Lower Saxony - Germany
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The Zoological Garden in Hannover (Tiergarten) | Rating: 9.20 |
| In addition to the gorgeous zoo, Hanover has another, little-known place with animals. Tiergarten was founded in 1678/79 by Duke Johann Friedrich Kahlenberg, who released 120 doe in the park for hunting. Nowadays nobody hunting the animals and they walk freely on the whole territory of 112 hectares, read more... |
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Adventure Zoo in Hannover | Rating: 8.80 |
Hannover zoo was founded in 1865 and currently holds more than 3,500 animals. The zoo is very unusual and I would say it is one of the sights of the entire Germany, not only of Hannover. If you study its history, you'll undestand why, read more... |
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Gifhorn | Rating: 8.60 |
| A town in Lower Saxony. The main attraction is the International Windmill and Watermill Museum, which has mills from more than 10 countries, read more... |
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Spotting Point at Hanover Airport | Rating: 8.60 |
| If you like to look at airplanes, then there is an equipped observation deck near Hanover Airport. It is located here N 52 27.186 E 9 41.391. Come in the evening to get a beautiful light, read more... |
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Hildesheim | Rating: 8.20 |
Hildesheim is a city 25 kilometers south-east of Hannover. It was badly damaged in 1945, during the Second World ..., read more... |
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Celle | Rating: 8.20 |
Celle is a town in Lower Saxony, 35 kilometers from Hannover. It will be interesting to fans of half-timbered ..., read more... |
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Fireworks Festival in Hannover | Rating: 8.20 |
| For more than 20 years international annual fireworks festival is held from May to September in the Large Garden of the Hannover Royal Gardens. Pyrotechnics teams from 5 different countries take part in the festival. Each performance lasts 25 minutes and is judged, read more... |
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Wolfenbuettel | Rating: 8.20 |
Wolfenbüttel is a small town 12 km from Braunschweig and 60 km from Hannover. The town is well-known in ..., read more... |
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Bad Pyrmont | Rating: 8.20 |
Bad Pyrmont is a resort with more than 500-year history. There are about 50 towns in Germany with the "Bad" ..., read more... |
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Alley of copper beeches in Bad Nenndorf | Rating: 8.20 |
| There is an unusual place in the spa town of Bad Nendorf. About 100 years ago, an avenue of rare copper beech trees was planted here. These trees have, so far, an undisclosed genetic disorder that causes them to grow sideways instead of upwards, read more... |
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Christmas Garden Hannover | Rating: 8.20 |
| During the Christmas holidays, many European cities arrange colorful illumination. In Hannover this happens in the zoo, read more... |
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Overnight stay in the Serengeti Safari Park | Rating: 8.20 |
| We already have an article on our website about visiting the Serengeti Safari Park, but this time we decided to go there with an overnight stay. The park offers many different accommodation options: lodges, tents, tents, motorhomes (https://serengeti-park.de/uebernachten). Recently, a unique opportunity has appeared, I would say, as we have never seen anything like it - overnight stay in a bus in the middle of the park, read more... |
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Marienburg Castle | Rating: 8.00 |
Marienburg Castle is not very popular with tourists, but in my opinion it is one of the most beautiful castles in ..., read more... |
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Goslar and Rammelsberg Mine | Rating: 8.00 |
Goslar is a small town in Lower Saxony, at the foot of the Harz Mountains. The main attraction of Goslar ..., read more... |
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Cycling Route Along the Weser River | Rating: 7.80 |
Cycling route along the Weser river with a length of about 500 kilometers starts in Hann. Münden and continues to Cuxhaven at the ..., read more... |
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Clemenswerth Castle | Rating: 7.80 |
| Despite the name "castle", it is more of a hunting complex, though it has a very unusual, geometric shape. It was built in 1737-1747 by order of Bishop Clemens Augustus, and the architect was famous Baroque architect Johann Conrad Schlaun, read more... |
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Park in Burgdorf | Rating: 7.80 |
| Burgdorf is a town near Hanover. It has a small half-timbered center and a beautiful park, which we visited in November, read more... |
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Water mills in Wennigsen (Wasserraeder Wennigsen) | Rating: 7.80 |
| There is a rather unusual place in the woods near the town of Wennigsen. There is a number of various mechanisms, driven by water, placed on one of the forest streams, read more... |
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Stade | Rating: 7.80 |
| Probably the oldest city in northern Germany. The first settlers arrived here as early as 1000 BC. Around 800 AD, a settlement with a simple harbour was built. In 994 the settlement was sacked by Vikings and Stade is first mentioned as Stethu, read more... |
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Huennefeld Castle | Rating: 7.60 |
Hünnefeld Castle is located several kilometers from the Ippenburg Castle. The area was first mentioned in 1146. The first castle was ..., read more... |
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Bueckeburg Palace | Rating: 7.60 |
In a small town of Bückeburg, in a beautiful park lies the majestic palace, the residence of Schaumburg-Lippe Princes . It was a small principality with an area of 340 square kilometers on the territory of Lower Saxony. The last of the princes abdicated in 1918, read more... |
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Royal Gardens of Herrenhausen in Hannover | Rating: 7.60 |
| Royal Gardens of Herrenhausen in Hannover are made up of several different gardens: Large Garden, Berggarden, Georgengarden and Welfengarden. We visited the Large Garden which has always been one of the most distinguished baroque formal gardens of Europe. It was created by Princess Sophia of Hannover from 1696 to 1714, read more... |
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Wolfcenter in Doerverden | Rating: 7.60 |
| There are a lot of different private zoos and animal centers in Germany. One of them is located near Bremen, ..., read more... |
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The largest bird park in the world in Walsrode | Rating: 7.60 |
| Walsrode is a small town in Lower Saxony where located one of the two largest bird parks in the world ..., read more... |
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Automotive City in Wolfsburg (Autostadt) | Rating: 7.60 |
