national park
Lüneburg Heath
A vast purple-blossoming heathland nature reserve, magical when the heather blooms in late summer and crossed by car-free trails.
25 km · about 30 min drive
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Lüneburg
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About Lüneburg
Lüneburg is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Adendorf, 25km from Lüneburg Heath.
Lüneburg is in Germany. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Adendorf, about 4 km away.
Lüneburg, officially the Hanseatic City of Lüneburg and also known in English as Lunenburg, is a town in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is located about 50 km (31 mi) southeast of another Hanseatic city, Hamburg, and belongs to that city's wider metropolitan region. The capital of the district which bears itsRead more
name, it is home to roughly 77,000 people. Lüneburg's urban area, which includes the surrounding communities of Adendorf, Bardowick, Barendorf and Reppenstedt, has a population of around 103,000. Lüneburg has been allowed to use the title Hansestadt ('Hanseatic Town') in its name since 2007, in recognition of its membership in the former Hanseatic League. Lüneburg is also home to Leuphana University.
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What is there to see near Lüneburg?
Within an hour or so of Lüneburg: Lüneburg Heath (25 km), Speicherstadt (43 km), Elbphilharmonie (43 km), Miniatur Wunderland (43 km).
Where is Lüneburg?
Lüneburg is in Germany, about 4 km from Adendorf.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 0
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Germany
- Timezone
- Coordinates
- 53.2512, 10.4155
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Germany
ADAC roadside assistance: +49 89 22 22 22. No general speed limit on some autobahn sections but advisory 130 km/h.
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Worth the detour from Lüneburg
7 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Speicherstadt
The world's largest warehouse district built on timber-pile foundations, a UNESCO site of red-brick Neo-Gothic buildings laced with canals.
43 km · about 50 min drive
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Elbphilharmonie
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.
43 km · about 50 min drive
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Miniatur Wunderland
The world's largest model railway exhibition in Hamburg's Speicherstadt, with over 16,000 metres of track spanning miniature continents.
43 km · about 50 min drive
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Automuseum Prototyp Hamburg
Museum of rare prototypes and racing cars focused on Porsche and Volkswagen history in Hamburg's HafenCity.
43 km · about 50 min drive
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Landungsbrücken
Hamburg's bustling floating landing piers on the Elbe, the gateway to harbour cruises and the historic St. Pauli waterfront.
44 km · about 50 min drive
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Tierpark Hagenbeck
Hamburg's famous zoo pioneering open-air enclosures without bars since 1907, with a tropical aquarium.
50 km · about 55 min drive
Driving in Germany
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.78/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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