Bremen

Bremen is a city in the north of Germany. It is the capital of the State of Bremen.

Bremen has about 545,000 inhabitants. It has an oceanic climate (Cfb in the Koeppen climate classification).

The city' official name today includes the name Hansestadt (hanseatic city) in memory of its history, where it has been important part in the hanseatic league. The architecture of the city and the region as well is influenced by this historic period.

Other hanseatic cities today are: Hamburg, Rostock, Wismar, Stralsund, Lübeck, Greifswald and Demmin.