Our most recommended things to do in Hanover

Heide Park Resort: Day Ticket

1. Heide Park Resort: Day Ticket

Join the Oktoberfest from 22nd - 24th September + 29th September - 1st October! An exciting programme with hearty food, the best beer and lots of entertainment awaits you. Late opening hours until 10pm give the unique chance to ride rollercoasters in the dark!   Experience a day of fun and adventure at the Heide Park Resort. With over 30 attractions and shows, northern Germany's largest amusement park offers plenty of extraordinary adventures for families with children and action fans.   Thrill seekers will lose their bearings on a ride on Germany's only wing coaster "Flight of the Demons" or fight the battle of the giants on Europe's highest and fastest wooden roller coaster "Colossos". Children can experience the unique theme world with based on DreamWorks' “How to Train Your Dragon" with lots of attractions. Meet Toothless and become real dragon trainers.   Toddlers will discover "Peppa Pig Land" and jump on Grandpa Pig's train or take a ballon ride with Peppa.   The suspended looping coaster "Limit" has been redesigned and renamed "Toxic Garden" this year! Discover the legend behind the monstrous giant plants that threaten the lives of visitors. Climb aboard the suspended looping coaster and experience dizzying spins.

Hanover: 24-Hour Hop-On Hop-Off Sightseeing Bus Ticket

2. Hanover: 24-Hour Hop-On Hop-Off Sightseeing Bus Ticket

During the approx. 100-minute ride you have the option of leaving the bus at one of our 7 stops, exploring the surrounding highlights on foot and simply boarding the next bus - HopOn HopOff makes it possible. Join a hop-on hop-off bus tour through the former EXPO city of Hanover with this 24-hour ticket. Learn about its history and diversity via an audio guide. Look at the most important sights including the Old Town, Adventure Zoo, Old and New Town Hall, Maschsee, and Herrenhäuser Gardens. Discover the many musical, artistic, and architectural highlights of Hanover along the way. Leave the bus at one of the 7 stops, exploring the surrounding highlights on foot and boarding the next bus anytime you want. Stops:1 Tourist InformationErnst-August-Platz/Luisenstrasse2 Adventure ZooBus parking lot3 Apostle ChurchUstra bus stop4 Herrenhausen GardensOld Herrenhausen Street/car park5 New Town HallTrammplatz/Main Entrance Town Hall6 Old Town HallKarmaschstrasse/Köbelingerstrasse7 Maschsee north shoreArthur-Menge-Ufer The stops for the bus tour are: - Tourist Information (Ernst-August-Square / Luisen street; departures at 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2_30 p.m. - additionally at 4:30 p.m. on Saturdays) - Adventure Zoo - Apostel Church - Herrenhausen Gardens - New Townhall - Old Townhall - Masch Lake north shore - Tourist Infomation (arrivals at 12:10 p.m., 2:10 p.m., 4:10 p.m., and on Saturdays at 6:10 p.m.) Please check the detailed timetable at one of the stops or the Tourist Info Point.

Hannover: Guided Old Town Walking Tour

3. Hannover: Guided Old Town Walking Tour

Discover Hannover's Old Town on a walking tour with a local guide. See historic, half-timbered buildings dating to the medieval era, learn about the city's rich history, and see the Market Church. Meet your guide outside the Tourist Information in the Old Town and begin your tour. As you walk, stroll through time, from damage caused by WWII to medieval half-timbered buildings. Head to the Leineschloss, a historic palace that now houses the Parliament of Lower Saxony. Continue through the Old Town, searching for picturesque hidden corners with quaint pubs, medieval houses, and small cafés. Stop to admire the new town hall before heading to see the Hannover Opera Theater before finishing your tour back at the starting point.

Hannover: SEA LIFE Entry Ticket

4. Hannover: SEA LIFE Entry Ticket

Visit SEA Life Hannover and discover the colorful underwater world. Go on an exciting journey from the springs of the Leine River to the depths of tropical seas, magical sea creatures, and their habitats can be admired in various themed areas. Discover more than 2,500 animals from different areas of the world in over 40 tanks and aquariums. Find yourself face to face with impressive sharks and other dazzling sea creatures such as our green sea turtle Oscar. From the Leine River that flows through Hanover, to the mangrove area, the ray lagoon, the coral reef and the ocean tunnel cute seahorses, majestic rays, mysterious jellyfish, and terrifying piranhas can be found. The highlight is the thrilling expedition into the world of the rainforest. Join the jungle ranger into the fascinating flora and fauna of the tropics and meet an impressive Cuban crocodile, dazzling chameleons, and fascinating insects up close. Find out what a millipede feels like on your skin at the insect crawling station. During the daily feedings and lectures, you will learn fascinating facts about the animals. Find out what's the favorite food of the sea turtle Oscar, and what's on the shark's menu. Join the pirate crew on an exciting treasure hunt through the aquarium during the Pirates theme weeks in July and August! Help the captain to find all of his lost treasures and meet fascinating sea creatures like sharks, rays, sea stars and many more. You'll have to solve all riddles and proof your seaworthiness!

