Fri 23 – Sun 25 October 2026

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Friday 23 October

Straight into it

8–11°Crain from 15:00
12:06
Arrive at Bremen Hbf
Map
Tram 1 to Pappelstraße15 min€3.40
12:25
Drop the bags at the flat

Asked Enno; waiting to hear back. Fills the time before the fair opens.

Map
Tram 1 to Hbf, walk to the fair25 min€3.40
13:00
Lunch inside a Freimarkt tent
€12–18

Kohl und Pinkel in the Hansezelt, or Schnitzel (€16) and Brezn (€5.50) in the Bayernzelt. Dry if it rains.

HansezeltBayernzelt menuFair map
15:00
Hansezelt "Hanse Party"
free

Live band and DJ, the whole tent singing.

Programme
Walk to Hbf, tram 1 to Pappelstraße20 min€3.40
17:00
Check in

Self check-in from 16:00.

Map
Walk 6 min
17:45
Dinner at Rona's Mezze & Küche
€15

Cheap Anatolian: mezze from €3.50, falafel plate €11.90, manti €12.90.

ronaskueche.deMap
Walk 8 min
19:00
Comic Battle at Kukoon
pay what you like

A live drawing duel in a collective-run café, run by the Bremer Zine Festival crew.

kukoon.deMap
Tram 4 or 6, then tram 325 min€3.40
21:30
Thrash metal at the Zollkantine Optional
≈ €12, door

Old-school thrash: Typhus from Athens, Outburst and two more. Ends about 23:00. Earplugs.

ListingVenueMap
Or
  • Modernes "Black Friday", hip-hop and Afrobeats, from 23:00, €10. Walk 7 min from Kukoon. EventMap
  • Drittel, a Neustadt bar open until 03:00. Map
Home: tram 3, then night tram N125 min€3.40or taxi ≈ €15
Saturday 24 October

Parade, football, a sweaty gig

7–12°Cmostly dry
09:00
Breakfast at YellowBird Coffee
€10

Card only. Buy tonight's dinner on Pappelstraße after; shops are shut on Sunday.

yellowbirdcoffee.deMapDutch cheese shop
Walk 4 min
10:00
The Freimarkt parade starts at our corner
free

126 floats and bands from Gastfeldstraße and Pappelstraße. Walk with it into town.

ParadeMap
Walk with the paradeabout 1 h
11:00
Weird Bremen around Marktplatz
a coin

The Bremer Loch (a coin, and a Town Musician answers), the Spuckstein, and the Bleikeller mummies under the Dom.

Bremer LochSpucksteinBleikeller
Walk 5 min
12:00
Weserflohmarkt
free

The season's last flea market, along the river. Until 15:00.

Flea marketMap
Walk 5 min
13:00
Bremen food at the Ratskeller Booked
€25

Table for two under Park. The vaulted wine cellar under the Town Hall. Labskaus or Knipp €19.50.

MenuMap
Tram 4 or 6 from Domsheide18 min€3.40
15:30
Werder in the pub at Gastfeld
drinks

Mainz v Werder in the Neustadt's 1911 culture pub. No reservations, so come early.

ListingMap
Louder
  • Eisen on Sielwall, the classic Werder fan pub. Map
Walk 13 min
17:30
Cook dinner at the flat
€10
Tram 1 to Hbf, walk through the fair25 min€3.40
20:00
Botticelli Baby at the Schlachthof
€24, on the day

Seven-piece jazz-punk-swing. Sweaty, dancey. Standing, doors 19:00. We buy last minute if it isn't sold out.

TicketsThe gigMap
Or
  • Drawing Hills + Regen, post-rock at the Zollkantine, €15. Tickets
Walk 5 min
22:00
The Freimarkt at night
rides €3.50–8

Big wheel, Wilde Maus. Open until midnight.

Fair map
Dance
  • Halle 7 DJ-Nacht, next door. €10, free before 22:00. halle-7.deMap
  • Modernes "Tanznacht", near the flat, from 23:00, €10. EventMap
Home: walk to Hbf, night tram N125 min€3.40
Sunday 25 October

Slow, then goodbye

7–14°Crain likelyclocks go back
09:45
Check out

Before 10:00. Bring the bags; they go in a Hbf locker on the way to the fair.

Walk 4 min
10:00
Brunch at YellowBird
€13
yellowbirdcoffee.deMap
Tram 1 or 6 to Hbf, lockers, walk to the fair35 min€3.40
11:00
Hansezelt carnival Frühschoppen
free

A Sunday-morning schlager party. Weird, social, very German. Doors 10:30.

Programme
13:00
Last rides and a Schmalzkuchen
€15

The fair opens at 13:00. Burnt almonds €4 per 100 g.

Fair map
Walk 12 min
17:33
Trains home

Damin: RE4 to Hamburg (or the 16:57). Hers: to be confirmed.

Live times
Each, roughly

Costs

€175–235 Spending money each for the weekend, without the flat or trains.
Food€95–110
Tent lunch, Rona's, YellowBird twice, Ratskeller, groceries, fair snacks
Events€41–51
Botticelli Baby €24 (on the day), Zollkantine ≈ €12, Kukoon donation €5, Halle 7 €0–10
Drinks€30–50
Tent beer about €5–7
Rides€10–25
€3.50–8 a ride
The flat, 2 nights€277 · €138.50 each
Trams, without a Deutschlandticketday ticket €9.50
Practical

Good to know

BagsFriday: at the flat on arrival. Sunday: Hbf lockers, €3 small or €5 large per 24 h, coins only. Lockers
TramsSingle €3.40 (3 h), day ticket €9.50 (until 03:00). Deutschlandticket valid. Buy in the VBN or DB app, or on board. Night trams run Fri and Sat. BSAG
RainEat inside the tents. Friday afternoon and Sunday look wet.
SundayShops closed. Clocks go back an hour at 03:00.
FreimarktFri 13–24, Sat 12–24, Sun 13–23. Watch your drinks: spiking was reported this year. Hours
TaxiAbout €15–18 across town. No night surcharge.