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Zum-Blauen-See 3, Hannover, Lower Saxony, 31275, Germany
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the tower - pic form inside
"Look at me!"
Altstadt meeting place
Hanniver Main University building
Hello,
Is there a particular platform number where ICE arrive from Frankfurt, into Hannover?
Thank you!
Mansi
If you search for your train on
http://www.bahn.de/international/view/en/index.shtml
and click 'details for all' underneath your train time selection it will tell you exactly which platform the train goes from and ends up at.
Wonderful thing, bahn.de! :-)
But the person who picks you up still has to check on site if the train really arrives at this platform on that day, as there can be changes for whatever reason. Very unlikely with ICE's though.
Visit the Herrenhausen Gardens.The Opera, The Neues Rathaus,The Lake, The Parliament,the Congress Center,Aegidien Church,The commercial street in the centre.And the Hannover's Zoo,one of the biggest in Europe!!
In this picture you can see the Neues Rathaus,(New Town Hall). The time spend in the Expo Pavilions !.
If you are anywhere in northern Germany and have even the slightest interest in dinosaurs, make an excuse - however feeble and contrived - to detour past the utterly marvellous open air Dinosaur Park at Munchagen.
We first stumbled across the park when we were planning the long drive between Bonn and Hamburg and wanted to find a child-friendly stop en route. The guide book that we were using devoted only a few rather non-committal lines to Munchagen (and provided even more vague directions), but we decided to give it a try anyway.
We have been to a lot of dinosaur-related attractions over the years, but this has to be the absolute best. For a start, it is the biggest open air dinosaur park in the world, boasting over 220 life sized models of dinosaurs, mammal-like reptiles and megafauna. Better still, it is also a national monument since the park's development was inspired by the exposure of a bedding plane featuring dinosaur tracks which revealed the ancient drama of a Diplodocus (sauropod) family being hunted by a group of Allosaurs. This historical standoff has been recreated, and the massive footprints are also preserved undercover.
In terms of dinosaurs, the exhibit features virtually all the 'usual suspects'. In a rather touching display of nationalism, special pride of place is given to the archetypal German fossil, the Archeopteryx, which I found rather charming. There are also models of relatively recent extinct animals such as the megafauna of the Ice Age (mammoths, sabre tooth tigers and more bizarre critters such as massive wolf ancestors) as well as thunder birds: I found this part of the park particularly interesting as the more recently extinct species are usually not represented in other dinosaur parks. There are also a few models of large marine dinosaurs, which again are usually not included in such exhibits.
The exhibits have been laid out on a path through beautiful mixed woodland, and the design is cunning, with each twist in the path revealing a new set of animals. As you might expect in well organised Germany, the display is chronologically arranged, so it really does feel as though you're following the path of evolution. This is popular science at its absolute best, and the fact that the notices are displayed in English as well as German is just the icing on the cake.
There are also a whole range of things for children to do - these include a variety of art/craft related activities as well as a dinosaur 'dig' where the children expose 'bones' in the floor by sweeping away sand - most ingenious! The area in which these activities take place is adjacent to an open air (but undercover) dining area, so parents can have something to eat and drink whilst still keeping an eye on the kids.
There are a couple of restaurants on site - hardly gourmet fare and a little on the pricey side, but perfectly adequate. However, my personal preference would be to pack a picnic as the woodland is lovely and features several picnic spots. The gorgeous woods also provide welcome protection from more extreme weather - we have visited twice, once in rain and the second time during a heatwave, and it was still hugely enjoyable in both.
There is so much to do here that I would recommend that you allocate at least half a day, although if you have kids, you could easily keep yourselves happily occupied for a whole day. This makes the entry fees (9.50 Euros for adults and 8 Euros for kids between 4 and 12 in 2010) seem pretty reasonable.
The only downside that I can think of is that finding the park can be a little tricky. There are instructions and a map on the website, but these make it sound a bit more straightforward than our experience. The signposting wasn't all that great (although it could have improved since we visited last year) and this is one occasion on which a GPS would really come in handy.
It doesn't matter whether you are heterosexual or homosexual .. this is a great place with atmosphere. People sing along to the very loud 70s music.... very amusing :-)
You can get little snacks here as well as every drink you can imagine. The baguettes are really tasty!! It doesn't matter. This place is so mixed, it's unbelieveable!
Our Italien big clients (from Venice) were so passionate and that invited us to the Greek Restaurant.
We were served with bread (nice with 2005 champion oliver oil from Creta, salt and pepper), Starter (Greek white Garlic sauce, shrimp salat, meat in leaf, Greek cheese, green pepper), white wine, grilled seafood, wine for cake, mouss, expresso. They were all delicious. I ate much and felt very full so after the dinner, I felt vomitting...... 1 Appetitanreger: gemischter "kalter" Vorspeisenteller bestehend aus Salaten, Zaziki, Meeresfruechte, Kaese, Tarama, Paprika, Peperoni.
68 Maria-Teller: Vorspeise: gefuelltes Weinblatt und Zakiki (kein Salat) Schweinemedaillon, Suflaki ud Gyros & Dessert des Tages.
Just follow the red line: It'll get you to all the sites that are worth a visit: The New Townhall, The Parliament building, The old town, The Marktkirche, The Old Townhall, The Opera House, The Kroepke. It's the best way to see the city.
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