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for their conventions. It was VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
built in 1537–9 by the Antwerp
architect Johann der Buschener Practical Information
in Dutch Mannerist style. The Road map: C2. * 556,000.
eastern gable, more classically n Hauptbahnhof & Obernstraße
Renaiss ance, is the work of the (01805 10 10 30). g Port tours
(0421-33 89 89). Cruises: May–
local builder Carsten Husmann. Sep: 10 & 11:30am, 1:30 & 3:15pm
daily. & ( Sat & Sun. _ 6 Tage
R Dom The Mannerist Schütting, a meeting place Rennen (Jan); Osterwiese (Apr);
Tower and “Bleikeller”: Tel (0421) 36 for merchants Vegesack Harbour Festival (Jun);
50 40. Open Apr–Oct: 10am–5pm Bremer Freimarkt (late Oct/early
(tower ascent to 4:30pm) Mon–Fri, was added. Inside, it is worth Nov); Christmas market (1–23
10am–2pm (tower ascent to 1:30pm) looking at the sandstone Dec). ∑ bremen-turismus.de
Sat, 2–5pm Sun. bas-reliefs which divide the Transport
This magnificent Romanesque western choir stalls as well as £
cathedral, with its vast twin- fragments of Gothic stalls that
towered façade, dates from were destroyed in the 19th
the 11th century and has century, with scenes of the multi-coloured memorials,
been extensively refurbished. Passion and the battle of Judas including one to Segebad
At the end of the 19th century, Machabeus. There is also a Clüver by the entrance to the
while the southern tower was Baroque pulpit paid for by north tower (1457). The larger
rebuilt, the façade was also Christina the Queen of Sweden eastern crypt has interesting
reconstructed and a tower in 1638, and numerous Romanesque cap itals, while
in the second eastern crypt
visitors can admire the oldest
Bremen sculpture of Christ the
Omnipotent (1050) as well as
the baptismal font. The latter
has 38 bas-reliefs, and a bowl
supported by four lions with
riders. In the so-called “Bleikeller”
(lead cellar) underneath the
former church cloisters, eight
perfectly preserved mummies
Bas-reliefs on the western choir stalls in the Dom are on show.

Bremen Town Centre
BREMERHAVEN,
WORPSWEDE HOCHSTR. Hauptbahnhof Focke- 1 Marktplatz
Übersee-
Museum
BÜRGERMEISTER-SM IDT-STRASSE BAH NHOFSTRASSE BREITENWEG Museum 3 Dom
2 Rathaus
4 Schütting
AN DER WEIDE
5 Böttcherstraße
6 Schnoorviertel
DOVENTORSTRASSE GRAFENSTRASSE HERDENTOR SCHILLERSTR. 7 Kunsthalle
AM WALL
8 Überseemuseum
REMBERTIRING
MALLET-
WEG ALTSTADT CON RICHTWEG Musical-
BGM-Smidt- SÖGESTR. SCHÜS S E L - S t adtgraben Theater
Brücke KOR B
TRESC ARPE
Beck’s OBERNSTRASSE 0 metres 500
GROSSENENSTR .
Brewery
Liebfrauen-
Neues Museum MARKT- kirche 0 yards 500
Weserburg PLATZ Rathaus AM WALL
MARTINISTRASSE
WASSERPROMENADE
Schütting AM DOM VIOLENSTR.
Dom
Haus der
Bürgerschaft
Roselius- CONTRESCARPE
TEERHOF
Weser
Haus BALGEBRÜCKSTR. OSTERTORSTR. BUCHTSTR.
Wilhelm- Johanniskirche
Kaisen-
Brücke Spielzeug-
Museum SCHNOOR MAR T ERBURG ALTENWALL AM WALL Gerhard-
Marcks-Haus
Packhaus Kunsthalle OSTERTORSTEINWEG
HERRLICHKEIT
St Jacobus Theater am
Flughafen Goetheplatz
5 km (3 miles) B LEICHE R S TRASSE
Schauspielhaus
OSTERDEICH
VERDEN AN
DER ALLER
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