Hanover is a city of short distances - grown over centuries from the winding old town on the banks of the River Leine, between the Aegidientor in the west and the Steintor in the east, to the main railway station built in the 19th century.
If you leave it via Ernst-August-Platz, you are almost in the centre of the city, which has a new landmark in the form of the new light sculpture at Kröpcke!
Kröpcke: Central square...
Exclusive shops and the colourful world of large department stores await visitors to Kröpcke. Hanover's most central square - car-free and the most important city railway junction - is named after the tenant of the most traditional café on the square.
If you don't meet in Hanover "under the tail" of the Ernst August monument in front of the main railway station, you meet at the historic Kröpcke clock.
