© Arne Müseler · CC BY-SA 3.0 deNiedersachsenstadionMitteThe Heinz-von-Heiden-Arena stands in Hanover, Lower Saxony, on the site of the original Niedersachsenstadion built in the 1950s. It is a modern football stadium with 49,000 covered seats and hosts Hannover 96 in the 2. Bundesliga. The arena has been renamed several times through sponsorship, most recently in 2022. It… continuaApri la meta
© Harald Bischoff · CC BY 3.0Expo 2000HannoverExpo 2000 took place on the Hanover Fairground, the largest exhibition ground in the world. The site covered one million square metres, with an extra 600,000 square metres opened for the event. The fairground lies on the western edge of the city, next to the Kronsberg slope. Architects Studio d’Arnaboldi and Cavadini… continuaApri la meta
© · CC BY-SA 3.0Stadtbahn di HannoverHannoverHanover Stadtbahn is a light rail system running through the city and nearby towns. It mixes upgraded tram routes with short underground tunnels in the centre. Parts of the network reach into Garbsen, Isernhagen, Langenhagen, Laatzen, Ronnenberg and Sarstedt. The system carries more than 125 million passengers a… continuaApri la meta
© Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de · CC BY-SA 3.0 deNeues Rathaus (Hannover)MitteThe New Town Hall stands at the southern edge of Hanover’s inner city, just beyond the old centre. Built between 1899 and 1913 in an eclectic style, the castle-like building replaced the Wangenheim Palace as the city’s main seat of administration. Its construction cost ten million marks and required 6,026 beech piles… continuaApri la meta
© Carsten Steger · CC BY-SA 4.0Giardini reali di HerrenhausenHerrenhausen-StöckenThe Herrenhäuser Gärten lie in the northern edge of Hanover, a short tram ride from the city centre. They began as the pleasure grounds of the Hanoverian electors in the 17th century and now spread across 120 hectares. Four separate gardens share the grounds: the formal Great Garden, the botanical Hill Garden, the… continuaApri la meta
© Bärbel Miemietz · CC BY-SA 4.0LeineschlossMitteThe Leineschloss stands beside the Leine in Hanover. It began in about 1300 as a Franciscan friary before becoming a palace for the Hanoverian rulers. The first residence was built in 1636 by George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, on the site of the old monastery. His son Ernest Augustus enlarged it in the late 17th… continuaApri la meta
© Tim Rademacher · CC BY-SA 4.0Gehry TowerMitteThe Gehry Tower stands nine storeys high in Hanover’s Steintor district beside Goethestraße. Its architect is Frank Gehry, who was asked by the city’s transport company üstra to design a building that would make the best use of a narrow plot. The tower’s outer shell is made of stainless steel and twists visibly around… continuaApri la meta
© H. Helmlechner · CC BY-SA 3.0MarktkircheMitteThe Market Church stands in Hanover’s old town beside the market square. Built in the 14th century, it replaced a smaller church from 1125 dedicated to Saint George. The present building combines brick Gothic style with a tall saddleback roof that dominates the skyline. Its western tower once showed the wealth of… continuaApri la meta
© The original uploader was Axel Hindemit… · Public domainSprengel MuseumSüdstadt-BultThe Sprengel Museum stands beside Masch Lake in Hanover, a modern art museum opened in 1979. Its building was designed by Peter and Ursula Trint and Dieter Quast, then enlarged in 1992. The museum sits about 150 metres south of the state museum, close to the water’s edge. The collection began with Bernhard Sprengel’s… continuaApri la meta
© Axel Hindemith · Public domainKestnergesellschaftMitteThe Kestner Gesellschaft is an art institution in Hanover, housed in a former indoor swimming pool built in the early 20th century. The building, designed by Carl Wolff, features Jugendstil architecture and stands in the city centre at Goseriede 11. Its five halls on two levels provide over 1,500 square metres of… continuaApri la meta
