the service module all vital flight systems here at its for the Orion spacecraft. The Aria- second-largest German location. ne 5 and 6 launch vehicles are also Bremen is also responsible for developed and manufactured here.

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LUXURY ARKS FOR OLIGARCHS

The Lürssen shipyard in Bremen- some of the largest luxury yachts Vegesack enjoys a world-class re- ever built – with sumptuous furni- putation in its own specialist area: shings from the wine-cellar to the it manufactures naval vessels and cinema.

CHEERS!

ACTEGA DS GmbH is the world bottle caps around the world market leader for seals in packa- contains a composite material ging and crown caps. One in three from Bremen. 19

ON YOUR MARKS, GET SET, GO!

Berlin is the only hub for young, al intelligence for online chats (IDA creative start-ups? Think again! Bot), a plethora of great ideas have From vegan and vegetarian alter- been born in the Hanseatic city and natives (CheWOW) and customi- gone on to become big hits with sed clothing (Huddy) to a sausage customers, sometimes with the toaster (Smart Wurst) and artifici- backing of city initiatives.

MARITIME INDUSTRY 6.0 MILLING

Measured by turnover, Bremen The Rolandmühle (Roland mill), is placed 6th among the largest located directly on the quay of the German industrial cities. Bremen timber and factory port, is the only one in Europe with a direct harbour connection.

SHINING PROSPECTS

Resident in today’s Überseestadt used worldwide. From sweets and for over 120 years, Stroever GmbH fruit to medicines – shellac brings & Co. KG is the only company in Eu- shine and durability. rope to produce shellac, a product ECONOMY

SMITHS OF SUCCESS

The dream of every foot- current Champion’s League Cup, baller comes to life in replicas are also made for DFB the silverware workshop Cup and German Championship of ‘Koch & Bergfeld Cor- winners. The Goldene Kamera and pus’: in this traditio- several Formula-1 cups also nal Bremen firm, since came from Bremen’s 1967, trophies for the Überseestadt. best football teams of Europe have been manu- factured. Alongside the original creation of the

RACE FOR SPACE SMILE PLEASE!

The aerospace company OHB de- The largest fashion photography velops top class technology. Com- studio in Europe is located in plete satellites for the European Überseestadt. In the 4,500-square- satellite navigation system ‘Galileo’ metre shed 1 at Wiethe, 140,000 are constructed in Bremen – the items a year – from shirts to shoes – core module for the Mars probe are photographed for online shops Trace-Gas-Orbiter was also built and e-commerce. here. 21

TRANSPARENT WORLD

Vector Foiltec is the global market zoos, swimming pools and go- leader in building shells made of vernment buildings. Its portfolio transparent ETFE (ethylene te- includes the plastic film roof on trafluoroethylene) film. The Bre- the U.S. Bank Stadium in Minne- men-based company has comple- apolis, which encompasses over ted over 1,500 projects globally so 22,000 square metres, making far, having worked on stadiums, it one of the largest of its kind in universities, shopping centres, North America. public indoor and outdoor spaces, SCIENCE LEARNING BY DOING At Universum Bremen, visitors have popular science museums throug- three different areas to explore: hout Germany thanks to its hands- technology, humans and nature. The on approach and frequently updated interactive centre is one of the most temporary exhibitions. 23

WORKSHOP FOR TOMORROW

Research into innovative light- weight building materials is key to the future of mobility and energy efficiency within the aerospace, au- tomotive, wind power and shipbuil- ding industries. Since 2019, some 500 employees have been develo- ping materials for the future at Eco- WIRED TO WIN MaT, a technology centre in a class of its own leading the way in Ger- Inventors from the University of many from Bremen’s Airport-Stadt Bremen and the German Research district. Centre for Artificial Intelligence, represented by their team called ‘B-Human’, have been crowned COFFEE? world champions at seven robot football tournaments, putting Decaffeinated coffee is a Bremen them at the top of the global Stan- discovery. The Bremen merchant dard Platform League. They most Ludwig Roselius discovered and recently walked away with the 2019 patented the process, going on to RoboCup. The robots are pre-pro- found Kaffee-Handels AG (Kaffee grammed but have to make all their HAG) in 1906. own decisions during the game.

