10 Best Things to Do in Bremen (Germany). Top 10 Things do to in Bremen: Where to go in Bremen!

#1. Bremen City Hall
One of the most beautiful civic buildings, not just in Germany, but all of Europe, Bremen’s City Hall earned UNESCO World Heritage status in 2005. What began as a Brick Gothic hall in the 15th century was given an exquisite Renaissance makeover 200 years later when the rich reliefs and statues were carved.
You could lose a lot of time marvelling at the stonework and identifying all the figures on here, like Charlemagne and Bremen’s seven Imperial Electors.
#2 Bremen St Peter’s Cathedral 
St Peter’s Cathedral commands the central market square has 1,200 years of history.
Unsurprising given its age, the building is a mishmash of styles, with Romanesque, Gothic and bits of later Gothic Revival sprinkled in following restorations in the 19th century.
The cathedral’s pair of 89-metre towers break Bremen’s skyline, and you can go up the south tower for an exhilarating view.
In one of the chapels don’t miss the nine fragments of the cathedral’s choir stalls, which were carved with episodes from the bible in 1360. The crypt meanwhile is the oldest portion of the church, and goes back to the 11th century.
On the creepy side, there are eight mummies dating back 400 years and stored in glass-topped coffins, with panels explaining their identities.
Two are Swedish officers killed during the Thirty Years’ War in the 17th century.
#3 The Bremen Town Musicians / Bremer Stadtmusikanten
Curiously enough, the melody of the old children’s song about the Bremen Town Musicians is always the first thing that comes to my mind when I think of Bremen: Eeeh-aah, woof-woof, meow, cock-a-doodle-doo! The fairy tale of the Brothers Grimm is simply inseparable from the city. Since the 1950s, a bronze statue of the Town Musicians has also adorned Bremen’s Town Hall. But if you think of a huge statue here, you are mistaken – the four animals are not depicted life-size, and the statue is somewhat hidden on one side of the town hall. By the way, clasping the donkey’s legs with both hands at the same time is said to bring good luck!
#4. Marktplatz
We’ve already mentioned the cathedral and town hall, which together could keep you on the central market square for half a day.
But apart from the historic gabled houses overlooking the square there are a few other monuments to look for.
One is the Gothic Roland Statue, erected in front of the town hall in 1404 and depicting a mythological knight who symbolises Bremen’s free city status.
The monument is encompassed by the same UNESCO site as the town hall.
#5. Schnoor Quarter
The oldest and quaintest neighbourhood in Bremen is the knot of little lanes around the Schnoor alley.
In the past this was one of Bremen’s poorest areas and was where Bremen’s fishing community resided.
The maritime theme survives in the name, Schnoor, as it refers to the workshops where rigging was manufactured for ships.
Schnoor has lots of pretty timber-framed houses from the 1400s and 1500s, now occupied by restaurants, galleries, cafes and handicraft shops for souvenirs.
#6. Haus des Glockenspiels
Maybe Berhard Hoetger’s most beautiful contributions to Böttcherstraße are the wooden panels that rotate in time to the carillon at the Haus des Glockenspiels.
If you’re in Bremen during spring or summer, try to time your visit for just before the stroke of the hour, between 12:00 and 18:00. Thirty bells made from Meissen porcelain and set between the house’s gables play the tunes of old sea shanties and folk songs.
#7. The Theater am Goetheplatz
(also known colloquially as the Goethetheater) is the Bremen Theater's largest venue. It faces north directly on Goetheplatz at the western exit of Ostertorsteinweg and at the eastern end of the ramparts. The building has been a listed building since 2005.
#8. Schlachte
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Schlachte
In Bremen’s Old Town the right bank of the Weser was turned into a pedestrian zone in the 1980s and 90s.
The promenade and restored houses are over what used to be Bremen’s main harbour, until increases in the size of freight and the introduction of railways moved a lot of the water-bourne traffic to Bremerhaven on the coast.
Now the Schlachte is all about having a good time, day or night.
You can relax at a biergarten in summer or choose from a wide selection of restaurants, both German an international.
#9. Art Gallery
An art museum with works by Rubens, Rembrandt, Courbet and Picasso, as well as temporary exhibitions.
#10. Bremen Citizen Park
The southern entrance to Bremen’s best-loved park is moments away from the Hauptbahnhof.
What begins as a narrow strip of lawns and trees in the centre of the city eventually broadens into a 200-hectare park that extends past the University to the open countryside north of Bremen.
If you need an affordable family day out in summer the Bürgerpark has animal habitats for sheep, goats, pigs, wild boars, alpacas, guinea pigs and deer.