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Last week myself and two mates headed for Wolfsburg to visit the VW museum, Autostadt and take the VW factory tour.
Day one was flying from Glasgow to Hannover via Amsterdam then use the very efficient railway system to get to Wolfsburg itself. The train station couldnt really drop you any closer to the factory.

Wolfsburg trip day 1 3 by Dave Campbell, on Flickr

We ditched our bags in the lockers at the station and walked about a mile to get to the VW museum on Dieselstrasse;

Wolfsburg trip day 1 8 by Dave Campbell, on Flickr

Wolfsburg trip day 1 11 by Dave Campbell, on Flickr

Inside is a collection of cars important to VW's history including prototypes, historic cars and race cars;

Wolfsburg trip day 1 15 by Dave Campbell, on Flickr

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After dinner and checking into the hotel we went a wander. It is quite normal to see a street of cars that are ALL volkswagens;

Wolfsburg trip day 1 92 by Dave Campbell, on Flickr

Short stroll up Porsche street;

Wolfsburg trip day 1 96 by Dave Campbell, on Flickr

And back to the factory and the Autostadt car park;

Wolfsburg trip day 1 102 by Dave Campbell, on Flickr

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Dave

Day 2 we spent the day at the Autostadt complex but first we stopped here. This was the site of the Tullio Cianeti hall. Basically a place where they would sell the dream of the KDF Wagen or Strength through joy car and now has a marble split window memorial.

Wolfsburg trip day 2 1 by Dave Campbell, on Flickr

Wolfsburg trip day 2 4 by Dave Campbell, on Flickr

And then over the bridge to Autostadt. These are some highlights and the full album of pictures can be seen here; https://www.flickr.com/gp/route9autos/Vw8Kz9

Wolfsburg trip day 2 8 by Dave Campbell, on Flickr

Wolfsburg trip day 2 9 by Dave Campbell, on Flickr

Wolfsburg trip day 2 14 by Dave Campbell, on Flickr

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Wolfsburg trip day 2 114 by Dave Campbell, on Flickr

Day 3 of the trip we were booked on the factory tour but there was strictly no photography allowed inside the factory so this is the last picture I got on the tour;

Wolfsburg trip day 3 15 by Dave Campbell, on Flickr

Straight after the tour we had to start our journey home. Flights were booked for 6pm but when I checked my phone on the train the news came through that our flights had been cancelled due to thunder storms so we thought we would be seeing a lot of Hannover airport;

Wolfsburg trip day 3 23 by Dave Campbell, on Flickr

KLM put us up in a flash hotel and at 4am we were on our way to Munich before heading home to Glasgow.

Great couple of days and if you are into VW's its well worth a visit.

Hope you enjoyed the pics and remember to visit my flickr for more.

Dave.

Cracking photos.

I have finally finished the video of our Wolfsburg trip. If you fancy a watch, grab some popcorn and a comfy seat and click here;



Dave