https://www.hannover.de/en/News/Seven-things-you-might-not-know-about-Hannover%27s-railway-station2020-05-13T15:23:36+02:00Max Mustermannmax@mustermann.dehttps://www.hannover.de/en/News/Seven-things-you-might-not-know-about-Hannover%27s-railway-station/Water-games2020-05-13T15:23:36+02:00Water dances up and down in the forecourt of the station, every so often catching the feet of the children, who on warm summer days dare to jump over the elongated columns. And Hannover's more fearless dogs also use the fountains for both refreshment and entertainment.Max Mustermannmax@mustermann.dehttps://www.hannover.de/en/News/Seven-things-you-might-not-know-about-Hannover%27s-railway-station/Why-the-station-never-sleeps2020-05-13T15:23:30+02:00An ICE train stops at a platform, hurried travellers pull squeaking trolleys, and there is a jostling crowd at the stairs: typical station scenes that you can experience in Hannover even at 1:16, 2:40 or 3:40 in the night. Why do the lights never go out at Hannover's main station? Max Mustermannmax@mustermann.dehttps://www.hannover.de/en/News/Seven-things-you-might-not-know-about-Hannover%27s-railway-station/How-the-subway-changed-the-image-of-the-%22Oststadt%222020-05-13T15:23:26+02:00For many decades, the Raschplatz at the back of the station and the district around it were frowned upon: "You don't want to live behind the station" was the motto of many Hannoverians until the 1970s.Max Mustermannmax@mustermann.dehttps://www.hannover.de/en/News/Seven-things-you-might-not-know-about-Hannover%27s-railway-station/Shop-almost-around-the-clock2020-05-13T15:23:22+02:00If a last-minute gift needs to be found on Christmas Eve or the family is overcome with the desire to have a barbecue on a summer Sunday, the Hannoverians can rely on their "Shopping Station".Max Mustermannmax@mustermann.dehttps://www.hannover.de/en/News/Seven-things-you-might-not-know-about-Hannover%27s-railway-station/Where-the-music-plays-and-why2020-05-13T15:23:19+02:00Across from Hannover's main station, passers-by sometimes stop at a gully in amazement. About a hundred metres from the Ernst August monument, where the square in front of the station leads into Bahnhofstraße, sounds from Hannover's underworld can be heard.Max Mustermannmax@mustermann.dehttps://www.hannover.de/en/News/Seven-things-you-might-not-know-about-Hannover%27s-railway-station/What-Berlin,-New-York-and-Co.-copied-from-Hannover2020-05-13T15:23:07+02:00Not the magnificent opera house and not the elaborately designed Herrenhausen Gardens: Hannover.de reveals why, of all places, Hannover's central station served as a model for many a metropolis.Max Mustermannmax@mustermann.dehttps://www.hannover.de/en/News/Seven-things-you-might-not-know-about-Hannover%27s-railway-station/Where-are-platforms-five-and-six2020-05-13T15:22:51+02:00Harry Potter travels into a magical world from the secret track "nine-and-three-quarters" at London's King's Cross station. Where do you think trains from tracks five and six at Hannover Central Station run to? Or rather: where can the platforms be found?