'''Brunswick''' (German: ''Braunschweig'') [http://www.brunswick.de/english/] is a city of more than 200,000 in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Get in

The train station is not very near to the center, so it is best to take the bus or tram.

Get around

A good choice for sounding out the situation in Braunschweig is walking. For those who have bad feet the second but expensive choice is taking the bus or tram.

See

  • Dome
  • Dankwarderode Castle
  • '''Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum''' [http://www.museum-braunschweig.de/] (in German)]
  • Museum der Fotografie (Museum of Photography)
  • Prinz Albrecht Park (a nice park, where you can see much people doing barbeque in the summer time)
  • '''State Natural History Museum''' [http://www.naturhistorisches-museum.de/]
  • Do

  • Canoeing around the city (go to Kennedyplatz, there is a place for renting)
  • Watch a game of Eintracht Braunschweig, Brunswick's traditional football team which plays in Germany's third division. 13.000 people can watch the games in the stadium in the north of Brunswick.
  • Buy

    In spring 2007 the 'Schloss Arkarden' openend. The Schloss Arkarden is a big shopping mall whose facade is a reconstrcution of the the facade of an ancient castle of Braunschweig which was ripped down after being bombed out during WWII.

    There also a lot of shop in the central city.

    You can find small art shops and bars in the Magnieviertel [http://www.magniviertel.de/]

    Eat

    There are a lot of restaurants in Brunswick. When you are in the city center good choices for a fast meal are the pizza restaurant in the 'Burg Passage' and the dutch french fries "Imbiss" near 'Karstadt'.

    A great location for eating is also the '''Hotel Ritter St. Georg''', [http://www.ritter-braunschweig.de/]. It is a bit more expensive but they serve excellent food.

    Watch out for seasonal food, such as asparagus, chanterelles, or curly kale, the latter being a specialty of the Brunswick region.

    Drink

  • '''Jolly Joker''', [http://www.jolly-joker.de/] ''located in the Brunswick weststadt'', [http://www.jolly-joker.de/]. Open Tu, F, Sa from 9PM to around 3AM. Daily drink specials. Ages range from 16 to 25 on an average night, Brunswicks biggest disco.
  • '''DAX Bierborse''', ''in the center of the city''.
  • '''Fritz''', [http://www.fritz-bs.de/], ''near the Schutzenplatz''.
  • '''Meier Music Hall''', [http://www.meier-music-hall.de/]. Mostly 'darker' and 80's music like metal and so on. Ages range from 25 to 40.
  • '''Bolero''', with Mexican restaurant (call ahead for reservation).
  • '''Knochenhauer''', with weekly Salsa lessions.
  • '''Latino''', on Tuesdays discount for their excellent pizza.
  • '''Okercabana''', [http://www.okercabana.de/]. An artificial Beach were you can chill to downtempo or jazz music. Sometimes there are live music events.
  • '''Brain''', [http://www.brain-bs.de/]. Alternativ music like Reggae, Drum'n Bass, Electropunk, Funk and so on. Different music on different days.
  • '''Gearbox''', [http://www.gearbox-bs.de/]. Rockabilly, Psychobilly and Rock'n Roll Bar.
  • Sleep

    Get out

  • The Harz mountains can be reached by public transport (Trains to Bad Harzburg, Wernigerode or Goslar).
  • Magdeburg is less than an hour by train.
  • Gottingen is one hour by ICE high speed train.
  • Wolfenbuttel with its library is 9 mins by train (or 27 by bus).
  • The Autostadt Wolfsburg, home of the Volkswagen, is 16 or 24 mins by train.
  • phæno [http://www.phaeno.com], a museum with 250 experimental stations in Wolfsburg.
  • The former border control post at Marienborn near Helmstedt is now a memorial site.