What to see
Attractions in Brunswick
From the Lion Monument and the half-timbered Magniviertel to the colorful Happy Rizzi House - the landmarks, museums and squares that define the Lion City.
City Center
Burglöwe (Lion Monument)
A 12th-century bronze statue and the emblem of Brunswick. Commissioned by Henry the Lion in 1166.
Free entry
City Center
Brunswick Cathedral (Dom St. Blasii)
A 12th-century Romanesque collegiate church. Burial place of Henry the Lion and Matilda of England.
Free entry
City Center
Dankwarderode Castle
A reconstructed 12th-century residence of the Welf dukes. Today a branch of the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum.
from 6 €
City Center
Brunswick Palace
A residence palace reconstructed in 2007 with the Schloss-Arkaden mall and a palace museum. A quadriga on the roof.
Free entry
Magniviertel
Magniviertel & St. Magnus Church
The oldest surviving quarter in the city, with half-timbered houses and the Romanesque St. Magnus Church from the 11th century.
Free entry
City Center
Altstadtmarkt (Old Town Market)
A medieval market square with the Old Town Hall, St. Martini church and the Gewandhaus. Weekly market.
Free entry
City Center
Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum
One of the oldest public museums in Europe (1754). Rembrandt, Vermeer, Cranach, Rubens.
from 9 €
Bohlweg Quarter
State Theater Brunswick
A three-genre theater with the Großes Haus, the Kleines Haus and Haus Drei. Drama, opera, ballet and concerts.
from 15 €
Magniviertel
Happy Rizzi House
A colorful Pop Art façade by James Rizzi at the Ackerhof. One of the most unusual office buildings in Germany.
Free entry
City Center
Till Eulenspiegel Fountain
A fountain with the figure of Till Eulenspiegel in front of St. Catherine's church. A bronze sculpture from 1906.
Free entry
Eastern Ring Quarter
St. Catherine's Church
A Gothic civic church on Hagenmarkt with a 75-meter tower and six bells.
Free entry
City Center
St. Andrew's Church
A Gothic hall church with the tallest tower in Brunswick (93 meters). You can climb it.
Free entry
City Center
St. Giles' Church (Aegidienkirche)
An early-Gothic monastery church, today the museum of Jewish culture in Lower Saxony.
Free entry
City Center
Bürgerpark
A central city park south of downtown. Ponds, old trees, a playground and a rotunda.
Free entry
Western Ring Quarter
Inselwallpark
A rampart promenade along the Oker with waterways, bridges and 200-year-old trees.
Free entry
Western Ring Quarter
TU Botanical Garden
The botanical garden of TU Braunschweig with greenhouses, medicinal plants and 4,000 plant species.
Free entry
Riddagshausen
Riddagshausen Monastery & Ponds
A former Cistercian monastery with a Gothic monastery church and a 530-hectare nature reserve.
Free entry
City Center
Natural History Museum
A natural history museum with dinosaurs, aquariums and an insect collection. Popular with families.
from 5 €
City Center
City Museum at the Gewandhaus
A city-history collection in the Renaissance Gewandhaus on the Altstadtmarkt.
from 5 €
Bohlweg Quarter
Brunswick Regional Museum
The history of Lower Saxony and the former Duchy of Brunswick, in the Vieweghaus.
from 6 €
Lehndorf-Watenbüttel
Eintracht Stadium
Home ground of Eintracht Braunschweig. Stadium tours and home games in the 2. Bundesliga.
from 15 €
City Center
Brunswick Central Station
An architectural icon of the 1960s. A striking concrete-shell structure, listed as a monument.
Free entry
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