Winsen is a town near Hamburg with a small old center. You can stop by to see the 700-year-old castle ... read more...

Iburg Castle is a former abbey where prince-bishops of Osnabrück lived for 600 years. There is small garden near the castle designed by Martin Charbonnier, better known for the Royal Gardens in Hanover. Gardens in Hanover, by the way, was ordered by Princess Sophia, who was born and grew up in this castle and later became the first Prussian Queen. And her brother George I, who also spent all his childhood in this castle, in 1714 became king of the Great Britain and Nothern Island read more...

In 1979, an otter research project was launched in the Harz Mountains. It lasted until 1986 and then it was decided to open a full-fledged nursery, which was done in 1988 in the town of Hankensbüttel read more...

A small fishing village in East Frisia on the shores of the Wadden Sea. Recently it has turned into a popular resort, mainly because of the historical center, which has been preserved in excellent condition. The village is a great base for cycling and hiking. We spent the night here to take a walk in the area and see the Pilsum lighthouse read more...

The Oder Reservoir is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, along with several neighboring sites. In summer you can swim in the reservoir, but we came in winter, as there is always snow. The circular trail is about about 4.5 km long read more...

In 2007 and 2008, paleontologists from the State Museum of Lower Saxony in Hanover discovered dinosaur tracks in one of the sandstone quarries in Oberkirchen. The footprints were found in sandstone 6 to 9 meters thick, which here lies beneath younger layers read more...

An open-air park-museum built around the Dinosaur Footprints of Münchehagen (Naturdenkmal Saurierfährten Münchehagen). The exhibits are mainly life-size models of dinosaurs read more...

We came to Westerstede for the rhododendron festival. There are at least two other places with rhododendrons around the town, so we included them all in one trip read more...

Small and little known ruins of a castle dating back to 1153. Although most of it is not preserved, the castle is located in a forest and is quite picturesque read more...

Since 1213, there was a monastery on the site, which was confiscated in favor of the state in 1803. King Georg III donated the abandoned former monastery of Derneburg and its property to the Hanoverian minister Ernst Friedrich Herbert zu Münster read more...

A former hunting lodge built by Duke Welf Magnus I. (Welfenherzog Magnus I.) in Schöningen in the first half of the 14th century read more...

Wooden observation tower located on the Wiehen hills (Wiehengebirge) in Lower Saxony. A popular local tourist attraction. It is part of a network of hiking trails through the Wiehen Hills and is accessible to visitors all year round read more...

A small resort town known for its healing mineral springs. The first mentions of local springs date back to the 17th century, and since then Bad Ihlsen has become a popular place for recreation and health improvement read more...

The observation tower on the slope of the Weser Mountains (Wesergebirge) near the town of Rinteln which was built at the end of the 19th century. There is a small café near the tower, so the tower has opening hours, be sure to check them. If the tower is closed, ask for the key at the cafe read more...

Since 1900, there had been a restaurant and a wooden tower on this site. In 1931, with the help of donations, an iron tower was built. The modern, reinforced concrete tower, 22 metres high, appeared in 1985, also thanks to donations read more...

If you are traveling from Hamburg to Hannover or back, you will definetely visit Uelzen with its unusual ... read more...

Reservoir in the mountains of the Harz. The dam was built in 1934 to protect against floods and to producе electricity. You can park near the dam and walk along it read more...

Reservoir in the mountains of the Harz. The dam was built in 1956 to protect against floods, regulate water levels and generate electricity. You can park near the dam and walk along it, there is also a restaurant read more...

An absolutely unknown, but very unusual place. It is called the Water Tree and it has an interesting story read more...

The first building on this site was first mentioned in 1310. In the 16th century the castle was fortified with moats. In 1584, it passed into the hands of the Von Mengersen family, who reconstructed it in the Weser Renaissance style. Also farm buildings were attached, they still exist nowadays read more...

There is an unusual wind turbine near Hannover. It is remarkable because it is decorated with lights in the style of children's candy. There is almost no information about it on the internet, but it can be seen from the A7 motorway. The dots light up when the windmill is spinning, and the harder it spins, the more they glow read more...

St. Martinskirche in Hanover is one of the oldest Evangelical Lutheran churches in the city and is an important historical and architectural landmark in the Linden district. The first Christian buildings on this site date back to the 13th century. A Baroque church was later built on their basis in 1728, but during World War II the main building, with the exception of the tower, was almost completely destroyed by bombing read more...

One of the caves in the Harz Mountains. It was formed 350 million years ago in limestone rocks that were once a coral reef in an ancient ocean. In fact, virtually the entire territory of Lower Saxony was once the bottom of the ocean read more...

On the way to Bad Essen I found an interesting place in the forest: a memorial to German soldiers that ... read more...

Ringelheim Castle is a former monastery, founded in the tenth century. Around the castle there's an English style park with a ... read more...

