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By BlackBuck Travels

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Price is S$593 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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Features

  • 2h
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  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Discover how trade shaped Bremen's rise as a powerful Hanseatic city. Follow the city's commercial and maritime storey, explore landmarks that reflect the wealth and independence of its merchants, and uncover the vital role of the Weser in Bremen's development. Trace, explore and experience the history of a city built on trade, commerce and connections beyond its walls.

Activity location

  • Bremen Market Square
    • 2 Am Markt
    • 28195, Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Bremen Roland
    • Am Markt
    • 28195, Bremen, Bremen, Germany

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Discover Bremen's Hanseatic Heritage: Trade, Power & the Weser

  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h
    2h
  • English
Price details
S$592.97 x 1 AdultS$592.97
Total
Price is S$592.97

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Private guided tour
  • Exclusions
    Service charge and refreshments

Know before you book

    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transport options are available nearby
    • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Bremen Market Square

  • 15m
Begin in the heart of Bremen at the magnificent Market Square and discover how the city's merchants helped shape its political and economic power. Admire the historic Town Hall and surrounding merchant houses while learning about Bremen's place in the Hanseatic League.

Bremen Town Hall

  • 15m
Explore two powerful symbols of Bremen's independence: the monumental Roland statue and the historic Town Hall. Discover how Bremen's merchants and city leaders defended their trading rights and political autonomy, and how the Town Hall became a centre of civic and commercial power.

Schutting

  • 15m
Admire the Schütting, the historic seat of Bremen's merchant community. Learn how merchants organised their interests, influenced the city's development and helped Bremen establish itself as an important centre of long-distance trade.

Bottcherstrasse

  • 15m
Walk through Böttcherstraße and discover how Bremen's commercial heritage continued into the modern era. Admire its distinctive architecture while hearing the storey of coffee merchant Ludwig Roselius and his vision for transforming this historic street.

Schlachte

  • 15m
Reach the banks of the Weser and explore the river that connected Bremen to trading partners across Europe and beyond. Discover how goods, ships and merchants flowed through the city and how the historic Schlachte developed as an important harbour and waterfront trading area.

Town Musicians of Bremen (Bremer Stadtmusikanten) (Pass by)

Sculpture of the Bremen Town Musicians - Learn about the fairy tale recorded by the Brothers Grimm, which tells the storey of four ageing domestic animals, who offered a lifetime of hard work to their masters but were neglected and mistreated by their masters. Later on, they decide to escape and then become the town musicians of Bremen.

Bremen

  • 15m
Finish by looking at Bremen's enduring relationship with shipping and international commerce. Reflect on how the city's Hanseatic trading tradition evolved into a modern maritime economy while taking in the atmosphere of the Weser waterfront.

Location

Activity location

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    Bremen Market Square
    • 2 Am Markt
    • 28195, Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Bremen Roland
    • Am Markt
    • 28195, Bremen, Bremen, Germany

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