Wolfsburg

The Alvar Aalto Cultural Centre (German: Alvar-Aalto-Kulturhaus) is a cultural venue in the city of Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany, designed by the renowned Finnish architect Alvar Aalto in 1958 and inaugurated in 1962. It comprises a library, educational and youth facilities, municipal offices and retail premises.

The Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg is an art museum in central Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, opened 1994. It presents modern and contemporary art and is financed by the Kunststiftung Volkswagen. It takes up aspects of the industrial city of Wolfsburg, which was only founded in 1938: modernity, urbanity, internationality and quality. The Kunstmuseum is located at the southern end of the pedestrian zone in the vicinity of the Alvar-Aalto-Kulturhaus, Theater, Planetarium and CongressPark.

Wolfsburg Hauptbahnhof is the main station of the city of Wolfsburg in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is on the Hanover–Berlin railway and it is the last Intercity-Express stop running east before Stendal or Berlin-Spandau. Fallersleben station is also located in the district of Wolfsburg-Fallersleben. On 25 August 2007, the 50th anniversary of the inauguration of the station building, the station was officially renamed Wolfsburg Hauptbahnhof (main station). Years before signs in the city referred to it as the Hauptbahnhof.

The Phæno Science Center is an interactive science center in Wolfsburg, Germany, completed in 2005.

VfL-Stadion am Elsterweg (German pronunciation: [faʊ̯ ʔɛf ˈʔɛl ˈʃtaːdi̯ɔn ʔam ˈʔɛlstɐveːk], locally [-ˈʔɛlstɐveːç]) is a multi-use stadium in Wolfsburg, Germany. It was used mostly for football matches and hosted the home matches of VfL Wolfsburg. The stadium was able to hold 21,000 people and opened in 1948. It was closed in 2002 when Volkswagen Arena opened. Now it is used by Wolfsburg's 2nd squad, which plays in the Regionalliga Nord.

The Wolfsburg Volkswagen Factory is the worldwide headquarters of the Volkswagen Group, and one of the largest manufacturing plants in the world, in terms of area at just under 6.5 million m² (70 million sq ft). The Wolfsburg plant produced 815,000 cars in 2015. Volkswagen's currywurst is also produced at this facility.

The Autostadt (German for Automobile City) is a visitor attraction adjacent to the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, with a prime focus on automobiles. The complex was designed by Henn GmbH.It features a museum, feature pavilions for the principal automobile brands in the Volkswagen Group, a customer centre where customers can pick up new cars, and take a tour through the enormous factory, a guide to the evolution of roads, and cinema in a large sphere.

Volkswagen Arena (German pronunciation: [ˈfɔlksvaːɡn̩ ʔaˌʁeːnaː]; also known as the VfL Wolfsburg Arena due to UEFA sponsorship regulations) is a football stadium in the German city of Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. It was opened in 2002 and named after the automotive group Volkswagen AG. The Volkswagen Arena has a capacity of 30,000: 22,000 seats and 8,000 standing places. It is located in the Allerpark and is the home stadium of the football team VfL Wolfsburg.

The Wolfsburg is a medieval lowland and water castle in North Germany that was first mentioned in the records in 1302, but has since been turned into a Renaissance schloss or palace. It is located in eastern Lower Saxony in the town of Wolfsburg named after it and in whose possession it has been since 1961. The Wolfsburg developed from a tower house on the River Aller into a water castle with the character of a fortification. In the 17th century it was turned into a representative, but nevertheless defensible palace that was the northernmost example of the Weser Renaissance style. Its founder and builder was the noble family of von Bartensleben. After their line died out in 1742 the Wolfsburg was inherited by the counts of Schulenburg.

AutoMuseum Volkswagen is an automobile museum in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Opened in April 1985, it is one of two museums in Wolfsburg devoted to the history of the Volkswagen brand; the other is at nearby Autostadt.The museum houses around 130 cars on permanent display ranging from the earliest VW Beetles to concept design studies of VW models. The museum is housed in a former clothing factory, very close to the Volkswagen Werke, where new Volkswagens are made. Since January 1992, it has been owned and operated by a charitable foundation, Stiftung AutoMuseum Volkswagen.

Church of the Holy Spirit (German: Heilig Geist Kirche) is a Lutheran church and parish center in Wolfsburg, Germany. The building is a notable project of Finnish architect Alvar Aalto.November 1958, Alvar Aalto was personally commissioned to design the church by then-pastor Erich Bammel; Aalto began designing the building the same year. The design was completed and construction started in 1961. The church opened the following year.

Arbeitsdorf ("work-village") was a Nazi concentration camp in Stadt des KdF-Wagens bei Fallersleben 1942.