In addition to the gorgeous zoo, Hanover has another, little-known place with animals. Tiergarten was founded in 1678/79 by Duke Johann Friedrich Kahlenberg, who released 120 doe in the park for hunting. Nowadays nobody hunting the animals and they walk freely on the whole territory of 112 hectares read more...

Hannover zoo was founded in 1865 and currently holds more than 3,500 animals. The zoo is very unusual and I would say it is one of the sights of the entire Germany, not only of Hannover. If you study its history, you'll undestand why read more...

A town in Lower Saxony. The main attraction is the International Windmill and Watermill Museum, which has mills from more than 10 countries read more...

If you like to look at airplanes, then there is an equipped observation deck near Hanover Airport. It is located here N 52 27.186 E 9 41.391. Come in the evening to get a beautiful light read more...

Hildesheim is a city 25 kilometers south-east of Hannover. It was badly damaged in 1945, during the Second World ... read more...

Celle is a town in Lower Saxony, 35 kilometers from Hannover. It will be interesting to fans of half-timbered ... read more...

For more than 20 years international annual fireworks festival is held from May to September in the Large Garden of the Hannover Royal Gardens. Pyrotechnics teams from 5 different countries take part in the festival. Each performance lasts 25 minutes and is judged read more...

Wolfenbüttel is a small town 12 km from Braunschweig and 60 km from Hannover. The town is well-known in ... read more...

Bad Pyrmont is a resort with more than 500-year history. There are about 50 towns in Germany with the "Bad" ... read more...

There is an unusual place in the spa town of Bad Nendorf. About 100 years ago, an avenue of rare copper beech trees was planted here. These trees have, so far, an undisclosed genetic disorder that causes them to grow sideways instead of upwards read more...

During the Christmas holidays, many European cities arrange colorful illumination. In Hannover this happens in the zoo read more...

We already have an article on our website about visiting the Serengeti Safari Park, but this time we decided to go there with an overnight stay. The park offers many different accommodation options: lodges, tents, tents, motorhomes (https://serengeti-park.de/uebernachten). Recently, a unique opportunity has appeared, I would say, as we have never seen anything like it - overnight stay in a bus in the middle of the park read more...

Goslar is the gateway to the Harz Mountains and several excellent hiking trails can be found here read more...

A large, beautiful castle that we recommend visiting. The first mention of it dates back to the 11th century, when the castle was owned by Count Otto von Northeim, one of the most influential Saxon nobles read more...

Marienburg Castle is not very popular with tourists, but in my opinion it is one of the most beautiful castles in ... read more...

Goslar is a small town in Lower Saxony, at the foot of the Harz Mountains. The main attraction of Goslar ... read more...

Cycling route along the Weser river with a length of about 500 kilometers starts in Hann. Münden and continues to Cuxhaven at the ... read more...

Despite the name "castle", it is more of a hunting complex, though it has a very unusual, geometric shape. It was built in 1737-1747 by order of Bishop Clemens Augustus, and the architect was famous Baroque architect Johann Conrad Schlaun read more...

Burgdorf is a town near Hanover. It has a small half-timbered center and a beautiful park, which we visited in November read more...

There is a rather unusual place in the woods near the town of Wennigsen. There is a number of various mechanisms, driven by water, placed on one of the forest streams read more...

Probably the oldest city in northern Germany. The first settlers arrived here as early as 1000 BC. Around 800 AD, a settlement with a simple harbour was built. In 994 the settlement was sacked by Vikings and Stade is first mentioned as Stethu read more...

There is a place near Bad Harzburg where you can watch wild cats. You may ask, why go somewhere and pay money to look at an ordinary cat? Despite their cute look, they are not ordinary cats, they are wild. If you sit and watch their behavior, you will see differences. Quite often they show unreasonable aggression, which is not characteristic of domestic cats. This is especially evident during feeding read more...

In a small town of Bückeburg, in a beautiful park lies the majestic palace, the residence of Schaumburg-Lippe Princes . It was a small principality with an area of 340 square kilometers on the territory of Lower Saxony. The last of the princes abdicated in 1918 read more...

