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City Guide: Hanover
In Lower Saxony, about 100km due south of Hamburg and 150km west of The Netherlands, Hanover is surrounded by quaint, fairy-tale villages and near-neighbour to Wolfsburg home of the Volkswagen. Hanover may not have the glamour of Berlin or the financial power of Frankfurt but it seems to try a little harder to make up for its mid-city status. Almost razed during World War II it has been meticulously rebuilt and while it as firmly identified its lifeblood as host for commercial and trade fairs there is enough to keep the tourist, or off-duty businessperson, occupied for a few days. Its excellent shopping, clutch of fine museums, convivial beer halls, red-brick churches and parks and gardens provide a pleasant backdrop to its showpiece exhibition facilities that provide the hub around which the city revolves.
Sightseeing Highlights
Exemplifying German order and structure is the city's Roter Faden, which is literally a red line painted on the pavement that meanders for 4.2km, guiding visitors through a DIY walking tour of Hanover's highlights. These include: the Neue Rathaus, the town hall with a curved lift to take you 98m to the top of its dome for a spectacular view over the city's rooftops. There are four models in the lobby depicting Hanover from 500 years ago to the present with the ones from 1939 and 1945 a sobering reminder of the war's horror. One piece of the city's unique DNA is the trio of brightly coloured female sculptures called Die Nanas on the bans of the River Leine. Saturday sees a flea market spring up around the works. The Altstadt (old town) is a mixture of authentic architecture and post-war reconstruction. Nevertheless, it's still an appealing area in which to linger and enjoy a coffee and cake in a street café. Main points of interest are the Altes Rathaus (old town hall) dating from 1455, the Markitkirche, a Gothic church in the market square, the Ballhof - a hall built for an early form of badminton and a row of half-timbered houses rebuilt after the war.
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For a city of its size Hanover has an interesting mix of museums that provide the visitor with a good selection to help while away a day or so. The Historisches Museum (Historical Museum) highlight is its royal collection particularly the stagecoaches, beautifully detailed and richly gilded. The Sprengel Museum has an amazing range of modern, abstract and conceptual art with an especially impressive collection of works by Niki de Saint Phalle. Other featured artists are Chagall, Picasso and Nolde. The Kestner Museum now features decorative art from the Middle Ages supplemented with a range of coins and medals after its extensive Egyptian collection was removed after suffering water damage. The Niedersachsisches Landesmuseum (Lower Saxony State Museum) has a wonderful mix of natural history, regional human history from the Paleolithic Age and art from the 12th Century including Cranach, Rembrandt, Van Dyck and Rubens. It also houses an interactive Kindermuseum (Children's Museum) where corn grinding and stone tool-making are explained.
One of the most breathtaking of Hanover's sights is the Herrenhauser Garten (Royal Gardens). Inspired by the gardens at Versailles, you'll need at least a half-day to see them properly. There are several key features in the whole complex including: the Berggarten (Mountain Garden) that showcases flora from around the world; the Regenwaldhaus a greenhouse complex of tropical flora; the Grosser Garten (Large Garden) with a maze and a fountain that sends its jets up to 80m; the Georgengarten (Georgian Garden) comprising several pretty lakes and the Wilhelm-Busch Museum that displays caricatures including works by Hogarth, Daumier and Busch; and the Nikki de Saint Phalle Grotto - an entrancing showcase of the artists work comprising fountains, statues and tiled walls. The Herrenhauser is also the scene of plays and concerts during summer and the Illuminations - a glorious lightshow at night in June and August.
Most Hanover visitors of course are not casual tourists but businesspeople making a beeline for the Messegelande, Germany's largest and one of the continent's most extensive exhibition complexes. The city established its title as a trade fair behemoth just two years after the war and now plays host to five of the world's ten biggest exhibitions including CeBIT, the massive fair that displays the latest in communication, information and telecommunications. A wide range of conferences, trade fairs and conventions take place in the sprawling complex to the city's south-west and during major events the city's tourism authorities gear up to provide information and assistance to the hundreds of thousands of visitors that descend on the city.
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