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Bremen Tourist Information
Everyone knows the Town Musicians which Bremen is famous
for. The "Town Musicians of Bremen" ("Bremer Stadtmusikanten")
are the famous fairy tale by the Grimm Brothers where four
lost and unhappy animals, a donkey, a rooster, a cat and a
dog, leave their homes and head for Bremen to become
wealthy. Although they never arrive there, this does not
matter with regard to the fame they achieved.
The visitor to Bremen is soon aware that this is a city
which can look back on a thousand years of history, still
alive and being cherished. The whole place is visibly
steeped in tradition, and has an atmosphere redolent almost
of a Grimm fairy tale.
Bremen, 37 miles from the mouth of the River Weser and
Germany’s oldest maritime city, has held markets since 965,
joined the Hanseatic League in 1358 and began to trade with
America in 1783. Cotton and coffee gave its citizens a rich
living.
Nowhere is its history more evident than in the market
square in the heart of the old town, where the architectural
styles of five different eras are visible. Outstanding is
the Altes Rathaus (old town hall), built between 1404 and
1410 and a fine example of North German architecture with a
magnificent Renaissance façade.
Right next to the town hall is one of Bremen’s most famous
landmarks, statue of the Street Musicians of Bremen (an ass,
a dog, a cat and a cock) from the Brothers Grimm fairy tale.
But the landmark that best symbolises the city’s freedom and
independence of spirit is the 30ft statue of the knight
Roland that has been calmly smiling down on the marketplace
since 1404.
Other notable buildings that reflect Bremen’s history are
the Schütting, former merchants’ guildhall of the 16th
century, and the massive cathedral whose spires soar upwards
to a height of 320 feet. The old and narrow Böttcherstrasse,
a street museum with many restored mediaeval buildings, now
houses high-quality artists’ and craftsmen’s shops.
Go a few steps further and you will find yourself in one of
the most characterful quarters of Bremen, the Schnoorviertel,
with its picturesque burghers’ houses, some of which date
back to the 15th century, cosy taverns and small shops.
And after a tour of the city sights and a trip round the old
harbour (from where it is said that the Saxons set off in
449 for England) a visit to the Ratskeller, offering more
than 600 varieties of wine, is definitely in order . . .
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