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Free things to do in Göttingen

12 places in Göttingen with free entry or no charge, based on guide listings and map data.

Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first.

Botanical Gardens, Göttingen
Photo: Valérie Chansigaud, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

Free things to do in Göttingen

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    Botanical Gardens

    access behind the Auditorium at Weender Straße and Nikolausberger Weg. These gardens, established in 1736, are well worth a visit for plant-lovers. The former city wall around the Altstadt (old city) is also a circular green area, popular with joggers. Gauss's grave is on the southwest side.

    Open now · closes 6:30 pmFree entry · Limited wheelchair access · Built 1736

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    Kunsthaus Göttingen

    Kunsthaus Göttingen is an exhibition space in Göttingen, Germany. Its focus is on contemporary art for works on paper, photography, and new media with an international emphasis. The Kunsthaus is part of KuQua (Kunstquartier Göttingen, Göttingen Art Quarter).

    Closed · opens 3 pm tomorrowFree entry

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    Museuʍ of Knowledge

    28 Berliner Straße

    Closed · opens 10 amFree entry · Wheelchair accessible

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    Galerie Ahlers

    21 Düstere Straße

    Closed · opens 10 amFree entry · Wheelchair accessible

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    Galerie Alte Feuerwache

    4 Ritterplan

    Closed · opens 3 pmFree entry · Limited wheelchair access

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    Nottbohm

    31 Kurze-Geismar-Straße

    Closed · opens 9:30 amFree entry · Limited wheelchair access

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    Biodiversitätsmuseum

    28 Berliner Straße

    ClosedFree entry

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    Atelier/Galerie Uta Sehr

    77 Lange-Geismar-Straße

    Closed · opens 2 pmFree entry · Wheelchair accessible

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    Galerie des Künstlerhaus

    1 Gotmarstraße

    Closed · opens 4 pmFree entry

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    Günter Grass Archiv-Haus

    6 Düstere Straße

    ClosedFree entry

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    SaKuKu

    10 Gotmarstraße

    Closed · opens 2 pm tomorrowFree entry

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    Dauerausstellung "Auf der Spur europäischer Zwangsarbeit. Südniedersachsen 1939-1945"

    Closed · opens 10 amFree entry

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Göttingen (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Place data from Overture Maps. Some descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).