A truly impressive, humbling, awe-inspiring, faith-evoking cathedral, built (and rebuilt) in an age…read morebefore the advent of strip malls and big box stores, when both buildings, and people, had more soul. Haunting echoes of choir singing echo through the nave and reverberate throughout its immense interior, save for the isolated "silent room" downstairs, set aside for quiet reflection and prayer. Radiant light, refracted through stained glass portals high above, casts scattered, sparkling patterns across the ancient stone walls and pillars. Tucked away in an alcove, an altar ensconcing several dozen lit and unlit candles stewards the burning memories and prayers of parishioners and visitors alike. In places this grandiose, even the faithless walk with silent steps and heads bowed, either in awe, or reverence; the effect is the same, regardless of what you want to call it.

This is an amazingly gorgeous church in the center of Bremen…read more IT is a very popular church with tourists, mainly because it is so beautiful, but there is a ton of history - as in being rebuilt a number of times as well as a museum with ancient relics from previous bishops that had been buried there. The outside and the inside is very pretty, huge, and tons of color in the ceiling and the walls. There is a silent room that you should check out, on the left side of the church down a flight of stairs. It is requested that you stay silent - many people don't but, really, one should. The room is all stone, crypt like, and neat to just sit for a moment and enjoy!