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Alte Neustadt

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    • Day 397

      X-mas in Norddeutschland

      December 25, 2023 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C

      Nach über einem Jahr in der Welt reisen die Eltern und den Bruder wieder zu sehen, ist schon toll. Und das noch pünktlich zu Weihnachten. War ja nicht so geplant und hat sich erst Anfang Dezember so ergeben. Normalerweise meide ich ja die Kälte, aber es ist, wie es ist 😜
      Mit vielen Geschichten im Gepäck bleibe ich ein Weilchen.

      Hier in Bremen und Umgebung hat der Dauerregen der letzten Tage zu Überflutungen geführt. Der Ortsteil Lilienthal ist in den Nachrichten, weil Land unter. Die Weser steht hoch und in Teilen ist die Uferpromenade von Bremen noch etwas überflutet.
      Als ich ankomme sieht es schon etwas besser aus. Der Regen lässt nach...
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    • Day 398

      Bremen - eine tolle Stadt

      December 26, 2023 in Germany ⋅ 🌬 8 °C

      Bremen ist eine schöne Stadt. Sie wirkt auf mich immer wie ein großes Dorf und hat so viel Geschichte.
      Wer sie noch nicht kennt, hier kommen ein paar typische Ecken in weihnachtlicher Beleuchtung bzw. Stimmung:
      Die Windmühle in den Wallanlagen,
      Die Sögegasse mit den Schweinehirten Skulpturen als Einfallstraße zur City,
      Der Marktplatz mit den Zunfthäusern und der Roland Statue,
      Der Dom mit Platz und Rathaus, wo man auch die klassische Statue der Bremer Stadtmusikanten findet,
      Die Böttchergasse mit dem Glockenspiel und der tolle, urige Schnoor mit seinen engen Gassen und Cafés.
      Und es gibt noch so viel mehr: die Weser, der Bürgerpark, das Blockland und und und. Neben Münster ist sie die Fahrrad freundlichste Stadt in Deutschland.
      Die Stadt ist auf jeden Fall eine Reise wert 😍
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    • Day 25

      Bremen, Germany pt II

      May 27, 2016 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

      Day 24:

      Today we were able to sleep in a bit and picked up some pastries (which were nowhere near the quality of Scandinavian pastries... but they were from a train station, so we'll have the difficult task of tasting more) and coffee before heading into town.

      We don't even know where to begin with the sights in Bremen. Its such a small town, but its packed with our favorites: stunning old buildings and open parks. Just the train station alone was built in the mid 1800s and looks magnificent. First on our list to visit was the St Petri Dom, a massive 2 tower cathedral that's on all of the souvenirs from Bremen. But of course, on the way we get excited by the sight of a huge tower and decide to follow that to be slightly disappointed. It led us to the Gemeinde Unser Lieben Frauen Kirche, which we're sure is beautiful, but was under construction and covered in scaffolding and plastic. Thanks to our dear friend, Google, we're sort of bummed that we didn't get to see the church. The first church on the site was built in the NINTH century! But of course war destroyed the building, then it was rebuilt, just to get burned down again, over and over. So its hard to know when the actual parts that remain were put in place, but still... that's just baffling.

      Continuing on, by which we mean taking 15 or so steps, we narrowly avoided being pushed in front of a tram by an old couple and entered the Marktplatz. Our backs were to the Bremer Rathaus (town hall), and we were facing, get this, Handelskammer Bremen - Industrie und Handelskammer für Bremen und Bremerhaven. Yes. The most German name possible for the chamber of commerce. The building itself, Haus Schütting, and the "IHK" have vast histories in and of themselves, but we can't go THAT deep into a history lesson... but the building is from the mid 1500s and has awesome gold detailing. Inside the marketplace was the statue of Roland, a stone figure built in 1404 depicting one of Charlemagne's bossiest warriors, said to be guarding the city.

      Once we had a chance to turn around and see the Rathaus, despite some construction, it was an incredible gothic building from the early 13th century. Through some of the coverings, we could see figures of different emperors and other important people, making another call to the Holy Roman Empire. That starts to put into perspective how massive the empire really was, before any modern transportation. Completely insane.

      Right around the corner, we got our first look at what brought us to the city, the St Petri Dom. Its easy to see why that is the trademark of the city, it seriously takes your breath away. And that was just the outside. Inside, the detail and preservation was impressive. They even had the original hand carved wooden doors displayed on a wall. 3 sets of massive pipe organs, open halls, and a dungeonesque room of silence in the basement that seriously looked fake. Like something at Medieval Times. Its impossible to describe, and even harder to capture in a picture the scale of everything, yet if you look closely, the details are all so fine. And to think, it was built in 789. A THREE digit year! It was built closer to the time Jesus was on earth than us. Of course, being built in the middle ages, it was burned, smashed, ransacked, and pissed on for hundreds of years, leaving the earliest parts still remaining being from about the 11th century.

