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Exploring Lower Saxony, Hamburg Getting Around
and Bremen There are international airports in Hamburg,
Bremen and Hanover. A network of motor­
ways links Lower Saxony with Scandinavia
Hamburg and Bremen, the region’s largest cities, are also the most convenient (via Schleswig­Holstein), and with the rest
bases for tourists, offering accommodation in every price category. The most of western Europe (via the Netherlands or
attractive area in this region is the southeastern section, extending to the southern Germany). An extensive rail
foothills of the Harz Mountains with picturesque towns, such as the university network makes the entire state accessible,
town of Göttingen, Romanesque Hildesheim or the stunningly beautiful although bus connections are limited.
merchant town of Goslar. A visit to the
seaside and an excursion to the
Elbe
islands are also enjoyable. CuxhavenCuxhaven Elbe
OSTFRIESISCHE INSELN
OSTFRIESISCHE INSELN Wangerooge The Große Wallanlagen Park in Hamburg, laid out along
Wangerooge
BaltrumBaltrum
Mellum
JuistJuist NorderneyNorderney LangeoogLangeoog SpiekeroogSpiekeroog Mellum KielKiel LübeckLübeck the city’s former fortifications
O S T F R I E S L A N D
NordenNorden AhrensburgAhrensburg
STADESTADE
WittmundWittmund
BorkumBorkum O S T F R I E S L A N D WilhelmshavenWilhelmshaven BremerhavenBremerhaven ALTESALTES HAMBURGHAMBURG
Ems-Jade-Kanal
AurichAurich Ems-Jade-Kanal Nordenham BremervördeBremervörde LANDLAND
RosengartenRosengarten
Hamme
Hamme
EmdenEmden Nordenham Weser WinsenWinsen
VarelVarel
Weser
Ems
Ems
Elbe
LeerLeer BadBad WorpswedeWorpswede UndelohUndeloh LÜNEBURGLÜNEBURG Elbe
ZwischenahnZwischenahn ScheesselScheessel
BREMEN
GroningenGroningen BREMEN RotenburgRotenburg
OLDENBURG
OLDENBURG
DannenbergDannenberg
LÜNEBURGE
LÜNEBURGER R
PapenburgPapenburg HEIDE
HEIDE
SOLTAUSOLTAU LüchowLüchow
UelzenUelzen
CLEMENSWERTHCLEMENSWERTH WildeshausenWildeshausen VerdenVerden
BassumBassum WalsrodeWalsrode
CLOPPENBURGCLOPPENBURG VisbekVisbek Aller
HarenHaren Bergen-Belsen Sights at a Glance
Bergen-Belsen
Aller
MeppenMeppen NIEDER SACHSENNIEDER SACHSEN Elbe-Seiten-Kanal 1 Ostfriesische Inseln
QuakenbrückQuakenbrück SulingenSulingen Leine Leine (East Frisian Islands)
Ems Ems DiepholzDiepholz NienburgNienburg Wietze CELLECELLE 2 Ostfriesland (Eastern Frisia)
Wietze
Elbe-Seiten-Kanal
LingenLingen Weser Weser WienhausenWienhausen Alle r r 3 Clemenswerth
Alle
Vechte
Vechte
DümmerseeDümmersee GifhornGifhorn 4 Oldenburg
FürstenauFürstenau
WunsdorfWunsdorf WOLFSBURGWOLFSBURG 5 Cloppenburg
NordhornNordhorn BramscheBramsche 6 Osnabrück
HANOVERHANOVER Oker
STADTHAGENSTADTHAGEN BrunswickBrunswick 7 Bremen pp434–7
Oker
The crowning feature of the bay EnschedeEnschede OSNABRÜCKOSNABRÜCK LaatzenLaatzen PeinePeine Helmstedt 8 Hamburg pp438–43
Helmstedt
window of the Dempter haus in Hameln BÜCKEBURGBÜCKEBURG SpringeSpringe Königslutter 9 Altes Land
Königslutter
Teutoburger
Teutoburger HamelnHameln HILDESHEIMHILDESHEIM WOLFENBÜTTELWOLFENBÜTTEL q Lüneburg
Bad IburgBad Iburg MagdeburgMagdeburg 0 Stade
Wald
Wald
e Soltau
BielefeldBielefeld HämelschenburgHämelschenburg w Lüneburger Heide
r Celle
BadBad GOSLARGOSLAR t Wolfsburg
GandersheimGandersheim
y Stadthagen
BevernBevern EINBECKEINBECK H a r z u Bückeburg
H a r z
OsterodeOsterode i Brunswick (Braunschweig)
am Harzam Harz
NortheimNortheim o Wolfenbüttel
WESER
WESER
Key p Hannover (Hanover) pp448–9
Motorway a Hildesheim pp452–3
DUDERSTADTDUDERSTADT
RENAISSANCE TRAIL
RENAISSANCE TRAIL
Main road s Goslar pp454–5
Weser
Weser
GÖTTINGENGÖTTINGEN d Einbeck
Minor road MündenMünden
f Göttingen
Main railway
g Duderstadt
Minor railway
KasselKassel 0 kilometres 40
National border Tours
The massive edifice of the Neues Rathaus in Hanover Regional border 0 miles 40 h The Weser Renaissance Trail
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