Traditional GERMAN FOOD TOUR in BREMEN 🇩🇪 – Delicacies of NORTHERN GERMANY

In this week’s video, we go on a traditional German food tour in Bremen. We try some of the delicacies of northern Germany.

Given that Bremen is known for seafood, we decide to start our day off at Fisherman’s Seafood Bremen to grab a Bremer fish sandwich. 
From here, we decide to check out St. Peter’s Cathedral, located in Altstadt.
After admiring the incredible architecture, we make our way towards Markthalle Acht. It’s here that we find an amazing shop called Made in Bremen, which sells a variety of local goods. We decide to grab a local Union beer, and some Bremer Kluten. 
Still hungry for more local food, we decide to check out Stadtmusikanten Bistro. We decide to try the Stadtmusikanten Teller, which comes with labskaus and knipp.
From here, we decide to take a walk along the Weser River and enjoy the wonderful views.
Next, we decide to walk to Böttcherstraße, a 100m-long street known for its unique architecture. 
Our next stop is Schoor, a neighborhood in the medieval center of Bremen. At the entrance, we discover a cute little bakery called Bäckerei im Schnoor. Here we try two classic Bremen desserts, the Schnoorkuller and the Bremer Klaben.
Upon finishing our snacks, we continue to explore this wonderfully magical district, taking a quick break to explain the Town Musicians of Bremen fairytale.
For our final stop of the evening, we head to a hip neighborhood called Das Viertel. Here, we visit a local bar, Haifischbecken, and have a local Bremen beer. 

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Chapters:
00:00 – Intro
00:47 – Bremer Brötchen at Fisherman’s Seafood
03:12 – St. Peter’s Cathedral
04:07 – Markthalle Acht
04:51 – Made in Bremen Beer and Snack Taste Test
10:15 – Stadtmusikanten Bistro (Knipp & Labskaus)
16:06 – Weser River Walk
17:08 – Böttcherstraße
17:57 – Schnoor District & Desserts of Bremen
21:15 – Town Musicians of Bremen Tale
23:43 – Drinks at Haifischbecken
26:50 – End

Hello everybody, welcome to another video. 
Today we are here in Bremen, Germany. If you’re not German, you might have never heard about 
Bremen, but I think at least every German child has heard about the city because it’s actually 
a Grimm fairy tale that’s about it. Bremen is the 11th largest city in Germany, and it has over 
500,000 people living in the metro region. We’ve been here before, and we know that the city 
is beautiful, so we can’t wait to show you, and most importantly, we can’t wait to eat 
all the local things because Bremen and northern Germany, in general, have some really, really 
special dishes, so I can’t wait. Let’s eat. We’re going to start off with a little snack. 
We’re going to have a fish bun. This is called Bremer Brötchen or just Bremer, and it is a 
bun that has a fish patty on it, some ketchup, some onions. We got this at Fisherman’s, which is a 
fish restaurant here because Bremen is very close to the North Sea, and Bremerhaven, which is the 
second part of the city, is right at the ocean. So there’s a lot of fish in the city, that’s what 
people eat here. And yeah, we wanted to start off with something that is local, and the woman said 
that this has salmon and caviar inside. That’s really interesting. It smells very fishy. It 
really does. You can smell it from here. I don’t think that’s a bad thing. I know a lot of people 
think it is, but let’s see. I’m just going to bite right into the middle because otherwise, 
I’m not going to be able to eat the bread. I like it. I don’t know if the ketchup 
is different, or maybe it’s the onions, but it kind of has this sweet taste to it. It 
does really look like a Bulette, like that’s what the translation is—Fischfrikadelle. And we 
also have meat frikadellen, so basically what it’s like is minced fish made into a patty. Yeah, 
it almost doesn’t really taste that fishy to me, and it’s really cheap. It’s only €3.50, I 
think, or €3.90. Yeah, I have to be honest, this was not what I was expecting at all. They 
had a little poster outside of the shop showing what it looked like, and I thought it was just 
like a battered piece of fish in a bun. But yeah, it’s totally just minced-up fish with 
all these herbs inside. It looks like there’s like potato or something in it 
too. I don’t know. And then, of course, this Kaiser roll looks really good, though. 
