1 day · First-time visitors
The Red Thread - City Walk
The Red Thread is Hannover's most ingenious city guide: a 4.2 km red line painted on the sidewalk that passes 36 sights. With the accompanying booklet (from the tourist office) the city reveals itself - from the main station via the town hall, old town and Leine Palace to the Maschpark. We walk the route in about three hours with breaks.
Best time to visit: All year round - the line runs mostly through the city and works in any weather
Day 1
Along the red line
We follow the Red Thread from the main station through the city to the old town, on to the Leine Palace and town hall, and finish at the Maschpark.
- 10:00 - 10:45
Start at the main station and the Ernst August monument
The walk begins at the main station beneath the equestrian monument of King Ernst August - the famous meeting point 'unterm Schwanz' (under the tail). Pick up the booklet at the tourist office and follow the Red Thread.
Tip: The booklet is available at the tourist information office right by the station.
- 10:45 - 11:30
Kroepcke and the Ernst August Galerie
The Kroepcke is Hannover's central square with its famous clock as a meeting point. Beside it, the city center with the Ernst August Galerie and Georgstrasse as the shopping mile.
- 11:30 - 12:30
Market Church and old town
The Red Thread leads into the old town to the Gothic Market Church, the Old Town Hall and through the half-timbered lanes around the Ballhofplatz.
- 12:30 - 13:45
Lunch in the old town
A break in one of the spots around the Market Church and Kramerstrasse - regional Lower Saxon cuisine or a quick bite.
- 13:45 - 14:45
Leine Palace, the Nanas and St Giles' Church
On past the Leine Palace (the state parliament), to the colorful Nanas on the Leibnizufer and to the ruin of St Giles' Church with its peace bell.
- 14:45 - 16:00
New Town Hall and the Maschpark
The final stretch: the New Town Hall with its tilted lift and the adjacent Maschpark with its pond. Here the Red Thread ends - optionally carry on to the Maschsee.