BOOMTOWN BREMERHAVEN – Complete Guide

The city of Bremerhaven was founded as Bremen‘s access to the North Sea, and after some ups and downs, the city is now evolving into a Boomtown – as I prove in this complete guide to this widely underrated city.

Seute Deern
The Seute Deern (which in Low German means Sweet Girl) was the world’s last cargo sailing ship made entirely of wood. In March 2020, one of Bremerhaven’s most iconic landmarks had to be scrapped. However, they are planning on building a copy.

After a changeful history, today the city is almost secretly evolving into a Boomtown.

The King And I

The King….

As soon as the gangway was put, the crowd behind the barrier got berserk. Women screamed hysterically, overwhelmed to tears, arms stretched out towards the troop freighter ‚General Randall’ – being, literally, a handful to the policemen who had to protect the King.

Yes, there he was, coming down the gangway among his entourage – the King!

„I am happy to be here“, he affirmed as soon as he set foot on German soil. Wooow, this voice: goosebumps!

Whenever he raised his voice, it sounded like ‚Love me tender’ – even here, at the quay on the docks of Bremerhaven, where on October 1, 1958, Mr. Elvis Aaron Presley, aka the King of Rock’n’Roll, landed in Germany to complete his military service.

….and I

As soon as the train doors opened, I stepped on the platform and looked around: No screaming, no tears, no outstretched arms.

The station’s bored security man chewed gum, eyeing the arriving and parting passengers with indifference.

„I am happy to be here“, I mumbled to myself – grabbed my bag, and headed for the Havenwelten, Bremerhaven’s newly built, posh neighborhood.

So while I was smart enough to spend the entire weekend at this cool’n’cozy place, the King left the same day on a train at approximately 1.30 p. m. to the Army base in Friedberg in Hessia.

I bet you think, now I’m just making things up, right!? By no means!
Indeed, there is a website by the German Elvis Presley Association and they’ve put together an incredible chronology of the King’s stay among the Germans – including his train schedule.
And you think I am the quirky one…

Plaque on the dock of Bremerhhaven where Elvis Presley came ashore.
“This is where Elvis Presley, the King of Rock’n’Roll, went ashore”
(Photo: Dörte Behrmann)

Another valid information I’ve got reading their page is that on October 30, 1958, hence, after 29 days in Germany, the King bought a poodle and named her Cherry.

I guess you’ll need a moment to digest this info so I give you a little privacy.

Past Tense

The city of Bremen was gaining its wealth from commerce and trade which, obviously, at that time was mostly proceeded by ships. Bremen was part of the Hanse League since 1358. The Hanse was a coalition of up to 200 cities with the main purpose of protecting trade routes for instance against pirating.

To learn more about this powerful league, read my post on Lübeck, the Queen of the Hanse.

RAU IX in Bremerhaven
One of Bremerhaven’s unique highlights is definitely the ships at the old harbor. Here to the left is the whaler RAU IX from 1939.

The Dutch Builders

Bremen is on the shores of the river Weser and has no direct access to the ocean.

Therefore, in 1827, mayor Johann Smidt, decided that Bremen needed a harbor – a ‘Haven’. This, by the way, is a fine example for how close the German and English languages actually are.

Hence, Smidt bought a piece of land from the Kingdom of Hannover which today is the capital of the Federal State Lower Saxony. Here, Dutch engineer Jacobus Johannes van Ronzelen designed a city that was quickly constructed between 1827 till 1830. Bremen’s Haven was built – and eventually renamed into Bremerhaven.

Statue Johann Smidt
Mr. Johann Smidt, Bremen’s mayor from 1821 to his death in 1857, commissioned the construction of Bremen’s port which eventually became the city of Bremerhaven.

Going to America

Especially the increase of emigration to the New World brought Bremerhaven lots of work and money. However, the cargo now was not only beer or coffee or commodities anymore, they got human freight. Between 1830 and 1971, about 7 million people left Europe via the port of Bremerhaven. Even more than through the much bigger city of Hamburg.

Bremerhaven Statue Die Auswanderer
This sculpture called Die Auswanderer, emigrants, is standing on the shore of the river Weser and remembers the seven million passing through this port.

I appreciate the traditional gender relation: While father determinedly leads his loved ones to unknown shores and into an insecure future, mother looks back in distress thinking, shucks, I hope I did unplug the iron.

