Oldenburg
Discover Oldenburg
Oldenburg is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a pleasant town with an old centre full of restaurants, cafes, and pedestrian streets, between Bremen and the Netherlands. The closest airports are Bremen BRE (49 km (30 mi)), Hamburg HAM (176 km (109 mi)) and Amsterdam Schiphol AMS (323 km (201 mi)).
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Essential Information
Getting There
Multiple OptionsThe closest airports are Bremen BRE (49 km (30 mi)), Hamburg HAM (176 km (109 mi)) and Amsterdam Schiphol AMS (323 km (201 mi)). Regional services connect 53.14368.22251 Oldenburg (Oldenburg) Hauptbahnhof. (updated Jan 2018) to surrounding towns. You can reach Oldenburg from the A1, A7, A27 and E22 highway. FlixBus operate direct buses from the north side of the 53.144888.223732 Long Distance Bus Station (ZOB) Advance booking through the FlixBus website is recommended, because it is cheaper and the buses do fill up. Oldenburg prides itself on cycling, and has extensive bicycle paths within the town and to adjacent towns. Bicycle rentals are available downtown from Vosgerau Am Damm (€6.50/day), Fahrradzentrum Oldenburg (€10/day), Swapfiets (€17.5/month). The Fahhradselbsthilfewerkstatt (bicycle repair shop) at Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg also rents out bikes at around €20/month....
Getting Around & Staying
Getting Around
Oldenburg prides itself on cycling, and has extensive bicycle paths within the town and to adjacent towns. Bicycle rentals are available downtown from Vosgerau Am Damm (€6.50/day), Fahrradzentrum Oldenburg (€10/day), Swapfiets (€17.5/month). The Fahhradselbsthilfewerkstatt (bicycle repair shop) at Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg also rents out bikes at around €20/month. Frequent local buses are operated by VWG, with route and timetable information also available in Google Maps Navigation. You can buy tickets on the bus (€2.90), but is slightly cheaper to buy a set of 4 rides (€9.60), a day pass (€7.60) or a 7-day-pass (€21). In Oldenburg, public transport in 2025 and 2026 is free on Saturdays from the start of operations at 4AM until the end of operations at 4AM on the following Sunday. Carl von Ossietzky University (founded 1973) is an important regional university.