Hanover: Crime Walking Tour

5. Hanover: Crime Walking Tour

From Königsmarck to Haarmann, from Hanebuth to Düe - on our tour through the city center and old town of Hanover you will hear exciting background information from criminal history at the original locations. What is it about finding a body in a leash? Where did Haarmann get up to mischief and where, according to legend, is the Hanebuth camp? Find out the answers to these questions and much more on our tour! In addition to the thematic focus of historical crimes, our crime guides also provide lots of information on well-known sights in Hannover. You will pass the following spots: Georgsplatz, Leibnizufer, Hanebuth-Gang, Clevertor Prison, Kröpcke You will find out all the information about the following criminal cases: - Jeweler Düe and the Mauss case - Christine Fricke: Husband Killer - The Koenigsmarck Affair - Jasper Hanebuth: Robbery Murders - Fritz Haarmann: Murderer & Police informer - Christian Friedrich Lorenz: Family killer - 07/03/1989 IRA claims responsibility for attack on British

Hannover: Whatsapp Murder Mystery Interactive City Tour

6. Hannover: Whatsapp Murder Mystery Interactive City Tour

Solve a murder and at the same time see all the highlights of the city center of Hannover. Play this unique game with a group of friends or your family. You will receive instructions, a photo frame and an answer form in advance via email. You'll also receive a map of the city where the murder took place. The center is divided into sections where you have to look for a location where you can take a group selfie. Once you've located the spot, send a selfie via WhatsApp to your game instructor. If the location's correct, they'll send you the next clue about the murder. As you walk along the nicest places in the centre of the city, you will collect more and more clues about the murder. During the game you will have enough time to enter a cafe or shop that you pass and to admire some of the highlights of Hannover.

Hannover: Guided Bike Tour for Foodies with Tastings

7. Hannover: Guided Bike Tour for Foodies with Tastings

Discover the city from the saddle with us and enjoy real delicacies. Passing the Maschsee and the Herrenhausen Gardens, you will get to know green Hanover on this 3.5-hour tour and in between we will pamper your palate with delicious samples of food and drinks at selected cafés and restaurants. The tastings during the tour can accommodate vegetarians. Please include this. Tour highlights: New Town Hall Maschsee Ihme-Zentrum Herrenhaus Gardens Old Town

Hannover: Self-guided old town walk to explore the city

8. Hannover: Self-guided old town walk to explore the city

This tour is only available in German. This varied tour of Hannover is an affectionate and anecdotal compilation of curious places and people from the city's history from then to now. From the duke and the stone king (Steintorkönig). Of murderers, masters and the market woman "Oma Duhnsen" (Grandma Duhnsen). Of Kurt Schwitter's art, coffee and flying chairs. Of unicorns and horse thieves. A journey through the centuries in Hannover's old town at the Marstall, Steintor and the Hohe Ufer. At the stops there are entertaining tasks to solve and exciting questions to answer. Who knows that there are ... psst, will not be revealed yet, of course ;) The tour is a great way to get outside and discover new things with family, friends or on your own. It's like being shown Hannover by a good friend. The tour can be started anytime and over and over again, on site or even from home, in the browser of a smartphone. Have fun in Hannover! *** Good to know *** You will receive the link to start the tour in an email directly after booking.

Hannover: Culinary Walking Tour

9. Hannover: Culinary Walking Tour

Culinary stroll through town Discover traditional bars, charming cafés and quaint pubs on a leisurely stroll through the city center and old town. Served with exciting stories between the market hall and the new town hall, delicious delicacies from various restaurateurs add the right spice to this culinary tour. Various stations will be visited during the tour, and there is something to try everywhere. Look forward to the exciting tour "Hanno(ver)nascht" and let Hanover melt in your mouth!

Hannover: New Town Hall Guided Walking Tour

10. Hannover: New Town Hall Guided Walking Tour

Take a look behind the doors of the magnificent New Town Hall on a guided walking tour. Get access to an area usually closed to visitors and see how Hannover has developed over the centuries with 3D models. Meet your guide outside the New Town Hall and head inside. As you stroll through restricted areas, see 3D city models of Hannover, depicting its development from 1689 to today. Hear about the history of the building from your guide. After your tour, optionally ride in the arched elevator to the city hall dome for a stunning view of the city below.

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based on 141 reviews

Beautiful park, well maintained, friendly staff, you can compare it a bit with the Efteling, but then more teenage attractions and less decoration (story) of the attraction. They have nice shows around it. For the youngest there is a fantastic team papa Pig team. a pity that the park goes along with the richest people, you buy an expensive ticket and can skip all the queues. It is also a pity that it is really ready at 5 pm, if you are not in a line you can go to the exit. You can't get in there anymore. If, like us, you come from further afield, an overnight stay in the neighborhood or at the park is highly recommended.

It cost 1650kr at the entrance but we went online and after 2min our tickets had arrived via email for 1,100kr in total, just to Scan and we went in

I booked a ticket to heide park with a nice discount and didn't queue at the tills. I would say excellent

Nice park with lots of wild slides and rides for all ages.

Very nice clean park. Waiting times were super short.