While the money from the living freight was initially made in Bremerhaven, with the construction of the railway in 1862, the passengers had quicker and easier access to the ships and did not need to wait right next to the docks. Hence, they now waited in the city of Bremen – and spent their money rather there.

Bremerhaven Auswandererhaus
What today is part of Bremerhaven’s University used to be the Auswandererhaus, housing waiting rooms for passengers waiting for their passage.

Serving as Bremen’s port, consequently, most trades were about building and maintenance of ships. Another important industrial sector was deep-sea fishing and processing of the catch in factories.
Clearly, none of these jobs were somewhat glamorous or bohemian, so that Bremerhaven has had a rather hard-working, proletarian population.

To learn more about emigration through North-German harbors to the New World, go to the post Coming to America: From Northern Germany to the “New World”

Coming from America

Withal, the city had some pretty rich moments since in spring 1948, 23,000 boxes containing almost six billion freshly printed Deutschmark-bills had crossed the Atlantic and arrived in Bremerhaven. The US Army guarded the precious freight. It was the time of the post-war monetary reform, hence, Germany got its new currency.

Since the Bremerhavians are good eggs, they didn’t keep this fortune for themselves but shared it with the rest of the republic which was actually founded only the following year.

One Mark Bill from 1948
First bills after the monetary reform – printed in the USA and brought to Bremerhaven.
(Photo: Alliierte Militärbehörde in Deutschland, DM-1948-eine, cropped to 7:5, CC0 1.0)

And as I explained above, it was here where Elvis Presley set foot on German soil to do his military service in one of the US military bases in Southern Germany.

Present Tense

By the way, today, at that very spot, there are many setting foot on German soil since this is the spot where huge cruise liners are docking. Bremerhaven is getting really big in the cruising industry.

As a matter of fact, Bremerhaven is getting pretty big in general. After having been kind of Bremen’s backyard for the longest time, the city finally has been booming. The old – and old-fashioned – shipping industry changed dramatically over the past decades – undoubtedly, not for the better. 

An Industrial Port

Bremerhaven’s answer is the quarter Havenwelten uniting the area of the old and the new harbor. It includes elegant apartments, big shopping malls, fantastic museums, luxurious hotels, and a posh yacht harbor.

Bremerhaven Yachthafen
The yacht harbor is adding even more glitz and glamour to the Havenwelten, Bremerhaven’s booming neighborhood.

It’s amazing that all the superlatives the Federal State of Bremen has to offer are to be found in this often neglected exclave.

Bremerhaven’s container wharf measures over five kilometers – world’s longest container wharf at one stretch. There is space for 120,000 cars which probably also makes it world’s largest parking lot; and probably the best guarded one, too. Of course, visiting is only possible on a guided tour – see the HafenBus below. Also, you have to bring your ID or passport and taking pictures is strictly forbidden.

Fish Sticks
Another claim to fame: Being the capital of fish fingers.
(Photo: Superbass, Fishfinger classic frozen 1, cropped to 7:5, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Things are still quite fishy in Bremerhaven: It is world’s largest producer of fish fingers. Frozen Fish International is producing 1.5 billion fish fingers per year.

And then there is the Museum Harbor with amazing historic ships and the Emigration Center with its prize-winning exhibition and….hey, you know what, let me take you on a grand tour of this small city.

Present Perfect  

History

It’s possible that you arrive by a cruise liner. But it’s probable that you get there by regional train from Bremen. A walk from the station to the center is neither long nor very scenic so you might consider taking bus #505 to this tour’s first stop which is the Historisches Museum, the historic museum.

Bremerhaven Historisches Museum
“So how long will it take to build this port that has to connect Bremen with the Northern Sea?” Mayor Johann Smidt negotiating with Jacobus Johannes van Ronzelen – now at the Historic Museum.

So we start our visit at the Historisches Museum, the Historic Museum, where you get to know Bremerhaven’s entire history and development over the epochs.

Bremerhaven Historisches Museum
Fish has been one of Bremerhaven’s most important trades. A typical fish store can be visited at the museum, too.

Hands-On

There are many interesting pieces, there is a huge ship for the technophiles, there are a cooper workshop and a fish store. There are photographs and a movie showing film clips on different topics. It’s very educational and pretty entertaining at the same time – and certainly a great place to visit with kids.

Bremerhaven Historisches Museum
There are many historic exhibits from different epochs at the museum: After the war, the US had to help with food and other goodies. While the entire North West of Germany – including the coastline – was the British zone, the US had demanded access to the ocean and got Bremen and its exclave Bremerhaven. This is also the reason why these two cities form a Federal State within the Federal State of Lower Saxony.

