Bremen in Numbers

• The federal state of Bremen has a population of around 681,000.
• The city of Bremen has a population of around 566,000.
• The metropolitan region of Bremen/Oldenburg has a population of around 2.8 million.

• Bremen’s Chamber of Commerce (1451) and Chamber of Skilled Trades (1849) are the oldest in Germany.
• The export ratio, which is the share of sales to foreign customers in total sales, was with 22,5 billion euros at 56,2%.
• Industrial companies in the federal state of Bremen increased their sales by 31,5% to just under 35 billion euros in 2022.
• The federal state of Bremen had the second-highest economic growth of all the federal states in 2021 at 6,1% and the highest in 2022 at 5,1%. 
• The Mercedes-Benz plant in Bremen is the world's second largest production facility of the Mercedes-Benz Group, with around 12,000 employees and 277,000 vehicles produced (as of 2024).
• In June 2024, the 10 millionth vehicle rolled off the production line at the Bremen plant.
• The world’s most popular beer is brewed in Bremen – with some 3,000 bottles of Beck’s beer being drunk every minute.
• Bremerhaven container terminal is the fourth-largest in Northern Europe and among the 25 largest in the world.
• Bremen is the second-largest port for car transshipment in Europe. The transshipment volume was around 1,6 million vehicles.
• Bremen has more than 1,300 industrial companies and service providers in the maritime sector.
• Bremen is the second-largest production and development site in Germany for Europe’s Airbus Group.

• Bremen has nine universities and colleges with around 40,000 students (2023).
• Around 50 technology research institutes (Fraunhofer and Max Planck institutes, German Aerospace Centre and German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence) are based in Bremen.
• The Alfred Wegener Institute is based in Bremerhaven.
• The drop tower at Bremen University’s Center for Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM), a huge laboratory where zero-gravity experiments are performed, is unique in Europe.

• Bremen is the greenest city in Germany.
• There are eleven lakes for swimming in Bremen.
• Bremen has four rivers: the Weser, Wümme, Ochtum and Lesum.
• The river Weser and its embankment are a popular leisure destination.
• The Weser promenade Schlachte with the ships and around 2,000 beer garden seats has an estimated 2 million visits annually.
• Bremen has a number of nature conservation areas.
• Bremen's Christmas market and Schlachte magic have around 3.4 million visits annually.

Museums in Bremen and Bremerhaven | Visits 2022:
(Source: Statistisches Landesamt Bremen)

• Universum Bremen 218.447
• Kunsthalle Bremen 88.384
• Übersee-Museum Bremen 83.426
• Focke-Museum, Bremer Landesmuseum 48.678
• Botanika - Science Center im Rhododendronpark 91.925
• Weserburg Bremen - Museum für moderne Kunst 18.816
• Dom-Museum im St.-Petri-Dom Bremen 20.690
• Kunstsammlungen Böttcherstraße 26.526
• Gerhard-Marcks-Haus - Bildhauermuseum 15.365
• Wilhelm-Wagenfeld-Haus - Design im Zentrum 14.293
• Klimahaus 8 Grad Ost 380.601
• Bremerhaven Zoo am Meer 331.895
• Deutsches Auswandererhaus Bremerhaven 126.924
• Deutsches Schifffahrtsmuseum 46.562
• U-Boot-Museum 97.366
• Historisches Museum Bremerhaven 23.318

All tourist highlights and offers can befound on Bremen's city portal pages.

• In 2023, the federal state of Bremen welcomed 1,456,320 arrivals and the city of Bremen welcomed 1,209,853 arrivals.
• There were 2,807,077 overnight stays in the federal state of Bremen and 2,359,490 overnight stays in the city of Bremen in 2023.
• The city has around 37 million day visitors a year (2023).
• Around EUR 1.8 billion in gross revenue was generated through day and overnight tourism.
• There are 110 hotels with 15,995 beds in the federal state of Bremen and 89 hotels with 13,245 beds in the city of Bremen. (2023)
• 220,000 passengers embarked or disembarked at the Columbus Cruise Center in Bremerhaven in 2022.

• Bremen’s Roland statue and the town hall have UNESCO World Heritage status.
• The famous fairytale figures of the Bremen Town Musicians are immortalised in a bronze statue near the town hall. In 2019, Bremen celebrated the story’s 200th anniversary.
• The Breminale music festival is one of the four largest festivals in Germany (based on visitor numbers).
• The Rhododendron Park has 3,500 cultured varieties from almost 650 different species, making it the world’s largest collection of rhododendrons.
• Werder Bremen football club occupies third place in the all-time Bundesliga standings. The club’s stadium Weserstadion is located next to the river Weser.
• The Grün-Gold-Club Bremen and the TSG Bremerhaven are among the world's top dance clubs, with over 25 world championship titles between them.
• Bremen is the leading cycling city after Copenhagen and Amsterdam.

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• Decaffeinated coffee was the invention of Bremen merchant Ludwig Roselius.
• Henrich Focke invented the first fully operational helicopter.
• The ARD, West Germany’s first public-service broadcaster, was founded in Bremen on June 10th, 1950.
• Bremen's TV show ‘3nach9’ was Germany’s first talkshow.
• in 1949, Bremen shoemaker Alexander Salot invented the screw-in stud mechanism for football boots.
• The rollo, a type of baked falafel wrap, was invented in Bremen.

• Tennis star Angelique Kerber, who grew up in Kiel but was born in Bremen, has won the Australian and US Open as well as Wimbledon.
• Actress Katja Riemann was born in Bremen.
• James Last, one of the most famous German musicians, was born in Bremen in 1929.
• Ernst Rowohlt, founder of the publishing house of the same name, was born in Bremen in 1887.
• Florian Wellbrock: The Bremen-born world champion of 2019 over 1,500 m freestyle and in the 10-km open water swim won the 2021 gold medal over the 10-km free water distance at the 2020 Olympic Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.