Lower Saxony

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Europe : Central Europe : Germany : Lower Saxony

With an area of 47,618 km² and nearly eight million inhabitants, Lower Saxony (German: Niedersachsen) [ˈniːdərˌzaksən]) lies in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the country's sixteen Bundesländer (federal states).

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Regions

  • Braunschweiger Land
  • Emsland
  • Grafschaft Bentheim/County Bentheim
  • Hannover Region
  • Harz/Harz Mountains
  • Land between Elbe & Weser
  • Lüneburger Heide/Luneburg Heath
  • Mittelweser
  • Nordsee/North Sea
  • Oldenburger Münsterland
  • Osnabrücker Land
  • Ostfriesland/Eastern Frisia
  • Weserbergland
  • Eastern Frisia

Cities

  • Cuxhaven is a primary destination as a seaside resort
  • Hanover (Hannover) state capital
  • Nienburg A nice town in the middle of Niedersachsen, very nice Christmas market in one weekend in December
  • Stade a city with a old beautiful harbor in the little nice downtown which is on a little island
  • Braunschweig
  • Buxtehude
  • Celle
  • Emden A popular museum
  • Hildesheim
  • Leer
  • Osnabrueck
  • Verden
  • Wilhelmshaven At the beaches, marine museum, few attractions
  • Göttingen
  • Duderstadt

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There is a special ticket called the "Niedersachsen Ticket" which offers free travel by regional trains inside Lower Saxony area, up to Bremen and Hamburg in one day. This ticket is not valid in fast trains (D, EC, IC, ICE) so make sure you board the right trains (RE, RB, S-Bahn, Metronom) when using this ticket. There are two types of tickets, the group ticket (up to 5 person, €24) and the single ticket (€17). This tickets is also valid inside public trasnport network in some of the cities (Hanover, Hamburg, Bremen, Brunswick).

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