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Lüneburg Old Town
A charming Hanseatic salt town with crooked gabled houses and a tilting brick skyline, gateway to the heath.
18 km · about 20 min drive
Lower Saxony, Germany · Europe
Winsen works well as a base: 15 minutes from Kirchwerder, 23km from Lüneburg Heath.
Winsen is a town located in Lower Saxony, Germany. With a population of 32,662, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Winsen 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 Winsen to your route.
Winsen (Luhe) (German pronunciation: [ˌvɪnzn̩ ˈluːə] ) is the capital of the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the small river Luhe, near its confluence with the Elbe, approx. 25 km southeast of Hamburg, and 20 km northwest of Lüneburg.
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Winsen is located in Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe. The coordinates are 53.3578 latitude, 10.2116 longitude.
Winsen has a population of approximately 32,662 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.
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A charming Hanseatic salt town with crooked gabled houses and a tilting brick skyline, gateway to the heath.
18 km · about 20 min drive
national park
A vast purple-blossoming heathland nature reserve, magical when the heather blooms in late summer and crossed by car-free trails.
23 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.
25 km · about 30 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.
25 km · about 30 min drive
museum
The world's largest model railway exhibition in Hamburg's Speicherstadt, with over 16,000 metres of track spanning miniature continents.
25 km · about 30 min drive
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Museum of rare prototypes and racing cars focused on Porsche and Volkswagen history in Hamburg's HafenCity.
25 km · about 30 min 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.
26 km · about 30 min drive
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Hamburg's famous zoo pioneering open-air enclosures without bars since 1907, with a tropical aquarium.
32 km · about 35 min drive
April to October
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