Leer Voyage Tips and guide

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The name of the town is moderately funny to some Germans as it is pronounced the same as the German word for "empty".

53°13′49″N 7°27′15″E

Map of Leer

• 53.2311117.4652781 Train station. Intercity connections from Emden – Lingen (Ems) – Münster (Westf) – Oberhausen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Köln – Koblenz – Mainz – Mannheim – Stuttgart. There is a regional train from Groningen in the Netherlands.  

Exit off the A 28 Bremen – Oldenburg – Leer and the A 31 Emden – Leer – Bottrop

• 53.27167.442342 ^{[dead link]} Flugplatz Leer-Papenburg. A small general aviation airfield which provides air taxi services to the East Frisian Islands.  

• 53.229397.451241 Buenting Teemuseum, Brunnenstraße 33, ☏ +49 49 1-992 20 44, [email protected]. M-F 10:00-18:00; Apr-Oct: also on Su 14:00-17:00. Tea Museum €2.5, guided tours €10. 
• 53.231637.429062 Leeraner Miniaturland, Konrad-Zuse-Straße 1, ☏ +49 491 - 45415 40, [email protected]. 10:00-18:00. Miniature World €10. 

• Gallimarkt is the biggest "Volksfest" in the region

• 53.22977.457971 Schöne Aussichten, Ledastraße 4, ☏ +49 491 678 42, [email protected]. Burgers, pasta, and sandwiches in a cosy cafe with a view over the harbour €10. 

• 53.2097287.4761271 Hotel-Restaurant Lange, Zum Schöpfwerk 1, ☏ +49 491 919280. 
• 53.2322627.4640822 Hotel Frisia (Best Western), Bahnhofsring 16-20, ☏ +49 491 92840. 

• Take the boat to Helgoland
• Emden
• Oldenburg
• Aurich
• Oldambt — the region just across the border in the Netherlands, including 'windmill city' Winschoten

Groningen ← Oldambt ←	W  E	→ Oldenburg → Bremen
Emden ←	N  S	→ Bad Bentheim → Essen