Sunday, August 29, 2010

Bremen - City Center

A few days ago I went "downtown" to explore the city center, off the Hauptbahnoff (mail rail station). What I found was simply spectacular. 


There are many things inside of this train station, mainly fast food and little markets.



Bremen is known as the city of Town Musicians, represented by the animals from the Brother's Grim fairy tale. This symbol of the 4 animals standing on eachother's backs is EVERYWHERE in Bremen. 



Here is the Town Square, which is as magnificent as it is majestic. 

Although a side view, this is the statue of Roland. Bremen's Roland is one of the oldest and most impressive of the Roland statues which were erected in Germany during the Middle Ages as symbols of liberty and trading rights. 





How cool is all this??? I felt like a peasant (circa 1597) wandering these streets! Oh the glory!




2 comments:

  1. Ha! I was googling for some photos of Bremen city center to send them to a friend and stumbled upon this blog. Scrolled down a little -> oh cool this person is from Jacobs -> scroll a bit more.. oh hey I know this girl! :D Same Cristina from community dinner at Nordmetall last semester right? Hope you're doing well.

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  2. nice! had a fiancée there, northern beauty

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