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Bremen

A city-state and North Sea port with aerospace (Airbus, OHB), a Mercedes plant, logistics and food industries. Moderate prices for a city of its size, and a two-part state with Bremerhaven an hour to the north.

The place

State
Bremen
Population
588,413as of December 2025 ·
Area
317.9 km²
Density
1,851 people per km²
Public holidays a year
10as of January 2026 ·

Work and pay

Unemployment rate
10.6%as of September 2026 ·
Median gross pay
€4,471 a monthas of December 2025 ·

Local taxes and charges

Grunderwerbsteuer
5%
Church tax
9%
Grundsteuer B, Hebesatz
695%as of January 2024 ·
Gewerbesteuer, Hebesatz
460%as of January 2024 ·

Housing

Asking price, apartments
€2,919 per m²as of September 2026 · sourced · immoportal.com
Asking rent, apartments
€11.09 per m² a monthimmoportal.com
Hausgeld
€3.40 per m² a month
Prices, last 12 months
+2.2%
A 70 m² flat
To buy€204,330
Closing costs on top+ €19,881
To rent, cold€776 a month
Asking rent, BBSR (re-lettings)
€11 per m² a monthas of July 2024 ·
Rent in existing tenancies (Zensus 2022)
€7.75 per m² a monthas of May 2022 ·
Vacant flats
3.2%as of May 2022 ·
Owner-occupiers
37%as of May 2022 ·
Paid price, resold flats
€2,520 per m²as of July 2025 ·
Paid price, new flats
€5,370 per m²as of July 2025 ·

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Over time

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Unemployment rate10.6%

Monthly, Bundesagentur für Arbeit.

Median gross pay a month€4,471

Each 31 December, Bundesagentur für Arbeit, full-time employees by workplace.

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