| Automotive city in Wolfsburg or Autostadt is the largest German, and maybe European, car entertainment center, read more... |
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Hinueberscher Garten in Hannover | Rating: 7.60 |
| A little known and rather well hidden park, on the outskirts of Hanover. One of the first landscape gardens in Germany, read more... |
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Bad Zwischenahn and Park of Gardens | Rating: 7.60 |
| The resort is located on the shores of the lake of the same name (Zwischenahner Meer). The lake is interesting, it was formed by the failure of salt deposits located at a depth of 300 meters, read more... |
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Gristede Rhododendron Park | Rating: 7.60 |
| A large botanical garden known primarily for its rhododendron blooms. A collection has been established since the 1950s, and the park now has more than 1,000 species and varieties of rhododendrons and street azaleas, read more... |
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Hobbie Rhododendron Park | Rating: 7.60 |
| A large park, or rather forest, famous for rhododendron blooms. This nursery, with 80 years of experience, is said to be the largest rhododendron park in Germany, read more... |
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Hann. Muenden | Rating: 7.40 |
We decided to visit Hann. Münden after we had found the town on Google Maps. It looks amazing from above. ..., read more... |
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Evenburg Castle in Leer | Rating: 7.40 |
There are several interesting sights in the town of Leer in northern Germany. The most notable of them is the ..., read more... |
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Wildlife Park in Springe | Rating: 7.40 |
| A little-known wildlife park is located in the forest near the small town of Springe (Lower Saxony). This is a ..., read more... |
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Wolfsburg Castle and Park | Rating: 7.40 |
| In addition to Automotive City, there is a pretty good park with a castle in Wolfsburg, read more... |
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Serengeti Safari Park | Rating: 7.40 |
| Family safari park in northern Germany in Lower Saxony. You can visit it, both on the park bus, and on your car. The latter option is much more interesting, read more... |
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Heather blossoms on the Misselhorner Heide | Rating: 7.40 |
| One of the places in the Lüneburg heath, where in August-September, you can see beautiful heather blossoms, read more... |
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Wurmberg in the Harz mountains | Rating: 7.40 |
| A great place for a family day-off, the mountain about 1 km high, the highest in Lower Saxony. You can reach the top by cable car (https://www.wurmberg-seilbahn.de/), read more... |
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Hannover | Rating: 7.20 |
Hannover calls itself "Messestadt" (Exhibition City). That's why upon arrival of the train at the main station you hear the words "Welcome to the Exhibition City Hannover", read more... |
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Sea Life Centers in Germany | Rating: 7.20 |
Sea Life is a network of aquariums owned by the British company "Merlin Entertainments". They are located in many European ..., read more... |
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Rinteln | Rating: 7.20 |
Rinteln is a small town with half-timbered houses in the Weser Renaissance style. The town is known because of the ..., read more... |
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Scharnebeck twin ship lift | Rating: 7.20 |
| One of the most unusual structures in Germany is located in Scharnebeck. The lift for river ships was built in 1974 and it is the world's largest double lift (in 2016, China built a single lift, about 2.5 times bigger than this one, video), read more... |
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Luneburg | Rating: 7.20 |
| Lüneburg is a small Hanseatic city in Lower Saxony. The city was a salt trader and important economic center because of its geographic location near Lubeck. As you know, salt used to be very important and expensive in former times as it was used in many processes, in particular, allowed long-term storage of food. Therefore, cities with salt had a good income, read more... |
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German Fairy Tale Route | Rating: 7.20 |
| Germany has many interesting routes, one of which is designed specifically for trips with children - Fairy Tale Route. The places on this route are not imaginary, but quite real. The most famous German writers - the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm loved to travel and collect different stories. Places where they heard and recorded fairy tales were included in this this route, read more... |
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Luneburg Heath | Rating: 7.20 |
| Lüneburg Heath is not a desert as it may seem from the title. It's a huge park. Until 1800 the entire north of Germany was full of such empty spaces, but now only this place remains. Here grows mostly heather, meadow flowers and juniper, read more... |
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Oldenburg | Rating: 7.20 |
| Oldenburg is best known as the medieval residence of the dynasty of the same name. Until 1773, the Earl of Oldenburg was also the king of Denmark, which means the weight of the title was huge, read more... |
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Emden | Rating: 7.20 |
| Emden is the main city in the historic region of East Frisia. Like 300 years ago, it lives off the port, from where Volkswagen cars are dispatched all over the world. The city-forming factory is located in the port as well, read more... |
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Willy-Spahn-Park in Hannover | Rating: 7.20 |
| Willy-Spahn Park is a good place to watch the spring blooms. The park was founded in 2004 on the site of an old marl quarry that had existed here since 1850. The central object is a restored and the only preserved in the region lime kiln, built in 1925, read more... |
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Bad Gandersheim | Rating: 7.20 |
| A resort town in Germany. It has parks, a half-timbered old town and an animal enclosure, read more... |
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Christmas market in Neustadt am Ruebenberge | Rating: 7.20 |
| The Christmas market in Neustad is small, located on just one street. However, its distinctive feature is the colorful illumination of the buildings, read more... |
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Family friendly restaurants with playgrounds around Hanover | Rating: 7.20 |
| This article lists family restaurants with playgrounds or children's areas around Hanover. If you can add to the article, please write in the comments, read more... |
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Osnabrueck | Rating: 7.00 |
Like many cities in Germany, Osnabrück was completely destroyed during the war. The city is standard, with restored historic center, Market ..., read more... |
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