Jena

Jena is a city in Germany and the second largest city in Thuringia. Together with the nearby cities of Erfurt and Weimar, it forms the central metropolitan area of Thuringia with approximately 500,000 inhabitants, while the city itself has a population of about 110,000. Wikipedia

Population 109,353 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Germany

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Germany
Daylight 7 h 58 in Dec, dark by 16:07 · 16 h 30 in Jun
  1. January: 8 h 25 of daylight
  2. February: 10 h 02 of daylight
  3. March: 11 h 49 of daylight
  4. April: 13 h 48 of daylight
  5. May: 15 h 31 of daylight
  6. June: 16 h 30 of daylight
  7. July: 16 h 06 of daylight
  8. August: 14 h 36 of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 41 of daylight
  10. October: 10 h 47 of daylight
  11. November: 8 h 58 of daylight
  12. December: 7 h 58 of daylight
Tourist office · 180 m Jena Tourist-Information

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.

Markets

  • Jenaer Wochenmarkt

    Opening hours

    Tu,Th,Fr 07:00-17:00; Sa 07:00-13:00; Nov-Mar Tu,Th,Fr 08:00-17:00; Nov-Mar Sa 08:00-13:00; PH off

    170 m from the centre

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

Eating nearby

All 88 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

More train stations: Jena West 740 m, Jena Saalbahnhof 1.2 km, Jena-Zwätzen 4.0 km, Jena-Göschwitz 4.9 km

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