Bremen (city)

Bremen is a city in northern Germany (official name: Freie Hansestadt Bremen1 (Free Hanseatic City of Bremen), referring to its membership in the medieval Hanseatic League) situated along the river Weser, at {{coor dm|53|04|N|8|48|E|}}. Bremen is one of two towns belonging to the state of Bremen, the other being Bremerhaven. Population: 545,983 (1st June 2005).

Miscellaneous

Bremen has a large and famous university founded in 1971 5, the more practice-related University of Applied Sciences (earliest predecessor founded in 1799) more recently the International University Bremen, and several high-tech industries have settled in the city. Many of Germany's space technology exports are manufactured in EADS SPACE Transportation facilities in Bremen, such as the Columbus module of the International Space Station, Europe's Ariane 5 rocket upper stages and the Automated Transfer Vehicle. Furthermore, Bremen is the home of he second biggest Airbus plant of Germany, producing wing equipment for the A300/A310, A330/A340 and A380 families of aircraft.

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University - 5 - University of Applied Sciences - International University Bremen - EADS SPACE Transportation - Columbus - International Space Station - Ariane 5 - Automated Transfer Vehicle - Airbus - A300 - A310 - A330 - A340 - A380

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There is also a Mercedes-Benz factory in Bremen, building the SL and SLK series of cars.

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Mercedes-Benz - SL - SLK

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Beck's beer is brewed in Bremen.

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Bremen has an international airport situated in the south of the city (ICAO code: EDDW / IATA code: BRE).

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International airport - ICAO - IATA

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It is home of the soccer team SV Werder Bremen which won the German Football Championship for the fourth and the German Football Cup for the fifth time in 2004, making SV Werder Bremen just the fourth team in German football history to win the double.

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Soccer - Werder Bremen

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Bremen is famous for a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, the Town Musicians of Bremen, although they never actually reach Bremen in the tale.

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Brothers Grimm - Town Musicians of Bremen

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Every year since 1036 in the last two weeks of October Bremen hosts Freimarkt ("Free market"), Germany's oldest and one of today's biggest fairground festival.

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Bremen is also host to one of the four big annual Techno parades, the Vision Parade, and also the birthplace of the American comedic industrial musician Kompressor.

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Techno - Vision Parade - Industrial - Kompressor

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