Lower Saxony · Germany
Where to stay in Brunswick
Brunswick is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, home to about 253,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel and 1 aparthotel in Brunswick, with about 206 rooms between them.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 2
- Best months
- May to September
- Nearest airport
- HAJ61 km · Hannover Airport
- Currency
- EUReuro
- Time zone
- Europe/Berlin
- Language
- German
About
About Brunswick
Braunschweig or Brunswick is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser. In 2025, it had a population of 255,500.
Brunswick was a city of importance in medieval Germany. Economically, it was situated at the intersections of major trade routes; moreover, the river Oker was navigable from Brunswick, allowing access to the sea port of Bremen. It was among the last nine cities of the Hanseatic League. Politically, Brunswick gained importance through one of its most important rulers, Henry the Lion, duke of Saxony and Bavaria.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Brunswick
See
- The Brunswick Lion
- Dankwarderode Castle
- Brunswick Palace
- Literaturzentrum
- Rizzi-House
- Bruchstraße
- Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum
- Braunschweigische Landesmuseum
- Jüdisches Museum
- Museum für Fotografie Braunschweig
- Naturhistorisches Museum
- Museum of Agricultural Engineering Gut Steinhof
Do
- Canoeing around the city
- Hugo the Nightwatchman
- Braunschweig Classix Festival
- Sparkassen Open
- Braunschweig International Film Festival
- Braunschweiger Weihnachtsmarkt
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Where to stay
Places to stay in Brunswick
2 places to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
Which part of Brunswick to stay in
Brunswick, as would be expected of a city of this size, has a large number of excellent hotels, many in or near the city centre.
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When to go
The best time to visit Brunswick
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Brunswick are May to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 24 °C; July is the wettest, with about 79 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 Brunswick: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Hannover Airport (HAJ), about 61 km from the city centre in a straight line; Kassel Airport (KSF, 122 km) and Bremen Airport (BRE, 145 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
The nearest commercial airport is Hannover Airport (HAJ) (approximately 30–40 minutes by car, or around 1 hour by train). Braunschweig Airport (BWE) is mainly a research airport and is primarily used by the Technische Universität Braunschweig, the German Federal Agency of Aviation (Luftfahrt-Bundesamt), and the German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation (Bundesstelle für Flugunfalluntersuchung). It is, however, served by seasonal holiday charter flights to destinations including Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Cyprus.
Getting around
The city centre is easily explored on foot. Most places of interest can be reached walking. The downtown shopping district is a car-free pedestrian zone. In case you need to visit places further out, you can rely on the public transportation system. All major car rental companies have branches in Brunswick. But since Brunswick's highways tends to get gridlocked during rush hours (neighbouring Peine is the county with the largest number of commuters in Germany, most of which commute into either Braunschweig or Hanover).
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HAJ · Hannover Airport
KSF · Kassel Airport
BRE · Bremen Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Brunswick
Eat
Having been one of the most important cities of medieval Germany has left its traces in the Brunswick cuisine, be it the Mumme (Brunswick Mum) (apparently the oldest man-made nonperishable food) or its rich selection of sausages and cakes. Take the opportunity to shop for Mumme specialities. A must-try are Eulen und Meerkatzen (owls and guenons - Ulen un Apen in Brunswick dialect), which, according to legend, were baked by Braunschweig trickster Till Eulenspiegel to play a prank on the people of Brunswick, and which are to this day sold by Braunschweig bakeries.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Brunswick
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
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Questions
Brunswick: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Brunswick?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Brunswick are May to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 24 °C; July is the wettest, with about 79 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Brunswick?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Hannover Airport (HAJ), about 61 km from the city centre in a straight line; Kassel Airport (KSF, 122 km) and Bremen Airport (BRE, 145 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Brunswick?
euro (EUR).
Nearby
Destinations near Brunswick
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.