Travel Arrangements 

By plane, there are several options for travelling to Bremerhaven. The nearest international airports are Bremen (65 km) and Hamburg (160 km); Hannover (150 km) is a possibility, too. Bremen Airport has daily direct flights from a number of European cities like Amsterdam (4x), Paris (4x), London (3x), Copenhagen (2x), Brussels (2x), Frankfurt (6x) and Munich (9x). By train: the journey from Bremen International Airport to Bremerhaven by tram and train via Bremen central train station (Hauptbahnhof) takes approximately 60 to 80 minutes. The tram to the railway station leaves from the airport every 20 minutes, the connecting train to Bremerhaven departs hourly, the journey to Bremerhaven will take 35 or 50 minutes. Destination Hamburg or Amsterdam airport are alternatives. 

The Hamburg Airport, which is located 8 km north-west of the Hamburg city centre, is connected to Hamburg Hauptbahnhof (main station) via a shuttle bus departing every 15 minutes. The train ride from Hamburg to Bremerhaven takes approximately two hours, changing trains in Bremen is necessary. 
Another possibility is to fly into Schiphol International Airport in Amsterdam and continue the journey by express train from this airport's own railway station to Bremen, which will take between four and six hours. The journey from Bremen to Bremerhaven will take 35 or 50 minutes. Public bus transport from Hamburg or Bremen to Bremerhaven is not recommended. By car Bremerhaven can be reached from the south via the A 27 motorway (approx. 45 minutes from the A1/Bremen Junction). The region west of the River Weser also has a direct link to the city via the Weser Tunnel. 

About Bremerhaven 

Germany is a member of the European Union and participates in the Eurozone. Bremen is the smallest (in area and population) federal state (Land or Bundesland) of Germany but of vital economic significance. This federal state is composed of two cities only, Bremen and Bremerhaven. The city Bremen itself represents one of the major industrial cities of northern Europe. The city Bremerhaven, located at Weser estuary approx. 60 km (32 M) north of Bremen was founded as Bremen's harbour in 1827. Today, Bremerhaven is one of the largest ports of Germany. Together with important centres in Kiel and Hamburg the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven forms the "magic triangle" of marine research in Germany. Latitude 53° 33' N and longitude 8° 35' E - that's Bremerhaven in geographical terms. At the gateway to the North Sea, Bremerhaven has turned into one of the largest seaports in Europe, a centre for marine and polar research, the largest fishing port in continental Europe, Europe's most important centre for frozen food processing, a centre for coastal research and, on top of all this, the commercial and cultural focal point of the region. Three minutes from the river side there's the shopping boulevard by the sea with art, culture and restaurants. In Bremerhaven some important education and information centres exist. 
First, the German Maritime Museum (Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum) informes about early depth and position determination methods, about shipping and the shipping industry, fishing, oceanography, and other maritime topics. 

Second, the German Emigration Center (Deutsches Auswandererhaus) narrates the social-economic history of emigration, e.g. to Australia, South and North America. It is also possible to research for anchestors in the files of the centre since Bremerhaven was a central port for the Europeans's emigration. 
Last but not least, the Klimahaus or "climate house" will take you on a journey along the 8°E longitude to inform about the climate of locations at different latitudes and about the variability and change of the Earth's climate. The opening of the Klimahaus is scheduled for spring 2008. Work at both AWI and the University of Applied Sciences is closely connected to key areas of regional economic development in the fields of "blue biotechnology", food technology, renewable energies, especially offshore wind turbine construction, maritime industry and end-to-end logistics services. The famous Columbus Quay, where millions of emigrants began their journey, is today the heart of Europe's most up to date cruise terminal, the Columbus Cruise Center. 

The adjacent container terminal "Wilhelm Kaisen" (3,237 metres long) is the longest sea-quay in the world. Besides being Europe's fourth largest container port, well over 1.3 million cars a year are processed here in an area covering more than two million square metres. 
On completion of the fourth construction phase at the end of 2008, the Container Terminal in Bremerhaven will be able to accommodate up to 15 large container ships simultaneously along a quay measuring just under five kilometres. The annual capacity will then exceed six million TEUs. The Container Terminal is already one of the 20 largest in the world, handling 4.5 million TEUs a year (2006) and growing at double-digit rates. More about the harbours in Bremerhaven and Bremen is on display at the website of bremenports, the joint port authority of Bremen and Bremerhaven. 

Contact 

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