A BIG DISCOVERY

On the coast of the South West Af- nisms with a diameter of up to 0.75 rican state Namibia, the scientist millimetres – the largest type of Heide Schulz of the Max-Planck bacteria yet found, known as ‘sul- Institute for Marine Microbiology phur pearls’. in Bremen discovered microorga- SCIENCE

COMPLETELY TRIUMPHANT WEIGHTLESS DISCOVERY

There can be no doubt that the The first movement of theTriumph- drop tower at the Centre of Applied lied (Op. 55) by Johannes Brahms Space Technology and Microgravity was premiered, with the composer at the is the himself as the conductor, at St. Pe- highest lab in the city. Here, rese- ter’s Cathedral in Bremen in 1871. arch experiments can be carried In 2012, music experts came across out in zero gravity, under conditions the materials from the performan- that cannot be replicated anywhere ce – previously presumed lost – in else in the world. the music archive belonging to Bre- men’s Philharmonic Society and managed to reconstruct the work. The results exceeded all expecta- tions, with the composition having more than 300 differences to the later version we all know and love. In fact, it was so different that it can be viewed as a separate piece in its own right, known as the Bremen version of the Triumphlied.

TIME- TRAVELLING

Here in the north, wind and rain are very much at home, from time to time. It is all the more astonishing that Bremen has the highest density of fixed sundials in the country – 120 in total.

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ETERNAL ICE

The Alfred Wegener Institute, Antarctic. Take the MOSAiC project Helmholtz Centre for Polar and in 2019/2020 for example. On what Marine Research may be based in has been dubbed the greatest Arc- Bremerhaven, but its members tic expedition of all time, the team feel right at home in an eternally on board an icebreaker called ‘Po- icy setting. These scientists have larstern’ drifted across the Arc- dedicated their working lives to ex- tic Ocean in freezing conditions on ploring the polar regions – whether floating ice for a whole year, taking that be on board research boats, up unique measurements and recor- in the air on the ‘Polar 5 and 6’ pla- ding interesting findings along the nes that set off from Bremen Airport way. or at the Neumayer Station III in the

THE WHOLE WORLD IN ONE PLACE

People from more than 100 coun- the institution the highest educati- tries live and study on campus at on grant to ever be allocated by a the international Jacobs University foundation in Europe back in 2006. Bremen (JUB). The private univer- Going forward, the JUB may be sity in the north of Bremen has al- managed by a new consortium that ways been supported by the Swiss plans to turn it into a research cent- Jacobs Foundation, which awarded re for artificial intelligence. TWO CITIES, ONE STATE OUR FEDERAL STATE IN NUMBERS*

POPULATION Bremen: 566,000 Bremerhaven: 113,000 (Around 2.7 million people live in the metropolitan region of Bremen/Oldenburg) EDUCATION Bremen: Eight universities in total (state and private) SIZE Bremerhaven: One state Bremen: Approx. 325 km² university Bremerhaven: Approx. 94 km² With some 20,000 students, (You need to travel around 60 km the University of Bremen is the through Lower Saxony to get from state’s largest higher education one part of the state to the other) institution)

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TOURISM (2019) Bremen: 2,350,379 overnight stays Bremerhaven: 455,252 overnight stays BREMERHAVEN (Lots of places in Bremen are accessible – visit www.bremen.de/barrierefrei) ECONOMY Bremen is the German state with the highest industrial export rate (2018: 65%). Bremen’s inflati- on-adjusted economic growth is 2.1%, placing it above the state average in Germany (1.4%).

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SEA FREIGHT (2019) Bremen: Approx. twelve million tonnes handled Bremerhaven: Approx. 57 million tonnes handled

27 SOCIETY IN THE GREEN Of the 15 most densely populated you would find in or . cities in Germany, Bremen has the The most beautiful of them all? That most green spaces. In fact, the city has to be Bremen’s Bürgerpark, boasts the equivalent of 44.9 square a park funded solely by donations metres of green space in the form of since it first opened its gates back parks, playgrounds, allotments and in 1866. Spanning 202.5 hectares, so on for each of its 566,000 inhab- it’s the largest privately funded park itants. That’s around 70% more gor- in an urban setting in the whole of geous green space per person than Germany. 29

WITH HEART AND HAND

As the first establishment in Ger- of individual institutions. In total, many for the care of people with 2,000 workers make use of the disabilities, Werkstatt Bremen, varied range of services provided with almost forty locations across by the Werkstatt. Germany, has the highest number

DROP A COIN IN THE BREMEN HOLE

At first glance, an inconspicuous manhole cover. But it hides much more beneath: right next to the Bremen Bürgerschaft is the Bre- mer Loch (Bremen Hole), an underground donation box be- longing to the charity Wilhelm- Kaisen-Bürgerhilfe. Every time a coin is dropped in, the sounds of one POLAR BEAR, of the town musicians of Bremen is SEAL AND heard from beneath the earth. In this way, thousands of euros are FRIENDS collected each year for charitable purposes. On the 24th of June 1928, the Zoo am Meer (zoo by the sea) in Bremer- haven opened its doors (then under the name of the ‘animal grottoes’) and since then has attracted many visitors with its polar bears, seals, and penguins. SOCIETY

WHERE THE WESER...

