Gifhorn

Walkable town in Lower Saxony's Lüneburg Heath, Gifhorn sits on the water with a centre that offers a range of cafés, restaurants, and historic churches. The district capital lies within easy reach of Brunswick and Wolfsburg, and is part of the broader Hanover-Brunswick-Göttingen-Wolfsburg metropolitan region.

• Population43,000
• Nearest water0.5 km
• Nearest mountain4.3 km