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Travel Destination Guide - Hannover
Hannover (Germany) 
Hannover Information
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The city of Hanover (German : Hannover) is the capital of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen). With its 520.000 inhabitants it is a relatively small city that does not have the obvious tourist appeal or political force of many other urban centres in Germany.
In addition to being one of Germany's top venues for international trade fairs and conferences Hannover played host to the nations of the world at the EXPO 2000 World Exposition. Its rich past lives on in many beautiful historical buildings and other sights, many of them connected by a red line marked on the pavement for tourists. In the city centre striking modern architecture has been successfully integrated with the lovely Old Town. Hannover has a rich arts scene that gives the city a lively, creative atmosphere, and there are many interesting destinations for excursions in the immediate vicinity.
Herrenhausen Royal Gardens with the Great Garden. Europe's only surviving intact Baroque gardens, established in 1666. Highest garden fountain (up to 82m), Garden Theatre (1689), Galerie building with Baroque hall and northern Germany's biggest cycle of frescoes.
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The Rain Forest House (Flora and Fauna of Brazil's mountain rain forests beneath a gigantic glass dome) is the top attraction of the Berggarten Botanical Garden.
Neues Rathaus (New Town Hall, inaugurated 1913), with a slanting lift to the cupola gallery.
Maschsee (Lake Masch): Fun and relaxation on nearly 200 acres, in the direct vicinity of the New Town Hall.
The Solar Boat , an ultra-modern solarpowered catamaran with a futuristic solar roof and seating for 60, is the latest addition to the Lake Masch fleet.
Opera House (1852): Included in the world's top 20 by the London Opera Guide.
Eilenriede Green (650m2): A good place to relax and play sports, with attractive beer gardens.
Hannover Zoo: Four fascinating, newly-renovated animal adventure worlds delight young and old alike. The animals live in authentic surroundings that are just like their natural environments. Breathtaking animal shows and an opportunity for an adventurous boat ride on the "Zambesi River".
The Red Line: A line painted on the pavement that guides visitors to 36 interesting sights on a 4.2km route.
Hannover Congress Centre , beautiful classicist building (1914) in a park used as the venue for the 1951 Federal Garden Show. Today: A modern, multi-functional congress and event centre (capacity 4,000) with its own restaurants. Beautiful green setting but still centrally located and easily accessible.
Hannover also has plenty for the young and young at heart. After a strenuous tour bikers and skaters meet at the Inliners Beer Garden on Lake Masch. Eilenriede and Georgengarten are good places for walking, biking and skating. Many discos and popular pubs can be found in the city centre around the central station. Hannover's popular pub breweries are a good place to meet new friends, with live music.
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Population: 82.431.400
Languages: German
Currency: euro
Currency code: EUR
Local Times:
Germany - Berlin - Berlin
Germany - Hesse - Frankfurt
Country Dialling Code: +49
Voltage: 230V 50Hz
Electrical plugs:
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Situated in the heart of Europe and bordering nine other countries, Germany provides an ideal gateway to any tour of the subcontinent. From Charlemagne and the Holy Roman Empire to Otto von Bismarck's German Reich, Nazism and the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall, no other nation has moulded Europe the way Germany has - for better or worse. Its land is wide and varied with turreted castles nestled below snow-capped mountains, lush river valleys, dark and mysterious forests and bustling medieval villages. This is the land of fairy tales, where farmland minstrels headed to Bremen to become musicians, where Sleeping Beauty was woken and Little Red Riding Hood ventured into the woods.
Germany wears its riches well: elegant big-city charm, small picture-postcard towns, pagan-inspired harvest festivals, a wealth of art and culture and the perennial pleasures of huge tracts of forest, delightful castles and fine wine and beer are all there for the savouring.
Germany is made up of the North German Plain, the Central German Uplands (Mittelgebirge), and the Southern German Highlands. The Bavarian plateau in the southwest averages 1,600 ft (488 m) above sea level, but it reaches 9,721 ft (2,962 m) in the Zugspitze Mountains, the highest point in the country. Germany's major rivers are the Danube, the Elbe, the Oder, the Weser, and the Rhine.
As Germany moves forward into the 21st century, leaving behind a history of division and tyranny, it is a nation embracing its newfound liberalism and redefining a modern cultural identity. Yet even today, visitors to the country can't escape feeling profoundly moved by this country's past and the effects it still has on its people.
Germany's cities each have something unique to offer the visitor. Each year millions of litres of beer is consumed in Munich during the city's Oktoberfest, where locals and visitors discover true German revelry and 'gemutlichkeit' (a word the locals use to describe a comfortable, sociable environment). Berlin, while still recovering from some of the scars of division, contains many sights from the iconic Brandenburg Gate, to the path of the old Berlin Wall. The city's vibrant nightlife is still evocative of its height in the 1920s and 30s, as characterised by the songs of Marlene Dietrich, the theatre of Brecht and the Film Cabaret .
Discover the country that gave us Beethoven and Bauhaus, Goethe and Glühwein, Lager and Lederhosen - you won't be disappointed. |
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