Leer

The name of the town is moderately funny to some Germans as it is pronounced the same as the German word for "empty".

By train

• train stationIntercity connections from Emden – Lingen (Ems) – Münster (Westf) – Oberhausen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Köln – Koblenz – Mainz – Mannheim – Stuttgart. There is a regional train from Groningen in the Netherlands.

By car

Exit off the A 28 Bremen – Oldenburg – Leer and the A 31 Emden – Leer – Bottrop

By plane

• Flugplatz Leer-PapenburgA small general aviation airfield which provides air taxi services to the East Frisian Islands.

• Buenting Teemuseum

  phone: +49 49 1-992 20 44
  address: Brunnenstraße 33
  Tea Museum

• Leeraner Miniaturland

  phone: +49 491 - 45415 40
  address: Konrad-Zuse-Straße 1
  Miniature World

• Gallimarkt is the biggest "Volksfest" in the region

• Schöne Aussichten

  phone: +49 491 678 42
  address: Ledastraße 4
  Burgers, Pasta, and Sandwiches in a cosy cafe with a view over the harbour

• Hotel-Restaurant Lange

  phone: +49 491 919280
  address: Zum Schöpfwerk 1

• Hotel Frisia

  phone: +49 491 92840
  address: Bahnhofsring 16-20

• Take the boat to Helgoland
• Emden
• Oldenburg
• Aurich
• Oldambt — the region just across the border in the Netherlands, including 'windmill city' Winschoten