Bremen

City in Germany: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.

Bremen-rathaus-dom-buergerschaft

Bremen-rathaus-dom-buergerschaft: Klaus Grünberg, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)

Overview

Bremen is a city in Germany. About 546,501 people live in the city proper, making it the 11th largest city of Germany in our atlas.

It lies at 53.08° N, 8.81° E, about 17 m (56 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Berlin time zone.

Location

Red dot: Bremen. Green dots: other major cities of Germany. Map data: Natural Earth.

Climate

Bremen has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 23°C (73°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -1°C (29°F). Around 751 mm (30 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.

3°-1°Jan735°-1°Feb558°0°Mar5114°4°Apr3918°8°May5521°11°Jun6423°13°Jul8023°13°Aug7419°10°Sep5814°6°Oct638°3°Nov664°0°Dec73mm

Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.

Landmarks and places to see

Kunsthalle Bremen
Kunsthalle BremenMuseum of arts in Bremen
Fallturm BremenDrop tower at the University of Bremen
Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum
Paula Modersohn-Becker MuseumMuseum in Bremen, Germany
Übersee-Museum BremenNatural history and ethnographic museum in Bremen, Germany
Rhododendron-Park BremenBotanical garden
Bremen Exchange
Bremen ExchangeBuilding in Germany
Domsheide
DomsheideMajor square in the city of Bremen, Germany
Glockenspiel House
Glockenspiel HouseBuilding in Bremen, Germany

Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.

What to eat in GermanyNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.

Nearby major cities

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Sources

Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.

Photo credits
  • Bremen-rathaus-dom-buergerschaft: Klaus Grünberg, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Bremen, die Kunsthalle: Dguendel, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
  • PMB museum: Kunstsammlungen Böttcherstraße, CC BY 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Börsenhof A - Bremen, Am Dom 5A: Godewind (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
  • BremenDomsheide-1: Jürgen Howaldt, CC BY-SA 2.0 de (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Böttcherstraße4: --Xocolatl 21:04, 7 October 2006 (UTC), Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)