…makes a wide bend. There you around 300 households can be can find the only stadium in Ger- supplied over the same period. many that is completely surroun- What’s more, fans can arrive at ded by a photovoltaic casing and the game by boat, as there is a thus produces up to a million kilo- ferry dock directly by the stadium – watt-hours of electricity per year. also unique for Germany. With this quantity of electricity, 31

LESS TALK, MORE ACTION

The people of Bremen traditionally confirms this: with over 300 such get involved in their city, thus sho- institutions, the federal state of wing their responsibility for their Bremen has the second-highest fellow citizens. The ever-growing density of charitable foundations number of charitable foundations in the country.

THREE TIMES IS BREMEN LAW …

… or so goes the famous saying, of- ten used to mean ‘third time lucky’. It harks back to the middle ages, when the city had its own peculiar legal principles: for example, three stages of legal recourse, three witnesses needed for evidence to have legal force, three proclama- tions required for legal validity to be achieved. Aside from this, the people of Bremen were also gua- ranteed three special rights by the Emperor: the right to wear gold and fur for the aldermen, the city’s own legal jurisdiction and the freedom of shipping on the Weser. SOCIETY

ROOSTER, CAT, DOG, BIKE

Bremen is a city for bicycles. 25 percent of all journeys are made by bike: more than in any other major German city. In comparison with other cities in Europe, Bremen is in third place, surpassed only by Amsterdam and Copenhagen. Cycling is a part of everyday life in Bremen, and emblematic of the ci- ty’s attitude. And that’s a good thing, because cycling helps improve the quality of life in urban areas. The latest rankings have given the city a special status, which we will con- tinue to build on. An example is the Neustadt district, a model cycling neighbourhood in which bike ri- ders can roll comfortably through the first official “bicycle zone” in Germany. There is also a city-wide bike rental scheme and a free-of- charge Bike Citizens cycle route planner app, so you can always find the best way to go. Whether you’re off to work, going shopping, visiting an out of town festival venue, the museum, the Sommergarten on the banks of the River Wümme or going swimming in the Werdersee – it’s better by bike. MOIN Y O U Cosmopolitan city, active tolerance, vibrant culture: Moin! Welcome to Bremen.

WE CREATE EXPERIENCES

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NO DRY-DOCKS IN SIGHT

Formerly the inner-city harbour, 660-metre-long esplanade is very the ‘’ has become Bre- inviting for a stroll, while its beer- men’s much loved promenade gardens and bars are much fre- for all along the banks of the We- quented. ser. Especially in the summer, the 35

ICE, ICE, BABY

Will the Weser ‘flow’ or ‘freeze’? Since 1830, this question has been answered every year on Epiphany’ Day, the 6th of January, during the traditional ‘Eiswette’, or ice-wa- gering. Amid festive surroun- dings, a tailor tests whether the Weser is frozen or not.

THE KEY OF BREMEN AS A SIGN OF THE ‘ZEIT’

The key of Bremen from the arms time forbade the use of the gate of the senate is part of the emblem seen on Hamburg’s coat of arms, of the weekly newspaper ‘Die Zeit’. considering it a misuse of an em- A curiosity, especially as the news- blem. However, the mayor of Bre- paper has had its headquarters in men, Wilhelm Kaisen, gave free Hamburg since its establishment. usage rights to his city’s symbol. There, the city government of the SOCIETY

MARKETS OF POSSIBILITY

The Bremen Freimarkt, the largest Christmas market and Schlachte- funfair in the north of Germany, Zauber fair are just as popular. adds a fifth season to calendars Combined, they come in third in the Hanseatic city. ‘Ischa Frei- place in the ranking of the busiest maak’ (as it is called locally) has Christmas markets in Germany. been held annually since 1035 One British newspaper even once and now attracts over four mil- said that the two together make lion people to the Bürgerweide for the best festive fair experience during 17 days in October. The in Europe. 37

GO WEST

Überseestadt is one of the largest the city. Überseestadt is famous for urban development projects in Eu- its creative scene, top restaurants rope. A new district was created in and unusual leisure activities like UV the former harbour area in the west golf in the dark, a permanent vinta- of Bremen and it continues to evolve. ge car exhibition, escape rooms, the It blends the traditional charm of the GOP Varieté Theatre and, as of the harbour with modern commercial summer of 2019, the Waller Sand and residential complexes such as beach park, complete with pier light- the , Bremen’s tallest house, for hours of fun and frolics office block reigning 82 metres over just a few miles out of the city centre. SOCIETY

SAIL AWAY AND COME HOME

The Alexander von Humboldt sailing turned to its permanent mooring in ship, known for its starring role in a the Hanseatic city in 2015 and now Beck’s beer TV advert, put Bremen doubles up as a restaurant and hotel on the map around the world. It re- on the Schlachte Embankment. 39

BREMEN BRINGS A TOP HOME THE EXPORT BACON

In the USA there are in total ele- The people of Bremen ven cities called Bremen. In 2003, like to call their flag passengers and crew of the crui- the ‘bacon flag’. The se ship MS Bremen discovered a reason is its red previously unrecorded island, and white stripes which since then has been official- and the way they break ly known as ‘Bremen Island’. It is down into squares – lar- separated from its neighbouring dons, perhaps – next to the island by the ‘Bremen Canal’. flagpole.

