Leer is a town of 35,000 people (2020) in East Frisia.
Understand
[edit]The name of the town is moderately funny to some Germans as it is pronounced the same as the German word for "empty".
Get in
[edit]By train
[edit]- 1 Train station. Intercity connections from Emden – Lingen (Ems) – Münster (Westf) – Oberhausen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Köln – Koblenz – Mainz – Mannheim – Stuttgart. There is a regional train from Groningen in the Netherlands.
By car
[edit]Exit off the A 28 Bremen – Oldenburg – Leer and the A 31 Emden – Leer – Bottrop
By plane
[edit]- 2 [dead link] Flugplatz Leer-Papenburg. A small general aviation airfield which provides air taxi services to the East Frisian Islands.
See
[edit]- 1 Buenting Teemuseum, Brunnenstraße 33, ☏ +49 49 1-992 20 44, info@buenting-teemuseum.de. M-F 10:00-18:00; Apr-Oct: also on Su 14:00-17:00. Tea Museum €2.5, guided tours €10.
- 2 Leeraner Miniaturland, Konrad-Zuse-Straße 1, ☏ +49 491 - 45415 40, info@leeraner-miniaturland.de. 10:00-18:00. Miniature World €10.
Do
[edit]- Gallimarkt is the biggest "Volksfest" in the region
Buy
[edit]Eat
[edit]- 1 Schöne Aussichten, Ledastraße 4, ☏ +49 491 678 42, info@schoeneaussichten-leer.de. Burgers, pasta, and sandwiches in a cosy cafe with a view over the harbour €10.
Drink
[edit]Sleep
[edit]- 1 Hotel-Restaurant Lange, Zum Schöpfwerk 1, ☏ +49 491 919280.
- 2 Hotel Frisia (Best Western), Bahnhofsring 16-20, ☏ +49 491 92840.
Connect
[edit]Go next
[edit]- Take the boat to Helgoland
- Emden
- Oldenburg
- Aurich
- Oldambt — the region just across the border in the Netherlands, including 'windmill city' Winschoten
Routes through Leer |
Groningen ← Oldambt ← | W E | → Oldenburg → Bremen |
Emden ← | N S | → Bad Bentheim → Essen |