A weekend in Bremen, Germany (08/2018)

town hall and cathedral at the central square of Bremen

I spent the first weekend of August in the pretty town of Bremen in northern Germany.

Even though I always imagined Bremen to be a very beautiful city, I had never traveled there before. I finally decided to go, because the local art museum had a special exhibition with contributions of a good friend of mine. Luckily, the weather in early August was spectacular and I enjoyed walking through the old city centre with its historic buildings. In addition to the ancient town hall (early 15th century AD) and the impressive cathedral (construction started in the 11th century AD), I visited the vast collections of the Overseas Museum.

train station

central park

‘Der Rosselenker’ by Louis Tuaillon (1902)

Theater am Goetheplatz

Gerhard Marcks House

Wilhelm Wagenfels House

Kunsthalle Bremen (art museum)

exhibition on ‘What is Love?’

‘100 Indian Tinder Tales’ by Indu Harikumar (2016)

‘Sylvette’ by Pablo Picasso (1954)

‘Field with Poppies’ by Vincent van Gogh (1889)

‘Canal Grande with view of Santa Maria della Salute in Venice’ by Friedrich Nerly (1838/39)

‘Harbour on Fehmarn’ by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1913)

‘First summer’ by Heinrich Vogeler (1902)

Forum am Wall

part of the court house

court house

post office

part of the town hall

sculptures next to the town hall

Schütting

Bremen Cathedral

door of the cathedral

relief above the door

inside the cathedral

ancient sculptures

inside the cathedral

wall paintings

last supper

view from the tower

wall paintings

sculpture at the market square

panoramic view of town hall and cathedral

town hall

Roland Statue (1404)

facade of the town hall

drastic details at the facade

old houses at the market square

old building

the famous ‘Town Musicians of Bremen’

beautiful Böttcherstraße

Ludwig Roselius Museum

at the Weser

famous Alexander von Humboldt sailing ship

at the Weserburg

view towards the Beck’s Brewery

Am Wall Windmill

Overseas Museum

statue in front of the museum

Overseas Museum

a snack shop from Madurai, India

a Bollywood movie poster

inside the Overseas Museum

animals of southern Africa

cheetahs in the savannah of eastern Africa

As you can imagine, I had a lot of fun visiting Bremen and its beautiful monuments (the marketplace is a UNESCO world heritage site) – especially since the weather was so spectacular!

4 responses to “A weekend in Bremen, Germany (08/2018)”

Thanks so much, Matthias, for this visit to Bremen. I enjoyed each photo and appreciated the captions. The architecture alone is astounding–loved seeing the incredible details, too. Wonderful sculptures, city scenes, central park, art exhibits and the windmill. My favorites: Alexander von Humboldt sailing ship, Am Wall windmills, all the Weser River photos, Picasso/vanGogh/Vogeler paintings. Thank you for this tour.

matt-travels March 12, 2019 at 9:50 pm · · Reply →

Thank you so much for your comment and checking out the post! 🙂 Many greetings over to your side of the globe! 🙂