Brunswick

By bus
By bus

Brunswick serves as a major stop for bus travel throughout the country and Europe, thanks in large part to its central location. Buses frequent cities in Eastern Europe, especially Poland. Tour operator Rainbow Tours offers low-cost and often bumpy trips to European metropolises.

The central bus station Zentraler Omnibus-Bahnhof or ZOB is located on Berliner Platz between the main station and the German Mail building next to the Steam Locomotive monument.

By plane
By plane

The nearest commercial airport is Hannover Airport IATA: HAJ (http://www.hannover-airpo...) approximately 30-40 minutes by car, or around 1 hour by train. A number of shuttle services (http://www.hannover-airpo...) serve the Hannover–Braunschweig–Göttingen–Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region.

Braunschweig Airport IATA: BWE is mainly a research airport and is primarily used by the Technische Universität Braunschweig, as well as the German Federal Agency of Aviation Luftfahrt-Bundesamt, and the German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation Bundesstelle für Flugunfalluntersuchung. It is, however, currently served by Air Berlin offering flights to Moscow and Volkswagen Air Services, Volkswagen 's coprporate airline, with select destinations in Europe currently Prague, Poznan, or Ingolstadt. Tickets can be booked through the respective airlines, or directly at the airport.

By train
By train

Due to its location in the center of Germany, Braunschweig Hauptbahnhof (http://en.wikipedia.org/w...) is well-served by German national railway company Deutsche Bahn. There are lots of high-speed trains ICE that stop in Brunswick.

Picturesque Goslar and the Harz Mountains, as well as the Luneburg Heath can be reached by local train. Travellers can purchase a Niedersachsen-Ticket, valid on local trians in the whole state of Niedersachsen for 21 Euros for a single ticket, or 37 Euros per ticket valid for up to 5 people. A Schönes-Wochenende-Ticket, which is valid for up to 5 people for all local routes of Deutsche Bahn in Germany on weekends Saturday and Sunday.

Brunswick main station is not very close to the center, and the surrounding area does not offer a lot of sights worth seeing (Ringcenter commercial center and the clubbing area behind it Stereowerk/Cube 11. Take the bus or tram from here to reach your final destination in Brunswick.

By car
By car

Brunswick is served and easily reached by the German Autobahn highway system. Autobahns include one of Europe's main traffic artery the A2 sometimes jokingly referred to as Europe's biggest parking lot since traffic jams are not uncommon, especially on Fridays. In addtition, the A39 cuts through Brunswick, connecting the city with adjacent Wolfsburg and Salzgitter, and merging into A7 to Kassel and Frankfurt. City autobahns are the A391, A392 and A395.

Depending on the traffic, Berlin can be reached in two hours - Hamburg, Bremen and Kassel in one hour and a half, Frankfurt in three and a half hours, Hannover in 30-40 minutes, and Magdeburg in one hour using the autobahn. Goslar and the Harz mountains are approximately 30-40 minutes away by car.