landmark
Lüneburg Old Town
A charming Hanseatic salt town with crooked gabled houses and a tilting brick skyline, gateway to the heath.
18 km · about 20 min drive
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Winsen
Lower Saxony, Germany · Europe
About Winsen
Winsen works well as a base: 15 minutes from Kirchwerder, 23km from Lüneburg Heath.
Winsen is in Lower Saxony, Germany, with about 33,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Kirchwerder, about 7 km away.
Winsen (Luhe) (German pronunciation: [ˌvɪnzn̩ ˈluːə] ) is the capital of the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the small river Luhe, near its confluence with the Elbe, approx. 25 km southeast of Hamburg, and 20 km northwest of Lüneburg.
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What is there to see near Winsen?
Within an hour or so of Winsen: Lüneburg Old Town (18 km), Lüneburg Heath (23 km), Speicherstadt (25 km), Elbphilharmonie (25 km).
Where is Winsen?
Winsen is in Lower Saxony, Germany, about 7 km from Kirchwerder.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 32,662
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- Lower Saxony
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
- Coordinates
- 53.3578, 10.2116
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 Winsen
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
national park
Lüneburg Heath
A vast purple-blossoming heathland nature reserve, magical when the heather blooms in late summer and crossed by car-free trails.
23 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Speicherstadt
The world's largest warehouse district built on timber-pile foundations, a UNESCO site of red-brick Neo-Gothic buildings laced with canals.
25 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
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.
25 km · about 30 min drive
museum
Miniatur Wunderland
The world's largest model railway exhibition in Hamburg's Speicherstadt, with over 16,000 metres of track spanning miniature continents.
25 km · about 30 min drive
museum
Automuseum Prototyp Hamburg
Museum of rare prototypes and racing cars focused on Porsche and Volkswagen history in Hamburg's HafenCity.
25 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Landungsbrücken
Hamburg's bustling floating landing piers on the Elbe, the gateway to harbour cruises and the historic St. Pauli waterfront.
26 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Tierpark Hagenbeck
Hamburg's famous zoo pioneering open-air enclosures without bars since 1907, with a tropical aquarium.
32 km · about 35 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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