Willy-Brandt-Platz (Bremerhaven)

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Willy-Brandt-Platz
Coat of arms Bremerhaven.svg
Place in Bremerhaven
Willy-Brandt-Platz
Square with fire and zoo by the sea in the background
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city Bremerhaven
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User groups Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic

The Willy-Brandt-Platz is a square in Bremerhaven on the Seebäderkaje in the New Harbor and covers approx. 13,000 m². It is part of the Havenwelten and was brought into its current form in 2012/2013. It is named after the former Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt .

Storm Sabine washes over Willy-Brandt- Platz (2020)

The square was designed with masts with stop lights and various benches. The floor covering contains a distorted perspective of a school of fish and individual penguins. During high tides it is occasionally washed over by the Weser .

In 2015 the square was awarded the Green Good Design Award from the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design.

The Bremerhaven Unterfeuer , a red and white striped lighthouse , and the emigrant monument are located directly on Willy-Brandt-Platz .

The zoo by the sea , the climate house and the German emigration center are in the immediate vicinity .

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