A WATCHFUL EYE TO THE NORTH AND BALTIC

The maritime rescue crews of the The DGzRS Maritime Rescue Coor- German Maritime Search and Res- dination Centre in Bremen Neu- cue Service (DGzRS) have operated stadt coordinates more than 2,000 out of Bremen for over 150 years, operations every year among the ensuring safety on the North and 60 rescue units between Borkum Baltic seas voluntarily, indepen- and Usedom. dently and supported by donations. FOOD & DRINK CHEERS TO LOCAL BEERS Around 3,000 bottles of Beck’s are and Schüttinger, hand-crafted beer consumed globally every minute. created with an eye for detail and That means the Bremen-based an experimental approach is never company is responsible for pro- in short supply. Word of this fine ducing the most popular German brewing tradition has even made its beer in the world. An impressive way to Costa Rica, where the Flori- craft beer scene has also emer- da Brewery has been selling a light ged in Bremen. With delicious beer called ‘Bremen’ for quite some offerings from the likes of Union time now. Brauerei, Grebhans, Hopfenfänger 41

WINE BY THE BARREL

The cellar of the Bremen Rathaus (Ratskeller) houses the largest collection worldwide of high-qua- lity German wines – around 650 different vintages. Among them is the oldest German cask wine, from 1653. One area of the cellar is named after the poet Wilhelm Hauff, who in 1827 wrote the wine novella ‘Fan- tasies in the Bremen Ratskeller’. WANDERING IS THE CHEERS BREMER’S JOY In north-, going on a ‘Kohlfahrt’, or kale-walk, in the pe- TO LOCAL BEERS riod between the start of November and the end of February, is a must. Traditionally, the excursion is done through the countryside in the bitter cold with a handcart full of drinks, warming up again afterwards with a shared meal of kale, Kassler gam- mon, Bregen and Pinkel sausages. But don’t get confused: Braunkohl (in Bremen) and Grünkohl (in the surrounding region) may sound like two completely different kettles of cabbage, but mean the same thing. FOOD & DRINK

SWEET TOOTH

There are some treats you can only ten is another delicacy unique to find here. For example, Bremer Bremen, consisting of peppermint Babbeler lollies have been hand- fondant half-dipped in dark choco- produced since 1886. The same late. Just picture a domino to get an can be said for Schnoorkuller – idea of what it looks like! And Bre- balls of meringue nougat coated men Kaffeebrot is a special crispy with milk chocolate and hazelnuts treat that locals like to dunk in their – and Klaben – a cake similar to hot drinks. Stollen but with more fruit. Klu-

GOOD TASTE

Bremen and Bremerhaven are home to no end of foodies, with the likes of Beck’s, Nordsee, Frosta, Mondelez (formerly Kraft Foods), Vitakraft, Univeg and coffee brands Melitta and Jacobs having their head offices or large production sites here. Did you know that the harbour city produces so many fish fingers (2.7 billion every year) that they would reach all the way around the world five times if they were all lined up lengthways? Mercedes-Benz Plant Bremen: Production facility with global responsibility

The Mercedes-Benz Plant in Bremen In 2019, Bremen celebrated another is one of Mercedes-Benz AG’s largest important milestone: the start of passenger car plants. production of the EQC With currently ten different models, (energy consumption combined: its more than 12,500 employees are 20,8 – 19,7 kWh/100 km; CO² building a broad product variety and in emissions combined: 0g/km), the its role as leadplant the site supports first all-electric model of the EQ brand. the global production of the C-Class www.mercedes-benz.com and the GLC. ww.wissensw w elte n.c om

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The first coffee shop to open in Ger- fee. Having been built in 1914, the many, or Switzerland was room is reminiscent of the thriving Deutsches Auswandererhaus in Bremen. Coffee was served coffee trade in Bremen and is now Deutsches Schifffahrtsmuseum here as early as 1673, pre-dating protected given its historical sta- Klimahaus Bremerhaven 8° Ost even Vienna’s coffee houses. The tus. To this day, the beans used to Zoo am Meer Bremerhaven famous HAG Marble Hall can be produce every other cup of coffee in found in the former HAG factory, Germany have passed through the here which is now home to Lloyd Caf- Hanseatic city. ROLLING IN PEPPER yOU cAn During excavation work in 1989, a century and that rich people who peppercorn dating back around 800 could afford the luxury of exotic years was discovered in the city, spices lived in the area at that time. making it the oldest to be found The peppercorn is on display at the experience north of the Alps. This caused qui- Focke Museum despite the fact te a stir in academic circles, as it that it measures a mere three proved that Bremen was involved millimetres. SOMethinG with global trade back in the 13th FOOD & DRINK

