Back Roads Germany (Dk Eyewitness Travel Back Roads)

DRIVE 1: Dramatic North Sea Coast 37

Eat and Drink: inexpensive, under €20; moderate, €20–€40; expensive, over €40

EAT AND DRINK IN BREMEN

Restaurant Luv moderate

Traditional cooking is given a

creative twist in this restaurant –

the seafood is highly recommended.

Diners can also sit outside by the

promenade along the Weser river.

Schlachte 15–18, 28195; 0421 165 55

99; http://www.restaurant-luv.de

Speicher XI moderate

The Speicher XI offers home-style

cooking. Visitors can enjoy pizzas,

pastas, and a huge selection of drinks.

The harbor museum is just next door.

Am Speicher XI 1, 28217; 0421 61 94

10; http://www.restaurant-speicherelf.de

Meierei expensive

This restaurant serves mainly

Mediterranean cuisine and has

a great selection of mostly Italian

wines. In summer, visitors can dine

on the terrace.

Im Bürgerpark, 28209; 0421 340 86 19;

http://www.meierei-bremen.de; closed Mon

visitors can see the oldest Bremen
sculpture of Christ the Omnipotent,
dating back to 1050. Return along
Am Dom and turn left on to Am
Markt to the Mannerist Schütting 4 ,
a for mer meeting place for mer-
chants, with a Renaissance façade.
Head south and walk along Am
Markt, which becomes
Böttcherstrasse 5. This lively street
was transformed into a Gothic-cum-

Art Nouveau fantasy in the 1920s by
artists com missioned by the coffee
magnate Ludwig Roselius. Don’t miss
the golden bas-relief at the entrance
to the street. There are also attrac-
tions such as the Paula-Modersohn-
Becker art museum. Return to the
Rathaus and walk along Am Dom, turn
right on to Balgebrückstrasse, left on
to Dechanatstrasse and then turn
right to reach the Schnoorviertel 6 ,
located in the east ern quarter of the
city center. A historic area with many
houses dating from between the
15th and 18th centu ries, this district

boasts a collec tion of art galleries
and restaurants. Continue on this

Bremen Town Musicians

A famous fairy tale, the Bremen

Town Musicians was written by the

Brothers Grimm. In the story, a

donkey, a dog, a cat, and a rooster

leave their farms when their owners

decide to kill them. They meet by

coincidence and decide to travel to

Bremen, a town known for its free-

spirited society, to make a living as

musicians. On the way, they

encoun ter some robbers in a cottage

and frighten them away with their

disharmonious music. The robbers

abandon the cottage and the

animals live there forever.

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Above left Street musicians in the

seaport city of Bremen Above right View

of Bremen and the Weser river

road, which becomes Stavendamm,

turn right on to Tiefer, which

becomes Martinistrasse, to return

to the parking lot.

ª Cross the A27 and get on to

Hauptstrasse, which becomes

Falkenberger Landstrasse. Turn

left on to Worphauser Landstrasse

in the direction of Worphausen.

Continue on this road, which becomes

Ostendorfer Strasse. Turn left on

Hemberg Strasse to Worpswede.

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