Bremen in Numbers

• The federal state of Bremen has a population of around 700,000.
• The city of Bremen has a population of around 588,000.
• The metropolitan region of Bremen/Oldenburg has a population of around 2.8 million.

(Status: 2025, Source: Statistical Office of the State of Bremen / Bremen & Bremerhaven Chamber of Commerce and Industry)

• The export ratio, which is the share of sales to foreign customers in total sales, was at 69%.
• Industrial companies in the federal state of Bremen increased their sales by around 35 billion euros in 2024.
• In the first half of 2025, the state of Bremen recorded the highest economic growth rate of all German states, at 2.9%. 
• The Mercedes-Benz plant in Bremen is the world's second largest production facility of the Mercedes-Benz Group, with around 11,000 employees and 335,000 vehicles produced (as of 2026).
• In June 2024, the 10 millionth vehicle rolled off the production line at the Bremen plant.
• The world’s most popular beer is brewed in Bremen – with some 3,000 bottles of Beck’s beer being drunk every minute.
• Bremerhaven container terminal is the fourth-largest in Northern Europe. Meanwhile, the Bremerhaven Car Terminal is one of the world’s most important hubs for automobile handling, with a storage capacity of approximately 70,000 passenger cars.
• In 2024, the Bremerhaven Car Terminal handled approximately 1.25 million vehicles .
• Bremen has more than 1,300 industrial companies and service providers in the maritime sector.
• Bremen is the second-largest production and development site in Germany for Europe’s Airbus Group.
• Airbus Bremen: Approximately 4,500 employees; a major German hub for aviation, aerospace, and military programs

• Bremen has ten universities and colleges with around 40,000 students (2025).
• Around 50 technology research institutes (Fraunhofer and Max Planck institutes, German Aerospace Centre and German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence) are based in Bremen.
• The Alfred Wegener Institute is based in Bremerhaven.
• The drop tower at Bremen University’s Center for Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM), a huge laboratory where zero-gravity experiments are performed, is unique in Europe.

• Bremen is the greenest city in Germany.
• There are ten lakes for swimming in Bremen.
• Bremen has four rivers: the Weser, Wümme, Ochtum and Lesum.
• The river Weser and its embankment are a popular leisure destination.
• The Weser promenade Schlachte with the ships and around 2,000 beer garden seats has an estimated 2 million visits annually.
• Bremen has a number of nature conservation areas.
• Bremen's Christmas market and Schlachte magic have around 3.4 million visits annually.

Museums in Bremen and Bremerhaven | Visits 2025:
(Source: Statistisches Landesamt Bremen)

• Universum Bremen 218.447
• Kunsthalle Bremen 175.861
• Übersee-Museum Bremen 110.239
• Focke-Museum, Bremer Landesmuseum 57.425
• Botanika - Science Center im Rhododendronpark around 135.000
• Weserburg Bremen - Museum für moderne Kunst 22.936
• Dom-Museum im St.-Petri-Dom Bremen 35.619
• Kunstsammlungen Böttcherstraße 32.009
• Gerhard-Marcks-Haus - Bildhauermuseum 14.110
• Wilhelm-Wagenfeld-Haus - Design im Zentrum 15.432
• Klimahaus 8 Grad Ost around 400.00
• Bremerhaven Zoo am Meer 267.000
• Deutsches Auswandererhaus Bremerhaven 142.569
• Deutsches Schifffahrtsmuseum 63.015
• U-Boot-Museum 85.678.366
• Historisches Museum Bremerhaven 23.609

All tourist highlights and offers can befound on Bremen's city portal pages.

• In 2025, the federal state of Bremen welcomed 3.016.321 arrivals and the city of Bremen welcomed 2.544.247 arrivals.
• The city has around 33 million day visitors a year (2024).
• Around EUR 1.8 billion in gross revenue was generated through day and overnight tourism.
• There are 114 hotels with 16,731 beds in the federal state of Bremen and 92 hotels with 13,834 beds in the city of Bremen. (2024)
• 290,000 passengers embarked or disembarked at the Bremerhaven Cruise Port 2024.

• Bremen’s Roland statue and the town hall have UNESCO World Heritage status (1405).
• The famous fairytale figures of the Bremen Town Musicians are immortalised in a bronze statue near the town hall. In 2019, Bremen celebrated the story’s 200th anniversary.
• The Breminale music festival is one of the four largest festivals in Germany (based on visitor numbers).
• The Rhododendron Park has 3,500 cultured varieties from almost 650 different species, making it the world’s largest collection of rhododendrons.
• Werder Bremen football club occupies third place in the all-time Bundesliga standings. The club’s stadium Weserstadion is located next to the river Weser.
• The Grün-Gold-Club Bremen and the TSG Bremerhaven are among the world's top dance clubs, with 29 world championship titles between them.

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• Decaffeinated coffee was the invention of Bremen merchant Ludwig Roselius (1906).
• Henrich Focke invented the first fully operational helicopter (1936).
• The ARD, West Germany’s first public-service broadcaster, was founded in Bremen on June 10th, 1950.
• Bremen's TV show ‘3nach9’ was Germany’s first talkshow (on November 19th, 1974).
• in 1949, Bremen shoemaker Alexander Salot invented the screw-in stud mechanism for football boots.
• The rollo, a type of baked falafel wrap, was invented in Bremen (1982).

• Tennis star Angelique Kerber, who grew up in Kiel but was born in Bremen, has won the Australian and US Open as well as Wimbledon.
• Actress Katja Riemann was born in Bremen.
• James Last, one of the most famous German musicians, was born in Bremen in 1929.
• Ernst Rowohlt, founder of the publishing house of the same name, was born in Bremen in 1887.
• Florian Wellbrock: The Bremen-born world champion of 2019 over 1,500 m freestyle and in the 10-km open water swim won the 2021 gold medal over the 10-km free water distance at the 2020 Olympic Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.