informations for ambassadors
location
coming to Varel
by car
motorway A 29, exits: Varel-Obenstrohe and Varel-Bockhorn
by train
Varel is situated at the railway-line Oldenburg-Wilhelmshaven. From Oldenburg-Centralstation (Hauptbahnhof) with regional train (Nordwestbahn) direction Wilhelmshaven. Exit in Varel (Oldb). Driving time from Oldenburg aprox. 25 minutes.
by airplane
Nearest airport is Bremen (BRE), aprox. driving time to Varel: one hour.
Other airports are
- Hamburg (HAM), aprox. 2,5 hours
- Hannover (HAJ), aprox. 2,5 hours
- Amsterdam (AMS), aprox. 3,5 hours.
our club and the region
- club Varel has about 70 members.
- the members live in Varel or 30 km (= 18 miles) around: Oldenburg, Rastede, Jever,..
- for inbound exchange we mostly accomodate up to 12 guests
- Varel has about 24000 inhabitants
- oldest building is the church (12th century)
- Varel is known for the production of paper, cookies, airplane parts and porcelain
- the slogan of Varel: “city between seaside and forest”
- in the district “Dangast” we have access to the national park “wadden sea”
- twice a day you can walk on the bottom of the sea (yes, really!)
- the region ist very flat, there are no mountains
- at the coastline dikes were built to protect the region
- in Varel people often use the bicycle for going to work
examples for activities
examples for activities
Varel-Dangast
national park "wadden sea"
Varel-Dangast
art in Dangast
Varel-Dangast
beach
Bad Zwischenahn
public garden
Ammerland
rhodo-dendron- park
Jever
brewery
visit in Oldenburg
castle
visit in Bremerhaven
Skyline
mit
Klimahaus
mit
Klimahaus
Bremerhaven:
harbor tour
harbor tour
container-
terminal
terminal
wadden sea
walking in the mud
cycling tour
break
canoe tour
in the canoe
visit in Bremen
town hall
visit in the Wesermarsch
Elsfleth
tour to
Greetsiel
Greetsiel
old port
Varel: visiter la vielle église
l'église
Varel: visiter la vielle église
l'église
Varel: visiter la vielle église
l'église