BON APPETIT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN

Bremen’s Schaffermahlzeit is the tains and invited guests from the world’s oldest ‘Brudermahl’, or worlds of politics and business fraternal feast, still in existence. have met in the Rathaus of Bremen Since 1545, merchants, sea-cap- for a five-hour banquet.

THE BREMEN TAKE ON THE HAMBURGER

Patties in Bremen aren’t made or hake) coated in crispy bread- from beef. Instead, the focus is on crumbs and served with a mix of fillets of white fish (like pollock herbs, sauce and fried onions. 47

DINNER IS SERVED

Meals served in Bremen tend to be hearty with a focus on taste rather than appearance. Knipp – crispy fried sausage mixed with grains – is a prime example of this attitude to food. And Labskaus – a dish of mashed potatoes mixed with corned beef and beetroot – is often served with pickled herring, gherkins and a fried egg. Mean- while, poussin is at the heart of a traditional Bremen ragout. The ‘Schaufenster Fischereihafen’ in Bremerhaven is the place to go, however, for anyone looking to re- move the meat from a crab in the good old-fashioned way and feast on fresh fish.

EAT IN OR TAKE AWAY?

Bremen is the birthplace of the fast-food stalls started selling hugely popular ‘rollo’, a thin baked these tasty wraps back in the ear- flatbread that is generously filled ly 1980s and now they can be found and rolled up with its ends folded on menus alongside the classic over before being heated up quick- Doner kebab. ly in a hot oven. Clever owners of CULTURE FAIRYTALE MAGIC The ‘Town Musicians of Bremen’ by of a city in their title. And the ani- the Brothers Grimm is a popular mals never even make it all the way fairytale the world over. So popu- to Bremen. Nevertheless, a visit to lar, in fact, that it has been turned the town hall wouldn’t be complete into a musical in South Korea. 2019 without checking out the nearby marked the 200th anniversary of statue and wrapping both hands the tale, which is one of the very tightly around the donkey’s legs few that actually mention the name whilst making a wish! 49

FESTIVALS ON THE BANKS OF THE WESER

The Breminale combines culture, Irish and Scottish rock bands, music and good food along the Celtic folk groups and many more Osterdeich. Some 200,000 people groups come together every Au- flock to the riverside to relax and gust for the international Maritime dance to international tunes over Festival. They sing about the wind, five days during the spring or sum- the sea and their home-town ports mer. A little further north, in the during more than 150 concerts Vegesack district, shanty choirs, spread across ten open-air stages.

BREMEN CLASSICS

Since 1992, the Deutsche Kammer- interest in local affairs: as part of philharmonie has had its base in the ‘Melody of Life’ project, music- the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. ians and pupils at the Bremen-Ost The chamber orchestra has beco- comprehensive come together. The me world famous in the past years young people bring thoughts, ideas thanks to performances, among and feelings from their school day, others, of the complete Beethoven which are then made into music symphonies. But it also takes an and presented on stage. CULTURE

CULT(URE) STREET

Böttcherstraße is an exciting road near the marketplace, where visi- tors can find museums, art galle- ries and craft workshops along- side cafés and boutiques. Plus, a glockenspiel made of Meissen porcelain sounds at certain times LISTEN... throughout the day and special panels tell the story of the Atlan- Because of its unique acoustics tic crossing in pictures. Atlantis and elegant art-deco ambience, House is an architectural highlight the Glocke (‘bell’), which opened and its famous Sky Room is not to in 1928, is today one of the most be missed. renowned concert-halls in Europe. The original chapter house on this site, initially part of a monastery, existed since the 9th century. Then, in 1869, it was repurposed as a concert-hall.

TAKE ONE, ACTION!

In 1974, Radio Bremen started the first talk show in Germany, ‘3nach9’. The programme airs every four weeks late on Friday evening and is still produced in Bremen. 51

FLOWER LISTEN... POWER

The Rhododendron Park in Bre- rhododendrons in the world bet- men’s Horn-Lehe district covers ween them. The Dalai Lama is an incredible 46 hectares and is giving every continent a golden home to the ‘botanika’ botanical Buddha statue standing at 2.4 gardens, where all kinds of flora metres tall. Europe’s gift makes and fauna are just waiting to be dis- for a special highlight in its spot in covered. Home to more than 3,000 the Japanese Garden at botanika, cultivars and almost 600 species, representing peace and respect the park and science centre boast between nations. the second biggest collection of

BE POLITE!

