10 Things to do in Oldenburg That You Shouldn't Miss

Stand Up Paddling in Oldenburg / Germany. The biggest fun for friends and family on the river HUNTE.

Built by order of the Grand Duke Paul Friedrich August and got its name in honour of the territorial lord Peter Friedrich Ludwig, the Grand Duke’s father. Since 1984 the building used as a centre of culture.

TeamBreakout Oldenburg - the unique live escape game for teams. 1 team, 1 room and 1 hour time to escape. Solve the puzzles with hints, creativity, and combination. Strengthen your team spirit and break out together!

The Oldenburg Computer Museum is dedicated to the preservation and operational presentation of the history of home computing. The museum presents computers, video games and arcade game machines from the 1970’s through 1990’s. What is special about the OCM is the fact that the exhibits are functional and invite visitors to try out and use them.

Oldenburg State TheatreThe State Theatre is a busy theatre venue in the city centre. A permanent ensemble, a rich repertoire and international festivals stand for identification as well as artistic variety.

While the sturdy fortifications of the city previously did not permit the creation of state gardens in Oldenburg, at the beginning of the 19th century Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig started creating grand palace gardens close to the historical walls and the ducal residence. Designed in keeping with the natural English style, the palace gardens, which extend over 16 hectares, have retained their picturesque atmosphere with natural planting and winding watercourses and paths. Garden and nature enthusiasts are especially in their element when the rhododendrons, which are typical for this region, are in bloom, and Oldenburg boasts the oldest rhododendrons of their kind in Germany.

The Horst Janssen Museum as an institution is entirely devoted to the fine arts on paper. It is dedicated to Horst Janssen (1929-1995), the great Northern German artist in drawing and etching who created great masterpieces on paper during the second half of the 20th century. The broad range of his art is impressive: There are wood carvings, fine line drawings, etchings, lithographies and water colours. The museum shows in ever changing exhibitions the best examples of his egomaniac selfportraits, his in utterly abandon dessinated still lifes of flowers, his unmasking portraits and erotic drawings.

1635 Count Anton Günther built a town hall in renaissance style. In 1886 the townhall in Renaissance style was torn dow and a new town hall was built at the same locationwith neo-Gothic and neo-renaissance style elements.