It’s like a giant fish finger or something. Again, this is not what I expected at all. 
I did not think it was going to be cold, so that’s interesting. It’s really 
soft in texture. It’s pretty salty, honestly, so I think that you need that 
sweetness from the ketchup. But for €3.50, this is like the perfect snack, especially since 
a lot of the seafood restaurants around here are quite expensive. So with this, you still have the 
chance to try some local seafood but on a budget. All the buildings here at the market square 
look so beautiful. We just went into the cathedral. There’s always been a church here 
since like 789. There was a wooden church, and then there was a stone one 
in 805 or something. And then, since the 1800s, this one has been here. 
It’s gigantic, and it’s free. And yeah, it was really nice. It’s just as beautiful 
on the inside as it is on the outside, much like most of the buildings around here. They 
have that Gothic-style architecture that we love. Every time there’s gargoyles and statues, and just 
the carvings and everything look so amazing. So it looks like Notre Dame from the outside too. I 
think that’s cool. It’s really beautiful. This whole market square is super beautiful. Yeah, 
apparently, the town hall is 600 years old, so it definitely looks like a fairy tale here. 
This whole area looks like a fairy tale village. Right in the middle of the market square, there’s 
a market hall called Markthalle Acht or Market Hall 8. It’s this really cool and hip place that 
has all these international food stands. They have tapas, pizza, Mexican food, Vietnamese 
food—everything you can think of. And yeah, it has a really, really cool vibe, but we only 
really want to eat Bremen food or German food in this video, so we’re not going to have any 
food here. But there’s a really cool shop at the entrance of the market hall which has 
all these cool Bremen snacks, so let’s go in. The first thing we’re going to try from Made 
in Bremen is this beer from Freie Brau Union, and it is a 6% beer. I’m not even sure what 
type of beer it is. It says Hanseat on it, whatever the hell that means. I think that Anja 
told me on the back it says that it has flavors of biscuit and citrus and stuff like that, so it 
sounds pretty unique. And it’s 6%, so let’s see. I don’t know that I taste biscuits or anything 
like that, but it’s pretty delicious. Of course, the most famous beer known here in Bremen 
is a different beer, which we’re going to try later. But this lady came randomly when 
we were filming and told us that we should try these. I don’t know, what are these? It says 
Italian snack biscuits. I don’t know. Taralli with chilies on it. And she has a stand over there, 
and she came over and gave us this for free, I guess. So we’re going to try this 
little snack that she gave us. She was really nice and said that it would 
go well with this beer, so let’s see. Now let’s try it with the beer. Was she right? 
I mean, any kind of savory snack with a beer is perfect. It has like a little hint of spice, but 
it’s like on the back end—not super spicy. But it’s just really crunchy, a little bit salty but 
not too salty. But yeah, a good drinking snack. There’s a little bit of sweetness and maybe 
acidity. Like, it does say that it tastes like lemon, but I don’t taste any biscuits. It’s 
yummy, though. It tastes kind of like olive oil or something because, obviously, it’s Italian. I feel 
like I can taste the olive in it. I don’t know. It is kind of dry, but it is also kind of buttery. 
It says Ruger Biofeinkost on the back, and that’s what her stand is called. Pretty good. 
So buy from her stand, she’s really nice. Yeah, buy from her stand. I assume these stands are 
always here in the summer on Saturdays. I don’t know, but it’s pretty cool to have this little 
market with different vendors selling stuff. Yeah, these are really spicy, though. For me, it’s 
hitting my throat now, and I only had the tiniest piece. It’s not that bad, though, so I guess 
Brandon’s going to eat them. But they’re tasty. As the name obviously suggests, Made in 
Bremen has all these local products from Bremen. They have different liquors like rum 
and whiskies. They obviously have beers like the one we tried. They have clothing. They 
have pretty much everything, so it’s pretty cool. There are lots of different things, like 
a bunch of different candies you could buy, like this candy box. They had chocolates, they 
had bread in a can—which is really weird—and other cans of their local specialties. So yeah, 
they have really, really cool items there. What we decided to get are these Bremer 
Kluten. I think that’s how you say it. I read that Kluten in the dialect from 
here, I suppose, actually means “Klumpen” in high German or normal German, and that means 
clumps. So it’s basically Bremer clumps. And this is like a peppermint fondant with dark chocolate. 
