Bremen is a lively city and there is a lot going on, from exploring the historical Old Town to visiting the Museum of Contemporary Art. Other unforgettable experiences for visitors and tourists include exploring the historic Old Town (Altstadt) by walking -- this is a very pedestrian-friendly city -- or taking a walk in the many beautiful parks and green spaces in Bremen.

Die freie Hansestadt

As a Hanseatic city, Bremen has a lot of attractions due to its interesting history. Bremen has the historical Old Town. Bremen also has many interesting museums, including Bremen Town Musicians Museum and the Bremen Town Hall.

Now, Bremen has many great attractions for tourists, like the Schnoor Quarter, Historische Altstadt, Bremen City Hall, and more. It is one of the best tourist attractions of Bremen specifically, but also of Germany as a whole. Bremen’s city hall is an outstanding architectural masterpiece, one of the oldest places in Germany, which are all unique places built in Gothic times, and the most significant characteristic of this place is the fact that it is available to walk around in, allowing tourists to witness the finest forms of architecture, from the old times, and the location is easy to reach, either by car or by train. Bremen City Hall, one of the best known and popular places to visit in Bremen, Germany, contains dozens of pieces and antiques, and you will find the prettiest buildings and walls, decorated with the prettiest decorations and etchings.

If you go to the western side of the city hall of Bremen, there is a contemporary bronze sculpture depicting a dog, cat, cock, and jackrabbit, all of which are based on a fairy tale by The Brothers Grimm, The Bremen Town Musicians. If you are thinking there is a massive statue, you are wrong: The Town Musicians are not life-size, and the statue is tucked away on the side of Bremen’s Town Hall in some ways. Today, you cannot visit this German town without checking out these animals in a well-known sculpture located on the left of the town hall if you are facing it. You will find more statues and depictions of the famous animals throughout the city (and far outside, at the Bremen’s sister town, Riga, Latvia).

More than fairy tales

It is smaller than you might expect, but it is one of the sights in Bremen that you just MUST stop by and take your picture with. While the picturesque Bremen, northwest of Germany, is a town exuding Old World European charm, Bremen is also very much a finger-on-the-pulse place, evidenced by its vibrant nightlife and culture scene. Steeped in history yet bursting with all the excitement of a modern European city, picturesque Bremen in northwest Germany is packed full of unique things to see and do. Bremen also has quaint seaside neighbourhoods, museums of every description along Bremen’s cultural mile, and UNESCO-listed medieval and Renaissance landmarks on its central market square.

Bremen’s old town mirrors its medieval and Renaissance past, but many old merchant houses are now restaurants, while neighbourhoods where traders lived had similarly attractive facades, but were replete with boutiques and art galleries on the inside. Various tours take you to all the major areas in the old city, including the Markt, which is the square of the city, and Schnoor quarter, where your guide points out important moments of history, changes that happened, and things that seem to go beyond what meets the eye. There is so much to discover at the main Marktplatz, so think of taking a walking tour through Old Town Germany to get all the intricate details that you may have missed by walking alone.