Elbe-Weser Triangle

Elbe-Weser Triangle is in Lower Saxony.

Cities

Cuxhaven - a seaside resort at the Elbe river mouth.
Buxtehude - a medium sized town in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region.
Stade
Bremerhaven

Other destinations

Neuwerk

Understand

Get in

Get around

By car

The main motorways (autobahns) in the region are A27 (Bremen - Cuxhaven) and A1 (Bremen - direction Hamburg). Another several km of motorway is between Stade and Buxtehude with another part being under construction in direction Hamburg.

The Weser and Elbe are relatively large rivers in their lower part, therefore there are only several opportunities of crossing them using bridges. The northernmost bridge across Weser is in Bremen, however there is a tunnel under the river south of Bremerhaven. Elbe's last bridge and a tunnel before the mouth is in Hamburg.

By ferry

Weser ferries

Lemwerder - Bremen-Vegesack
Motzen - Bremen-Blumenthal
Berne - Bremen-Farge
Brake - Weser island Harriersand (persons and bicycles only)
Brake-Golzwarden - Sandstedt
Kleinensiel - Dedesdorf: replaced by Weser tunnel since 2004 (the tunnel is not passable for pedestrians and cyclists)
Nordenham-Blexen - Bremerhaven (15 min crossing, 20-40 min intervals)

Elbe ferries

Lühe - Schulau (persons)
Wischhafen - Glückstadt (25 min crossing, about 20 min intervals)

See

Aeronauticum: maritime aircraft museum in Nordholz near Cuxhaven

Do

Eat

Drink

Cafe Landlust, Bäderstraße 134, Schweiburg/Jade. Excellent teas and cakes, also a beer garden and a B&B.

Elbe-Weser Triangle - region in Germany