The supposed defender of good His book ‘On Human Relations’ manners Adolf Freiherr von Knigge is still falsely seen today as an – his name equivalent in German etiquette guide. Knigge’s approach to ‘Debrett’ – spent the last was, in fact, directed less towards years of his life in Bremen. He is good behaviour and more towards buried in the Cathedral of St. Peter. sociological aspects. CULTURE

ANOTHER STRING TO BREMEN’S BOW

Since 1989, around 23,000 lovers of music festival in Bremen. Taking pla- classical music have flooded every ce in late summer, the festival puts year into Bremen from across the on nearly 40 events in well-known entire north-west for the three-week concert locations in the region.

SCHOOL SHIP GERMANY – BERTHED IN BREMEN

The three-master, built in 1927, size of a football field, it continues was used as a sailing training to make a lasting impression on ship for the merchant navy and young and old. It its berthed today is the only full-rigged ship left in in Vegesack north Bremen. Germany. With a sail area half the 53

FINE ART CABARET

Showcasing the likes of Picasso, The international street circus Monet and van Gogh, Kunsthalle festival La Strada transforms the Bremen has been dedicated to lots squares around Roland, the Rat- of different artists for as long as haus and the Town Musicians into anyone can remember. The art a giant arena every summer. For gallery wows its adoring interna- several days, clowns, performers tional visitors year on year with its and dancers from across the world stunning temporary exhibitions. give an al fresco taste of their art. The Bremen Art Association helps make this possible as a private sponsor. The Weserburg Museum of Modern Art is the place to go in Bremen for contemporary master- pieces from around the world. It opened its doors in 1991 as Euro- pe’s first collector’s museum and is home to a unique collection of artists’ publications and records. CULTURE

SAMBA, NORTH- GERMAN STYLE

Europe’s largest samba and masked dance from across Germany and the carnival parade takes place every neighbouring countries bring a bre- year in Bremen. One week before ath of Brazil into the Bremen streets Shrove Tuesday, friends of the exotic and onto the open-air stages.

NOT YET SWEPT AWAY?

If you see a young man in front of have to sweep the cathedral steps, the cathedral, busily sweeping only being released on receiving a bottle-caps from the steps, you can maiden’s kiss. Their counterparts be sure he is a genuine bachelor. are young women who clean the Traditionally, men who are still door handles. unmarried on their 30th birthday, 55

SUMMER FOR THEATRICAL THE EARS POWERHOUSE

Every summer, culture vultures The Bremen Theatre on the flock to the musical picnic in the Goetheplatz lets in about 170,000 Knoops Park in north Bremen. audience members a year. In At the ‘Summer in Lesmona’ they 2007, it was selected as the ‘Opera listen to open-air concerts by the House of the Year’, going on to be Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie honoured a year later by the ‘Ger- of Bremen in the midst of the many – land of ideas’ initiative. park’s lush greenery.

ON A STRING

Schnoor is a Medieval district made up of winding alleyways that ooze the charm of bygone centuries. Bremen’s smallest house, cover- ing a mere four square metres, can also be found here. It is believed that this pretty old town’s name could have come from all the han- diwork that used to go on here to produce cords and ropes for ships. After all, ‘’ is the old Low German word for string, cord or line. An alternative explanation is that the houses are all lined up like pearls strung together. CULTURE

BREMEN’S MEMORY

For over 100 years, the Focke Museum has collected and pre- served interesting, weird and unique objects from Bremen’s history. Numerous exhibits, pep- pered with finds from family col- lections and Bremen handicrafts, have made the state museum for art and cultural history famous across the country.

HOUSEBUILDING, OVERSEAS IN HANSEATICSTYLE 100 STEPS

They define the cityscape in many With its unique collection, encom- places: two to three-storey buil- passing ethnology, trade and natu- dings with a cellar, front-gabled ral history, as well as its extensive rather than side-gabled, with high exhibitions from across the world’s ceilings inside, often standing in oceans, the Übersee-Museum, or rows. Since the middle of the 19th Overseas Museum, directly by the century, this architectural type has main station of Bremen, is one of been known as the ‘Altbremer Haus’ the most important museums on or old Bremen house – even beyond this continent. It has already been the walls of the Hanseatic city. nominated several times for the European Museum Prize and was honoured as a ‘Select Location in the Land of Ideas 2010’. 57

HAVENWELTEN

Bremerhaven has so much to of- on migration, at the Auswander- fer right by the Weser estuary. erhaus, which explores topics Visitors can shop till they drop at like immigration in Germany. Any- the outlet centre, find out about one looking for a place to stay for climate change at Klimahaus the night will be in luck here too Bremerhaven 8° Ost, learn about – the nearby hotel inspired by the maritime history at the Deutsches iconic Burj al Arab in Dubai has Schifffahrtsmuseum and consi- been a striking feature of the city’s der past and present perspectives skyline since 2008.

