Wolfsburg Travel Guide

The Autostadt is a visitor attraction adjacent to the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, with a prime focus on automobiles. It features a museum, pavilions for the principal automobile brands in the Volkswagen Group, a customer center where German customers can pick up new cars, and take a tour through the enormous factory, a guide to the evolution of roads, and cinema in a large sphere. It is also home to the largest glass doors in the world and the longest printed line. The line starts from outside Wolfsburg and travels through Autostadt to a point on a farm. It is about 4 miles (6.4 km) long.

Hours: Open every day (except for December 24th and 31st). All attractions are open from 9am - 6pm.

Admission: Adults 15 €, Children 6-14 years 6 €, Students 12 €.

On an activity area covering over 9,000 square meters, phæno's guests have a host of opportunities to discover and explore the thrilling world of science phenomena. 250 interactive Experimental Stations form the center of attraction, which invite visitors to try things out for themselves and follow their own research inclinations. The fascinating themes of natural science and technology can also be approached in phæno through three Visitor Laboratories, the Science Theatre, the Show Crater, or the Ideas Forum. phæno also houses two restaurants, a coffee bar and a room for special events on three levels.

The building itself effectively stands on concrete stilts allowing visitors to the Autostadt to pass through without having to interfere with the workings of the building. Phaeno is connected to the Autostadt via a metal bridge accessed by escalators and stairs either side. The underside of Phaeno is illuminated and the stilts are too.

Hours: Tuesday – Sunday and public holidays: 10am - 6pm. Last admission 1 hour before closing.

Admission: Adults: 12 €, Concessions 9 €, Children/young adults from 6 to 17 years of age 7.50 €, Children under 6 years old free.

In an area of about 5000 square meters 1140 exhibitions are displayed. Visitors get a comprehensive impression of automobile history, from old-timers, various design-studies, up to prototypes.

Hours: Opening hours: Friday - Sunday 10am - 6pm; closed between Christmas and the new-year.

Admission: Adults 6 €, Concessions 3 €, Family pass 15 €.

The Museum of Art Wolfsburg was planned and implemented as a lively and dynamic center for conveying modern and contemporary art. According to its bipolar concept of collection and exhibition the Museum of Art is a cosmopolitan stage offering a diverse program filled with rotation and cadences. It is not a sacred, hermetically sealed temple of the muses. The broad palette of the exhibition program encompasses presentations of modern classics and contemporary, internationally established as well as young and innovative artists. Traditional and new media of fine arts are equally well represented. The permanent collection specializes in a select range of positions within contemporary art.

Hours: Tuesday 11am - 8pm. Wednesday - Sunday 11am - 6pm.

Admission: Adults 6 €, Concessions 3 €, Family pass 12 €.

Situated in the midst of beautiful parks, this medieval building today functions as Hoffman-von-Fallersleben-Museum. In the 19th century Hoffmann-von-Fallersleben was a significant poet and researcher of literature. He was born in 1798 in the present-day Wolfsburg district of Fallersleben. His most famous work is the German national anthem Song of the Germans. However, many children's songs and poems are also penned by him. The museum can lay claim to being one of Germany's great literary museums.

Hours: Tuesday - Friday 10am - 5pm. Saturday 1pm - 6pm. Sunday 10am - 6pm.

Admission: Adults 2.50 €, Concessions 1.50 €.

This impressive building in Weser-renaissance style does not just lend the city of Wolfsburg its name, it is also its cultural heart. The city gallery, the art society and the City museum are housed in the Castle's interior. Visiting there, you can discover much about its origins and history, about knights, counts and ghosts.

In the city museum, discover the history of the castle and the historical development of the region. Many developments of German post-war history can be perfectly re-experienced. Urban development, the German economic miracle and general welfare, prevention of large-scale unemployment and the integration of foreigners are classified as exceptional model for all of Germany.

Hours: Tuesday and Saturday 1pm - 5pm. Wednesday - Friday 10am - 5pm. Sunday 10am - 6pm

Admission: Adults 2.50 €, Concessions 1.50 €, Family pass 5 €.