At the Brandenburg an der Havel Industrial Museum, visitors can see a Siemens-Martin furnace and the associated equipment for charging, melting and casting. Alongside the furnace, this equipment illustrates several specific steps in the production process. This offers insight into industrial history through a technical object and the processes connected with it. Check the museum’s current operating details before your visit.
Industrial History and Culture
The Roland statue of Brandenburg an der Havel represents a different historical point of reference: the 5.35 m-high sandstone figure dates from 1474 and symbolises the city’s liberties. The permanent exhibition at the Brandenburg State Archaeological Museum takes a much broader view across time. Around 10,000 selected exhibits provide an overview of some 50,000 years of Brandenburg’s cultural history. In this way, a single, precisely dated urban symbol and an exhibition spanning a broad historical period offer contrasting ways of exploring the past.
The Brandenburg an der Havel City Museum presents a permanent exhibition on Brandenburg toys. Check the current exhibition details before visiting. The Brandenburg Symphony Orchestra performs classical, Romantic and modern orchestral music. Its repertoire thus encompasses several styles; alongside collections and exhibitions, music offers another way to experience culture. The Steintorturm is also listed as a museum, with an entrance on the ground floor in the former prison room. This former prison room offers a different historical point of reference from the permanent exhibition on Brandenburg toys.
Views and City Tours
The top outdoor viewing platform of the Friedenswarte on Marienberg offers sweeping views across the city of Brandenburg and the extensive belt of forests and lakes. If you plan to visit this viewpoint, check the Friedenswarte’s current operating details in advance.
The official tourism portal offers historical and themed city tours. These include one-hour introductory historical city tours, a monk’s tour, a Vicco von Bülow tour and a pug tour. The introductory historical tour is listed as lasting one hour; the themed tours focus on different subjects. Dates and availability may change, so check them before making plans. A tour of the memorial to the victims of the euthanasia murders includes the permanent exhibition and the grounds; check specific dates in advance.
Planning Your Journey and Tours
From Brandenburg an der Havel Central Station, the R1 regional express reaches the centre of Berlin in about 40 minutes, with trains running every half hour. If you are considering a trip to central Berlin, the approximate journey time provides a useful planning reference. Check the timetable and journey time before travelling.
The 7-Lakes Tour begins and ends at Neustädtischer Markt in Brandenburg an der Havel. The same location is therefore named as both the starting point and the endpoint, which you can take into account when planning this tour.
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