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Hamburg's bustling floating landing piers on the Elbe, the gateway to harbour cruises and the historic St. Pauli waterfront.
20 km · about 25 min drive
Lower Saxony, Germany · Europe
Buxtehude works well as a base: 10 minutes from Apensen, 42km from Lüneburg Heath.
Buxtehude is a town located in Lower Saxony, Germany. With a population of 38,192, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Buxtehude sits in Germany, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Berlin time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Buxtehude to your route.
Buxtehude (German pronunciation: [bʊkstəˈhuːdə] ; Low German: Buxthu, pronounced [bʊkstˈhu]), officially the Hanseatic City of Buxtehude (German: Hansestadt Buxtehude), is a town on the Este River in Northern Germany, belonging to the district of Stade in Lower Saxony. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region andRead more
attached to the city's S-Bahn rapid transit network. Buxtehude is a medium-sized town and the second largest municipality in the Stade district (Landkreis). It lies on the southern border of the Altes Land in close proximity to the city-state of Hamburg. To the west lie the towns of Horneburg and Stade and to the south there are a number of incorporated villages featuring mostly upscale housing; e.g., Ottensen and Apensen.
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Buxtehude is located in Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe. The coordinates are 53.4699 latitude, 9.6897 longitude.
Buxtehude has a population of approximately 38,192 people, making it a town in Germany.
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ADAC roadside assistance: +49 89 22 22 22. No general speed limit on some autobahn sections but advisory 130 km/h.
Full driving guide for Germany8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Hamburg's bustling floating landing piers on the Elbe, the gateway to harbour cruises and the historic St. Pauli waterfront.
20 km · about 25 min drive
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Hamburg's stunning concert hall rising like a glass wave atop a former cocoa warehouse on the Elbe, with a free public plaza offering harbour views.
21 km · about 25 min drive
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The world's largest model railway exhibition in Hamburg's Speicherstadt, with over 16,000 metres of track spanning miniature continents.
21 km · about 25 min drive
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The world's largest warehouse district built on timber-pile foundations, a UNESCO site of red-brick Neo-Gothic buildings laced with canals.
22 km · about 25 min drive
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Hamburg's famous zoo pioneering open-air enclosures without bars since 1907, with a tropical aquarium.
22 km · about 25 min drive
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Museum of rare prototypes and racing cars focused on Porsche and Volkswagen history in Hamburg's HafenCity.
22 km · about 25 min drive
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A vast purple-blossoming heathland nature reserve, magical when the heather blooms in late summer and crossed by car-free trails.
42 km · about 50 min drive
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A charming Hanseatic salt town with crooked gabled houses and a tilting brick skyline, gateway to the heath.
54 km · about 60 min drive
April to October
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