Hannover flights

Hannover is the capital of Lower Saxony and has a population of 500,000. Widely known as a hub for international exhibitions, starting from the World’s Fair “Expo 2000”, this is one of the primary cities of Northern Germany.

If you’re travelling to Hannover, don’t expect to see a typical European cityscape. The city was struck heavily during World War II and only a few historic buildings and landmarks have survived. Their place is now taken by modern buildings, with the only exception being a restored part of Hannover, where you can see some Victorian and Art Nouveau buildings from the 19th century.

The main attribute – and reason to love – Hannover is its magnificent natural landscape.

The magical Lake Maschsee is surrounded by the lush green fields of the Eilenreide forest, while the Herrenhäuser Gardens can only be described as a pocket-sized Versailles!

A charming and particularly interesting destination, when travelling to Germany, you cannot miss Hannover!

Airport

The airport of Hannover (Flughafen Hannover-Langenhagen) is located 11 kilometres north of the city centre and can be reached by train (S-Bahn).

Getting around Hannover

You can get around Hannover by metro (U-Bahn), train (S-Bahn), tram and bus. Fares start from 2.40€ and minimum taxi fare costs 3.50€.

Hannover Guide

Hannover’s focal point is the artificial Lake Maschsee, situated south of the city centre. This is the largest surface of water in Lower Saxony and a favourite destination for locals and visitors, ideal to take a long walk, go on a boat ride, have a pic nic, swim or ice-skate during the winter.

Around the lake, you can find most of Hannover’s museums, with highlights being:

• The Sprengel Museum, founded in 1979 and named after Dr. Bernhard Sprengel, main collector of the first original collection of works of French modern art and expressionism.
  
  Over the years, the museum was extended and today houses excellent collections of modern art, featuring works by the most notable artists of the 20th century, including masterpieces by Picasso, Max Ernst, Paul Klee and Max Beckman. Moreover, the temporary exhibitions hosted in the Sprengel Museum rank among Europe’s most radical, gaining continuous international fame.


• The Lower Saxony State Museum (Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum Hannover) is one of Germany’s greatest museums of its kind. Collections’ themes vary from biology, geology and botanology of Northern Europe, to history exhibitions that trace the history of Lower Saxony from the Palaeolithic to the medieval era.
  
  Exotic fish, amphibian species and reptiles await you at the museum’s vivarium, while children will love the educational and entertaining interactive exhibitions of the Kindermuseum. A well-organised State Art Gallery adds the finishing touch, featuring art masterpieces by Rembrandt, Rubens, van Dyck and other notable European artists.

Don’t miss out on visiting the Herrenhäuser Gardens, the only surviving example of Dutch landscape architecture in the region. Designers from France, the Netherlands, England, Italy and Germany gathered their powers to create these magnificent gardens, based on the Gardens of the Versailles. The result is breathtaking!

• The Grosse Garten dates back to 1666 and is the oldest. A labyrinth of trees, plants and secret paths, this garden contains Baroque and Rococo decorations, one of Europe’s largest fountains and an open-air theatre that still hosts theatrical plays by Shakespeare and Molière.


• The Berggarten is much smaller, but offers visitors the opportunity to see rare species of orchids and many other exotic plants and flowers.

A few kilometres outside Hannover, in the Pattensen region, you will come across the Schloss Marienburg, one of the most important Neo-Gothic historic buildings of Germany. Stretching across the Leine Uplands, this castle once served as the summer residence of the wealthy family of the Guelphs. Take the guided tour inside the castle and get a glimpse of the everyday life of Hannover’s past aristocrats.

The official language of Hannover is German.

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