It is a huge Bahnhof. You might get lost when you just arrived…read more Ernst August statue standing plaza is the front which going to the city, the other end goes differently. Strassenbahns and trains all coming here, so it gets confusing to get a right train. I arrived here with the Strassenbahn and change to the local trains to go to the Steinhuder Meer. I also had to take ICE to Karlsruhe from here. That was not super easy, but I made it. So many shops and eating places, so fun to spend time also.

This place charges you 1 Euro to use the bathroom, what a rip off!…read more If you are not local then you are gonna have a hard trouble figuring out the route and the wagon assignment for the trains. The instructions do not provide too much details and there are too much that you need to know before you end up waking up in another country. I wish they could make instructions a bit easier to understand... For some reason locals already know by heart how the system works, the hours, the A, B, C, D, E sections, and others. I couldn't find any of those information in the available billboards that they have. Wish they could provide those info with more details and more available to the public...

The red thread is awesome - I've already walked it many times with friends from all over the globe…read moreand it's the fastes and easiest way to learn as much as possible about the history and cultur of hannover (and sometimes germany in general) - you can also buy a little booklet that tells you even more about the different stages of the red tread. Apart from that the thread and most stages along it's way are for free - so it's also a great thing to do with lots of guests even if you're not that rich yourself (I'm a student so I know what that's like)

I just moved here and the roter faden was really helpfull - I got to know hanover within a day and…read morewhenever I have friends visiting we do the roter faden together - It's really awesome - a great idea