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Elbphilharmonie
Hamburg's stunning concert hall rising like a glass wave atop a former cocoa warehouse on the Elbe, with a free public plaza offering harbour views.
54 km · about 65 min drive
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Selsingen
Lower Saxony, Germany · Europe
About Selsingen
Selsingen sits on the route: 15 minutes from Rhade, 54km from Elbphilharmonie.
Selsingen is in Lower Saxony, Germany, with about 3,300 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Rhade, about 8 km away.
Selsingen is a municipality in the district of Rotenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) southeast of Bremervörde, and 45 kilometres (28 mi) northeast of Bremen, and is twinned with the English village of Sawston in Cambridgeshire.
Selsingen was under the secularRead more
governance of the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen, established in 1180. However, in respect to religious governance, Selsingen formed part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Verden. In 1648 the Prince-Archbishopric was transformed into the Duchy of Bremen, which was first ruled in personal union by the Swedish and from 1715 on by the Hanoverian Crown. In 1823 the Duchy was abolished and its territory became part of the Stade Region.
Selsingen is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Selsingen.
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What is there to see near Selsingen?
Within an hour or so of Selsingen: Elbphilharmonie (54 km), Tierpark Hagenbeck (54 km), Landungsbrücken (54 km), Speicherstadt (55 km).
Where is Selsingen?
Selsingen is in Lower Saxony, Germany, about 8 km from Rhade.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 3,310
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- Lower Saxony
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
- Coordinates
- 53.3733, 9.2129
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Germany
ADAC roadside assistance: +49 89 22 22 22. No general speed limit on some autobahn sections but advisory 130 km/h.
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Worth the detour from Selsingen
6 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Tierpark Hagenbeck
Hamburg's famous zoo pioneering open-air enclosures without bars since 1907, with a tropical aquarium.
54 km · about 60 min drive
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Landungsbrücken
Hamburg's bustling floating landing piers on the Elbe, the gateway to harbour cruises and the historic St. Pauli waterfront.
54 km · about 60 min drive
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Speicherstadt
The world's largest warehouse district built on timber-pile foundations, a UNESCO site of red-brick Neo-Gothic buildings laced with canals.
55 km · about 65 min drive
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Miniatur Wunderland
The world's largest model railway exhibition in Hamburg's Speicherstadt, with over 16,000 metres of track spanning miniature continents.
55 km · about 65 min drive
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Automuseum Prototyp Hamburg
Museum of rare prototypes and racing cars focused on Porsche and Volkswagen history in Hamburg's HafenCity.
56 km · about 65 min drive
Driving in Germany
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.78/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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