Sightseeing Hannover

Given the current situation, many attractions limit access due to covid regulations. In the following we will use the shorthand 2G, 2G+ and 3G which is explained here https://gwpaw2021.aei.mpg.de/corona-regulations/ under ‘What are Covid-19 related German words that I might encounter during my stay?’

Attractions

• Christmas Market in the Historic Old Town
  • Directions: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Weihnachtsmarkt+Hannover 
  • 2G-Plus and FFP2-Mask (surgical mask are not enough)
  • Information about the Christmas Market and the voucher chips

• Hannover Tourist Information
  • Direction: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hannover+Tourist+Information/@52.375248,9.7392431,17z
• Red thread
  • Starts at Hannover Tourist Information
  • Connects 36 sightseeing places with a red-painted thread on the ground.
  • There is a brochure for 3 Euros in the following languages:
  • 3 Euro brochure, in German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Portugese, Turkish, Russian,  Japanese and Chinese.
  • https://www.visit-hannover.com/en/Sightseeing-City-Tours/City-tours/Der-Rote-Faden-Hannover/The-%22Red-Thread%22-Hannover
• Nanas (Sculptures at the Leineufer)
  • Directions: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Nanas+(Skulpturen)/@52.3722214,9.7278466,17z
  • Outside, open 24/7
• Museums
  • Sprengel Museum
    • Permanent collection of German & international modern artists with notable temporary exhibits 
    • Directions: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sprengel+Museum/@52.36342,9.7380813,17z 
    • https://www.sprengel-museum.de/en
    • 2G-Plus and FFP2-Mask (surgical mask are not enough)
  • Wilhelm Busch / German Museum of Caricature and Drawings
    •  Collections of works by Wilhelm Busch, plus 4 centuries of satirical art, comics & cartoons.
    • Directions: https://www.google.com/maps/place/German+Museum+of+Caricature+and+Drawings/@52.3842528,9.7055196,17z 
    • https://www.karikatur-museum.de/en/
    • 2G-Plus and FFP2-Mask (surgical mask are not enough)
    • Tues to Sun 11am – 5pm

• Museum August Kestner
  • The collections of a 19th-century envoy, including Classical antiquities & medieval artifacts.
  • Directions: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Museum+August+Kestner/@52.3680603,9.7340563,17z 
  • https://www.hannover.de/Museum-August-Kestner
  • 2G-Plus and FFP2-Mask (surgical mask are not enough)
  • Tues to Sun 11am – 6pm, Wed 11am to 8pm
• Herrenhausen Gardens / Berggarten & Grotto
  • Vast, ornamental 17th-century gardens with 1 of Europe’s tallest fountains, plus open-air theater. 
  • Directions: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Herrenhausen+Gardens/@52.3881111,9.694468,17z
  • Herrenhäuser-Gärten (Only in German)