Buxtehude is a small town in Lower Saxony. It is included in the national Fairy tales route thanks to the tale of William Schroeder "The Hare and the Hedgehog". It became widely known after Brothers Grimm included it into their tales read more...

The city consists of two parts, one is a large port, the second is a seaside resort read more...

In 2015, a new landmark opened in Bad Harzburg - the trail above the treetops. Such constructions are now opening across Europe read more...

A small zoo designed for visits with children. A distinctive feature is the ability to buy food for 1 euro in the machine and feed some animals. There are also performances and feedings read more...

Every time we drove along the A2 motorway between Hannover and Dortmund, we saw an unusual structure on the mountain. It turned out that a Steinzeichen amusement park had been built there for the EXPO 2000. However, the company that owned it went bankrupt, and the park gradually began to deteriorate read more...

The former Cistercian monastery, founded in 1127, was once one of the richest and most influential monasteries in Northern Germany read more...

The observation tower was opened in March 2015 on the site of the renovated Friedenshöhe observation tower. The new tower was built for the purpose of education about climate change. Digital tools such as the Klimaturm app and the KlimaKing quiz are available on site and can be used on smartphones and tablets. Visitors without mobile devices can print the materials in advance from the PDF read more...

The Karls entertainment farm chain has been in existence since 1921. Long ago, it was an ordinary strawberry farm, but gradually it turned into an entertainment centre with educational and entertainment programmes. There are now about a dozen such farms, and the chain is expanding. The amusement park in Loxstedt near Bremerhaven opened in 2025 and has already become a very popular destination in northern Germany read more...

The Natur Live Geopark is located in the Western part of the Harz Mountains. It is a complex of tourist forest ... read more...

Landmark of the river Weser mountain area (Weserbergland). 50-meter cliffs with a good view, where you can meet the sunset. Find here maps with hiking trails, we used the one which starts from the parking lot read more...

In Germany, quite a lot of protected areas are swamps, this is one of them. There is nothing special to do here, you can stop by and take a walk in nature, especially with children. Theoretically, you can see some birds, but we found only a hare read more...

We offer you the option of a weekend trip. The length of this route is 4.5 km one way, the elevation is approximately 200 meters. The trail is available at any time, but it is better to choose good weather. You can go in the spring, during flowering, as well as in autumn and summer. We walked at 30 degrees heat, but since almost the entire route runs under the trees, it was quite comfortable to walk. In the summer, by the way, there are also quite a lot of flowers read more...

Since the 12th century, the castle has been a tribal nest of the count family of Schaumburg. In 1866, it passed over to the Hohernzollern family, as a result of victory in the Austro-Prussian War. Though in 1907, Emperor Wilhelm II presented the castle to Prince Georg Schaumburg-Lippe as a gift for a silver wedding, and thus the castle returned to its historical owners. In 1913, they carried out a thorough reconstruction. The castle is currently owned by the Schaumburg-Lippe family read more...

In Germany, bog trails are quite popular. They are made for educational purposes, you can walk around and read information about the flora and fauna of the bogs. In summer you can walk around the swamp barefoot. I can't say it's something very interesting, but families with children should enjoy it read more...

A great destination for a weekend trip with children. An old cable car leads up to an altitude of 727 metres where, in addition to the restaurant, there is a large children's playground, a very good summer toboggan run, mountain bike tracks, a rope park and a slide for inflatable rings read more...

The tower was built in 1989 on the site of an old wooden structure, on the mountain of the same name near the town of Bad Grund. It is 32 metres high and offers a panoramic view of the Harz Mountains. In good weather, you can see the Brocken mountain read more...

The Tafel Tower (officially named Ernst-Binnewies-Turm), 19 metres high, was built in 1926 on the High Tafel mountain. It was constructed on the site of an older wooden tower dating from 1877. As was often the case in those days, the money was raised through donations read more...

An artists' colony that played an important role in German art in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. First mentioned in 1218, it became widely known in 1899 when young artists such as Fritz Mackensen, Otto Modersohn, Hans am Ende, Heinrich Vogeler, and Paula Modersohn-Becker moved here to live in nature and tranquillity read more...

Göttingen is not a touristic city. This is a typical "German" with all standard cliches: station, old city, Market Square, ... read more...

A lake with a walking trail and several art installations read more...

The lake with a circular walkway, rose garden and restaurant. There is no beach. The lake is artificial, appeared in the 1970s on the site of a bankrupt gravel pit read more...

A beautiful Christmas market in a 16th century castle. Olber Castle is private and normally the territory is not accessible to the public, but during a few weekends in December, it is open to the public read more...

We discovered this observation tower by chance. It is located in the middle of an industrial area and the only normal view is of the Weser River. However, the exact same panorama can be seen from the shore read more...

In the Harz Mountains there is an interesting place where plants from all over the world are planted. In 1975, 113,000 plants from the temperate climatic zone were planted here read more...

Everstein Castle ruins are located in the town of Polle on the high banks of the Weser river. The first mention ... read more...