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JÜRGEN TRITTIN

Born in 1854 in Bremen-Vegesack, Jürgen Trittin became known as Environment Minister representing VICCO VON the political party Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen (1998 to 2005). BÜLOW

Bernhard-Viktor Christoph-Carl von Bülow became renowned across Germany as Loriot: from 1976 to 1978, he produced the eponymous television series at Radio Bremen. There is much in the Hanseatic city to remind one of the unique author, parodist, actor and comedian: a square named after him, a bronze replica of the Loriot sofa, with pug, on the fore- court in front of Radio Bremen and the famous green sofa itself in the foyer of the broadcasting studios.

HEINO FERCH

The German actor Heino Ferch was born in Bremerhaven in 1963. He became well-known in the 1990s through the films ‘Comedian Harmonists’ and ‘Winter Sleepers’. Ferch first trod the boards in the main theatre of his home town at the age of 15. FAMOUS NAMES

JAMES LAST

Hans Last, one of Germany’s most famous musicians, was born in Bremen’s Sebaldsbrück district in 1929. By the mid-1960s, he had be- come famous on the global stage BERNHARD with his orchestra of 40 musicians. »BERT« In 1978, he was awarded the Fede- ral Cross of Merit. He died in 2015 TRAUTMANN and will forever be remembered as a legendary star. During the Second World War, this Bremer ended up in British capti- vity and remained in England after RUDI CARRELL the end of the war. Already at that stage he loved playing football. In The Netherlander was the first to 1949 he was discovered as a goalie combine the roles of compère and by top-league team Manchester comedian on German television. He City. Experiencing initial hostility made his first steps in the business Der deutsche Hörfunk- und TV-Mo- Provokationen im ZDF Neo Magazin as a German, his performance right here at Radio Bremen. He derator, Entertainer und Satiriker Royale gegenüber dem damaligen quickly made him a crowd favour- became famous through program- Jan Böhmermann stammt aus dem griechischen Finanzminister Yanis ite. The high-point: at the cup final mes such as ‘Am laufenden Band‘ Bremer Norden. Seine Karriere Varoufakis und in 2016 gegenüber

in 1956, he played to the end des- (the German original of ‘The Gene- begann er 1997 bei der Bremer Ta- dem türkischen^ Präsidenten Recep pite five broken vertebrae in his ration Game’), ‘Herzblatt’ (a dating geszeitungen AG. Spätestens 2015 Tayyip Erdogan internationale neck. Bert’s team won. In 2004 he show) and ‘Lass dich überraschen’ erlangte er durch seine satirischen Bekanntheit. was honoured by Queen Elizabeth (based on ‘Surprise Surprise’). He II for his services to German-Bri- lived near the Hanseatic city until tish relations. his death in 2006. 61

KATJA RIEMANN

The actor, born in 1963 in Bremen, theatre group of the Gymnasium took her first steps as an artist am Barkhof. Her acting break- in the Hanseatic city: as a ballet through came in the mid-1980s pupil, aged five, on the stage of the with the six-part television film Goetheplatz Theatre, and later in a ‘Summer in Lesmona’.

FLORIAN KARL WELLBROCK CARSTENS

From Bremen to South Korea. The CDU politician was born in From inexperienced swimmer to Bremen in 1914. From 1979 to 1984, 2019 world champion in the 1,500- he was the federal president and metre freestyle event and ten-kilo- thus head of state of the Federal metre open-water swimming event. Republic of Germany. Wellbrock is actually the first indi- vidual swimmer to win a gold medal in both pool-based and open-water events at a world championship. FAMOUS NAMES

SVEN REGENER

The German author and member of the band ‘Element of Crime’ was born in Bremen in 1961 and grew up in the district of Neue Vahr. BÄRBEL SCHÄFER Regener became famous in 2001 through his novel, ‘Berlin Blues’. Bremen-born Bärbel Schäfer first became known as a television pre- senter and producer when she hos- ted her own afternoon talk show BEN BECKER in the 1990s. At the moment, she has a radio slot on hr3 in Germany Born in Bremen in 1964, Ben Becker and hosts a talk show called ‘We- is a charismatic actor who has won ser-Strand’ for the Weser-Kurier, a many awards. He grew up in Berlin local paper. and experienced his breakthrough when he appeared in the 1995 film ‘Brother of Sleep’. His sister Me- ret Becker, another Bremen-born HAPE KERKELING star, can also be seen on screen. She plays a police inspector wor- If the German police had been king in Berlin in hit German crime more alert just before the Dutch drama ‘Tatort’ and will be continu- state visit to the German president ing in this role until 2022. in 1991, the comedian Hape Ker- keling would never have become so famous in his role as Queen Beatrix. It was then that, for a Radio Bremen production, Kerkeling had himself chauffeured by limousine, as Beatrix, into the square in front of Bellevue Palace, the German presidential residence – using Bremen number plates. 63

