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- Capital of Lower Saxony: Hanover is the capital and largest city of the state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) in northern Germany.
- Medieval Roots: The city has a rich medieval history, with its Old Town (Altstadt) featuring well-preserved half-timbered houses and historic landmarks.
- Herrenhausen Gardens: The Herrenhausen Gardens, dating back to the 17th century, are among the most distinguished baroque gardens in Europe. The gardens include the Great Garden, the Berggarten, and the Georgengarten.
- Herrenhausen Palace: The Herrenhausen Palace, located in the Great Garden, is a magnificent baroque building and serves as a venue for cultural events and exhibitions.
- Herrenhäuser Gardens
- Berggarten
- Georgengarten
- Lower Saxony State Museum
- Sprengel Museum
- New Town Hall
- Old Town Hall
- Maschsee
- Marktkirche
- Aegidienkirche
The pride of Hanover is a chain of gardens from the days of the Imperial Electors and Kings of Hanover. The show-stopper is the Great Garden, in a Baroque French style laid out by Electress Sophia of Hanover in the 17th century. The 50-hectare garden is fronted by a palace and enriched with sculptures, fountains, a box-hedge maze, an orangery and d...
Another of the Herrenhäuser Gardens, the Berggarten (Mountain Garden) warrants a separate entry in the list. It was started as a herb and kitchen garden for the palace, but Electress Sophia picked the Berggarten as a space to grow exotic plants. An early greenhouse was built in the park in 1686 supporting crops like tobacco and mulberry trees. Nowa...
In the 1810s King George III bought an estate to the east of the Great Garden. The property’s name was changed from the Wallmodenschloss to the Georgenpalais, and the park was renamed Georgengarten. On a long, slender plot the gardens are in the English style with rambling lawns and groves of mature trees. Running straight through the park from end...
With four very different departments exhibiting fine arts, archaeology, natural history and ethnology, you could say that this museum has a bit of everything. The Renaissance and Baroque galleries are bolstered by names like Albrecht Dürer, Rubens and Rembrandt, but also a fine collection of 19th-century art by Romantics like Caspar David Friedrich...
Displaying a real who’s who of modern art in Germany, the Sprengel Museum is a cultural attraction that needs to be on your agenda. The museum was founded in 1979 a decade after the chocolate manufacturer Bernhard Sprengel donated his modern art collection to the city. This has been bolstered by Lower Saxony’s own art collections and subsequent pri...
Hanover’s resplendent New Town Hall was built at the start of the 20th in a theatrical Historicist style. With its soaring dome reaching, towers and location in front of the Maschteich pond, the New Town Hall looks more like a palace than a civic building. Large parts of the interior are open to the public for tours. Under the dome are four scale m...
On Marktplatz the Old Town Hall is Hanover’s oldest secular building, first taking shape at the start of the 15th century. This monument, unmistakeable for its elaborate gables, is also the southernmost example of the Northern German Brick Gothic style. The earliest section is on the east side, on Schmiedestraße, while the west side, on Köbelinger ...
The 78-hectare, man-made lake near New Town Hall was a product of the Great Depression. Hanover had long suffered from spring floods, and as a means to ease both flooding and the mass unemployment of the period the city began work on a lake in the floodplain of the River Leine in 1934. An interesting piece of trivia about the lake is that it loses ...
Hanover’s silhouette wouldn’t be the same without the 14th-century Marktkirche in the centre of the Altstadt. The distinguishing feature is the tower and its four pointed gables. The story goes that the tower was supposed to be taller, but in the 1360s money ran low because of the Black Death and so a steeple was simply added to the what had alread...
The easternmost of Hanover’s old town churches has a history going back to 1163, but was struck by bombs in the war. The nave and chancel have been left in their roofless, damaged state as a memorial for victims of wars and violence. The current layout is from the 14th century in the Gothic style, while the tower, which is completely intact was giv...
- Sightsee like an expert by staring at the ground. Hannover’s Red Thread is a genius hack for the easily lost and confused – it’s a long red line painted into the ground that stretches for over 4km and takes you to the city’s most important (and beautiful!)
- Escape to the royal gardens of Herrenhausen. 10 minutes away from Hannover’s city center is one of the most beautiful royal gardens in Europe – the royal gardens of Herrenhausen, a Baroque masterpiece filled with endless stretches of manicured hedges and colourful blooms.
- Get an incredible view via a super trippy elevator. Hannover’s New Town Hall is one of the city’s starring attractions, not only because it’s purdy, but because its elevator is unique in the world for a curving lift that takes you at a 17 degree angle up to the cupola.
- Go Limmering in Linden. Linden, while technically part of Hannover, is a unique neighbourhood that makes a worthy destination all on its own. If you’re craving a bit of cool during your Hannover city break, a stop in Linden is a must.
Sep 17, 2017 · Hannover must be the most underrated city in Germany, it's such a gem! Here you can find a little overview of the best things to do in Hannover!
Oct 24, 2019 · Four hours from Amsterdam on a train, and less than two hours to Berlin, Hannover is a perfect stopover city: walkable and easy to navigate; great public transportation for the few sights that are outside the central core; interesting history (Queen Victoria was the last British Monarch from the House of Hanover); and plenty of things to do in ...
Hannover philosopher and sociologist Oskar Negt opines: “Hannover is one of the most enjoyable places to live in Germany: a leafy city with its own natural rhythm.” ...is a very liveable place? It’s widely appreciated as a green city with short travel distances, cultural diversity, culturally thriving district-level communities and ...
Sep 15, 2023 · Hanover is home to the fifth oldest and one of the most amazing zoos in Germany.In fact, a visit to the Hanover Zoo is no less than an adventure! Visitors can walk a five-kilometer-long (3.1 miles) path to explore the various sections of the zoo: African Savannah, Indian Rainforest, Outback farm, traditional Lower Saxony neighborhood, Gorilla Forest and Canadian Yukon Bay.
