# Things to see in Hanover (Germany): 95 places and when to go

> Hanover is a city in Germany with around 722,000 inhabitants, and this site lists 95 places in and around it, mainly Nature (36), Wildlife (26), History (25). The best known are Herrenhausen Gardens, New Town Hall and Baitus Sami Mosque. The best time to come is April to October; also possible: November to March. In June there are 16 h 32 of daylight, and in December, 7 h 28. Here is what there is, when to go, how to get there and what else is nearby.

- Address: https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/hannover/
- Reviewed on: 2026-10-02
- Language: en

## In a nutshell

- **Where:** Germany · 52.367, 9.7167
- **Population:** About 722,000
- **Places:** 95 places on this site, in the town and around it.
- **What people come for:** [Nature](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/naturaleza/) (36) · [Wildlife](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/fauna/) (26) · [History](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/historia/) (25) · [Hiking](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/senderismo/) (11) · [With kids](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/familia/) (8) · [Mountains](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/montana/) (8)
- **Best time:** April to October.
- **Also possible:** November to March.
- **Nearest airport:** HAM Hamburg, 142 km as the crow flies

## What to see in Hanover

The places in and around Hanover, best known first, each with its own page: what it is, when to go and what is next to it. Distances are from the centre, as the crow flies.

- [Herrenhausen Gardens](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/herrenhauser-garten/): Park in Hanover, Germany · 2.4 km
- [New Town Hall](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/new-town-hall/): Building in Hanover, Germany · 1.4 km
- [Baitus Sami Mosque](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/baitus-sami-mosque/): Mosque in Hanover, Germany · 8.1 km
- [Marktkirche, Hanover](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/market-church/): Church in Hanover, Germany · 1.4 km
- [Sprengel Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/sprengel-museum/): Art museum in Hannover, Germany · 1.7 km
- [Herrenhausen Palace](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schloss-herrenhausen/): Palace in Hanover, Germany · 2.9 km
- [Hanover Zoo](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/erlebnis-zoo-hannover/): Zoo in Hanover, Germany · 4.0 km
- [Landesmuseum Hannover](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/niedersachsisches-landesmuseum/): Museum in Hannover · 1.6 km
- [Staatsoper Hannover](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/opera-de-hanover/): Opera house in Hanover, Germany · 1.8 km
- [St. Clement's Basilica, Hanover](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/basilica-de-san-clemente/): Church in Hannover, Germany · 959 m
- [Schaumburg Castle, Lower Saxony](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/burg-schaumburg/): Castle · 40 km
- [Welfenschloss](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/welfenschloss/): Main building of the University of Hanover; former palace of the Guelphs · 1.7 km
- [Benther Berg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/benther-berg/): Ridge near Hannover, Germany · 7.5 km
- [Ebersnacken](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/ebersnacken/): Nature · Mountains · 50 km
- [Hohe Egge](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/hohe-egge/): Mountain in the Süntel hills, Germany · 31 km
- [Altwarmbüchener Moor](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/altwarmbuchener-moor/): Bog area in Lower Saxony, Germany · 14 km
- [Hornbosteler Hutweide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/hornbosteler-hutweide/): Nature reserve in Lower Saxony, Germany · 35 km
- [St. Jakobi, Kirchrode](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/jakobikirche/): Lutheran church in Hanover-Kirchrode · 7.5 km
- [Schloss Bredebeck](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schloss-bredebeck/): Castle · 48 km
- [Alte Leine](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/alte-leine/): Former nature reserve in Lower Saxony, Germany · 8.9 km
- [Amelungsberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/amelungsberg/): Hill in Germany · 36 km
- [Bansee](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/bansee/): Nature reserve in Lower Saxony, Germany · 39 km
- [Binnensalzstelle am Kaliwerk Ronnenberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/binnensalzstelle-am-kaliwerk-ronnenberg/): Special Area of Conservation in Ronnenberg, Lower Saxony, Germany · 7.7 km
- [Bockmerholz, Gaim](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/bockmerholz-gaim/): Protected area in the European Union defined by the habitats directive in Lower-Saxony, Germany · 12 km

