Welcome to Hannover!

Dear Erasmus/Leonardo Interns in Hannover,

We hope that your time in Hannover is filled with new and exciting experiences and that you
can make new friends along the way. The purpose of this letter is to give you some insight to
a number of rich cultural and social events offered in Hannover.
We hope you enjoy your stay in Lower Saxonys capitol and make the most of it!

As always, we are happy to answer all questions you might have.

Best wishes,

Jenifer Becker

Sightseeing
Maschsee, City Hall (neues Rathaus),
Limmerstrae or Lister Meile here you
can either get to know Hannovers history,
walk around the Royal Gardens or just
enjoy coffee in a cosy place. Below I have
listed some things, which you might find
interesting.

Der rote Faden

There is a red line, which leads to all
important sightseeing places in Hannover.
Just follow it, by bike or take a walk!
www.roterfaden-hannover.de

Conti Campus

Limmerstrae
Go for a walk on the Limmerstrae in
Linden, you will find international shops
next to shabby nail studios and hip cafs.
There is always something going on at this
street. Search for Limmerstrae, Hannover
on googlemaps

Lister Meile
In this part of town you will meet a lot of
children and parents. There are some nice
cafs and shops on the Lister Meile, just
go for a walk! Search for Lister Meile on
googlemaps

Climb the highest floor of the highest

building at Knigswortherplatz and enjoy
the view over Hannover!
www.uni-hannover.de

Maschsee

Engelbosteler Damm

Royal Gardens

This street in the northern part of

Hannover is comparable to the
Limmerstrae, but you probably will find
more bicycle and book shops. Go to the
area around the Lutherkirche for lunch,
you can choose between soup, curry and
bagels in tiny restaurants.
Search for Engelbosteler Damm on
googlemaps

Hannover has many different parks to

offer. You can go for a walk around the
University in Georgengarten and after a
while you will come to the
Herrenhusergrten. You have to pay an
entry fee to see the Botanical Gardens
and one part of the Royal Gardens in
wintertime it is free.
www.hannover.de/herrenhausen

A lake right in the middle of the city.

www.hannover.de/de/kultur_freizeit/naher
holung/maschsee

Cinema
Apart from the three cinemas there are
also some tiny playhouses around the city.
Check www.kino.de to check out which
movies are running

Apollo Kino
A tiny cinema that shows movies far off
from the mainstream - sometimes
presented in the original language.
www.apollokino.de

Cinemaxx
Blockbuster and Hollywood at Cinemaxx
Hannover. www.cinemaxx.de

Kino am Raschplatz
You like independent movies? Thats the
place to go! www.kinoamraschplatz.de

Caf / Bar

Dublin Inn

Take a walk around the gardens and have

cake&coffee afterwards. Or do you prefer
having a fancy cocktail with your friend?
Check out Hannovers Coffeehouses and
Bars!

Karaoke on Monday and Friday, Pub Quiz

on Thursday and Sky Sports here you
will meet many Erasmus people.
www.irishpub-hannover.de

Caf Kopi

24 Grad

Cake and Coffee at Caf Copi! Everything

is fair trade and biological.
Rehbockstrae 2, 30167 Hannover

Centrum
Beer, Prosecco and the best burgers in
town! Lindener Marktplatz 3

Der bse Wolf

A kind of traditional bar in Linden, where
you will meet a lot of people from this part
of the town. Nice for drinking a beer at
night. www.undderboesewolf.de

Museum
Modern, contemporary or classic: In
Hannover you find a range of different
museums. Find your favourite one!

Historisches Museum
Get to know more about Hannovers
history! www.hannover.de/hist_museum

Kestnergesellschaft
If you like modern art, you have to visit
Kestnergesellschaft.
Once paid for a ticket, keep it, you can use
it again and see the current exhibition as
often as you want. www.kestner.org

Kunstverein Hannover
Another museum for contemporary art.
Check out current exhibitions!
www.kunstverein-hannover.de

Great coffee on the Engelbosteler Damm

fair trade and cosy chairs.
www.24grad.net

Lieblingsbar
A cosy little caf on the Limmerstrae.
www.lieblings-bar.de

Spandau
A great place to sit at night with your
friends, drinking cocktails and chatting.
They also have a tiny beach bar in Linden
which is only open in summer.
www.spandauprojekt.de

