Hanau

Hanau is a city in Hesse, Germany and is famous as the birthplace of the Grimm brothers.

German House of Goldsmiths, old town hall of Hanau

Get in

• The easiest way to get into Hanau would be via Frankfurt, whose Frankfurt International Airport lies only 30 kilometers away. Frankfurt main station can be reached by both S-Bahn and train. Other train stations are Westbahnhof (close to the city center), Wilhelmsbad Bahnhof and Nordbahnhof. The S-Bahn also stops in Steinheim.
• ICE stop: Frankfurt - Hannover - Hamburg, Frankfurt - Hildesheim - Berlin, Frankfurt - Leipzig - Dresden, Frankfurt - Würzburg - Nürnberg - München; Hanau was also served by Locomore - a private operator. Locomore filed for bankruptcy and ended all services in May 2017. The company hopes to be able to restart services by finding new investors..
• Reachable by car as sandwiched between the A3, A66 and A45

Get around

• The Hanauer Straßenbahn operates a well developed system of public buses. Freiheitsplatz is the central bus station, right in the city centre.
• There is a direct S-Bahn connection from the main station to Frankfurt and Wiesbaden. Via Frankfurt, many other nearby cities and towns can be reached by train. A train station in the city centre is Westbahnhof, from which a train to Frankfurt leaves every half an hour.
• Cycling is another option, since there are many bycicle lanes. Many of the main sights are also in walking distance from each other.

See

• 🌍 Goldschmiedehaus (Altes Rathaus), Altstädter Markt 6, ☎ [phone]. German House of Goldsmiths (old town hall of Hanau) 
• Neustädter Rathaus (new town hall). 
• 🌍 Brüder Grimm-Nationaldenkmal (Grimm Brothers National Memorial), Am Markt. Sculpture of brothers Grimm 

Schloss Philippsruhe am Ortsrand von Hanau

• 🌍 Schloss Philippsruhe (Philippsruhe palace), Philippsruher Allee 47. 
• 🌍 Bad Wilhelmsbad, Kesselstädter Str.. Historic Spa of Wilhelmsbad, with site of historical carousel 
• 🌍 Hessisches Puppenmuseum (Puppet Museum), Parkpromenade 4. 

Do

Events

• Brothers Grimm festival (Brüder Grimm festspiele): 28 June – 5 August 2018.  (date needs updating)

Buy

• The farmer's market on the market square every Wednesday and Saturday is one of the biggest farmer's markets in Hesse and offers a wide choice of regional products.
• The newly opened Forum Hanau is a shopping centre directly next to the central bus station.

Eat

• 🌍 Ruhrpottperle, Wachenbuchener Str.. Currywurst and Pommes 
• 🌍 Café Bar Central, Am Markt 21, ☎ [phone]. 
• 🌍 Altes Weinkellerchen, Am Pedro-Jung-Park 28, ☎ [phone]. 

Drink

• Jazzkeller Hanau, Philippsruher Allee 22. All kinds of drinks, including apple wine, and live music on Fridays and Saturdays. (updated Feb 2019)
• Brückenkopf, Wilhelmstrasse 15a. Cheap drinks and regional food, occasional live music events. (updated Feb 2019)

Sleep

• 🌍 Arcadia Hotel Hanau, Kurt-Blaum-Platz 6, ☎ [phone]. 
• 🌍 Villa Stokkum, Steinheimer Vorstadt 70, ☎ [phone]. 
• 🌍 Birkenhof, Von-Eiff-Straße 37-41, ☎ [phone]. 

Go next

• Seligenstadt
• Offenbach