Whether you are a huge fan of geocaching, or you have never heard of it before, check out this article which will inspire you to try it in Hannover.

 

Getting to Hannover

There are direct from United Kingdom with British Airways, Flybe, eurowings whilst other airlines including Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, KLM, SAS, KLM Cityhopper, Air LOT, SWISS and Vueling fly from other international destinations.

 

Why Visit Hannover

Hanover

The German city-state of Hannover is one of its essential locations that preceded its historical roots.

Hannover was made the economic capital in 1947 when the re-established German government launched an economic fair flocked by tourists and crucial personalities from all around the world. 

Its 535,061 inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the third-largest city in Northern Germany after Hamburg and Bremen. 

 

What is Geocaching

Geocaching

Geocaching is one of the most popular rising trends when it comes to socializing events. It is an excellent way to get people together and take part in a different kind of experience. Several organizations, families, and social circles find geocaching an exciting and fun way of exploring places and familiarizing themselves with unfamiliar cultures.

 

Why is Geocaching so Popular in Hannover?

Geocaching is one of the most popular rising trends with team of people. Anyone living within the German state of Hannover and groups of people from every worldwide origin is catered by Cityhunters Hannover to perform with the activity.

Geocaching is widely-known around Hannover, for it serves to boost the tourism of the economic state while introducing people from all races to the rich history where it played a vital role.

The participants of a Hannover Geocaching event would be exposed to the city's famous southern German origins while navigating its urban settings. They would explore the classical architecture original to German historical engineering while being guided by global positioning satellites towards their intended objectives. While doing so, they can interact with the local populace in asking for general directions for winning the prize.

Geocaching started as a simple test of a civilian global positioning system with the hiding of a secret stash at the isolated and remote places of Oregon state. People who cannot participate in the event due to distance created their treasure hunts that can be discovered using GPS gadgetry.

Geocaching is a term invented by Matt Slum. It involves using Global Positioning System devices that would guide treasure hunters towards assigned coordinates to a stashed container composed of prized items.

 

Benefits of Geocaching

GPS geocaching

Geocaching involves previous military technologies that usually involve worldwide applications. It then turned into a civilian practice after shutting down a covert military program to disturb accurate GPS transmissions.

Geocaching now holds a renowned reputation in team events and social activities held to improve the bonding between family relationships, friends' social circle, and collaboration of corporate teams.

The activity of Geocaching holds tremendous potential for the health enhancement of its participants. Geocaching introduces individuals to the proper use of the global positioning technology that accurately reveals a position worldwide with a set of grid-based coordinates. It is also a great way to relieve most people with daily living difficulties while giving them the chance to explore new locations.

Reducing Stress
Stress caused by overworking can cause unwanted effects with any person's overall psychological and physiological health levels. Taking periods of time-off can refresh the energy and strength of people. Participating in social events like Geocaching takes the daily workaholic off from the daily grind that leads them to relax and socialize with their colleagues.

Mood-Boosting
Breaking out from the daily constrictions of everyday working mode can be beneficial to most people. Embarking on socially-inclined adventures, meeting new faces, and exploring recent locations and cultures can make any person at the happiest of levels. It can make the body release a stress-fighting and the comfortable biological drug composition known as dopamine.

Skill Sharpening
Navigating in urban and rural environments is supposed to be a natural skill set for humans. The modern world distracts us from our historical roots of survival. Geocaching serves as a bridge of advanced technology to be used by ordinary people to regain their hunting skills and improve their reflexes while enhancing their abilities to solve problems.

Presence of Mind
Geocaching being a technologically-oriented treasure hunting activity, requires swift decision-making skills. Guiding a team and determining the right direction to take while competing with other groups is a way to sharpen people to think on their feet. It also releases adrenaline, which is essential in fight-or-flight survival situations making individuals hone their minds in most scenarios.

Developing Strength
A goal-oriented activity that involves team members' participation and collaboration serves to boost each of the strengths unique with every individual. It can also improve their physical strength by walking, running, and trekking through rough terrain with their exploration backpacks' weight. 

 

Other Things to Do and See in Hannover

If you have more time then these are some of the other popular tourist attractions and things to check out in Hannover:

  • New/Old Town Hall
  • Aegidienkirche
  • Historisches Museum
  • Eilenriede
  • Luftfahrtmuseum Hannover-Laatzen
  • Wilhelm Busch Museum
  • Herrenhäuser Gardens
  • Berggarten
  • Maschsee
  • Marktkirche
  • Leibnizhaus
  • Hannover Tiergarten
  • Museum August Kestner
  • Ernst-August-Denkmal
  • Kröpcke-Uhr
  • Marienburg Castle
  • Maschseefest
  • Hannover 96 FC
  • Georgengarten
  • Lower Saxony State Museum
  • Sprengel Museum
  • Lüttje Lage

 

Plan Your Geocaching Trip to Hannover Today

Geocaching is one of the famous team events that are held in the German city-state of Hannover.

You will get to enjoy breathtaking views of classical German architecture while navigating urban streets, searching for their objectives. Geocaching provides many benefits and you can also meet new people and enjoy the local sights of Hannover too.

Before arriving you might also like to learn some basic German phrases before arriving.

Have you ever been to Hannover? Or been geocaching? Share your experience below.