Historisches Museum Bremerhaven
An der Geeste
27570 Bremerhaven
Phone: +49 – 471 – 30 81 60
Email: info@historisches-museum-bremerhaven.de

The museum is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and entrance is free.

From the museum, walk across the Alte Geestebrücke and continue on Fährstraße* to the Theodor Heuss Platz. Here, you are greeted by a – literally – great man. It’s Mr. Johann Smidt, Bremen’s mayor who commissioned the construction of Bremerhaven.

Art

There are also the city theater and the Kunstmuseum, Bremerhaven’s art museum, at this square – but in all honesty, and this is coming from a huge art enthusiast, you do not miss out on much if you don’t visit this venue or the Kunsthalle, the art gallery around the corner. Both entrances are adorned by sculptures by Jan Balkenhol. And to be honest, these are actually the best pieces they have to offer.

Bremerhaven Kunstmuseum
The painted lady on top of the art museum was donated in 2011 on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the art association. Way back on the brick building, you can spot her male counterpart, standing there with the back against the wall since 1989.

Let’s rather stick to the maritime attractions since they are definitely Bremerhaven’s strong suit.

Seven Seas

Walk one block to the Columbusstraße and cross to the imposing Maritime Museum.

Bremerhaven Seute Deern
The Sweet Girl sure was a beauty.

There are various old ships to admire like a light vessel from 1909, a polar research vessel from 1867, or a submarine from 1945, the last days of WWII.

The museum is open from 10 a. m. to 5.45 p.m.

Actually, all these wonderful antique ships are part of the Deutsches Schifffahrtsmuseum – the three fs are not a typo, the word is a combination of Schiff, ship, and Fahrt, trip – the German Maritime Museum.

Bremerhaven Bremer Kogge Bremen Cog
This medieval cog was built more than 600 years ago.

Deutsches Schifffahrtsmuseum
Hans-Scharoun-Platz 1
27568 Bremerhaven
Phone: + 49 – 471 – 482 07 0
Email: info@dsm.museum

The museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The Klimahaus: The Climate House

Indispensable should be a visit to the Klimahaus, the climate house.

Samoa Lagoon at the Klimahaus in Bremerhaven
Experience a lagoon in Samoa….
(Photo: Marcus Meyer/Klimahaus)

Opened in 2009 by no less than Sir Bob Geldof, this venue is much more than just some museum. It is a unique space where you can actually experience the weather and its impact as well as the change and development of the world’s climate.

While we always rather focus on the latitude, these clever people introduce the longitude, namely 8° East where also Bremerhaven is located. Nonetheless, also Switzerland, Niger, Antarctica, Samoa, Alaska, and others.

They let you actually experience each one of these individual climate zones.

Antarctica at the Klimahaus in Bremerhaven
….and go camping in Antarctica on the same day.
(Photo: David Farcas/Klimahaus)

Visiting the Klimahaus should be on every Bremerhaven visitor’s to-do list.

Klimahaus® Bremerhaven 8° Ost 
Am Längengrad 8
27568 Bremerhaven
Phone: + 49 – 471 – 90 20 30-0
Email: info@klimahaus-bremerhaven.de

The Klimahaus is open daily from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. (weekends from 10 a.m.)

Bremerhaven SAIL city
Bremerhaven at its best: Behind the sail ships, you can spot the egg-shaped building of the Klimahaus and the sail-shaped tower of the SAIL City.

Panoramic View

The next attraction is actually a posh 4* Atlantic Hotel. The building, the SAIL City, is designed in the shape of a blown sail and stands 140 meters/460 feet tall.

Being the city’s tallest building, there is an observation deck on the 20th and 21st floors. Even if you are not a guest, for 3 €uro – very well spent – you can still go up in Summer between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. and from October to March from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and enjoy a fantastic view – on some days actually all the way to the North Sea.

The Auswandererhaus: The Emigration Center

Crossing the bridge Alter Hafen, originally built in 1851, you get to another fascinating exhibition, the Deutsches Auswandererhaus, the Germany Emigration Center; by the way, initially the main reason for my visit to Bremerhaven – little did I know how many more attractions were expecting me.