Yeah, it has existed since 1865. I’ve noticed they have a lot of candies that are peppermint-based, 
so I guess they really like peppermint. Yeah, the sweets look very old school. A lot of them say 
that they are from an Apotheke, or like, I guess that’s what the candy shops used to be, which is 
like a pharmacy. Cuz I think even in other places, sometimes they thought it’s like medicine, 
right? But this is what it looks like. I’m curious about this. This kind of just 
looks like sugar covered in chocolate, and the size of it is apparently two sugar 
cubes, which makes sense. It straight up just looks like a sugar cube. I don’t know which 
end should I bite. Just eat the whole thing. Oh, it’s like hurting my teeth. Ow. It tastes 
like After Eight. Like, even in the inside, it’s just like a little harder After 
Eight paste, you know what I mean? Like, the stuff that’s in there is, like, very 
gooey, and this one’s harder. It’s not, like, granulated like sugar. Yeah, it’s nice. 
It’s kind of refreshing. Very pepperminty. Yummy. I probably wouldn’t eat 
more than one, but it’s good. Good thing we have a whole box. One of 
the candy boxes that they had was really, really cool. It had this purple box with the 
Bremen cat musicians on it. It had a bunch of different local candies and specialties in 
it, but it was 20 Euros, so that was a little bit out of our budget. So we just went with one of 
the items that was in there, which is this. I really don’t think that I’m going to like this 
that much because I don’t like peppermint and chocolate together that much, but let’s see. 
I’m going to pop the whole thing in my mouth. No. Yeah, that was a very accurate description. 
It’s essentially just an After Eight but a big cube After Eight. So it is really 
good, actually. It’s really refreshing, but it wouldn’t be my go-to as a candy. 
But still, definitely worth a try. I guess it’s kind of like the 
chocolate-to-peppermint ratio is the opposite. Yeah, yeah, basically it’s a big chunk of 
peppermint with a little thin layer of chocolate. It is now time for some more food, and we 
stopped by a little stand near the Market Hall. It’s actually called Stadtmusikanten Bistro, 
and this dish is called the Stadtmusikanten Teller or the Bremen Musicians Plate, and 
it has a bunch of different specialties of Bremen on it. It has this herring dish, 
it’s got some beets, it’s got egg, potatoes, it’s got these gherkins, it’s got Knipp, 
and also some Labskaus with some herring. So this looks absolutely delicious. We were 
so happy to see that we could get this all on one plate. We were originally going to either 
get two of the different plates, or there was a restaurant we wanted to go to, which was 
closed. But this looks really, really good. I’m going to start with the Knipp, which is a 
local sausage. Apparently, it’s made from local grains that are grown in Bremen and in the Lower Saxony
area. It’s also got pork head, pork face, I think pork belly, I think pork broth, and some other 
things. And it looks very interesting. It doesn’t look like a normal sausage. It’s basically just a 
sausage without the casing from the looks of it. Let’s shut up and eat. Mmm. Smells really good. Oh, also, it has 
liver in it. Mmm. It definitely reminds me of a liver sausage, like the one that we 
had in Budapest. It has a slight liver taste. It’s also got a meatiness to it, and it’s 
really crunchy because it seems like they, like, flatten it out on the grill and 
get it all crispy along the edges, which is really nice. It also comes 
with all these different sides, so I’m going to try one of them out. I guess this 
is, what, a pickle? It looks like a cucumber. Mmm. It’s just a really sweet and sour pickle. Yeah, I’m very excited for this, and I 
can’t wait to try the rest of these items. That is so interesting. I would have 
never even thought that this is sausage, because you can just see all these 
little grains. It’s almost like this mush with grains and meat paste that 
they just, like, fried in the pan. It kind of reminds me of black pudding in the UK. 
