Downtown Hansestadt Bremen

The city center is focused around the Town Hall erected 600 years ago, with the facade added in the 17th century.
Today it host the Ratskeller in Bremen, with more than 600 wines - all exclusively German.







In front of the hall is the Market Square with the famous Roland statue, the city's protector, being a symbol of trading rights and fredom since 1404.









Nearby were also St. Peter's Cathedral, with some parts over 1200 years old.








The bronze statue of the famous Bremen Town musicians (from Grimm Brother's fairy tale) were smaller than Maria expected.
Deutche bank house, and some other old ones.

Böttcherstrasse was a nice pedestrian area with some nice pubs.










Another nice area is Bremen's oldest district, the Schnoor quarter, earlier fishermen's houses (from 17th and 18th centruries) but nowadays a lot of cafés and art galleries.






The photos are a combination of Maria's walks Friday and Tuesday afternoons, as well as Saturday and Sunday mornings.