town in Lower Saxony, Germany
Leer is in East Frisia.
UnderstandEdit
The name of the town is moderately funny to some Germans as it is pronounced the same as the German word for "empty".
Get inEdit
By trainEdit
- 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 carEdit
Exit off the A 28 Bremen – Oldenburg – Leer and the A 31 Emden – Leer – Bottrop
By planeEdit
- 2 [dead link] Flugplatz Leer-Papenburg. A small general aviation airfield which provides air taxi services to the East Frisian Islands.
SeeEdit
- 1 Buenting Teemuseum, Brunnenstraße 33, ☏ +49 49 1-992 20 44, ✉ info@buenting-teemuseum.de. Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00, Su, Apr-Oct 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.
DoEdit
- Gallimarkt is the biggest "Volksfest" in the region
BuyEdit
EatEdit
- 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.
DrinkEdit
SleepEdit
- 1 Hotel-Restaurant Lange, Zum Schöpfwerk 1, ☏ +49 491 919280.
- 2 Hotel Frisia (Best Western), Bahnhofsring 16-20, ☏ +49 491 92840.
ConnectEdit
Go nextEdit
- 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 |