Oh, yeah. Or white pudding. But instead of, like, being in a disc, it’s, like, mushed up. And 
when you, like, chew on it, you can actually, like, feel the little grains. Like, 
I don’t know. It’s really yummy. Although I am from Germany, 
the dishes you get here, they’re things that I’ve never heard 
about. Like, I never heard of Knipp before. And another thing that we have here is called 
Labskaus. Apparently, it’s salted meat, like corned beef, with onions. Sometimes 
there’s, like, herring in it. There’s beetroot in it. It almost looks like it’s raw, 
but apparently, it’s not. It’s just, like, salted. It kind of looks like corned beef. Corned 
beef hash, really. I don’t know. I’ve never had that much. And apparently, you’re 
supposed to eat the egg with it. Like, that’s what that dish comes with, and it comes 
with the herring. So you always get this, like, combination of Labskaus, egg, and herring. Mmm. That’s so weird. It’s like 
potato mash. I don’t know. Is it potato? I need to look it up again. 
It’s like salty, sour potato mash. Tastes so much different than I thought 
it would taste because it really, like, looks like this meat paste. 
Interesting. It’s really good, and I can see why it would really 
go well with some beetroot. Yeah, so in case you didn’t notice, we 
moved because the sun was blinding us and scalding our eyes out of our heads. 
And this place is a lot more shady. So, moving on, just like Anja said, 
it actually does have potatoes in it. She looked it up. So it is like corned beef 
hash, which is something that I grew up with, which is corned beef mixed with mashed potatoes. So I got a little bit of the meat, a 
little bit of the egg yolk. Let’s try it. Mmm. Mm-hmm. 100%. That is exactly what it 
tastes like. This tastes like my childhood. I did not expect to taste a 
piece of my childhood in Bremen. Yeah, that’s so strange, but 
it’s really good. Obviously, I like it. It is something similar to 
what I grew up with. That’s really cool. Let’s try some of these potatoes. 
The potatoes are pretty typical, standard potatoes, but they’re really 
crispy and crunchy because they’ve been, like, laying in, like, a flat top or something 
like that, so they’ve had a long time to char. Yeah, this is really good. This whole plate is delicious. I’m going to eat some 
of the Rollmops or the herring. It’s yummy. It’s such a different experience to, like, the standard German food that you think 
of. You know, like pork knuckle and just, like, regular sausages. I feel like 
most people wouldn’t think of this. I really like it. I really 
like the Knipp. But just, like, this whole combination is really awesome. And 
you get it for really cheap here at the stand. So, was it 13.50? 13.50, yeah. And you can 
try basically a bunch of Bremen specialties. Yeah, let me try this with 
the egg. Labskaus and egg. Yeah, works well together. Yum, yum. The Old Town has a bunch of restaurants 
and a bunch of cafes, and there’s all these shopping opportunities. So there’s even 
this, like, arcade that we’re walking through, which is really cool. And it’s actually Saturday, 
so the city is super full, and everyone’s just enjoying themselves. And it’s super hot as 
well. It’s 29°, so yeah, there’s so many people. We also just so happened to come 
here the weekend of the Pride Parade, so it is super busy. Everybody’s having a great 
time. It’s good vibes everywhere. But it does mean that the streets are really packed and 
also some of the transportation is shut down, so we couldn’t really get certain buses or trams 
that we wanted to. But still, really, really cool. Yeah, and while Pride is amazing, it’s not 
the best for filming because it’s so loud. There’s actually a river that goes right through 
Bremen, and that’s the Weser. I think that also goes through Bremerhaven and Kassel maybe. 
And yeah, it’s really nice down here. They have, like, some food stands, some candy stands, and 
there’s all these boats that are really cool. Yeah, one of them serves a bunch of beer. Does it? Yeah. It’s probably too expensive for us, but it’s 
nice to look at. Or you can just sit right here on the stairs and bring your own beer and enjoy 
the view for much less money. It’s beautiful. There’s also this little street with all 
these beer gardens right next to the river, and that’s really, really nice. It’s really cool. I think that we went here, like, I don’t 
know, seven years ago or something like that, and we only just realized when we 
were walking through. We were like, we’ve been here before. We’ve 
eaten here before, had drinks. Really, really cool spot. If you come to Bremen, you should definitely come here. I think 
Brandon had one of his first German meals here. We’re now in the Böttcherstraße or Cooper Street, 
and I guess there used to be coopers here, which were craftsmen that made, like, buckets and 
casks and things like that. And it looks so cool. It kind of reminds me of, like, 
Harry Potter. I don’t know, it’s so, so old school and pretty and weird. I feel like especially this little 
corner reminds me of Harry Potter because it just looks like you should drink 
a butterbeer right here and go to Hogwarts afterwards. The cock is gone. Where’d it go? 
