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Hanover

Hanover is the capital of Lower Saxony in Germany, with a population of around 558,000. Hanover built a huge exhibition complex for the World Expo in 2000 and has been host to several of the biggest exhibitions in the world. Wikivoyage

Population 522,803 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Germany

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Germany
Tourist office · 1.9 km Tourism information office Hanover

Getting there

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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. Rubber Duck Race

    July

    (Entenrennen). (Tram 10, 17 stop: Clevertor); Tram 3, 7, 9 stop: Markthalle). Date for 2007 was July 7. A fun one day event, especially for the children. Hundreds of rubber duckies "racing" through the river Leine.

  2. Christmas Markets

    November – December

    (Weihnachtsmarkt) can be found in front of Central Station, in Kröpcke, in Old City (Altstadt), and in List (street name "Lister Meile"), and it last from end of November until a couple of days before Christmas.

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

Markets

  • Pfarrlandplatz

    1. Monday: closed
    2. Tuesday: closed
    3. Wednesday: closed
    4. Thursday: closed
    5. Friday: closed
    6. Saturday: 08:00–13:00
    7. Sunday: closed

    08:00–13:00

    1.1 km from the centre

  • Bauernmarkt an der Marktkirche

    1. Monday: closed
    2. Tuesday: closed
    3. Wednesday: closed
    4. Thursday: 14:00–18:00
    5. Friday: closed
    6. Saturday: closed
    7. Sunday: closed

    14:00–18:00

    1.3 km from the centre

  • Wochenmarkt Stephansplatz

    1. Monday: closed
    2. Tuesday: closed
    3. Wednesday: closed
    4. Thursday: closed
    5. Friday: 08:00–13:00
    6. Saturday: closed
    7. Sunday: closed

    08:00–13:00

    2.7 km from the centre

  • Blumenmarkt

    No hours mapped

    1.6 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

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Somewhere to run

Getting around

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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.