And the other 71, by what you come to do:

- **Temples**: [Evangelical Church Centre Kronsberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/evangelisches-kirchenzentrum-kronsberg/), [St. Maria Angelica](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/st-maria-angelica/)
- **Nature**: [Goosemoor](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/goosemoor/), [Haar-Berg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/haarberg/), [Hohenstein](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/hohenstein/), [Hubbelsche](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/hubbelsche/), [Ith](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/ith/), [Laubwälder südlich Seelze](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/laubwalder-sudlich-seelze/), [Meißendorf Lakes and Bannetze Moor](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/meissendorfer-teiche-bannetzer-moor/), [Mergelgrube bei Hannover (HPC I)](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/mergelgrube-bei-hannover-hpc-i/), [Hannover landfill](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/nordberg/), [Papenbrink](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/papenbrink/), [Blankes Flath bei Jeversen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/blankes-flath-bei-jeversen/), [Dicke Linde](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/dicke-linde/), [Fiekers Busch](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/fiekers-busch/), [Glockenberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/glockenberg/), [Langenfelder Wasserfall](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/grosser-langenfelder-wasserfall/), [Hellern bei Wietze](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/hellern-bei-wietze/), [Hochmoore bei Wieckenberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/hochmoore-bei-wieckenberg/), [Kananohe](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kananohe/), [Kienmoor](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kienmoor/), [Moor in der Schotenheide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/moor-in-der-schotenheide/), [Bockenemer Klärteiche](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/nsg-bockenemer-klarteiche/), [Hofwiesenteiche](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/nsg-hofwiesenteiche/), [Kamm des Wesergebirges](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/nsg-kamm-des-wesergebirges/), [Riesenberg-Tropfsteinhöhle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/riesenberg-tropfsteinhohle/), [Trunnenmoor](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/trunnenmoor/)
- **Museums and art**: [Harry’s klingendes Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/harrys-klingendes-museum/), [Heimatstube Exten](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/heimatstube-exten/)
- **History**: [Hermes tower](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/hermes-tower/), [Mausoleum Bückeburg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/mausoleum/), [Dicker Stein](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/dicker-stein/), [The Hünenburg at Todenmann](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/die-hunenburg-bei-todenmann/), [Saurierfährten Münchehagen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/dinosaurierfahrten/), [Düsselburg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/dusselburg/), [Gartenhofsiedlung](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/gartenhofsiedlung/), [Heiligers Brunnen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/heiligers-brunnen/), [Burg Hohenrode](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/hunenburg-hohenrode/), [Jewish cemetery Bothfeld](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/judischer-friedhof-bothfeld/), [Liststadt](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/liststadt/), [Uffoburg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/uffoburg/), [Wasserwerk Misburg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/wasserwerk-misburg/), [Bockmerholzstraße 4, Hannover](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/gasthaus-hannover/), [Aegidiendamm 8, Hannover](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/hotel-reverey/)
- **Hiking**: [Weserberglandweg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weserberglandweg-etappe-11/), [Hildesheim-Harz-Weg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/hildesheim-harz-weg/), [Jakobusweg Kloster Mariensee -Minden](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/jakobusweg-kloster-mariensee-minden/), [Camino de Santiago](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/jakobusweg-luneburger-heide-path-2/), [Pilgerweg Loccum - Volkenroda](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/pilgerweg-loccum-volkenroda-nebenstrecke-kloster-moellenbeck/), [Pilgerweg Loccum - Volkenroda](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/pilgerweg-loccum-volkenroda-teilstrecke-loccum-silberborn/), [Wanderweg X28](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/wanderweg-x28/), [Weserberglandweg - Etappe 10](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weserberglandweg-etappe-10/), [Weserberglandweg - Etappe 12](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weserberglandweg-etappe-12/), [Weserberglandweg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weserberglandweg-etappe-7/), [X11 - Bückeberge Weg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/x11-buckeberge-weg/)
- **With kids**: [Annabad](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/annabad/), [Lister Bad](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/lister-bad/), [Tiergarten Hannover](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/tiergarten/), [Wasserpark Wennigsen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/wasserpark-wennigsen/), [Nord-Ost-Bad](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/nord-ost-bad/), [RSV-Bad Leinhausen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/rsv-bad-leinhausen/), [Stöckener Bad](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/stockener-bad/)
- **Diving**: [Altwarmbüchener Tauchclub](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/altwarmbuchener-tauchclub/)
- **Food and drink**: [Herrenhäuser Markt](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/herrenhauser-markt/), [Kornbrennerei Warnecke](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kornbrennerei-warnecke/), [Lister Destillerie](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/lister-destillerie/), [Mashsee Brauerei GmbH & Co. KG](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/mashsee-brauerei-gmbh-co-kg/), [Next Generation Wine](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/next-generation-wine/), [Schaperplatz](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schaperplatz/)
- **Hot springs**: [Königliche Kristall-Therme Seelze](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/konigliche-kristall-therme-seelze/)
- **Stargazing**: [Stadtklimastation Hannover-Nordstadt](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/stadtklimastation-hannover-nordstadt/)

