Help/Thoughts on Braunschweig in June
 

I have a work trip to Braunschweig coming up in two weeks. I'm pretty excited, although I know next to nothing about the town. So I'm hoping to gather some FT-garnered knowledge.

I'll be flying into HAJ and taking the Deutsche Bahn to Braunschweig's Hauptbahnhof. And I'll be staying at the Mövenpick Hotel. (This probably would not have been my first choice, but there is another large conference in town; and it was all that my travel department could book.) From there I will be traveling to the Technische Universität each day while I'm there.

Am I correct in thinking that I should take the M1 or M2 from the Hauptbahnhof to Hagenmarkt in order to get to the Mövenpick? And can I take the M3 from Hagenmarkt to get to the Universität? I cannot tell if Hagenmarkt is the best stop to be using for my daily trips.

I'd also like to know if there are any cool bars and/or restaurants I should be visiting! I've already read mention of the Oker Cabana here on FT. My mother-in-law found an old pictorial book of Braunschweig, which was published in 1970; I'm excited to compare what Braunschweig looks like in those pictures with how it looks today!

Of course, any and all help/advice/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

from the hotel's web site:

Arriving by train:
At the central station you can use the bus or tram.
Bus: take bus M 11 and exit at Packhof.
Tram: take tram S 1 and get off at Hagenmarkt.

From the hotel to the TU it's less than half a mile. Depending on your destination at TU, M3 could be a good choice, walking is another.

Can't comment on restaurant and pubs, sorry.

Enjoy your time here
Parallelrechner

Oh, yeah. I had seen that. :o Thanks for reminding me!


And I see now that the line the hotel calls 'S1' is referred to as the 'M1' by the local transit authority. @:-) That was a bit confusing.

Can't help you too much on the bar scene. Like most German cities, Braunschweig has an Altstadt zone which has plenty of pubs & cafes, but unfortunately I can't think of any specific ones to recommend.

If you have a free day or two I would recommend visiting Goslar, which is about 1 hr south of Braunschweig by train. This is a smallish town in the Harz foothills with all the original 14th-15th century buildings still intact. I love going there.

Enjoy your visit to my dear old hometown! You may want to have a look at my travel pages over on Virtualtourist, here is the one on Braunschweig: http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/f86bd/11bf7/

Goslar: http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/f86bd/eb1b/ is an excellent recommendation for a day trip.

There is another pretty and small old town much closer to Braunschweig that I'd like to mention, and that's Wolfenbüttel: http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/f86bd/17dd/ This can be done as an afternoon or even quick evening visit. Take the bus No. 420 from Rathaus and you are there in some 20-25 minutes.

You will find quite a number of student pubs and cafes in all varieties around the central university campus. And the city's best-known pub mile is Magni quarter, a preserved old quarter in the Southeast of the city centre behind Kaufhof department store (which is impossible to overlook).

And the tram is indeed the M1, there are no S lines in Braunschweig. The M1 also continues to the university area.

Ah, yes! When I started this thread, I was aware that we have a native here on FT. ;) That was clear from a couple of searches.

Thanks for the information! Unfortunately, I will not have much time to go beyond Braunschweig. All of my exploring will be limited to Braunscheig itself.

OK. I will have to look for those. Of course, I am hoping that I can find some nice non-student pubs, too.

I will have to let the hotel know the information on their website is confusing.

Be sure to visit this eyesore!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...IZZI_House.jpg

That shouldn't be more than about a ten-minute walk from my hotel. I'm definitely going to check that out! ^ :)

I've done embarrassingly poorly with the local public transportation. :o But I think I've got it now!