My knowledge of German cities is virtually non-existent, including their location. It’s about 2/hours on the train.
Reason for going was for Jo to see Francois – an old friend from Aarhus. They had a great time catching up.
So with my usual pre-planning without Eileen (i.e. nothing at all!) I made my way to the tourist information to ask for their advice on how to spend a few hours.
The main (only?) attraction is the enormous town hall
with the main attraction being that you can take a lift up to the top of the dome for the princely sum of €5. So I did.
This is looking directly up through the top of the lift which has to curve 17 degrees around the dome.
And quite a poignant model display of how we flattened Hannover in the war.
Pre bombing
Post – not sure if it shows, but basically flattened.
And a few other pictures of the old town
So is it worth it? I would say that if you happen to be in Hannover it is well worth a few hours exploring. Not sure, though, that it’s worth a special visit.