Kiellu: Fischbucht

As last on this hectic busy weekend, and already “more or less” en-route towards Bremen’s Airport, meaning just few hours before our departure flight back to London; we managed to include a short visit to the historic city of Celle. Famous for its hundreds of timber-framed houses beautifully preserved and cared to the tiniest detail, feels more like an open air museum in its entire old town core. In this case as opposed to what happened in Bremen and Lüneburg (cities that we visited before on this trip), thankfully the loss and destruction during the Second World War was minimal at just 10 buildings damaged, therefore what is here today is the same as when built with the majority of the buildings dating to the 16th century. This is one of the main reasons why Celle is included on the timber-framed historic route that crosses Germany from north to south including the best examples of such architecture. No need to mention that Lüneburg, which we visited before coming to Celle, is also a member city of this route.

The good news is that this city is quite small, with a very compact and easy to navigate and see old town core. Therefore, judge and plan your time accordingly. If you are having a spare day as we did for visiting as much as you can, then both Lüneburg and Celle are your best bet and will definitely give you a memorable day.

I cannot imagine, in the other hand, staying much longer here because there is not much more you can do. And even if you are visiting Celle as a day trip from Hanover for example, which is just 30 minutes away by train, the whole day will be still way too much. The options are easy, either if you have a rental car or if you depend on public transport. We did this day tour from Bremen which was our base; but doing the same from Hanover or Hamburg will take you absolutely the same time.

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