Royal Gardens of Herrenhausen in Hannover are made up of several different gardens: Large Garden, Berggarden, Georgengarden and Welfengarden. We visited the Large Garden which has always been one of the most distinguished baroque formal gardens of Europe. It was created by Princess Sophia of Hannover from 1696 to 1714 read more...

There are a lot of different private zoos and animal centers in Germany. One of them is located near Bremen, ... read more...

Walsrode is a small town in Lower Saxony where located one of the two largest bird parks in the world ... read more...

Automotive city in Wolfsburg or Autostadt is the largest German, and maybe European, car entertainment center read more...

A little known and rather well hidden park, on the outskirts of Hanover. One of the first landscape gardens in Germany read more...

The resort is located on the shores of the lake of the same name (Zwischenahner Meer). The lake is interesting, it was formed by the failure of salt deposits located at a depth of 300 meters read more...

A large botanical garden known primarily for its rhododendron blooms. A collection has been established since the 1950s, and the park now has more than 1,000 species and varieties of rhododendrons and street azaleas read more...

A large park, or rather forest, famous for rhododendron blooms. This nursery, with 80 years of experience, is said to be the largest rhododendron park in Germany read more...

A little-known option for a trip with children in the Harz Mountains, although you can come here without children. Mount Steinberg can be climbed by car, there is a large parking lot. There will be many cars there, most come for the purpose of hiking mountain trails. There is a nice playground right by the parking lot. There are tables, so you can have a picnic read more...

Hünnefeld Castle is located several kilometers from the Ippenburg Castle. The area was first mentioned in 1146. The first castle was ... read more...

We decided to visit Hann. Münden after we had found the town on Google Maps. It looks amazing from above. ... read more...

There are several interesting sights in the town of Leer in northern Germany. The most notable of them is the ... read more...

30 km west from Hannover lies the largest lake in the north-west of Germany. Boats go from the town ... read more...

A little-known wildlife park is located in the forest near the small town of Springe (Lower Saxony). This is a ... read more...

In addition to Automotive City, there is a pretty good park with a castle in Wolfsburg read more...

Family safari park in northern Germany in Lower Saxony. You can visit it, both on the park bus, and on your car. The latter option is much more interesting read more...

One of the places in the Lüneburg heath, where in August-September, you can see beautiful heather blossoms read more...

A great place for a family day-off, the mountain about 1 km high, the highest in Lower Saxony. You can reach the top by cable car (https://www.wurmberg-seilbahn.de/) read more...

Alfeld is a small historic town located near Hildesheim and Hanover read more...

We had never heard of this town before, so we stopped by for a walk on a free day. Noted very good reconstruction of the central part of the old town read more...

A new attraction in the Harz Mountains is a 65-meter high observation tower, as of 2025 the highest in Germany. The village of Torfhaus, where the tower stands, is located at an altitude of 800 meters and is the highest in Lower Saxony read more...

Romkerhaller Wasserfall in the Harz Mountains is quite high for Germany. The amount of water is low, but it is very conveniently located in a picturesque place and it is possible to climb to the top. We visited the waterfall in winter and the climb to the top was extreme, but at other times of the year it is highly recommended. Although the frozen waterfall is also interesting to see, in colder periods it turns into an ice column read more...

Hannover calls itself "Messestadt" (Exhibition City). That's why upon arrival of the train at the main station you hear the words "Welcome to the Exhibition City Hannover" read more...

Sea Life is a network of aquariums owned by the British company "Merlin Entertainments". They are located in many European ... read more...

Rinteln is a small half-timbered town with houses in the Weser Renaissance style. Famous for its university, which was founded in 1621. The well-preserved old town is still characterised by numerous half-timbered houses. In the Middle Ages, the town was surrounded by a city wall, though we did not discover the remains of it read more...

One of the most unusual structures in Germany is located in Scharnebeck. The lift for river ships was built in 1974 and it is the world's largest double lift (in 2016, China built a single lift, about 2.5 times bigger than this one, video) read more...

Lüneburg is a small Hanseatic city in Lower Saxony. The city was a salt trader and important economic center because of its geographic location near Lubeck. As you know, salt used to be very important and expensive in former times as it was used in many processes, in particular, allowed long-term storage of food. Therefore, cities with salt had a good income read more...