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Lindenkroog Sportsbar
Lindenstraße 17
26123 Oldenburg
T: +49 44 19 35 45 36 7
www.lindenkroog-ol.eatbu.com
Opening hours:
Sunday & Monday 11:30am-12am
Tuesday–Thursday 11:30am-1am
Friday & Saturday 11:30am-3am
with outdoor area
This pub-style bar stands out with its rustic interior and a long bar, a good selection of drinks including freshly tapped beer, delicious drinks and spirits, friendly service and two well-stocked cabinet humidors.
Casablanca Smoker’s Lounge im/in Atlantic Hotel Wilhelmshaven
Jadeallee 50
26382 Wilhelmshaven
T: +49 44 21 77 33 80
www.atlantic-hotels.de/hotel-wilhelmshaven/restaurant-harbour-view/
Opening hours: daily 24/7
with outdoor area
This lounge is located on the second floor, right above the entrance area of this 4-star superior hotel built on the harbor and furnished in an elegant maritime style, and is served by the Seven C’s Bar on the first floor. It is characterized by its seating for around 12 people on deep and comfortable burgundy-black armchairs, a well-stocked cabinet humidor, and a view of Banter See.
Raucherraum im/Smoking room in Hotel Home
Börsenstraße 78–80
26382 Wilhelmshaven
T: +49 44 21 18 12 50 0
www.hotelhome.de/de/hotelbar
Opening hours: daily 24/7
In the center of Wilhelmshaven and not far from the main train station, this city hotel has a small smoking room to the left of the bar at the back of the restaurant. It has two bar tables and a small bench and offers space for a quick smoke.
Raucherlounge Fumaris im/Smoking Lounge in Hotel Regina Maris
Badestraße 7c
26506 Norden-Norddeich
T: +49 49 31 18 93 0
www.hotel-regina-maris.de/fumaris/
Opening hours: daily 24/7
with outdoor area
After a walk on the beach and a nice dinner, cigar passionados can head to the lounge, which is to the left of the entrance of the Störtebeker restaurant and seats around 15 people on brown leather furniture. The service provided with East Frisian hospitality offers drinks selected from the small cocktail and spirits menu.
Hotelbar im/Hotel bar in Novum Hotel
Am Tennistreff 1
26759 Hinte
T: +49 49 25 92 18 0
www.novum-hotel.de/essen-und-trinken/novum-hotel-emden-bar.html
Opening hours:
daily 4pm-11pm
with outdoor area
In the middle of Hinte, the neighboring municipality of the city of Emden, this large 4-star hotel has a swimming pool, sauna, indoor tennis court, bowling alley, and more. There’s also a small, colorfully furnished hotel bar that accommodates around 15 people and permits smoking.
Raucherlounge im/Smoking Lounge in Best Western Plus Hotel Papenburg
Hauptkanal Rechts 7
26781 Papenburg
T: +49 49 61 66 40 0
www.bestwestern.de/hotels/Papenburg/Best-Western-Plus-Hotel-Papenburg/gastronomie
Opening hours: daily 24/7
with outdoor area
Idyllically situated on the main canal that runs through the city center and in the pedestrian zone, this hotel has a small smoking lounge to the right of the entrance and opposite the hotel bar. Here you can enjoy a quick smoke in one of the five leather armchairs.
Taste Club im/in the Arkadenhaus
Hauptkanal Links 68–72
26871 Papenburg
T: +49 49 61 80 96 20
www.arkadenhaus.de/hotel
Opening hours: daily 24/7
with outdoor area
Built with divine assistance right next to St. Anthony’s Church, this large hotel with an open-plan concept has the Taste Club in the rear left-hand corner of the restaurant, which is protected from sight by tree trunks and separated by a glass wall. There are eight leather armchairs, nine leather cube stools and a large three-seater – decorated in brown and wood tones – where you can enjoy a smoke or two with a matching drink in a cozy atmosphere with friendly service. A lounge recommendation!
Raucherlounge im/Smoking Lounge in Nordsee Hotel Bremerhaven City
Theodor-Heuss-Platz 14–18
27568 Bremerhaven
T: +49 47 19 00 83 60 0
www.nordseehotels.com/city/de/willkommen
Opening hours: daily 24/7
Located in the heart of the city center and not far from the harbor, this hotel houses the Käpt’n Bar behind reception and opposite the spacious smoking lounge that belongs to it. This accommodates around 15 people on a long bench and three armchairs, but is reserved for hotel guests only.
Nordlicht Zigarren
Myhler Straße 23
27711 Osterholz-Schambeck
T: +49 17 99 25 95 14
www.nordlicht-zigarren.de/ladenlokal
Opening hours:
Wednesday–Friday 5pm-11pm
Saturday 5pm-11pm
Sunday 5pm-9pm
with outdoor area
The Nordlicht beach bar is located on Bundesstraße 74 between Bremen and Stade and entices visitors with drinks, music, cigars, and a good atmosphere as well as a sandy area with a dune look and sand grasses right next to a pond. Summery cocktails and long drinks and, of course, the cigars, spirits and accessories available in well-stocked specialist shops await you here. The indoor lounge is currently under construction and renovation.
