Germany
Where to stay in Bremen
Bremen is a city in Germany, home to about 588,000 people. This guide covers 5 hotels and 3 aparthotels in Bremen, with about 176 rooms between them.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 8
- Best months
- May, June and September
- Nearest airport
- BRE3 km · Bremen Airport
- Currency
- EUReuro
- Time zone
- Europe/Berlin
- Language
- German
About
About Bremen
Bremen, officially the City Municipality of Bremen, is the capital and most populous city of the German state of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, a two-city-state consisting of the city of Bremen itself, and Bremerhaven. An important port city with about 586,000 inhabitants, this Hanseatic city is the 11th-largest city of Germany and the second-largest city in Northern Germany after Hamburg.
Bremen was once a member of the medieval Hanseatic League and is still one of the most important cities in northern Germany. Together with the city of Bremerhaven on the North Sea it forms Germany's smallest state. Bremen has more than 1,200 years of history, and was, for most of its existence, an independent city-state. The Bremer Stadtmusikanten (Town Musicians of Bremen) perhaps the most well known figures associated with Bremen are characters from the Brothers Grimm fairy tale of the same name. Their image adorns many of the souvenirs in the city.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Bremen
See
- Rathaus
- Roland
- Dom St. Petri
- Böttcherstraße
- Wallanlagen
- Schnoor
- Überseemuseum
- Focke Museum
- Universum Science Center
- Hafenmuseum Speicher XI
- Wuseum
- Kunsthalle
Do
- Stadtwaldsee (City Forest Lake)
- Bruchhausen-Vilsen–Asendorf Museum Railway
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Where to stay
Places to stay in Bremen
8 places to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Rooms |
|---|---|
| acora Bremen Garden Living the City aparthotel | |
| Bremen Balgequartier aparthotel | 23 |
| Bremen Hutfilterstraße aparthotel | 27 |
| Garner Hotel Bremen City hotel | |
| Garner Hotel Bremen North hotel | |
| Holiday Inn - the niu, Crusoe Bremen Airport hotel | |
| Hotel Bremer Haus hotel | |
| MEININGER Hotel Bremen Hauptbahnhof hotel | 126 |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Bremen
29 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantis House | 0.2 km | |
| Gasthof zum Kaiser Friedrich | 0.3 km | |
| Park Hotel in Bremen | 1.8 km | |
| Courtyard by Marriott Bremen | 1.1 km | |
| Hotel zur Post | 1889 | 0.8 km |
| IntercityHotel Bremen | 0.8 km | |
| Achat Plaza City-Bremen | 0.6 km | |
| Aparthotel Adagio Bremen | 0.7 km | |
| Atlantic Hotel Airport | 2.9 km | |
| Atlantic Hotel Galopprennbahn | 5.5 km | |
| Atlantic Hotel Universum | 4.3 km | |
| Dorint City-Hotel Bremen | 0.5 km | |
| Grothenn's Hotel | 8.7 km | |
| Haus Biederstaedt | 22.8 km | |
| Holiday Inn Express Bremen Airport | 3.0 km | |
| Hotel Am Steendamm | 12.2 km | |
| Hotel Buchenhof | 17.6 km | |
| Hotel Classico | 0.1 km | |
| Hotel Landgut Horn | 5.9 km | |
| Hotel Munte am Stadtwald | 3.9 km | |
| Hotel Restaurant Bootshaus | 18.4 km | |
| Hotel Worpsweder Tor | 17.8 km | |
| Hotel zum Kuhhirten | 1.7 km | |
| INNSiDE by Meliá Bremen | 6.0 km | |
| Maritim Hotel Bremen | 1.5 km | |
| Parkhotel Bremen | 1.8 km | |
| Prizeotel Bremen-City | 1.2 km | |
| Steigenberger Hotel Bremen | 1.4 km | |
| Villa Linnenschmidt | 2.6 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Bremen
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Bremen are May, June and September. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 23 °C; August is the wettest, with about 87 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Bremen: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Bremen Airport (BRE), about 3.4 km from the city centre in a straight line; Sea-Airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz / Nordholz Naval Airbase (FCN, 78 km) and Hannover Airport (HAJ, 90 km) are also within reach.
Getting around
Much of Bremen (or at least the part frequented by tourists) can be negotiated by foot - the best way to explore the old city and its surrounding districts. Members of the Cambio car-sharing network, whether in Germany or Belgium, can hire cars - Bremen is the company's headquarters. Most trains are operated by Deutsche Bahn and even the local trains that aren't can be booked through their website. In the west lie the cities Delmenhorst and Oldenburg and the Frisian islands. In the east you can travel to Verden, in the south to Osnabrück.
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BRE · Bremen Airport
FCN · Sea-Airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz / Nordholz Naval Airbase
HAJ · Hannover Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Bremen
Eat
Several cafes and restaurants line the "Schlachte" along the Weser River, while other popular areas are the marketplace and the "Viertel" ("quarter") east of the Kunsthalle. Many traditional dishes from Bremen and Northern Germany are very satisfying. The region is famous for cabbage (Grünkohl- green cabbage), fish (smoked eel, herring, smelt in March), an old sailor's meal called Labskaus (lobscouse) consisting of mashed potatoes, corned beef, onions, fried egg and beetroot or chick ragout (very fine) as well as red fruit jelly or Butterkuchen (cake with yeast and topped with lots of butter, sugar and almonds). You can find some fish restaurants in Böttcherstraße.
Drink
The world-wide known Beck's Beer is brewed in Bremen. Guided brewery tours in English and German are offered Thursdays - Saturdays. The tour costs €10.50/person and lasts approximately 2 hours. The Ratskeller is a wine cellar and restaurant with a famous collection of wines and the oldest wines in Germany. There are many bars, pubs and cafes in Bremen: the Schlachte along the Weser and the Viertel, a young and lively quarter. If you like beer and pretzels, try the Schüttinger brewery house (next to Böttcherstraße) where several types of beer are brewed and served directly.
Stay safe
The area close to the railway station is rough late at night, and it may also be a bit spooky to cross the Wallanlagen park then. Therefore, if you have to go from the old city to areas to its west or northwest late at night, consider taking a tram or bus instead of walking.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Bremen
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 8 places
of 8 places
Questions
Bremen: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Bremen?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Bremen are May, June and September. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 23 °C; August is the wettest, with about 87 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Bremen?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Bremen Airport (BRE), about 3.4 km from the city centre in a straight line; Sea-Airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz / Nordholz Naval Airbase (FCN, 78 km) and Hannover Airport (HAJ, 90 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Bremen?
euro (EUR).
Nearby
Destinations near Bremen
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.