Bremen Budget Travel Guide

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Bremen Budget Travel Guide is created to help travelers plan a trip to Bremen on a limited budget. Recommendations are given on how to take public transport to visit most of the places of interest in Bremen.

About Bremen

Bremen is a city in northwestern Germany. It is a port city on the river Weser located about 60 km (37 miles) from the North Sea. The state of Bremen includes the city of Bremen and the city of Bremerhaven. With a population of half a million, Bremen is the second largest city in northern Germany and the 10th largest in the country. It is within the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area which has a population of 2.37 million. Although within the Lower Saxony, Bremen is a separate state known as the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen.

The place that we know today as Bremen was first documented as Fabiranum or Phabiranum by geographer Ptolemy in 150 AD. The earliest city wall dates back to 1032. It became a city of the Hanseatic League in 1358 and prospered from trade.

Today the city centre of Bremen is dominated by its magnificent cathedral and town hall. Most of its interesting sights are within the town centre, on the east bank of the river Wiser. It is also famous for the statue of the Bremen Town Musicians, built in 1953 to commemorate a donkey, a dog, a cat and a cockerel that are said to have saved the town with their cacophony.

Budget Travel to Bremen

By Flight

Bremen Airport (BRE) is connected by domestic flights to the bigger German cities such as Frankfurt. Tram No. 6 ply between the airport and the city. Major airlines flying to Bremen Airport include Ryanair and Lufthansa.

By Train

There are many trains connecting Bremen with the rest of Germany. Hamburg, Osnabrück, Münster, the Ruhr valley as well as Hanover are all reachable by two trains every hour.

By Car

Autobahn 1 links Bremen with Hamburg to the north and Cologne to the south. The A27 links it to Bremerhaven and Cuxhaven to the north, and to Hanover, Braunschweig and Berlin in the south.

Budget Travel within Bremen

Bremen (the inner city, I mean) is small enough for you to explore on foot. In fact, that's the best way to do it, to see the sights without having them fleeting by.

Bremen also has an extensive public transportation network of street-cars and buses.

The operator of public transportation in Bremen is called BSAG. There are single tickets, day pass, 7-day pass and more, depending on your situation. I recommend getting the day pass. It allows unlimited use of one adult and up to two children aged 6-under 15 to travel together. The price starts at €6.10.

St Petri Cathedral, Bremen
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Bremen Town Hall
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