The Wife and I finally made it to the Hannover Zoo. I was so impressed it blew my tiny expat brain straight out my ears. The Zoo is huge, with tons of animals to see and fun activities for everyone to enjoy — even for screaming kids, patient adults, and wildly immature Americans like myself. They even have a boat tour, which takes you past several of the exhibits as if you’re on safari. The Yukon exhibit is incredible all by itself, complete with a rustic fishing town and a huge crane jutting out over the polar bear exhibit.
The weather that day was perfect, and we arrived just before feeding time. We got to see hippos, polar bears, rhinos and timber wolves being fed. It was glorious.
One thing to note: The Hannover Zoo entrance fee is expensive. Like €27 euros per person expensive. You can buy 7 half-liters of beer for that! But once inside, you’ll see why it’s so expensive, and you’ll see right where all that money goes; the place is spotless. It’s clean and well-organized. It’s also decked out with so many little details and things to see, you’ll feel like you’re inside Jurassic Park (minus the horror and bloodshed).
Oh, and because this is Germany — yeah — you can drink inside the Zoo. Alcohol is totally allowed, so bring a huge bottle of hooch, a case of beer for backup and then go point at the monkeys and laugh. We even saw a bachelorette party toting a suitcase full of brew doggies, and they brought it with them on the boat tour! God damn I love this country.
Anyway, we hope you enjoy this video, but even more importantly, we hope you can visit the Hannover Zoo in person! You’ll love it!
NOTE: Video contains mild swearing, so be sure and turn your volume up real loud if you’re at work. :)
For more information about the incredible Hannover Zoo, check out www.zoo-hannover.de
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Oh God, My Wife Is German. 
Been there to!
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Right on Ginger!
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Been there, done that – and I’m glad you two loved it, too.
If you like those kind of zoos – you will love Hamburg’s Hagenbeck’s too! Though I prefer our precious – no – rather expensive gem, here. Been there in July, with my sis – and before with my nieces and with my younger niece alone and with friends and with my cousin – in fact I use any visitor as excuse to go there and spoil myself rotten. Yes it is expensive, yes, you can easily leave about 100 Euro there for two persons.
Trust an american man though that the most remarkable thing he loved was that you were allowed to buy beer there – and could take your own with you, if you wanted to.
Did you go to one of those shows in the “show arena”? Where they show snakes, let parrots fly freely and show that coatis would make good drug detection animals, too?
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Not that time. Maybe on our text trip to the Zoo!
Thank you for the great info, Fran!
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