Lower Saxony

[[File:|250px|frameless|Lower Saxony]] Location [[File:|250px|frameless]] Flag [[File:|108px|frameless]] Quick Facts Capital Hanover Government federal republic within Germany Area 47,624 km² Population 7,987,161 Lower Saxony [1] (German: Niedersachsen [ˈniːdərˌzaksən]) is a federal state (Bundesland, plural Bundesländer) in northwestern Germany. It is the second largest state by area (47,618 km²) and fourth largest by population (nearly eight million) among the country's sixteen states. Regions East Frisia — part of which includes the East Frisian Islands Lüneburg Heath Northern Plains Southern Lower Saxony Western Plains Cities Hanover (Hannover) state capital Brunswick Cuxhaven is a primary destination as a seaside resort Goslar - Scenic Mediaeval Imperial Town & Outdoors pursuit in the Harz Highlands. Göttingen- Home to an old venerable University. Hildesheim Lüneburg - Picturesque historic city that is well worth the visit Oldenburg Other destinations Dümmer Nature Park Elbufer-Drawehn Nature Park Harz Nature Park Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park — a UNESCO World Heritage site along the region's coast and including the East Frisian Islands North Sea Lüneburger Heide Nature Park Münden Nature park Solling Vogler Nature Park Steinhuder Meer Nature Park Understand Language The predominant spoken form of German taught and spoken Lower Saxony is High German or hochdeutsch. Although there are different accents in several regions and some grammatical variations are regionally widespread, the language closely follows written German and is thus easy to understand. In the north, Low German or plattdeutsch is widespread and even spoken alongside hochdeutsch, but it is not an official language. In some areas there are even different forms of plattdeutsch albeit very locally. In the north and northeast, variants of the Frisian dialects are still officially recognised and spoken by a few thousands of people. Whilst English is a compulsory foreign language for schoolchildren, many adults only have a basic knowledge of the language or are not confident enough to speak it. In tourist areas, many of the signs are in two or more languages. The German national railway, Deutsche Bahn, use two languages on all their signs and, in long-distance trains, even the announcements are also made in English. Talk Get in Get around There is a special ticket called the "Niedersachsen Ticket" [2] which offers unlimited travel by regional trains inside Lower Saxony area, up to Bremen and Hamburg in one day. This ticket is not valid in high speed trains (D, EC, IC, ICE) so make sure you board the right trains (RE, RB, S-Bahn, Metronom) when using this ticket. It is valid from 9am to 3am the following day during weekdays and the whole day on weekends. There are two types of tickets, the group ticket (up to 5 people, €28) and the single ticket (€20). These tickets are also valid inside public transport network in some of the cities (Hanover, Hamburg, Bremen, Brunswick). See Do Eat Waidmanns Ruh, Wensebrock 1, Brockel (On road 71 between Brockel and Soltau), ☎ 04266 2250 (info@waidmanns-ruh.de). Su: 8am-2pm. Great local dishes with game and lamb €12 for mains. Drink Stay safe Get out Bremen Hamburg Berlin This article is an outline and needs more content. It has a template, but there is not enough information present. Please plunge forward and help it grow!