That’s what it says here. The cock is gone. We’re now about to go check out the Schnoor 
District, which is one of the oldest and most well-preserved districts here in 
Bremen. It’s got about 100 houses that range from the 15th to the 19th century, so 
it’s very old school. It looks super cool, and it looks like a little fairy tale 
village. So let’s go check it out. So we barely went inside this district, and we saw 
this bakery that had all these different candies. They even had the Kluten, the Bremer Kluten, we tried earlier for much cheaper. So you should come here if you want to try them. But they also had this 
Schnoorkuller, and you could get single ones because at the other place, they were, like, what, €6 for 
€7 for a whole bag? And this one was, I think, less than a Euro, or maybe a Euro. I don’t know. 
It’s this nut meringue filled with nougat. I think it’s very soft. They’re apparently 
from here. They’re even called Schnoorkuller, so kind of like schnoorballs. And they’re named 
after this district. Let’s see what this tastes like. So soft. Mm. I heard a “n.” No, it’s a meringue. Is that what snapped, though? Mm-hm. It’s really yummy. The nougat is delicious. I 
like it. You can’t really taste the meringue, but the nougat is where it’s at. 
It’s really nutty. It’s delicious. Yeah, I like it. Yum. It’s falling apart. That’s nice because you have that creamy nougat 
on the outside with the little bits of nuts, and then it’s, like, hard and crunchy on the inside 
from that meringue. Yeah, that’s really good. The next thing we’re going to try is 
called Bremer Klaben, which is, like, basically Stollen, the fruit cake that 
you often get around Christmastime. And what was cool about this place also is 
that you could get it by the slice. The Made in Bremen store also had this, but it 
was in, like, a loaf. That loaf was, like, €8 or €9, and we didn’t want to buy that 
whole thing, so lucky we get to try it. It’s almost like raisin bread. Like, there’s so 
many raisins inside this. It’s a tiny bit dry, but it’s still really good. I think because there 
are so many raisins in there, it makes it really nice and sweet. But I think this is the kind of 
thing that you should have with coffee or tea. Does it remind you of Christmas? Yep. This tastes like Stollen. The main 
difference, apparently, is that it’s not dusted in white sugar, but people apparently 
still eat this for Christmas. And apparently, it’s best if you serve it two weeks after it’s 
made, and it even, like, lasts for months. Yeah, I think this is better because 
this one is actually quite moist in comparison to some of the Christmas 
Stollen that I’ve eaten in the past. I prefer the marzipan one, though. But this 
is actually quite good for a fruit cake. We’re now on the Schnoor Street, and it’s so 
cute. There’s all these little houses right next to each other, and it looks so old school. 
It actually reminds me of places in the UK. Apparently, the name Schnoor comes from thread, 
because in German, thread means Schnur, and the houses, they’re all, like, lined 
up like a thread. So yeah, super cute. So if you haven’t heard of the fairy 
tale that’s associated with the city, it’s the Bremer Stadtmusikanten, or in 
English, the Town Musicians of Bremen. And it’s about a donkey that is old, 
and I think he’s supposed to get sold, and then he decides to go to Bremen to become 
a musician. And he meets a dog that’s also old, and he can’t hunt anymore, a cat that can’t catch 
mice anymore—apparently, her owner is going to drown her—and then a rooster, and he’s supposed 
to get cooked the next day because he’s also old. So together, they’re all deciding they 
will be street musicians. They are going to Bremen. On the way there, they run into some thieves, where 
they’re chasing them away from a house, and they’re basically taking over the house. 
And they’re all working together by creating this tower, which looks like the 
statue, and they’re scaring the thieves because the thieves think it’s, 
like, this big monster or whatever. So yeah, that’s a fairy tale. I grew up with it. 
