Bremen in 3 days

Schnoor Viertel (the Schnoor Quarter — the most perfectly preserved medieval neighbourhood in northern Germany): the 15th and 16th-century half-timbered (Fachwerk — the timber-frame construction with the infill of "Ausfachung" (the brick or wattle-and-daub infill between the structural timber posts and beams): the most important traditional domestic construction technique in northern Germany from the 12th to the 17th centuries) houses packed into the most narrow and the most winding alleys in Bremen (the "Schnoor" — the "string" or "cord" in Low German: the name of the street that runs through the most important medieval neighbourhood in Bremen, so named because of the rope-makers who worked in the neighbourhood in the medieval period): the narrowest alley in Bremen (the "Eselsgasse" — the "Donkey Lane": the 90cm-wide alley connecting two parallel streets in the Schnoor: the most narrow passable alley in any German city center (wider than the 55cm "Spreuerhofstraße" in Reutlingen — the narrowest street in the world — but the narrowest regularly used pedestrian alley in the Bremen Old Town)): the craft shops (the most important collection of artisan workshops in Bremen: the glassblowers, the potters, the bookbinders, the jewelers and the candy-makers of the Schnoor Quarter are the most important artisan businesses in the Bremen city center).

Überseemuseum Bremen (the "Overseas Museum" — the most important museum of non-European cultures in northern Germany): founded in 1896 to house the most important collection of artifacts, specimens and cultural objects brought to Bremen by the Hanseatic trading ships from the Americas, Africa, Asia and the Pacific Ocean (the museum collection reflects the most global trading network in 19th-century Europe — the Bremen merchants traded with the most remote and the most diverse cultures in the world): the most interactive museum in Bremen (the most innovative museum presentation technique in northern Germany: the life-size reconstructions of the non-European markets (the African market, the Japanese market and the Papua New Guinea market are the most spectacular museum reconstructions in northern Germany), the landscapes and the living environments of the most important non-European cultures in the world): the Papua New Guinea collection (the most important Pacific collection in any German museum — the "Kaiserin Augusta" expedition of 1912 (the German naval expedition to the then-German colony of German New Guinea (the "Schutzgebiet Deutsch-Neuguinea") brought the most important collection of Melanesian artifacts to Europe: the most important Melanesian art collection in any German museum).

Bremen craft beer tour (the most important beer culture in northern Germany and one of the most important beer cities in Germany): the Beck's Brewery (the most famous brewing name associated with Bremen: Beck & Co. was founded in 1873 by Heinrich Beck and his partners at the Haake site on the Weser and became the most exported German beer brand in the world (Beck's Pils was the most internationally recognized German beer for over 100 years — the most widely distributed German beer in the United States, the United Kingdom and the international duty-free market)): the Beck's merger (the most important corporate transaction in German brewing history: Beck's was acquired by Interbrew (now AB InBev) in 2002 for €1.8 billion — the most expensive single brewery acquisition in German history: the most important consequence is that Beck's is now brewed under license in multiple countries outside Germany (the "pasteurized" version of Beck's sold in many markets outside Germany is the most criticized quality compromise in the history of German beer exports)): the Bremen craft beer revolution (the most important development in the Bremen beer scene since Beck's: over 20 new craft breweries have opened in Bremen since 2010 (the most dramatic craft beer growth in northern Germany): the most important are the Brauerei Strom (the most innovative craft brewery in Bremen: the Strom "Stromboli" IPA (the most popular craft beer in Bremen) and the Strom "Weser Weizen" (the most celebrated wheat beer in the Bremen craft beer scene)).

North German dinner in Bremen: the Fischbrötchen (the most important north German street food — the "fish roll" (the fresh, smoked or pickled fish in the crusty white roll): the most important varieties: the Matjesbrötchen (the matjes herring roll — the "Maatjeshering": the mild-cured Dutch-style herring, the most important herring preparation in northern Germany), the Bismarck-Hering-Brötchen (the Bismarck herring roll — the most pungent and the most intensely flavored herring preparation: the herring marinated in the vinegar + onion + sugar + bay leaf + allspice brine (the pickling brine named after Otto von Bismarck (the most important German political figure of the 19th century) because the Bismarck herring was reputedly his favorite food)), and the "Backfischbrötchen" (the fried fish roll — the fresh, battered and fried fish fillet (the "Backfisch" — the "baked fish": the north German term for the fried breaded fish fillet) in the crusty roll with the remoulade sauce)): the Schlachte (the most important riverside dining area in Bremen: the 400m promenade along the Weser river with the outdoor dining areas, the bars and the beer gardens that are the most important summer evening destination in Bremen: the most important feature of the Schlachte is the row of historic barges (the "Prammschiffe") converted into floating bars and restaurants — the most unique dining experience in Bremen (the floating restaurant on the Weser is the most atmospheric dining experience in northern Germany)).

