Looking like a slightly smaller version of Dubai's Burj Al Arab hotel, this striking, sail-shaped hotel right on the harbour is unmissable. The interiors are tasteful, not ostentatious, and there’s a sauna and wellness area with excellent views. Service and facilities are top-notch.
Atlantic Hotel Sail City
Bremen & the East Frisian Coast
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
22.7 MILES
In 1943, the Nazis started construction of a massive concrete bunker to build submarines in. At a planned production rate of 12 subs per month it was…
0.16 MILES
This spectacular museum stands on the spot where more than 7.2 million emigrants set sail for the US, South America and Australia between 1830 and 1942,…
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This shiny, space-age museum offers a journey around the world along the longitudinal meridian 8° east, through climate zones in Switzerland, Italy, Niger…
27.7 MILES
An onion-shaped dome is (literally) the crowning feature of Jever’s 14th-century Schloss (palace). The town’s 18th-century Russian rulers added it to the…
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There are three floors of maritime exhibits here but the highlight is the reconstructed Bremer Hansekogge, a merchant boat from 1380 discovered during…
26.72 MILES
This beautiful brick building designed by Bernhard Hoetger in 1927 houses a permanent exhibition of some of the artists colony's greatest painters, with a…
26.6 MILES
This handsome, half-timbered thatched-roof house is where artist Heinrich Vogeler's first wife, Martha, moved with their three daughters after the couple…
Technikmuseum U-Boot Wilhelm Bauer
0.19 MILES
An innovative diesel-electric submarine built in early 1945 as part of the Nazi war machine, this Unterseeboot never saw combat action and was scuttled at…
Nearby Bremen & the East Frisian Coast attractions
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Atop the Sail City hotel, this 86m-high two-floor outdoor observation deck affords 360-degree views of Bremerhaven, the Weser, the North Sea and miles…
2. Klimahaus Bremerhaven 8° Ost
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This shiny, space-age museum offers a journey around the world along the longitudinal meridian 8° east, through climate zones in Switzerland, Italy, Niger…
0.16 MILES
This spectacular museum stands on the spot where more than 7.2 million emigrants set sail for the US, South America and Australia between 1830 and 1942,…
4. Technikmuseum U-Boot Wilhelm Bauer
0.19 MILES
An innovative diesel-electric submarine built in early 1945 as part of the Nazi war machine, this Unterseeboot never saw combat action and was scuttled at…
0.19 MILES
The Zoo am Meer isn’t spectacular on the face of things, but it enthrals kids, partly because the enclosures are cleverly built into one big artificial …
6. Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum
0.24 MILES
There are three floors of maritime exhibits here but the highlight is the reconstructed Bremer Hansekogge, a merchant boat from 1380 discovered during…
7. Kunstmuseum & Kunsthalle Bremerhaven
0.37 MILES
The permanent exhibition of paintings in the Kunstmuseum focuses on Weser artists; changing exhibitions are staged in the adjacent Kunsthalle. Located…
8. Historisches Museum Bremerhaven
0.57 MILES
Displays exhibits on the history and development of Bremerhaven and the region, as well as temporary shows. An online emigration database (www.dad…