Every design for Hannover

Did you know that for more than a century the rulers of Hanover were also the kings of Great Britain? The capital of Lower Saxony has a royal past that stretches well beyond its own borders, and its people carry that history lightly, with a dry northern understatement.

What makes Hanover unique is the Herrenhäuser Gärten, where the Großer Garten and Schloss Herrenhausen give the city a grandeur few others can match. In the centre, the Neues Rathaus is the grand civic showpiece, the Altes Rathaus marks the start of the old town, and the Kröpcke-Uhr is the clock where generations of friends have arranged to meet. The correspondence of Leibniz, kept in the city's library, is part of UNESCO's Memory of the World, and the city has one of Germany's leading medical schools.

Hanover lies at the crossing of great railway lines and motorways, which means its people leave often. They also come back, and the moment they step out under the Kröpcke-Uhr, they are home again.