Exhibition at the Auswandererhaus
Waiting on the pier for the big adventure: If you stand close to these passengers, they actually tell you their story: Where they come from and what made them leave their home.
(Photo: Jürgen Howaldt, AuswandererhausBremerhaven 05, cropped to 7:5, CC BY-SA 2.0 DE)

Everybody knows Ellis Island and knows that it was the designated destination of a journey full of hardship and hope. But hardly anybody seems to care what all these people went through before finally arriving on the American east coast.

Exhibition at the Auswandererhaus
People travelling third class did not have it very comfortable. To underline their hardship, you actually hear them getting seasick and throwing up. These museum-people really gave their best – no wonder they were awarded Europe’s best museum in 2007.
(Photo: Jürgen Howaldt, AuswandererhausBremerhaven 08, cropped to 7:5, CC BY-SA 2.0 DE)

This is very well sketched in the fantastic, award-winning exhibition. After all, between 1830 and 1974, seven million people went to new shores via the port of Bremerhaven. More than through the much larger city of Hamburg.

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses…

Most of these people came from Eastern Europe or from Southern Germany. Before they continued across the ocean, they had to wait for their ship to be ready; sometimes for days.

Bremerhaven Deutsches Auswanderermuseum
At the museum’s restaurant, you can read what the passengers from the very different countries used to eat and which food they brought with them for their long journey.

From these passengers, no matter how poor, money was rolling in. In 1857, the Norddeutscher Lloyd was founded, importing goods from America and exporting emigrants. Recruiters went to East Europe to drum up customers by promising them a great future across the ocean. But as a matter of fact, reasons to leave Europe into an insecure future were as varied and individual as the passengers themselves.

Bremerhaven Deutsches Auswanderermuseum
Every visitor is supplied with a boarding pass following the destiny of one of the emigrants. This brings the stories – and history – really alive.

I cannot spare you a last fun fact: In 1885, a certain Friedrich Trump from Kallstadt, today located in Rhineland-Palatinate, migrated via Bremerhaven to the United States of America, probably to evade military service. He lived the American dream: In 2017, his grandson became President.

Deutsches Auswandererhaus
Columbusstraße 65 D
27568 Bremerhaven
Phone: + 49 – 471 – 90 22 0 – 0
Email: info@dah-bremerhaven.de

The museum is open daily from 10 a. m. to 6 p. m. from March till October and from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. from November to February.

For a comprehensive overview of emigration through North German harbors to the New World, go to the post Coming to America: From Northern Germany to the “New World”

Boat Rides

Bremerhaven Weser
Somewhere beyond the sea….actually, this is still the river Weser, getting ready to become an ocean a couple of miles further up.

No visit to a harbor would be complete without a boat cruise, right?! So at the bridge next to the Auswandererhaus, you can hop on board one of the launches, and off you go on a one-hour cruise through the industrial harbor.

Bremerhaven Tugboats on the Weser
Tugboats on the river Weser that empties into the North Sea.

Let me tell you, you’ll feel pretty small in your nutshell gliding next to the ocean liners, the tugboats, pontoon cranes, and wharves.

There are daily trips, but the schedule varies with the seasons, so please check their website for convenient hours.

HaRuFa Maritime Tourismus GmbH 
H.-H.-Meier-Straße 4
27568 Bremerhaven
Phone: + 49 – 471 – 41 58 50
Mail: kontor@hafenrundfahrt-bremerhaven.de

Island Cruise

In case you have more time to spend, I strongly recommend a day trip to the island of Heligoland, supposedly Germany’s only deep-sea island.

Gannots on Heligoland
The number of gannets on the rocks on Heligoland’s western cliffs will just overwhelm you.

During the summer season, usually between May and the end of September, the MS Fair Lady leaves from Bremerhaven to Heligoland at 9.30 a.m. and comes back at 7 p.m. While the crossing itself takes about three hours, you have about two and a half hours to explore the island. A day trip sets you back around 40 €uros roundtrip.

To get more info on this trip – as well as other great cruises like for instance the turns between Cuxhaven and the island of Neuwerkgo to their website which is also available in English.

Gray Seal on the Island of Helgoland
Nope, this picture is not upside down. This gray seal on Heligoland lets her belly get tickled by the rays of sun.

Heligoland, by the way, is only one of about 80 German islands. To learn which are the most worth visiting, go to my post Island Hopping In Germany – and I’m sure you’ll be amazed!

