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Town in Lower Saxony, Germany
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Wilhelmshaven is in East Frisia. The city's population in 2018 was about 76,000. Wilhelmshaven's main claim to fame is its connection to the sea and its function as a harbour.
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An exhibition on the port as well as modern container trade in general. They also offer bus tours through the harbour (€6.90, €5.90 reduced; combined ticket with exhibition €9.90, €7.90 reduced). You can access the roof of the exhibition building to see what is going on at the harbor from a better vantage point.
Navy museum
A botanical garden.
Emperor William Bridge
A 159-m-long swing bridge.
A huge blocky brick building from the 1920s that is certainly an interesting and unusual architectural choice if anything.
One of the best tea shops in the region.
By car
A29 is intended to serve as a major transportation route from the harbor and thus also serves as a good entry point to the city.
By train
By plane
The next major airport is in Bremen (BRE), but depending on your plans it might also make sense to fly into Hamburg (HAM), as there are more flights to Hamburg than to Bremen.
By boat
The harbour mainly caters to freight ships, and does not have many ferry connections. Wilhelmshaven is not a stop on many cruise-lines.
Wilhelmshaven has a city bus system, but it does not accept the Niedersachsen-Ticket.
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