Smokers Lounge Dorint Bremen
Hillmannplatz 20
28195 Bremen
T: +49 42 16 20 00 0
https://hotel-bremen-city.dorint.com/de/
Opening hours: daily 24/7
The spacious smokers’ lounge is located on the second floor on the conference room level. It is decorated in dark brown tones and has room for around 20 people on leather armchairs and couches to enjoy a fine smoke. If you haven’t brought your own cigars, the fully equipped and well-stocked humidor of the Roland von Bremen pipe studio located at one of the entrances to the building will provide you with exquisite smokes.
Atlantic Bar Cigar Lounge
Bredenstraße 2
28195 Bremen
T: +49 42 16 20 62 0
www.atlantic-hotels.de/grand-hotel-bremen-innenstadt/essen-trinken/atlantic-bar/
Opening hours:
Monday–Saturday 5pm-1am
Sunday 5pm-11pm
The large and spacious lounge of this grand hotel in Bremen’s Old Town is located before reception to the left of the entrance. With its adjoining bar and well-stocked cabinet humidor with armchairs for around 20 people, it invites you to linger and enjoy. The second lounge recommendation!
Lounge im/in Atlantic Hotel Airport Bremen
Flughafenallee 26
28199 Bremen
T: +49 42 15 57 10
www.atlantic-hotels.de/hotel-airport-bremen/
Opening hours: daily 24/7
For all business travelers, this hotel across from Bremen Airport offers a smokers’ lounge to the right above reception with eight armchairs and an obligatory television.
La Fumadora im/in Parkhotel Bremen
Im Bürgerpark
28209 Bremen
T: +49 42 13 40 80
www.hommage-hotels.com/parkhotel-bremen/kulinarik/park-hotel-bar
Opening hours:
Sunday–Thursday 6pm-12:30am
Friday & Saturday 6pm-1:30am
A long-established 5-star superior hotel in the middle of Bremen’s Bürgerpark on Lake Hollersee, an international range of drinks, a large lounge for about 25 people with four seating areas and three bay windows, attentive and friendly service. Here you can indulge in a pleasant and enjoyable smoke.
Raucherlounge Steigenberger Hotel
Am Weser-Terminal 6
28217 Bremen
T: +49 42 14 78 37 0
www.steigenberger.com
Opening hours (bar):
Sunday–Thursday 12pm-11pm
Friday & Saturday 12pm-12am
At the beginning of Überseestadt and directly on the Weser River, this hotel has a small smokers’ lounge for a quick smoke hidden next to the Blaufeuer Bar. The view is of the neighboring buildings of Überseestadt and the Weser flowing by.
Harmsen Zigarre & Whisky
Limmerstraße 14
30451 Hannover
T: +49 51 11 23 41 34
www.harmsen-zigarre-whisky.de
Opening hours:
Monday–Saturday 9am-6:30pm
Two doors to the left of the main store is the lounge, which offers space for 15 people in a listed building in the nightlife district of Hanover’s Küchengarten neighborhood, not far from the Leine. However, the first route leads to the store, where you can pick up a good cigar to suit your taste and the key to the lounge and then head inside to enjoy and select a corresponding drink.
Van der Valk Hotel Cigar Lounge
Markt 4
31134 Hildesheim
T: +49 51 21 30 00
www.hildesheim.vandervalk.de/kulinarisch/kulinarische-treffpunkte/stadtschenke/cigar-lounge
Opening hours:
daily 6:30am–5pm (without service)
Sunday–Thursday 5pm-12am
Friday & Saturday 5pm-2am
with outdoor area at the market
Located right on the market square in a venerable building, this hotel offers a cigar lounge behind the bar called Stadtschenke, separated by a glass wall. It seats around 20 people on comfortable fabric-covered armchairs; there’s a full cabinet humidor standing in front of the door. The outdoor area also provides a nice atmosphere for an enjoyable smoke.
Fantasia
Brinkhof 4
31737 Rinteln
T: +49 57 51 96 44 53 5
www.fantasia-rinteln.de
Opening hours:
Monday–Friday 6pm-3am
Saturday & Sunday 6pm – open end
A club with an upscale and discreet ambience. Here you can indulge all your senses and enjoy exclusive spirits and a fine selection of cigars. However, the bar is only open to men during normal opening hours, but can also be hired for corporate and private parties or events.
Gilbert de Montsalvat Lounge im/in Das Tabakhaus
Krambuden 7
38300 Wolfenbüttel
T: +49 53 31 88 24 66 5
www.lessingstadt-wolfenbuettel.de/vor-ort/poi/das-tabakhaus
Opening hours:
Monday–Friday 9am-6pm
Saturday 9am-2pm
This tobacco specialist store with a toto-lotto and magazine shop attached is located in the middle of the pedestrian zone that’s lined with many beautiful half-timbered houses in the city center of Wolfenbüttel, located on the Oker River. At the back of the store is a walk-in, air-conditioned room and a lounge, which is only open from September to April due to the lack of staff. During my visit, it was being extensively remodeled and in the future will be able to accommodate about 10 people.
Smoker Lounge Cloppenburg
Kellerhöher Straße 2
49661 Cloppenburg
T: +49 17 24 30 34 12
www.facebook.com/p/Smoker-Lounge-100064626464355/
Opening hours:
Thursday 6pm-12am
Friday & Saturday 7:30pm-1am
Feeling like it’s “in the middle of nowhere” and just outside Cloppenburg, this lounge offers seating for around 20 people on comfortable lounge chairs in an adjoining room of an AVIA petrol station. A large wall humidor with a rich variety of cigars, various spirits or a fresh draft beer will invite you to linger along with the friendly welcome and service.
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