A Tour by HafenBus: The Harbor Bus

Another great activity is to visit the industrial harbor which is very impressive.
There is space for 120.000 cars, but they are not remaining there for long. More than 1,400 car freight ships are coming to Bremerhaven every year, carrying 2.3 million cars. Oh yes, and there are bananas and other stuff, too.

So if you want to see all this but don’t feel like going on a boat trip, you can take a tour by the HafenBus, the HarborBus, which doesn’t take you as close to the ships as the boat tour, but you get really close to the heavy machinery onshore – and that’s amazing, take it from me.

The tour takes two hours and you can board the bus at three stops: At the Schaufenster Fischereihafen (Window Fishery Harbor), in front of the Deutsches Schifffahrtsmuseum (see above) and at the Zoo (see below).

Did I just mention the zoo? Yes, there is a zoo in Bremerhaven, and it’s a reversed superlative. It is home to 800 animals from 107 species, however, Germany’s smallest scientifically managed zoo.

Bremerhaven Zoo am Meer
These stone walls protect visitors against the polar bears – or maybe the polar bears against some visitors.

However, its scientific achievements are amazing: Whether the breeding of spectacled penguins, gannets, or seals – they are doing a great job. Their greatest achievement is probably the breeding of polar bears: Since 1935, 29 ice bears were born here which makes the zoo a leading institution in this field.

Zoo am Meer Bremerhaven
H.-H.-Meier-Straße 7
27568 Bremerhaven
Phone: + 49 – 471 – 308 41 41
Email: info@zoo-am-meer-bremerhaven.de

No offense, but take a hike

Is it too much? Do you just want to relax? No problem, since you can go on a relaxing walk or cycle on the levees along the river Weser or just sit on a bench and enjoy life.

Bremerhaven Deich
A serene moment.

Practical Information

Getting There

If you’re not driving, you can get to Bremerhaven easily by train. The Deutsche Bahn, Germany’s national train company, offers the so-called Ländertickets, the country tickets that are valid for one day in a specific federal state. Every federal state has its own and the cost varies from about 24 to 29 €uro.

Geographically, Bremerhaven is located in the federal state of Lower Saxony, and the Niedersachsen-Ticket costs 24 €uro for one and you have to add another 5 €uro per person travelling with you. So if you are two adults, it will set you back 29 €uro for both of you, if you travel with four other people, you’ll pay 44 €uro for your party of five; not bad, right?!
A child under 15 travels for free with two adults.

Hamburg train station
Here, at the main station in Hamburg, you can see two different regional trains. On these, you can travel an entire day with a Lower Saxony-ticket that you can also use going only to Cuxhaven with another person.

While you can actually travel the entire day within the respective federal state, you can take only the regional trains. Hence, train numbers beginning with RE, MET, etc. But not the interregional trains such as the Intercity (IC) or Intercity Express (ICE).

Note: There is no Länderticket exclusively for Bremen and Bremerhaven, obviously. However, the one for Lower Saxony includes also the city-states of Hamburg, as well as Bremen and Bremerhaven.

Individual Travellers

Nevertheless, keep in mind that if you are travelling by yourself, just a oneway trip to Bremerhaven from e.g. Hamburg or Hannover might be cheaper than the Niedersachsen-Ticket. Therefore and for other connections and rates, please visit the Deutsche Bahn’s website, it’s available in seven languages.

From Bremen, it is 35 to 45 minutes by regional train. If you already have a Länderticket, it’s, obviously, included. Otherwise, it’s 13.30 €uros for a single ride and 23.50 €uros for a day pass.

And Getting Around

Bremerhaven has a very good public bus system, however, their website is only in German. Long live the google-translator!

A single bus ticket within Bremerhaven’s city limits costs 2.50 €uros, a pass with four rides 8.60, and for ten 21.50 €uros. Then, there are day passes for one person – 7.30 €uros – to five people – for 18.10 €uros.
Here is a comprehensive chart.

Where to Stay

I guess you’ll agree that there is a lot to do in Bremerhaven.
So why not spend the night and reboot at the really nice hotel The Liberty*, located right between all these wonderful places?!

Bremerhaven Hotel Liberty
Sleeping next to the water actually feels like being on a cruise liner; without even polluting the oceans!

Located right next to the Emigration Center, its name, obviously, refers cleverly to Lady Liberty – waiting for the tired and the poor….you know the drill.

Booking.com

You can have dinner at the restaurant Mulberry Street and a drink at the New York Bar located on the fifth floor overlooking the harbor.

