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Brunswick

Brunswick is a city of around 252,000 people (2024) in the federal-state of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is north of the Harz mountains at the farthest navigable point of the Oker river, which connects to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser. Wikivoyage

Population 252,811 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Germany

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Germany

Getting there

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Still gathering the markets around Brunswick. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Braunschweig Classix Festival

    May – June

    This is an annual classical music festival held in and in the area around Brunswick.

    Official site

  2. Braunschweig International Film Festival

    November

    The takes place in November. Arthouse and independent films are shown in cinemas all over town.

    Official site

  3. Braunschweiger Weihnachtsmarkt

    November – December

    The opens its gates during the week before the first Sunday of Advent (usually late November), and closes the week after Christmas (end of December).

    Official site

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Brunswick); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

All 96 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

Train stations: Braunschweig Hauptbahnhof 1.7 km, Braunschweig-Gliesmarode 2.2 km

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.