Flensburg

By car

Most people arrive here by car. Flensburg is situated at the border of Germany and Denmark, beside the motorway ( in Denmark) leading to Hamburg in the south and to Kolding and further north in Denmark.

By bus or train

• Flensburg station

There are bus and train connections both from Denmark and Hamburg. Search Bahn.de for public connections in Germany, and DSB for Denmark.

By plane

The nearest airports are Hamburg (HAM) about away offering a wide array of flights to domestic and international destinations and Sønderborg (SGD, in Denmark away; flights from Copenhagen only). Hamburg airport is served by the Hamburg S-Bahn and from Hamburg main station direct RE and Intercity trains leave for Flensburg with a travel time a bit under 2 hours. From Sonderborg airport take a taxi to the rail station and then DSB train.

Walking is the best way to get around in the city centre.

Flensburg offers a nice shopping district with old houses and gardens as well as a variety of museums and churches. The harbour is the hosting place for sailing regatta and events.

Museums

• Museumsberg Flensburga museum on a hill in the center of Flensburg exhibiting local history artefacts and art by not only local artists.

• Naturwissenschaftliches Museum und Eiszeit-Haus (Science Museum and Ice Age House): located on the museum hill next to the other museum; same opening times; entry is free.

• Phänomentaan interactive science museum, where you can try experiments on you own, especially interesting for families and children and anybody interested in science

• Museumswerftthis museum shows and builds old ships and boats and offers courses for children, teenagers and adults.

• Wehrgeschichtliche AusbildungszentrumA naval museum in the famous Naval Academy Mürwik. On the edge of it ended the Third Reich.

Churches

The following churches have an interesting architecture and are located in the old centre of Flensburg. Click http://www.flensburg-online.de/kirchen/index.html for an (almost) complete list of churches in Flensburg.

• St. Nikolai (Lutheran)

• St. Marien (Lutheran)

• St. Johannis (Lutheran)

• St. Marien, schmerzhafte Mutter (Roman Catholic)

• Helligåndskirken (Church of the Holy Spirit, Danish church, Lutheran)

Other important Churches are the Lutheran Church St. Jürgen which is an typical photo subject. The Church is goood to see from the harbour on the eastern shore. An Garrison Church, with the name Christuschurch, is located in the borough Mürwik (Muerwik). The Christuschurch owns a beautiful triumphal cross from the 16th century.

Architecture

• One of the oldest buildings in the city is the building of the "Nikolai-Apotheke" at the "Südermarkt", an old marketplace. The building was built in the 15th century. The architecture inside as well as outside is very much worth visiting.
• The Naval Academy Mürwik is a castle for the German Navy which was built in 1910 by the German Emperor Wilhelm II. Pattern for it was the Marienburg, the Castle of the Teutonic Order, which lays today in the polish town Malbork.
• The Sportschool in the borough Mürwik was built in 1936/37. In May 1945 it was the seat of the Flensburg Government. The government was formed after the suicide of Adolf Hitler. Head was Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz.

Tours around the city can be booked at the tourist information center in the old town center.

• Tourism Agency

  phone: +49 461 9090920
  address: Rote Straße 15-17

A nice way to enjoy the maritime atmosphere of Flensburg is to take a tour on one of the 5 different ferries.

• AlexandraThe Alexandra just celebrated her 100th birthday and is so the oldest passenger stream boat which is still in use in whole Germany.

• MS Viking

• MS Möwe

• MS Flora II

• MS Feodora

Lots of people arrive in Flensburg from Denmark and the other Nordic countries for shopping. In the old centre of Flensburg are numerous shops along the pedestrian street Holm (Danish: Holmen) and Große Straße and inside the new shopping mall Flensburg Galerie. Certainly a nice place to visit in the centre is the famous "Rote Straße" (Red Street). As part of the traditional "Ochsenweg" the Rote Straße represents a big part of Flensburg's history. Many little shops can be found there. The borough Mürwik (Muerwik) owns also an separate little centre, named Twedter Plack. The centre is on the edge of the military where also located is the Naval Academy Mürwik.
In addition to the numerous small shops in the old centre of the town there's a shopping centre some 2 km south of the city, Förde Park as well as Poetzsch at Kupfermühle near the Danish border. Other shopping centres are Scandinavien Park and Citti Park. The Scandinavian Park in the suburb Handewitt is conveniently located right off the northernmost exit of A7 motorway in Germany. Due to its location and tourists visiting it is allowed to open all week long and attracts locals from both sides of the border, who go there for a Sunday grocery run. Price differences between Denmark and Germany may make a certain item a bargain for Danish people but it might be expensive for Germans.

• Dionysos

  address: Glücksburger Straße 174
  A Greek restaurant in the first floor of Hotel Fruerlund.

• Marien-Café

  address: Norderstrasse 13

• Goldene Lilie

  address: Angelburger Straße 10-16
  A Chinese restaurant offering a tasty buffet and a good menu.

• Galerie

  address: Holm 66
  A restaurant offering a variety of pizza and pasta, non-vegetarian and vegetarian food.

• Hotel am Wasserturm

  phone: +49 461 3150600
  address: Blasberg 13, 24943 Flensburg

• Hotel Seewarte

  address: Mürwikerstrasse 164, 24944 Flensburg
  Inexpensive hotel outside the city center. Not without reason sometimes compared to British comedy "Fawlty Towers", but the staff is very kind and helpful. No credit cards accepted

• Hostel Flensburg

  phone: +49 461 90 90 833
  address: Zur Exe 23

• Jugendherberge Flensburg

  phone: +49 461 37 74 2
  address: Fichtestraße 16, 24943 Flensburg

• Glücksburg CastleBeautiful old white castle.

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