      Next, we went to Böttcherstraße, this weird, artistic street built in the 20s. It was definitely interesting, but very strange. Bricks stacking out from the walls, twists and turns, and everything is made in an expressionist style. Funny fact: the entrance has a large golden art piece called the Bringer of Light. It was built to represent Hilter, but he disagreed with their love of the Nordic people so he never accepted it. Which is probably why the art piece still exists today. So we can thank the Nordic people again!

      We were in need of some of Bremen's finest, and we knew we were near another iconic street, so we made our way to Schnoor. It was originally the poor end of town in the middle ages, and ironically is the best preserved portion of housing from the era. Being a historically poor area made Schnoor a less than prime target during the world wars, which, history lesson, was the worst for a community in Germany. Essentially taxes had to be paid for NOT having your house destroyed. So the residents moved out of the already dilapidated houses and were replaced by restaurants and businesses that now sell goofy souvenirs to tourists. But the area is amazingly preserved as exactly what you would imagine as classic German houses.

      Leaving Schnoor, we came across the Propsteikirche St. Johann. Its a 14th century monastery church. Of course it was beautiful, of course we touched the bricks, but the crown jewel of the church is said to be the pipe organ. Unfortunately, with the upturn in the economy, everything under construction. We don't mind, because that is preserving these beautiful buildings for future generations, but we would've liked to have seen the inside. We then wandered upon the Sankt Martini Kirche. Story time. Basically, the citizens of the town said they were sick of everything in the city being militaristic and they wanted more churches. So whatever head of the church set out plans to build. It was the early 13th century, and most of the original building remains. There was a docent there when we went through the church, and he was so enthusiastic about everything that we just couldn't break to him that we didn't understand a word he said. ...other than detailed, which it definitely was.

      As we made our way back to the city center, we caught something we had lost in the awe of everything, the Bremer Stadtmusikanten. Its a relatively new sculpture depicting the characters of a fairy tale called, of course, the Town Musicians of Bremen. The characters in the story at no point were in Bremen, but it was written by the Brothers Grimm, so they can do whatever they please... After all, the did write Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow Qite, Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel, and any other classic Disney film you could think of. We rubbed the donkey's hoof to have a wish come true, and moved on. Its fun to see iconic sculptures such as those, but no need to linger.

      We had seen that Am Wall was a sight to see, as well, but we got distracted by the park along Am Wall street and ended up taking a nap on the grass next to a huge windmill. Turns out the windmill was actually built on top of an old gate tower, from when the city was surrounded by ramparts. We didn't end up looking at the houses on Am Wall, partially because we didn't really look in depth into what was special about them. They are houses built on and integrating the medieval wall. We're not sure how apparent that it, but its still a pretty cool fact.

      We went to the Bier Fest again, but instead of country, it was some pretty crazy rock band. We ended up talking to an older German couple who were very passionate about American craft beer and apparently make a biannual trip to California.

      It was another very busy day, with a whole bunch of walking. Luckily, our bodies are getting used to the walking, so its just funny to look at the step counter when we get home, saying we walked 10 miles!
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    • Day 20

      Day 20: Bremen

      July 28, 2019 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

      This morning is our departure day, but before taking the train, we join Heike to the shelter where she loyally volunteers every Sunday. We are surprised at how big and well organized it is (they can receive up to 500 cats, but there are all types of animals there!). The dogs there are mostly Staffordshire-typed because of the law banning these breeds in Hamburg. We wish them all to find better homes and would have loved to adopt a cat (he would be black and named Cayetano), but sadly our backpacks barely have room for our food. It is time to say goodbye to Heike our wonderful host (she is not that small in real life, we are just giants), before hopping on the train again.

      Our first stop of the day is Bremen which we largely have time to visit in the few our we have. The whole town is themed around the fairy tale "The Town Musicians of Bremen", and the merchandising of such towns (just like Odense) makes us chuckle. We admire the quaint center, watch the hour change as the bells ring at the Glockenspiel and walk through the narrow streets of the Schnoor neighborhood. Mikel gives it another chance at being a model.