Kunsthalle Bremen (the most important art museum in northern Germany — founded in 1823 as the oldest civic art museum in Germany funded entirely by the citizens (the Kunstverein Bremen — the "Art Association" founded in 1823 by the Bremen merchants and citizens rather than by a royal patron: the most important democratic art patronage institution in German art history: the Kunstverein model (the citizens' art association that funds and manages a public art museum) was the most important innovation in German art institution-building in the 19th century and was subsequently copied in Hamburg, Frankfurt and Munich)): the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist collection (the most important French Impressionist collection in northern Germany: the Claude Monet works (the most important single artist in the Kunsthalle Bremen collection: the museum owns the largest number of Monet works in any northern German public collection), the Edgar Degas dancers and horse-racing scenes, the Pierre-Auguste Renoir portraits and the Vincent van Gogh paintings (the most important Northern European collection of Van Gogh works in a single northern German museum)): the Worpswede art colony works (the most important German art colony of the late 19th century: the Worpswede artists (the group of German painters who settled in the village of Worpswede (30km north of Bremen in the "Teufelsmoor" (the "Devil's Moor") peat bog landscape in 1889: the most important German naturalist art colony, comparable in historical importance to the French Barbizon school: the most important Worpswede artist is Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876–1907) — the most important female German Expressionist painter)).

Worpswede art village (the most important German art colony — 30km north of Bremen in the "Teufelsmoor" (the "Devil's Moor"): the peat bog landscape of the "Wümme" lowland between Bremen and Bremerhaven: the most distinctive and the most melancholy landscape in northern Germany: the flat, treeless peat bog with the birch trees, the drainage channels and the endless north German sky that inspired the most important German naturalist art colony of the late 19th century): the Worpswede colony (founded in 1889 when the German painters Fritz Mackensen (the founder), Otto Modersohn, Hans am Ende, Fritz Overbeck and Heinrich Vogeler (the most important decorative artist of the colony) settled in the village and began painting the "Teufelsmoor" landscape (the most important north German landscape subject in German Expressionist painting): the most important artist of the Worpswede colony is Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876–1907) — the most important female German Expressionist painter of the early 20th century (the first female artist to paint a self-portrait in the nude — the most important feminist statement in the history of German painting): her works are the most valuable and the most internationally recognized of the Worpswede colony).

Beck's Brewery tour (the most famous brewing name associated with Bremen): Beck & Co. founded 1873 by Heinrich Beck and his partners at the Haake site on the Weser. Beck's Pils became the most internationally exported German beer for over 100 years — the most widely distributed German beer in the United States, the United Kingdom and the international duty-free market. The AB InBev acquisition (2002): €1.8 billion — the most expensive single brewery acquisition in German history. The guided brewery tour includes the historic 1873 brewhouse (the copper brewing kettles, the lagering cellars (the "Lagerkeller" — the most important step in pilsner brewing: the cold-conditioning of the beer in the deep cellars at 0°C for 4–6 weeks) and the bottling plant (the most automated bottling line in northern Germany)). The tasting room: the most important beer tasting experience in Bremen.

Farewell Bremen dinner: Grünkohl mit Pinkel (the most important winter dish in northern Germany and the most culturally embedded seasonal food in the Bremen and Hanover tradition): the "Grünkohl" (the kale — the curly green kale (Brassica oleracea var. sabellica) that is the most important winter vegetable in northern Germany: the kale is always eaten after the first frost (the frost converts the starch in the kale leaves into sugar, making the leaves sweeter and more tender)): the "Pinkel" (the most important smoked sausage in northern Germany: the "Pinkelwurst" — the smoked sausage made from coarsely ground pork + beef + oatmeal + lard + onion + salt + pepper, stuffed into the large pork intestine and cold-smoked over beech wood: the most distinctively north German smoked sausage): the Knipp (the most traditional Bremen dish: the "Grützwurst" — the coarsely ground pork offal (the liver, the lungs, the heart and the tongue) cooked with the pinhead oatmeal and the pork fat into the most intensely flavored cold-cut sausage in northern Germany: served cold with the fried egg and the pumpernickel bread (the most important dark bread in northern Germany)): the Doornkaat (the most important north German schnapps: the "Doornkaat" — the caraway-flavored grain spirit from the Norden distillery in East Friesland (the most important traditional schnapps in the north German spirits tradition)).