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HANS-JOACHIM KULENKAMPFF

The favourite of German television spielhaus. With wit and charm, he viewers from the 1960s to the captivated the audience and twice 1980s was born in Bremen in 1921. won the Goldene Kamera for the It was here, at the age of 22, that most popular German showmas- ‘Kuli’, as he was known, made his ter. To this day, he remains an ins- stage debut in the Bremer Schau- piration for many presenters.

ARND ZEIGLER LENNARD KÄMNA

Radio and TV host, singer, author, Originally from the suburbs of columnist, stadium announcer... Is Bremen, Lennard Kämna likes there anything this Bremen-born training in the city’s Blockland dis- talent can’t do? ‘Zeiglers wun- trict and won a stage of the Tour de derbare Welt des Fußballs’ (Zeig- France in 2020. He was just eleven ler’s Wonderful World of Foot- years old when he started off as a ball) draws in an audience in its racing cyclist and he won all the thousands every week. No matter titles in his age category time and what he turns his hand to, his huge time again. Many experts predict passion for football and commit- that he will win the Tour de France ment to the local Werder Bremen one day. club shine through. FAMOUS NAMES

LALE ANDERSEN

The musical number ‘Lili Marleen’ Berlin at the beginning of the made Lise-Lotte Helene Bunnen- 1930s, where she achieved her berg, alias Lale Andersen, world breakthrough at the Kabaret der famous in 1939. Born in Bremer- Komiker (Cabaret of Comedians). haven-Lehe in 1905, she moved to

ERNST ROWOHLT

The founder of the publishing Carl F. Plump & Co. banking house, house of the same name was then took a traineeship in a prin- born in 1887 in Bremen. Here he ting works in Leipzig, founding the finished an apprenticeship in the Rowohlt Verlag there. 65

LAURA WONTORRA LUDWIG QUIDDE

Bremen-born Laura Wontorra stu- Bremen’s Ludwig Quidde was a died Media Management and spe- driving force in the German pacifist cialised in PR and Communication. movement during the years of the After taking on internships and un- Weimar Republic. For this, he recei- paid work in TV, it wasn’t long befo- ved the Nobel Peace Prize in 1927. re she became a sports presenter for Sky, Sport1 and the RTL Group. She also hosts a cookery show on VOX. Her talent was clearly pas- sed down to her by her father Jörg Wontorra, another German televi- sion presenter and sports journa- list from Bremen.

JOHANNES STRATE

The son of a pianist and a guitar- ist, Strate was born in Bremen in 1980. Already at ten, he was taking guitar lessons and founded his first band four years later. Nowadays, he rocks the stages of Germany with the gold and platinum band ‘Revolverheld’. NEUES BILD

SPORT GREEN AND WHITE THROUGH AND THROUGH SV Werder is obviously the most holding on to its third-place po- popular football team in Bremen sition in the all-time Bundesliga and the surrounding area. But league table. Did you know that there are also fan clubs in China, the first-ever Bundesliga goal was the USA and many neighbouring scored on Bremen’s Osterdeich? European countries. Werder is still 67

SAILOR’S HAVEN

‘Sail in Bremerhaven’ is one of the the largest sailing ships in the largest Windjammer regattas in world in the harbour city on the Europe. Every five years it unites Weser estuary.

GREEN AND NO SCREWS BASKETS WHITE THROUGH LOOSE AND BLADES In August 1949, shoemaker Alexan- Football isn’t the only exciting der Salot from Bremen’s Blumen- sport on offer in the state, which AND THROUGH thal district filed a patent applica- also has a professional basketball tion for the screw-in stud sys- team called Eisbären Bremer- tem he had developed for football haven and a top ice-hockey team boots. The Bremen-born inventor known as the Fischtown Pinguins was three whole years ahead of from REV Bremerhaven. Adi Dassler (the founder of Adidas) and screw-in studs are still some- times used in football to this day.

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THE SIXTH SEASON OF BREMEN

The cycle race, Sixdays of Bremen, years, the Sixdays have managed is one of the most popular events to combine parties and sport to- of its type, with around 60,000 gether in January. spectators per year. For over 50

LET’S DANCE

The Grün-Gold-Club Bremen and TSG Bremerhaven are world lea- ders in competitive dance. Both clubs together have over 20 world championship titles – having drawn for the win, even, in 2007’s Latin formation. WWW.BREMENSBESTESEITEN.DE

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