Bremerhaven Hotel Liberty
Fun colorful deck chairs to relax after your schwitz.

But there is also another treat waiting for you up there: Their clean and beautiful SPA where you can relax on a deckchair – inside or on the balcony, too.

After a generous breakfast, you’ll be ready to explore what the city has to offer or you just enjoy the view from your balcony….

Bremerhaven Hotel Liberty
….by day….
Bremerhaven Hotel Liberty
…..or by night.

If the The Liberty* should be booked out, you can check other suitable accommodations on this map:

Booking.com

Money

Until now, 20 European countries replaced their former local currency with the €uro starting in 2002. Obviously, Germany is one of them. The exchange rate is 1 US$ = 0.94 EUR as of January 2024. However, you can check today’s conversion rate on this page.

Euro coins and bills as well as credit dards
Cash’n’Cards

Most larger stores and restaurants accept credit cards, and there are many ATMs to get cash from.

Language

Bremerhaven caters mainly to national tourism. Therefore, people’s command of English or any other foreign language might be limited to some basic expressions.

Therefore, for some useful words and phrases, you might want to practice a little with help from e. g. Babbel (the first lesson is for free and already supplies you with useful basic vocabulary).

Note: In this article, obviously, I’m writing out some of the German names of brands and places and you will notice that there are letters that might not exist in other languages: First of all there is the letter ß that exists only in the German alphabet and it’s by no means a B – it’s a ‘sharp’, double S as in kiss. When writing, you can actually replace it by a double S. Then there are three more vowel, ä being the easiest one since it’s pronounced like an open e as in head. Ö and ü are tougher, ö being pronounced more or less like the e in her and ü as the u in huge.

Tourist Info

After having read this post down to here, do you still need further information or have specific questions? Of course, I’m here for you, but more importantly, so are the people at the Tourist Information.

The tourist office will supply you with extended information of any kind:

Erlebnis Bremerhaven GmbH 
Bremerhaven Touristik & Tourist-Infos
H.-H.-Meier-Straße 6
27568 Bremerhaven
Phone: + 49 – 471 – 80 93 61 00
Email: touristik@erlebnis-bremerhaven.de

There are daily trips, but the schedule varies with the seasons, so please check their website for convenient hours.

Map

On this map, you’ll find all the wonderful places I’m introducing in this post.
Clicking on the slider symbol at the top left or the full-screen icon at the top right will display the whole map including the legend.

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Note: I’m completing, editing, and updating this post regularly – last in January 2024.

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Disclaimer: The Erlebnis Bremerhaven GmbH invited me to stay at the Liberty Hotel*.

Balcony of the Liberty Hotel
View of the iconic old lighthouse from 1854 from the balcony of the Liberty Hotel.

They also supported my blogger trip by supplying me with information, a tour with the HafenBus, the HarborBus, and arranged a visit to the Auswandererhaus, the German Emigration Center.
However, all opinions on these services are mine and weren’t by any means influenced by my cooperation partner.


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  2. My Great Great Grandfather, Wilheim Mackenroth, immigrated from here in 1857 at the age of 17 and arrived in New Orleans, LA. on the ship Johann Smidt. This was very informative and hopefully one day I can make the trip.

    1. This is amazing! At the Auswandererhaus, they have registries – it would be so exciting finding him there! Thanx for your comment, I just love it that someone can personally relate to the place I’m introducing! 🙂 <3

  3. I just love reading about other places in German, other than Berlin. Don’t get me wrong I love reading about Berlin too, but so many posts are just about Berlin, that we are never introduced to the smaller cities, which are equally as full of history. lol….I love that Fred Trump left to avoid military service. Like father like son lol.

    1. I often find that smaller places have more local identity. The big cities are so globalized and somehow a bit similar.
      Yes, the Trump-heritage is definitely funny – he’s the grandson of an immigrant 😉

  4. This certainly looks like an interesting place. I can see that any history lover would love it!

  5. This is a very in-depth guide and so helpful. I love to visit unique places that will help you truly experience the culture. It sounds like I need to put this on my list!

  6. I’ve never been north of Berlin in Germany in the many times I’ve been before so would love to visit Bremen and the surrounding area one day 🙂

  7. Wow. Thats a thorough guide. Loved the pictures and museum. And this place seems to have such a rich history too. Would love to check out those old styles ships too!

    1. Love this guide! Sounds like such an awesome city! We didn’t know much about it before reading this but definitely adding it to our travel list now.