      We return to the train station, eating blueberries on the way, and the best strawberries ever tasted in my whole life (not even competing to be the best)!
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    • Day 22

      Bremen

      August 2, 2018 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

      Jeudi, 2 août 2018 bis

      La Böttcherstrasse, attire les foules touristiques. Le relief doré "Le Lichtbringer" nous y conduit. Cette ruelle était au moyen âge habité par les tonneliers, d'où son nom. L'état des maisons au début du siècle passé était catastrophique. En 1921 c'est Ludwig Roselius, inventeur du café HAG (décaféiné), qui achète toute la rue et charge un architecte avec la rénovation ou la reconstruction en style "art nouveau" de l'ensemble. Une des maison est dès lors destinée à accueillir la riche collection de tableaux d'ancien maîtres par ex. plusieurs Cranach, le tout agrémenté avec des meubles et des objets de l'époque. La maison voisine abrite une riche collection de la peintre Paula Modersohn-Becker, représentante de l'expressionnisme allemand. Dans une petite cour se trouve la fontaine "les sept paresseux", représentant des garçons qui au lieu d'aller puiser de l'eau dans le fleuve, avait foré la fontaine. A chaque heure pleine, un carillon de cloches en porcelaine, attire les visiteurs avec ses mélodies et une porte dans la tour montre des tableaux avec les explorateurs du nouveau monde. Nous rejoignons pour finir notre visite, les bords de la Weser, la Schlachte, l'ancien port de Bremen. Nous attendons, sous un soleil puissant, notre ferry. Un accident de baignade a mobilisé plein de sauveteurs. Nous sommes en pensée avec cette famille, qui a perdu son petit garçon.Read more

    • Day 23

      Bremen

      August 3, 2018 in Germany ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

      Vendredi, 3 août 2018
      En premier ce matin, nous cherchons le guichet pour les tickets de spectacles. La plupart des théâtres est en pause, mais il y a pendant l'été un "Theaterschiff" qui propose des comédies. Nous allons voir ce soir une parodie sur une émission TV culte dans les années 70-80 en Allemagne: Die Hitparade. Avec nos tickets achetés hier, nous nous rendons au Rathaus. La visite de cette vénérable bâtisse du 17ème est très intéressante. Il y travaillent encore aujourd'hui 80 personnes. Une des immenses salles a servie après la guerre comme siège du parlement, Bremen est comme Hamburg, une ville-état. Le Güldene Zimmer, richement décorée, ne sert plus que pour des mariages; les invités de l'union qui sera célébrée tout à l'heure, attendent justement devant la porte. Vu la canicule, nous nous rendons dans un resto japonais (climatisé), que nous avons reperé hier dans la Böttcherstrasse. L'église de Saint Jean, bâtiment en briques rouges, est étonnement clair et lumineuse à l'intérieur, superbe. Nous voulions visiter le Geschichtenhaus, une maison dans le quartier historique de Schnoor, où des acteurs nous racontent l'histoire en "life". Mais que nenni, ils n'en peuvent plus, c'est trop chaud. Nous allons donc savourer une glace et retournons pour la sieste au cc. Il fera certainement un peu moins chaud ce soir à l'heure du spectacle.Read more

    • Day 6

      Hansestadt Bremen

      November 16, 2023 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C

      Bei trockenem Wetter und nach ca. 40 Jahren mal wieder Bremen besucht. Eine wirklich schöne Stadt mit vielen interessanten Gebäuden. ( Wenn man dafür was übrig hat. ) Schmackhaftes Mittagessen zu einem guten Preis in einer urigen Kneipe mit Gaffel genossen. Kölle kennt und schätzt man halt auf der ganzen Welt.Read more

    • Day 6

      Schnoor

      May 2, 2022 in Germany ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C

      Der Schnoor, Bremens ältester Stadtteil

      Viele Besucher aus aller Welt schlendern durch den Schnoor, suchen ein gemütliches Lokal, ein Mitbringsel, ein Geschenk, und erfreuen sich an den kleinen bunten Häusern und engen Gassen.
      Als letztes Quartier der Bremer Altstadt mit größtenteils erhaltener und zusammenhängender Bausubstanz aus dem 15. bis 19. Jahrhundert hat sich der Schnoor zu einer Hauptsehenswürdigkeit in Bremen entwickelt.
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    • Bremen

      March 28, 2022 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C

      Als ich am frühen Nachmittag schon genug von Lübeck gesehen hatte, entschied ich mich für einen ganz spontanen Abstecher nach Bremen.
      Dort gab es nur einen ganz schnellen Rundgang durch die Innenstadt und das wunderschöne Schnoor-Viertel.
      Jetzt gleich geht es noch in "die Glocke" zum Konzert und dann aber wirklich nach Hause!
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