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  1. Wilhelmshaven is the centre of the "Jade Bay" business region (which has around 330,000 inhabitants) and is Germany's main military port. The adjacent Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park (part of the Wattenmeer UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site) provides the basis for the major tourism industry in the region.

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    Wilhelmshaven – city trip to the North Sea. Harbor, city life and maritime attractions - there is much to discover in Wilhelmshaven. For your stay by the sea you will find varied holiday offers, accommodation, tickets for events and exciting tips on cultural opportunities. We look forward to you!

    • Maritime Meile
    • Deutsches Marine Museum
    • Küstenmuseum Wilhelmshaven
    • Südstrand
    • Kaiser-Wilhelm-Brücke
    • UNESCO-Weltnaturerbe Wattenmeer Besucherzentrum Wilhelmshaven
    • Rosarium Wilhelmshaven
    • Aquarium Wilhelmshaven
    • Informationszentrum JadeWeserPort
    • Rathaus Wilhelmshaven

    Starting on the Bontekai on the waterfront of the city proper, the Maritime Meile is a 1.8-kilometre tourist route bringing you into contact with all of Wilhelmshaven’s maritime-themed attractions. All of the museums and landmarks on the way are listed below, and as an ensemble they help you cut to the core of Wilhelmshaven’s seafaring culture and ...

    The German Naval Museum is a military museum charting the 170-year history of the German Navy. The museum has an appropriate location, in a listed building in the old imperial shipyard. Inside you can follow the story of the German Navy from a political, social and cultural standpoint: There are black and white photographs, maps, flags, paintings, ...

    The coastal museum is at an old navy parade ground close to the Großer Hafen and has contemporary exhibits to tackle the North German coast from all sorts of angles. One of the most interesting subjects is Wilhelmshaven’s new deepwater JadeWeserPort, and all the planning and statistics involved in this massive project (46 million cubic metres of sa...

    Something you won’t find anywhere else in Germany is a south-facing beach like the Südstrand. The unusual geography of the Jade Bight bathes the beach in day-long sun, and there’s an almost Mediterranean promenade behind that fills up in the summer. In this season the beach and promenade are speckled with colourful striped Strandkörbe, which are ho...

    Wilhelmshaven’s undisputed landmark is the metal-framed Kaiser Wilhelm Bridge traversing the Großer Hafen. At 159 metres it was the Europe’s longest swing bridge when it opened in 1907. This structure ties the city proper to the Südstrand and you can watch it opening when ships with tall masts pass through. This is a memorable spectacle, even 110 y...

    The Wadden Sea, off Wilhelmshaven is an intertidal zone making up the southeastern corner of the North Sea. This environment has been heavily shaped by humans due to systems of dikes and causeways, and is protected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Next door to the Marinemuseum there’s a visitor centre for the UNESCO Site, laying out all the informa...

    On the eastern nook of the Stadtpark is a glorious rose garden that opens between Mother’s Day (mid-May in Germany) and October. The Rosarium is a delight, with more than 5,000 rosebushes from 500 varieties growing in a variety of habitats: There’s an English rose garden, a wild rose “canyon”, a Rococo garden, a historical “Gloria Dei” monastic gar...

    At the eastern end of the Südstrand promenade is an aquarium with more than 250 species of marine animals. Over 60 of these are local, coming from the North Sea and Wadden Sea. Some of the region’s inhabitants are seals, gurnards, flatfish, shore crabs, brown crabs and hooknose fish. But the aquarium also has more exotic creatures, like 15 species ...

    A few kilometres up at the mouth of the Jade Bight you can get the inside track on one of German’s largest investment projects in recent years. This deepwater container port was begun in 2008 and was sufficiently complete to open to traffic in 2012. After a slow start due to the global recession the port kicked into gear in 2015 when it processed 4...

    Completed in 1929, Wilhelmshaven’s powerful-looking town hall is a classic piece of Brick Expressionist architecture. The man behind the design was Johann Friedrich Höger, who also built the iconic Chilehaus in Hamburg. Because of its uncompromising appearance, with stiff lines and a hardy rectangular tower, the building was quickly dubbed the “Bur...

  3. Wilhelmshaven, city and port, Lower Saxony Land (state), northwestern Germany. It lies on Jade Bay (Jadebusen), a North Sea inlet on the coast of East Friesland (Ostfriesland). Founded in 1853 by William I (Wilhelm I) on land bought by Prussia from Oldenburg, it was given its present name in 1869.

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  4. Wilhelmshaven is known for its wonderful contrasts. Visitors can relax at the beach, go on a shopping spree or enjoy the town’s cultural highlights here. The exciting history is omnipresent, and yet the green coastal town is modern, ever-changing and surprising.

  5. Places to Visit in Wilhelmshaven. Check out must-see sights and activities: Deutsches Marinemuseum Wilhelmshaven, Südstrand, Points of Interest & Landmarks, Historic Sites.

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