## When to go to Hanover

The best time to visit Hanover is **April to October**; also possible: November to March. This comes from its own places: a month counts as the town's best time when it is the best time for half of what there is to see.

| Mes | Época | Hours of daylight |
| --- | --- | --- |
| January | Possible | 7 h 58 |
| February | Possible | 9 h 37 |
| March | Possible | 11 h 31 |
| April | Best time | 13 h 39 |
| May | Best time | 15 h 29 |
| June | Best time | 16 h 32 |
| July | Best time | 16 h 06 |
| August | Best time | 14 h 28 |
| September | Best time | 12 h 23 |
| October | Best time | 10 h 19 |
| November | Possible | 8 h 26 |
| December | Possible | 7 h 28 |

In June there are 16 h 32 of daylight, and in December, 7 h 28. In June, 94 of the 95 places are at their best.

When to go to Germany in general, with its festivals and peak seasons, is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/#cuando-ir).

## Getting to Hanover

The nearest main airport is Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM, Hamburg), 142 km as the crow flies. How to get around Germany (train, car, bus) is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/#moverse), and what to sort out before you leave is in [its checklist](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/#antes-de-salir).

- [Where it is](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=52.367%2C9.7167)
- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=52.367%2C9.7167)

## Other towns nearby

- [Springe](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/springe/): 26 places · 22 km
- [Bad Nenndorf](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/bad-nenndorf/): 26 places · 23 km
- [Neustadt am Rübenberge](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/neustadt-am-rubenberge/): 20 places · 25 km
- [Lehrte](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/lehrte/): 25 places · 28 km
- [Hildesheim](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/hildesheim/): 34 places · 29 km
- [Celle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/celle/): 19 places · 37 km

And all of Germany, in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/).

## Frequently asked questions

### What is there to see in Hanover?

The best known: [Herrenhausen Gardens](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/herrenhauser-garten/), [New Town Hall](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/new-town-hall/), [Baitus Sami Mosque](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/baitus-sami-mosque/), [Marktkirche, Hanover](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/market-church/), [Sprengel Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/sprengel-museum/). In all, 95 places in the town and around it, all on your trip map from day one.

### When is the best time to visit Hanover?

April to October; also possible: November to March. In June there are 16 h 32 of daylight, and in December, 7 h 28.

### How do you get to Hanover?

The nearest main airport is Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM), 142 km away. From there, [directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=52.367%2C9.7167) opens the route on the map.

### How do I add it to my trip?

Create a trip with Hanover as the destination and these 95 places are on your map, each with its category. The ones you like go into a day's plan with one tap, and Kokai reminds you when you pass nearby.

Data from [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright), licensed under the ODbL, from [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/), CC0, cities from [Natural Earth](https://www.naturalearthdata.com/) and airports from [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/). Daylight hours are calculated from the latitude. More in [credits](https://kokai.app/en/aviso/#creditos).