buildings in Europe delivering alternative energy. Education With 18,000 students, the University of Bremen is the largest university in Bremen, and is also home to the international Goethe-Institut and the Fallturm Bremen. Additionally, Bremen has a University of the Arts and the Bremen University of Applied Sciences. In 2001, the private Jacobs University Bremen was founded. All major German research foundations maintain institutes in Bremen, with a focus on marine sciences: The Max Planck Society with the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, and the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Scientific Community with the Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (zmt). The Bremerhaven-based Alfred-Wegener-Institute of the Helmholtz Association closely cooperates with the aforementioned institutes, especially within the MARUM a center for marine environmental sciences, affiliated to the University of Bremen. Furthermore, The Fraunhofer Society is present in Bremen with centers for applied material research (IFAM) and medical image computing (MEVIS). Miscellaneous In December 1949, Bremen hosted the lecture cycle Einblick in das, was ist by the philosopher Martin Heidegger, in which Heidegger introduced his concept of a "fourfold" of earth and sky, gods and mortals. This was also Heidegger's first public-speaking engagement following his removal from his Freiburg professorship by the Denazification authorities. Bremen is connected with a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, the Town Musicians of Bremen, although they never actually reach Bremen in the tale. The 1922 film Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens was set mostly in Bremen. In July 2022, Yorushika released a song titled Bremen. People Twin towns – sister cities Bremen is twinned with: Gdańsk, Poland (1976) Riga, Latvia (1985) Dalian, China (1985) Rostock, Germany (1987) Haifa, Israel (1988) Bratislava, Slovakia (1989) Corinto, Nicaragua (1989) İzmir, Turkey (1995) Durban, South Africa (2011) See also List of mayors of Bremen References Notes Bibliography } Claus Christian (2007): A photographic excursion through Bremen, Bremen-North, Bremerhaven, Fischerhude and Worpswede, Herbert Schwarzwälder (1995), Geschichte der Freien Hansestadt Bremen. Vol. I – V. Bremen: , External links Official city website Official visitors information (various languages) Bremen City Panoramas – Panoramic Views and virtual Tours Official site of the city center Official site of the Schnoor quarter Official site of the shopping quarter Das Viertel Official site of the Weser promenade Schlachte Official site of the shopping avenue Sögestraße Official site of the shopping mall Lloyd Passage Official site of the shopping quarter Ansgari Quartier Remnant from World War II in Bremen German