You will have a tremendous view over your hotel in Wilhelmshaven while standing on the 50-meter/164-feet-high tower of the Town Hall.
If your hotel is located near the town hall square we recommend you to take a tour around the “City-Haus” with the Küstenmuseum (Coast Museum), where you will receive information about the history of the North Sea.
If you are staying at a hotel in Wilhelmshaven’s district Neuende you should see the church St. Jakobikirche, the town’s oldest sacral building.
During your stay at a hotel in Wilhelmshaven you should have a look at the church’s oak wood pulpit and the historic steles in its graveyard.
If you are staying at a hotel in the southern part of Wilhelmshaven you can walk over to the city’s harbour. At the Großer Hafen (Large Harbour) you will see the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Brücke (Emperor Wilhelm Bridge), which, with a length of 159 m/522 feet, once was the greatest swing bridge of Europe.
During your stay at a hotel in Wilhelmshaven you should also make sure to see the museum ship “Norderney”.
Wilhelmshaven hotel guests will enjoy the Südstrand (South Beach) with the natural park centre Wattenmeer (Wadden Sea) providing voluminous information about the biosphere North Sea.
From its observation platform you will have a tremendous view over your hotel in Wilhelmshaven. Wilhelmshaven’s most notable sight is the Deutsche Marinemuseum (Navy Museum), where you will receive information about the history of seafaring.
The hotels in Wilhelmshaven will be frequently fully booked while the world’s largest “Labskausessen” (meal of Labskaus, which consists of boiled beef, beetroot, boiled potatoes and other ingredients) is taking place in June, or while the Siebethsburger Volkslauf, a marathon, is taking place in September.
Wilhelmshaven’s economy is dominated by the harbour, the Chemical Industry and the Navy.
Total population: 82,797 (December 2006)
Postal codes: 38400 - 448