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 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...

Germany has many interesting routes, one of which is designed specifically for trips with children - Fairy Tale Route. The places on this route are not imaginary, but quite real. The most famous German writers - the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm loved to travel and collect different stories. Places where they heard and recorded fairy tales were included in this this route read more...

Lüneburg Heath is not a desert as it may seem from the title. It's a huge park. Until 1800 the entire north of Germany was full of such empty spaces, but now only this place remains. Here grows mostly heather, meadow flowers and juniper read more...

Oldenburg is best known as the medieval residence of the dynasty of the same name. Until 1773, the Earl of Oldenburg was also the king of Denmark, which means the weight of the title was huge read more...

Emden is the main city in the historic region of East Frisia. Like 300 years ago, it lives off the port, from where Volkswagen cars are dispatched all over the world. The city-forming factory is located in the port as well read more...

Willy-Spahn Park is a good place to watch the spring blooms. The park was founded in 2004 on the site of an old marl quarry that had existed here since 1850. The central object is a restored and the only preserved in the region lime kiln, built in 1925 read more...

A resort town in Germany. It has parks, a half-timbered old town and an animal enclosure read more...

The Christmas market in Neustad is small, located on just one street. However, its distinctive feature is the colorful illumination of the buildings read more...

This article lists family restaurants with playgrounds or children's areas around Hanover. If you can add to the article, please write in the comments read more...

On June 3, 1998, near the German town of Eschede, the largest high-speed train crash in history occurred, killing more than 100 people read more...

A small resort in the Deister Mountains, first mentioned between 856 and 869 as “Munimeri”. The healing power of the salty, sulphurous and bitter springs from this place was known in the area. Monks from Minden used to walk almost 50 kilometers because of the salt springs. This may have led to the name Münder, from Minden. Salt mining, which existed here since 1033, was stopped in 1924 read more...

A 45-hectare park in the style of an English landscape garden on Mount Orberg in the municipality of Emmerthal. It was created around 1818 by Georg Adolph von Hake near his estate. Entrance to the park is free and it is still owned by the von Hake family read more...

A small, picturesque town in Lower Saxony. The town is unknown in tourist terms, although there is a brown sign on the autobahn, which is how we got here read more...

An observation tower on a hill near the resort town of Bad Iburg. A distinctive feature is the beautiful graffiti covering the entire tower, depicting the history of the region read more...

Like many cities in Germany, Osnabrück was completely destroyed during the war. The city is standard, with restored historic center, Market ... read more...

Hamelin is one of Germany's "fairy tale" towns. It is known for the Pied Piper legend. In the USSR, this ... read more...

Hämelschenburg Castle was built between 1588 and 1618. It belongs to the Weser Renaissance. Southern wing of the Italian Renaissance style ... read more...

Einbeck is an old Hanseatic city with half-timbered houses. Hanseatic means belonging to the trade union of free German cities. ... read more...

The Hardenberg Castle and Hardenberg Palace are located close to each other and belong to the noble Hardenberg family read more...

During the preparation for the Expo 2000 in Hannover, one of the exhibits was a newly built residential area of future. All available knowledge in the field of ecological optimization of construction and communal services was used. Social aspects were considered as well read more...

In the village of Etelsen stands a small and well-preserved palace built in 1885-1887 years by brothers Heimbruch for the ... read more...

Hanover Carnival is held since 1992. It lasts for several months, starting in November, and includes dozens of events, but this article is about the carnival procession read more...

A small castle-palace of the first half of the 18th century. You can walk freely on the territory, although it ... read more...

If you do not know how the buildings of the Renaissance look like, then you must visit the castle of Bevern. This is almost the most characteristic building in the whole of Germany read more...