Brunswick (Germany)
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Brunswick (German: Braunschweig) [1] is a city of more than 200,000 in Lower Saxony, Germany.
[edit] Get in
The train station is not very near to the center, so it is best to take the bus or tram.
[edit] Get around
A good choice for sounding out the situation in Braunschweig is walking. For those who have bad feet the second but expensive choice is taking the bus or tram.
[edit][add listing] See
- Dome
- Dankwarderode Castle
- Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum [2] (in German)]
- Museum der Fotografie (Museum of Photography)
- Prinz Albrecht Park (a nice park, where you can see much people doing barbeque in the summer time)
- State Natural History Museum [3]
[edit][add listing] Do
- Canoeing around the city (go to Kennedyplatz, there is a place for renting)
- Watch a game of Eintracht Braunschweig, Brunswick's traditional football team which plays in Germany's third division. 23.500 people can watch the games in the stadium in the north of Brunswick.
[edit][add listing] Buy
In spring 2007 the 'Schloss Arkarden' openend. The Schloss Arkarden is a big shopping mall whose facade is a reconstrcution of the the facade of an ancient castle of Braunschweig which was ripped down after being bombed out during WWII.
There also a lot of shop in the central city.
You can find small art shops and bars in the Magnieviertel [4]
[edit][add listing] Eat
There are a lot of restaurants in Brunswick. When you are in the city center good choices for a fast meal are the pizza restaurant in the 'Burg Passage' and the dutch french fries "Imbiss" near 'Karstadt'.
A great location for eating is also the Hotel Ritter St. Georg, [5]. It is a bit more expensive but they serve excellent food.
Watch out for seasonal food, such as asparagus, chanterelles, or curly kale, the latter being a specialty of the Brunswick region.
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- Jolly Joker, [6] located in the Brunswick weststadt, [7]. Open Tu, F, Sa from 9PM to around 3AM. Daily drink specials. Ages range from 16 to 25 on an average night, Brunswicks biggest disco.
- DAX Bierbörse, in the center of the city.
- Fritz, [8], near the Schützenplatz.
- Meier Music Hall, [9]. Mostly 'darker' and 80's music like metal and so on. Ages range from 25 to 40.
- Bolero, with Mexican restaurant (call ahead for reservation).
- Knochenhauer, with weekly Salsa lessions.
- Latino, on Tuesdays discount for their excellent pizza.
- Okercabana, [10]. An artificial Beach were you can chill to downtempo or jazz music. Sometimes there are live music events.
- Brain, [11]. Alternativ music like Reggae, Drum'n Bass, Electropunk, Funk and so on. Different music on different days.
- Gearbox, [12]. Rockabilly, Psychobilly and Rock'n Roll Bar.
- EventKiste, [13]. EventKiste is an online magazine, on which locations in Brunswick and upcoming Parties are listed. edit
[edit][add listing] Sleep
[edit] Get out
- The Harz mountains can be reached by public transport (Trains to Bad Harzburg, Wernigerode or Goslar).
- Magdeburg is less than an hour by train.
- Göttingen is one hour by ICE high speed train.
- Wolfenbüttel with its library is 9 mins by train (or 27 by bus).
- The Autostadt Wolfsburg, home of the Volkswagen, is 16 or 24 mins by train.
- phæno [14], a museum with 250 experimental stations in Wolfsburg.
- The former border control post at Marienborn near Helmstedt is now a memorial site.
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