There was even this movie where some humans wore these weird animal heads, and it looked really 
creepy. But that’s the story that’s associated with Bremen. If you haven’t read it, you 
should read it. And in the Marktplatz, near the City Hall, there’s also a manhole cover 
where you can put a piece of change down into the manhole cover, and one of the Bremen 
musicians will cry out and make a sound. They’re making music. Yeah, they’re making music down there. It’s the rooster. Speaking of animals, we are actually here in 
Bremen because we are doing a pet sit through Trusted House Sitters, which is one of our 
favorite companies to use while we’re traveling and looking for a free place to stay. So if you 
love animals and you love traveling as well, maybe check out Trusted House Sitters, 
and check out our link in our description. We’re now in an area called the Viertel, 
which is basically just “the quarter,” and it’s this really cool, hip, alternative 
area that has a bunch of cafes, restaurants, and bars. Pretty much, when I looked up rock 
bars or punk bars, all of them were in this area. I really, really love it. It seems really, really cool. There’s all this graffiti and 
street art, and it just reminds me of home, Berlin. We’re now going to walk around, explore 
the area a little bit, and try to find a cool bar. So we’re walking around this area, and there 
is no shortage of cool bars. We actually first stopped at a place called Die Schenke, which is 
a punk bar—one of the only punk bars in Bremen. And it was super cool. The decorations 
on the inside were all horror and punk-themed, our kind of place. We grabbed a local 
beer there. But now we are at another place called Haifischbecken, which I 
guess means “shark tank” or “fish tank.” And we got ourselves a Beck’s, which, 
honestly, is probably one of the most famous German beers. In Canada, you can get 
Beck’s, but it is from here in Bremen. So Prost! Just a classic standard beer. It’s only 
4.9%. It’s not really anything special when you compare it to other beers around 
Germany, but still nice and refreshing. We also got this shot, the Mexikaner, or the 
“Mexican,” which is a German shot. It’s not known in Mexico. We actually tried to get this in Berlin 
but failed, and here we have it. It apparently is kind of like a mini Bloody Mary made out of, like, 
Tabasco, tomato juice, Korn (a German liquor), and pepper and things like that. I don’t know how 
spicy it is. Guess you’ll find out in a minute. I’m not going to shoot it. What? You have to shoot it—the whole thing. Oh my God. It’s spicy. I’m okay, but it’s spicier 
than I like. It’s yummy, though. Tastes like spaghetti sauce. Spicy spaghetti sauce. Well, I love spicy things, so— Prost! It tastes like Campbell’s tomato soup. See?
But a little bit spicy. It’s good. So, how do you like Bremen? I actually really like it here. Surprisingly, 
we’ve actually been here twice, but we didn’t really get to explore because we 
came here for a concert event for me. But now that we actually get to 
explore it, I really, really like it. It’s got, like, a good mix of hipster 
and alternative, but it’s got, like, a really cool downtown Market Hall area that 
seems really traditional and old school with beautiful Gothic architecture. And then 
it also has these really nice suburban kind of areas with, like, these really 
interesting homes, these bright pastel colors. It just really seems like a 
place that I could live, surprisingly. I didn’t think I would ever think that when 
I came to Bremen, but I would see this as, like, top three, top five favorite cities in 
Germany at this point. Really, really nice. Yeah, so far, I have to agree. I really love 
Bremen, especially this area with all the bars, cafes, and vegan shops and all that stuff. It 
just reminds me of my home in Berlin, like I said earlier. And I really also like the areas around 
it because they remind me of the Netherlands. Like Brandon said, there’s all 
these weird houses. They’re, like, next to each other. I don’t 
know, also like the UK. And I feel like it’s quite unusual in Germany 
to have areas that look like that, at least when I think about the places that I’ve 
been to in Germany. They never look like that. Yeah, I really like Bremen, and I think 
it’s underrated. And if you’ve never heard of it or if you never thought 
about coming here, maybe you should. We had a great time in Bremen today. We’re really 
glad that we came here. But that is it for now. So if you did like this video, give it a like, 
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