Facts

Population 668,000. Area 404 sq. km. One of the three city-states in Germany. The smallest state in Germany.

Famous Facts

Home of Beck’s Beer. Bremerhaven is Germany’s main fishing port and one of the world’s largest and busiest container ports. The ‘Town Musicians of Bremen’ pop up everywhere in the city of Bremen.

Where about

Bremen is two separate bits of land to the north of Lower Saxony. One part lies inland on the River Weser, and includes the city of Bremen and smaller communities of Burglesum, Blumenthal and Vegesack. The sea port of Bremerhaven lies 60 km. downstream of the city where the river spills into the North Sea. ... >> more