Bremen's geography is weird

There is a part of Bremen inside Bremerhaven, which is a part of Bremen. That sentence is true, but to understand it, you need to understand the city's history. Make yourselves comfortable, this is going to take a little while.

Chapters:
00:00 A tale of two cities
01:41 Geographical weirdness
02:22 How Bremen began
04:18 A constant evolution
05:19 Musicians and serial murder
06:26 The street that Hitler hated
08:44 The old dock, ropes and tiny houses
10:39 Tar and gunpowder
11:20 Expansion plans and competition
12:43 A random tourist attraction
13:13 Too much success
14:29 Bremen gets the biggest port
16:38 A two-city state, and its beer
17:23 Tips for travellers


Music:

"On My Way Home"
by The 126ers
YouTube Audio Library

"M Fischer"
by Mini Vandals
YouTube Audio Library

"Tasty Waves"
by National Sweetheart
YouTube Audio Library

"Style Funk" and "Hot Swing"
by Kevin McLeod https://incompetech.com/
Creative Commons Attribution licence


Some maps created using data from
OpenStreetMap https://openstreetmap.org/

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