IllustrationCome to Tamra-Hemelingen-Park for a ball game, a picnic and a closer look at nature on a former factory site.
Come to Tamra-Hemelingen-Park for a ball game, a picnic and a closer look at nature on a former factory site. This is an open, everyday neighbourhood park, with sports pitches, seating and patches of rougher vegetation. Start at the end of Godehardstraße, where the boule and beach-volleyball areas give you an easy first destination.
The ground beneath your feet helps explain the park’s character. After industrial buildings were cleared for the Hemelinger Tunnel, the site was filled with clean Weser sand. Plants suited to poor, dry ground took hold while plans for housing stalled. The park kept something of that rough-edged landscape: birches, spring-flowering broom and grassland that matters to bees and grasshoppers. Between games, pause beside a grassy edge and see how much movement you can notice without stepping into it. Eager to name that creature? Identify any animal you find during your visit using the Snappit app.
The park grew out of Hemelingen’s industrial redevelopment. The former Nordmende site was cleared for tunnel construction, and part of the intended housing land became public green space instead. Children and young people helped shape the plans. The park was inaugurated on 8 June 2013; later that year its name marked the twentieth anniversary of the partnership between Hemelingen and Tamra, an Arab town in Israel. It remains a place for neighbourhood gatherings, including the Hemelinger Vielfalt festival.
For a short visit, walk in from Godehardstraße, look around the boule and beach-volleyball area and return to the same entrance. Allow about 10–20 minutes, including a pause. For a fuller look, follow the main path past these courts towards the football pitch, turn onto the connecting path past the recessed seating area, then come back along the Grete-Stein-Straße side to Godehardstraße. Allow about 20–35 minutes with stops. Both are suggested walks, with no measured distance.
Bring a ball or your own boule set if you want to stay longer. Let children choose one game and one quiet activity: watching the grasses move, photographing a tree or comparing the different ground surfaces. Leave the sports areas clear for other players when you stop to look.
Look for flowering broom in spring and spend longer watching the grassy margins in warm weather. Autumn suits a short tree-and-leaf walk. The park has a sledging hill, but winter play depends on suitable snow and safe conditions. Avoid parks in strong winds and take care around trees after storms.
The main paths let you explore without going onto the sandy courts or grassy banks. The hill and recessed seating area introduce slopes and changes in level; neither is essential to a short visit. Exact gradients, kerbs, current path surfaces and accessible toilets are not confirmed. With a wheelchair or pushchair, assess the Godehardstraße approach and main path first, and retrace it if the onward route is unsuitable. For step-free access, check current conditions with Umweltbetrieb Bremen before making a special trip.
Boule, beach volleyball and football in one compact park
Birches and dry grassland on the former Nordmende site
A recessed gathering area with seating beside the park paths
A park name celebrating Hemelingen’s partnership with Tamra
Start where Godehardstraße meets the park. Follow the main path beside the boule and beach-volleyball areas, choose a place to pause without blocking a game, then return along the same path. This keeps the visit close to the arrival point and leaves the hill out.
Check the entrance and path conditions for your group. No surveyed wheelchair route is claimed; the short out-and-back is the simpler option to assess.
From the end of Godehardstraße, follow the main path past the boule and volleyball areas towards the football pitch. Take the connecting path past the recessed gathering and seating area, continue towards the Grete-Stein-Straße entrance and follow the path along that side of the park back to Godehardstraße. Stay on the paths; viewing the grassy banks and birches does not require a climb or a shortcut through vegetation.
Check the entrance and path conditions for your group. No surveyed wheelchair route is claimed; the short out-and-back is the simpler option to assess.
Choose a grassy margin beside the path. Take a wide photograph, then wait quietly for a closer picture of movement among the stems. Compare that with the open playing surfaces: which has more shapes, textures or things moving? Looking is enough; leave the vegetation intact.
In persistent rain, save the ball games and picnic for another day. A short path visit may still suit your group, but there is no confirmed indoor attraction within the park to switch to. Event tents and shelters are temporary.
Photograph a birch from an existing path, then choose a closer view of its bark or leaves without picking anything. The planted trees help explain the park’s sandy-ground design. You do not need to identify an exact species to enjoy comparing the trees.
The park’s name connects a Bremen neighbourhood with Tamra in Israel. For children, it is a useful starting point for a conversation about why places form partnerships and how an everyday park can carry that story.
Seating, lawns and sports areas give you reasons to linger. Bring food, water and equipment yourself. Festival maps show temporary toilets, catering and covered seating; those should not be expected during an ordinary visit.
Godehardstraße and Grete-Stein-Straße both lead into the park. The approach from Bf Sebaldsbrück uses the station underpass and Hemelinger Bahnhofstraße before turning into Grete-Stein-Straße. If underpasses or steps are a concern, check the full arrival route separately from the paths inside the park.
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Getting there
Tram 10 serves Bf Sebaldsbrück from Hauptbahnhof. Continue through the station underpass towards Hemelinger Bahnhofstraße, then use Grete-Stein-Straße. Check the live BSAG journey planner before leaving.
Choose the surface address
Godehardstraße is a useful destination for arrival. Navigation to the park itself can send drivers into the Hemelinger road tunnel below it. Follow street signs and local parking restrictions.
Bring the basics
Pack drinks, picnic food and any sports equipment you need. Arrange a toilet stop beforehand; permanent public toilets, drinking-water points and a park café are not confirmed.
Share the park
There is a separate fenced dog-exercise area. Keep children’s games and picnics outside it, follow the signs and keep its gates closed.
Before a special trip
Check Umweltbetrieb Bremen’s notices and the neighbourhood event calendar. Events can change access and the use of the courts; follow any temporary barriers.
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Maryland, US
You might spot White-Tailed Deer and Eastern Gray Squirrel.
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District of Columbia, US
You might spot Eastern Gray Squirrel, Duck, and House Sparrow.
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Illinois, US
You might spot American Robin, Canada Goose, and House Sparrow.
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Virginia, US
You might spot Spotted Lanternfly and Northern Cardinal.
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