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DeutschLeer is a town of 35,000 people (2020) in East Frisia.
Understand
[edit | edit source]The name of the town is moderately funny to some Germans as it is pronounced the same as the German word for "empty".
Get in
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Map of Leer
By train
[edit | edit source]- 1 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.
By car
[edit | edit source]Exit off the A 28 Bremen – Oldenburg – Leer and the A 31 Emden – Leer – Bottrop
By plane
[edit | edit source]- 2 [dead link] Flugplatz Leer-Papenburg. A small general aviation airfield which provides air taxi services to the East Frisian Islands.
Get around
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- 1 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.
- 2 Leeraner Miniaturland, Konrad-Zuse-Straße 1, ☏ +49 491 - 45415 40, [email protected]. 10:00-18:00. Miniature World €10.
Do
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- Gallimarkt is the biggest "Volksfest" in the region
Buy
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Eat
[edit | edit source]- 1 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.
Drink
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[edit | edit source]- 1 Hotel-Restaurant Lange, Zum Schöpfwerk 1, ☏ +49 491 919280.
- 2 Hotel Frisia (Best Western), Bahnhofsring 16-20, ☏ +49 491 92840.
Connect
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[edit | edit source]- Take the boat to Helgoland
- Aurich
- Emden
- Oldambt — the region just across the border in the Netherlands, including 'windmill city' Winschoten
- Oldenburg
- Papenburg
| Routes through Leer |
| Groningen ← Oldambt ← | W  E | → Oldenburg → Bremen |
| Emden ← | N  S | → Bad Bentheim → Essen |