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  9. Bremerhaven sounds like a really interesting city. There is certainly a lot of history there. I'd definitely want to visit the German Immigration Center. That museum seems really interesting.

  10. Th thoroughly enjoyed reading this guide. The blend of historical perspective with the present day scenarios is very refreshing. Surprised to learn that Bremerhaven is the world's largest producer of fish fingers. And those lagoons are so inviting!

  11. Love all the information in this post! Sounds like a fascinating city, and the climate museum sounds super cool!

  12. I love that it is such a mix of old and new, combining luxuries of modern day with such interesting history. Such an incredible array of things to do and corners to explore!

  13. That's so very much my kind of city. I grew up on the coast, and anything maritime still has me captivated. You always share such fascinating pieces of information, even if you have given me totally inappropriate cravings for fish fingers right this minute. The hotel looks rather wonderful too. I had no idea about Trump!

  14. I love that it is by the water, and the boats are so pretty! It seems like it is full of history, too. So fun!

  15. Thanks for the mini history lesson! I always find it so much easier to appreicate places knowing their background and story. The boat cruise sounds lovely too and must be a fantastic alternative to seeing the city. Also didn't know fish fingers were a thing! Guess I'll have to visit to have a taste now!

  16. I like how Bremenhaven got its name. So cool that Germany’s new currency arrived here and Elvis too! I love fish fingers so it would be cool to eat them there. I did the 40 below room in Alaska so I would love to try out the Klimahaus! This seems like a really cool and different city to visit!

  17. The museums looks incredible, I think I would spend so much time in there. The Klimahaus sounds like my first stop though.

    Jackie

  18. Looks like quite a historical place! I've never heard of it actually, but now I know it's probably where our fish fingers come from lol. I actually call them fish sticks 🙂

  19. Bremen and Bremerhaven seem like they hold so much rich history and culture. I would love to visit that museum and shipyard.

  20. I would love to visit the zoo and learn more about the breeding of polar bears. Do you get to see the ‘nursery’? I think I could sit and watch them all day!

  21. Looks cool… I am ot sure when to visit Germany again BUT I will keep this destination in Mind. Thank you for sharing.

  22. I've been to Bremerhaven once before but clearly I need to go again! There's so much to do there. I'd love to visit the museums and the Klimahaus. The Liberty hotel looks lovely too.

  23. Ok, first of all I’ve never heard of the city of Bremen but it has such a cool history. You’ve certainly packed a lot of information into this article. The Klimahaus looks like a pretty fascinating place with amazing diaramas and such. I’d definitely enjoy experiencing that. It seems like Bremen has some pretty interesting and well put together museums. I like how they’ve embraced the water and it seems like life there truly has a focus on the water and all it entails.

  24. Museums are the best way to know a city. Good to know about your visit to Historisches Museum.So rich with history. I liked the location of the bar, what a view it must be from there.

  25. I love how you start with the past tense and arrive at the future perfect. Since I am an ardent history lover, the best part for me was how Bremerhaven got its name. So interesting! And to imagine this is also the capital of fish fingers. Wow!

  26. Sounds like building the haven was a genius bit of civil planning. Bremer wouldn't be half the city it is today without it. I love the climate house too.

  27. I love how your organize your story!!! your point of view is even more understandable and you've prove that Bremerhaven is a charming must visit place <3

  28. Wow! This is really a complete guide!
    So, the capital of fish sticks. I didn't know about that and found all your information really helpful! Thank you!

  29. Thank you for telling us that Bremen is in Germany in your 1st sentence! Interesting to learn how Bremerhaven got its name. What a fun fact that Elvis Presley did his military service here.

    It’s great that the industrial town of Bremerhaven is using its harbor asset to fuel a transformation to a tourism hub for cruise ships, museums and upscale apartments, hotels and shipping. Looks like there are many great attractions here – zoo, maritime museums, climate house and more.

  30. So imagine it, Bremen does have something else than Werder 😀 Really cool, i find out some cool information in you blog.

  31. I recently visited Graceland and learned a lot about Elvis' time in Germany so it's cool to see now exactly where he first stepped foot into the country. I'd like to take a picture where that plaque is lol!

  32. This is a cool post, so well organized and very well researched. Its interesting to have a harbour that doesn't lead to the ocean..but I guess we have those too. The hotel that looks like a luxury cruise ship is however…now on my list.!!

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