Landesmuseum
The national museum of Lower Saxony
find out more about people in the Middle
Ages, archaeological artefacts, fossils and
artwork ranging from baroque to
expressionism. www.landesmuseumhannover.niedersachsen.de

Sprengel Museum
The biggest museum of art in Hannover: It
is always worth it to check the current
exhibitions. Fridays entry is for free!
www.sprengel-museum.de

Wilhelm Busch Museum

Do you know Max&Moritz two guys who
like to play pranks? The Wilhelm Busch
Museum is about cartoon characters and
art. www.karikatur-museum.de

Party
There are some clubs in Hannover where
you will meet a lot of people during the
week; it seems like all of Hannover sticks
to this plan. Coming closer to the
weekend, there are more possibilities to
go out, but also more expensive ones.

Monday: palo palo

FOR FREE
Funk, Soul and House in a little cheesy
club near the main station unbelievably
crowded on Mondays.
Funk/Soul/Charts/RnB/House
www.palopalo.de

Ruby Tuesday at Caf Glocksee

FOR FREE
If you want to listen to live music while you
are stuck between people and are barely
able to breath - visit the Caf Glocksee on
Tuesdays. Great fun!
Indie/Rock/Folk/Singer/Songwriter/Punk
Check the homepage to find out which
band is playing
www.cafe-glocksee.de/programm

Wednesday: Linden Lounge

If you like electronic music, dancing or
chatting with people in a nice atmosphere
go to Faust/Mephisto in Linden on
Wednesdays. It starts to get crowded at
1:30 at night, so dont come too early.
Deephouse/Dubstep/Techno/Electro
www.kulturzentrum-faust.de

Thursday: Bei Chez Heinz

If you dont like to be surprised concerning
music and want to meet every Erasmus or
Leonardo interns in Hannover, Chez Heinz
is the place to be!
Pop/Rock/Indie/Charts/Punk/Electronic
www.beichezheinz.de

Friday: 3raum
Electronic music, lounge and beats. A nice
place to have a gin tonic with
30somethings.
Electronical/Beatz
www.3raum-ballhof.de

Saturday: Weidendamm
You like dancing to electronical music?
Check out Weidendamm!
www.weidendamm.com

& Saturday: zaza

Thats the place where chart music and schools
out parties will be always en vogue. www.zazaclub.de

Nothing going on?

Get all your friends together and visit the clubs at
Steintor but take care, it can get really messy.
Maybe not the right thing for people preferring to
drink cocktails in a nice bar or watching a movie in
the cinema.

Markets
There is also a farmers market in
Hannover. Check out on the internet when
the market is around your place!

Fleamarket Faust
Every Sunday 10 -16 at Faustgelnde!

Fleamarket am hohen Ufer

2nd hand clothing, CDs and furniture and
Hanovers famous Leineufer-Market, every
Saturday, 8-16, hohes Ufer

LINKS
Adult education centre
http://www.vhshannover.de/web/main/index.php

Student cultural groups

http://www.studentenwerkhannover.de/en-culturalgroups.html

Study buddy

Bicycles at local newspaper

http://www.international.unihannover.de/study-buddy.html?&L=1

http://www.haz.de/Anzeigen/WeitereAnzeigen

Tandem/language

Bicycles at ebay

http://www.fsz.unihannover.de/tandem.html

http://www.hannover.de/de/buerger/verwal
tungen/dez_fb_lhh/dezernate_fachbereich
e_LHH/fa_reord/ordrecht/ordnaufg/fundbu
er/index.html

Bicycle Maintainence
http://www.fahrradwerkstatt-hannover.de/

College sports
http://www.hochschulsport-hannover.de/

Financial reductions for students

http://www.studentenwerkhannover.de/en-reductions.html

Hannover magazines
www.stadtkind-hannover.de
www.hannover.prinz.de
www.hannover.de

International get-together & more

http://www.fh-hannover.de/ib/aus-demausland-an-die-fhh/veranstaltungentermine/index.html

Matrikulation
http://www.unihannover.de/en/studium/immatrikulation/b
ewerbung/hinweise-nichteu/start/index.php

Nightlife guide
http://www.hannoversnachtleben.de

Student union
http://www.studentenwerkhannover.de/ank.html